SharonH, RN

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I would never relax my hair for a job interview. Get the braids and wear them in a professional looking bun. If that is offensive to your potential employer, it is probably best you find out ahead of time. Also, I speak from experience; I have been n...

Oh geeeeeeeeeez...................

From the article: Personally I don't usually get the flu shot because I question its value for young, healthy people. Most years I don't take it, but one year I did and became ill within a couple of weeks. While I know I didn't get sick from the va...

The intent of this post is honorable but I don't think of being overweight or older as a disability or being "differently abled". Also, I have met some overweight nurses who were lazy and unkind just like I have met some who worked circles around me...

I periodically get PMs from people asking me about the job market in Atlanta. So I've decided to get off my lazy butt and post what I hope to be is a comprehensive topic about it. If anyone has different knowledge than myself or has something to add,...

I wouldn't be insulted; I'd be embarassed that they had to ask me to do so in the first place.

I don't know what made me remember this but I had a coworker once with whom I had developed(I thought) something of a rapport. Well one day we were in the nurses' station and I jokingly made a comment about her not working hard. I forget my exact wo...

I agree with you Leslie, but I would go so far as to say that even in a non-management position a professional person should wear their teeth. It is the societal norm. I have never worked with a nurse who did not have teeth. The only time I have enco...

I'm frankly surprised that you were able to get hired at all without any teeth. Lack of teeth is not something I associate with a professional appearance, nothin personal. You should get your dentures re-fitted.

Thank you! A physician order to flush an INT, good grief, never heard of such a thing.

I've worked with many, many professionals from other countries and I can count on one hand the number of them I have had difficulty understanding. It happens but it's rare. The fact that they have had a string of nurses they could not understand is.....

They didn't dumb it down, they told him what it was about but he tuned them out. See the OP: I bet he wasn't the only one rolling his eyes at the boring details so they reduced it to a corny mnemonic. Oh well..........

You're welcome. It's funny but when I responded, neither you nor your opinion was even considered. Go figure. I was sharing MY opinion of the tone around her and I will continue to call it as I see it. And I cheerfully remain available when you ne...

Congratulations!

Heh-heh, of course there are. I have argued that very point many times on this board. buuuuuuuttttt, many of our colleagues simply do not concur. I was merely trying to save OP some trouble and letting him/her know how it is around here.......

It'll never work, nurses on this board are vehemently opposed to creating their own plan and following through, they only want to follow doctor's orders. Sorry.........

Yes I have so I speak from experience. As for matching up patient needs, as I stated before HH nurses need solid assessment skills and the ability to problem-solve that comes with experience. Recently I have been seeing some very poor quality from ...

No way. Source?

Under no circumstances should a new grad work in home health; you need strong assessment skills which means experience and a fairly good knowledge of the healthcare system as you will need to facilitate a lot of care for your patients. I'm disappoint...

For God's sake, get another job......

It sounds like you need to reduce your taxable income. Are you maximizing your 401K? What about flexible spending accounts? If 1/3 of your paycheck is going to be taken out, at least the money would be going directly to your benefit. That's much more...

So every two weeks, your facility steals between 45 and 50 dollars from you? Over the course of a year, they will have stolen approximately $1300 from you! You will either take your break or get compensated for your time. If they refuse to honor your...

77K in deductions? I think your Dad needs to look at what is being taken out of his pay.

You know what's sad is that it's not the big things like college tuition that keep people poor but it's the foolish things that people waste money on: 1. Cable TV 2. Expensive cellphone packages 3. Not shopping around for home/auto/life insurance; pa...