sharpeimom

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    psychiatric nursing - clothing

    sharpeimom replied to edie1's topic in Psychiatric

    I worked in a state psych hospital and in a few buildings, jeans were acceptable wear, on the geri-psych units, scrubs were what most wore. In a couple of buildings, casual dress (khakis, sweaters,...
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    Nursing: Then and Now

    sharpeimom replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    Our hospital still puts a copy of our local morning paper on each breakfast
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    Sleep deprived due to nightshift

    sharpeimom replied to hemingrald's topic in General Nursing

    When I worked 7pm-->7am, it was often difficult to go home and fall asleep. I had a 30 mile drive home and dared not get sleepy before I got home. When I got home, I would take our big muscular...
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    Pain meds - more restrictions now than previous?

    sharpeimom replied to martymoose's topic in Pain Management

    My husband had foot and ankle surgery in late 2010 that did not go as expected and he has been on a variety of pain meds since. Some were narcotic and some weren't and all were ordered by a pain...
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    out of control.

    sharpeimom replied to mish_RN's topic in Emergency

    When I was working in the state psych hospital, my standby response was, "Oh, I'm sorry. Were you speaking to me?' :) Worked almost every
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    Lab partner plagiarized her half of the lab report

    sharpeimom replied to molly88p's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I just showed this thread to my professor husband and here are his thoughts: Was your tutor a former student of your instructor? Have the tutor email your instructor a copy of his introduction that he...
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    Are any of you active coupon users?

    sharpeimom replied to Brian's topic in General Students

    We use them virtually every time we shop, but only if it's for something we'd buy anyway. We rent our movies or watch TV movies so don't use coupons there. We have nine cats and they use a lot of...
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    "not himself"

    sharpeimom replied to bell1962's topic in School

    Another thought... We have neighbors across the street who are citizens but who are from a war torn country. The rest of the family, with the exception of some siblings and cousins who live in Europe...
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    Student Nurse with Epilepsy

    sharpeimom replied to mitsybitsy's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    There can indeed be a stigma. The trick is to hold your head high and not to act embarrassed or as though you did anything wrong, because you didn't. Not at all. I have had seizures since I was 13...
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    Psych question

    sharpeimom replied to lynds80's topic in Psychiatric

    Another confirmed psych nurse here! I also worked with battered women and their kids which often combined a specialized type of counseling with some psych nurse aspects. I worked mostly in the state...
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    I got found out!

    sharpeimom replied to hiddencatRN's topic in General Nursing

    I don't announce upfront that I'm an RN, but I've been outed. This is a pretty rural area and there really are no secrets. I was appalled though when I went to a new neurologist and the NP was held...
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    Coworker having access to my password and charting

    sharpeimom replied to CorinneRN's topic in General Nursing

    The whole point of a password is so NO one can access what is -- or should be -- private. You have absolutely no way to know whether or not she changed anything else while she was in there. If...
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    He Says/ She says, Who's in Charge?

    sharpeimom replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    You worked much much to hard and long for your license and advanced practice status to risk losing them, so start looking around. Besides, feeling this frustrated all the time isn't worth it. It...
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    Has anyone made a medication error and *not* get fired for it?

    sharpeimom replied to pinkiepieRN's topic in Patient Medications

    One meds error I made as an inexperienced nurse was avoidable but the room assignment should never have been made in the first place, according to the NM. Bed 1 - Mary Smith Bed 2 - Mary Smith The...
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    What was your GPA when you got accepted?

    sharpeimom replied to __patiently_waiting's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    4.00...
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    Why do nurses feel the need to put RN on their license plates?

    sharpeimom replied to 3dayRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Many of the years I drove, I drove a fire engine red Jeep Cherokee Laredo. With that vehicle, who the heck needs RN
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    Need serious advice- dealing with smell

    sharpeimom replied to JZ_RN's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    When I did a year of community nursing, I became much more tolerant and accepting of people who weren't as clean as I was. I carried a can of Lysol with me so I could spray my car and me if the...
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    What's in your bag?

    sharpeimom replied to jazziejp89's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I agree with the above posts, but I always carried a ten dollar bill in my pocket and stuck a tampax into my pocket even if it weren't "that time of the month." I kept a small box of them in my...
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    Mandated reporting outside of work

    sharpeimom replied to chrisrn24's topic in General Nursing

    To me, it wouldn't matter because it all comes down to ethics and morality. Of course, I would (and have) report off the job! About six months ago, I discovered a fortyish female unmarried neighbor...
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    Culturally insensitive patients

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

    I look like my very fair-skinned blue eyed, white blonde Swedish dad, while my mom had dark olive skin and dark beautiful eyes. She was of English, Irish, and German descent. When I was with both...
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    Multiple medication errors

    sharpeimom replied to Chasity2495's topic in Patient Medications

    Nurses who say they've never made a meds error scare the heck out of me! Every single one of us has made a meds error at some point. I once gave a patient all of his late afternoon meds again after...
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    Theme song to your Nursing career?

    sharpeimom replied to sMoLsNurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    They're coming to take me away ho ho ha ha hee hee... To the funny farm... (I was a psych
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    I don't want a male nurse! - Caption Contest Winner

    sharpeimom replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

    I've also been told that I looked too young to be a "real" nurse more than once. About all you can do is withdraw graciously and not take it personally. After it happened again, I felt like saying,...
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    How much urine CAN a bladder hold?

    sharpeimom replied to SuzieVN's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Yikes!
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    Reportables

    sharpeimom replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    Just a quick observation... With regard to reporting theft by dollar amounts, what is a struggle for some families, other families don't even notice. When my father in law was in assisted living, he...