sharpeimom

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    Com'on, you got one...What is your heart wrenching moment?

    sharpeimom replied to CrunchBerries's topic in General Nursing

    I was a student nurse and this gentleman was one of my first patients. He was in his mid-nineties and delightful. He had scleroderma. I was helping him wash the places he couldn't reach. We were...
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    What nursing task do you loathe???

    sharpeimom replied to richardgecko's topic in General Nursing

    I laughed so hard that three cats got down and stomped
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    Disciplinary Question

    sharpeimom replied to cristoloro's topic in Nurse Management

    Former manager here. If he has had a satisfactory record up until now, I think I'd give him a very stern talking to. I think, if we're honest, almost all of us have done something we wish we could...
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    What nursing task do you loathe???

    sharpeimom replied to richardgecko's topic in General Nursing

    Scrubbing, scraping, chiseling, prying, dentures until the **** things come
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    10 Worst Employee Excuses For Missing Work

    sharpeimom posted a topic in Nursing Humor

    Faking a cough sounds so boring compared to these sick day excuses. Here are the 2014 roundup of the year's most unbelievable excuses bosses have heard from employees. If they're to be believed,...
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    Family member hurt my somewhat fragile new grad confidence

    sharpeimom replied to BlueChocolateCat's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    It's happened to me more than once. Never after I switched to psych, but twice when I was on ortho. Once, believe it or not, was because I apparently looked like the woman the husband had had had an...
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    I just have to vent

    sharpeimom replied to Glycerine82's topic in General Students

    For my first stick on a real live patient, I had passed lab, and while nervous, was feeling as though I could do it without killing my patient... probably. Who did I get? My patient was middle-aged...
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    night shift nurse

    sharpeimom replied to Coley1218's topic in Nursing Career

    That was my shift. I would go home, shower, throw in a wash load, make me tea and my husband coffee, then crawl into bed just as he was getting up.b I'd turn the tv on and usually Zink right out and...
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    Where did the quote "once a nurse, always a nurse" originate?

    sharpeimom replied to montecarlo64's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know where the expression originated, but I do know it's been around a long time. Notice the ways in which it shows itself in everyday life. I'm disabled, but when we're out in public, we tend...
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    What's the funniest most unusual baby name?

    sharpeimom replied to nirvana1's topic in Nursing Humor

    Little Raya
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    Areas of nursing you would NOT like?

    sharpeimom replied to Nursetobe25's topic in General Nursing

    Ortho Burn
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    What's your dress code at work?

    sharpeimom replied to Nola009's topic in General Nursing

    RNs wore either navy or tan Docker style pants with either white, tan or navy long or short sleeved polo shirts. The shirts were wore like cast iron and were embroidered with sharpeimom, MSN RN and...
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    Stories of the pre-vaccine days

    sharpeimom replied to dinah77's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I was always given whichever vaccines were due, but the problem was that there weren't very many. I got my smallpox vac in y upper arm, just below my shoulder, but wished it could have been on my...
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    hearing impaired

    sharpeimom replied to buffybuffy's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Three of my aunts were almost totally deaf, but that did not deter them from leading the lives they chose. One became an OB/GYN who never married, one became a teacher who worked with deaf children,...
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    Hospice patient requests to smoke

    sharpeimom replied to eatenalive365's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    After my mom's admission to hospice, her care was great. Her caretakers were super. I did her care until she became convinced that I was trying to poison her. About a week before she died, she decided...
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    What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    sharpeimom replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    Yuck!
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    What's the funniest most unusual baby name?

    sharpeimom replied to nirvana1's topic in Nursing Humor

    TaComSer It was in today's paper.
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    January 2015 Caption Contest: Win $100!

    sharpeimom replied to Joe V's topic in News, Announcements

    Well...i see the **** has finally hit the
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    Charting Bloopers

    sharpeimom replied to AHarri66's topic in Nursing Humor

    I just have one quick question, please. If I want a quick meal, which fast food joint serves xxx burgers? I'm sorry, but I just couldn't resist. My poor mother tried sooo hard to rear a
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    I'm an MSN now!

    sharpeimom replied to SHGR's topic in Clinical Nurse Specialists, CNS

    Congratulations! I remember how good the feeling felt! Enjoy it because you earned it! Bask in the
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    Yesterday was weird

    sharpeimom replied to MECO28's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    If I ever ever buy a $600 pair of panties, someone start commitment proceedings!
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    Yesterday was weird

    sharpeimom replied to MECO28's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    When my husband saw the men's version, his immediate comment wasn't printable either! He also said I knew darn (or something close) well he had astro turf when I married him and he wasn't about to...
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    I beat cancer

    sharpeimom replied to gonzo1's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Congratulations! What a fantastic holiday present! If I were close enough, I'd give you a great big
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    Yesterday was weird

    sharpeimom replied to MECO28's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    When my mom had her mastectomy and I came to help after she was home again, I brought some silly presents with me. My mom was a beautiful woman who dressed elegantly when needed despite wearing plain...
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    What's the funniest most unusual baby name?

    sharpeimom replied to nirvana1's topic in Nursing Humor

    Not the name itself but rather, the spelling. Jynafir. Poor kid! She plays soccer with my cousin's girls. His kids are eight and almost ten. Whycouldn't she be just plain old Jennifer like her...