sharpeimom

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    How did/do you pay for nursing school?

    sharpeimom replied to Joe V's topic in General Students

    I guess I'm an anomaly -- my parents
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    Family's responsiblity of taking care of older parents?

    sharpeimom replied to micstn's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    No easy answers to be had. I gave up a job I loved to move back to my hometown to care for my mom, who was dying of breast ca, which eventually metastasized to her liver and brain. I am an only...
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    Funny things patients say !

    sharpeimom replied to TAM's topic in Nursing Humor

    As a student nurse, I was assigned two absolutely adorable, sweet, demented to the point of being completely off-the-wall, little old ladies. Neither would ever see 95 again. They happily spent their...
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    Patient requests

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

    It kinda makes you shake your head... and YES, he IS reliably potty
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    For the love of God, I cannot figure out why my pretend pt is taking Flagyl!!!

    sharpeimom replied to StudentOfHealing's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Following botched foot and ankle surgery at the end of 2010, my husband began to have several problems, including weird rashes, immune system issues, and one subspecialist thought possibly a fungus,...
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    Patient requests

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

    Not a patient request, but too good not to share! Somewhere along the line, a billing coder either reversed numbers or something because we were notified in writing that my husband's visit to the...
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    How much personal info do you share with pts?

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

    I'd talk about our dogs and cats because that was always a good icebreaker. When you live in a very rural area and have off-beat looking dogs, people do remember you. My husband walks our two dogs...
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    My coworkers are great because....

    sharpeimom replied to wooh's topic in Nurses Rock

    I especially remember the night I sat one-to-one with a patient who was actively threatening to kill herself. I had notified the MD and had followed his orders. I ended up sitting at the bedside...
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    Dear God, Help me

    sharpeimom replied to artsmom's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    My grandmother who had advancing Parkinson's eventually had to move from our house into a skilled nursing facility. We were fortunate to get her a private room. Down the hall, lived a very very old...
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    How much personal info do you share with pts?

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

    When I worked at the state psych hospital, I shared NOTHING with patients. Out in the community with other nursing jobs, my information was already out there. You see, we are back in my home town...
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    Patient requests

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

    Psych pt. on a locked dept. asked, "If I'm back by midnight, may I go have just one beer (yeah right!) at that little bar down the road?":roflmao: ...uh...sure. ...why the heck
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    Patient fx hip after family refused alarm

    sharpeimom replied to Emilyinsc's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    As an RN who has become disabled due to having a severe stroke caused by an aneurysm, I have very strong feelings about the use of alarms. I have been cleared as being "safe" to walk outside using...
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    RNs working swing shift

    sharpeimom replied to Tobygo2's topic in General Nursing

    I worked either 3-11 or 7pm-7am and both worked for us, but we don't have kids. My husband teaches on the college level so his schedule changes semester by semester. He'd get up when I got home -- or...
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    RNs working swing shift

    sharpeimom replied to Tobygo2's topic in General Nursing

    It worked well for us because our animals got lots of attention, the dog went out as needed, we had my days off to do things, my husband is a night owl so he always waited up for
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    Sexual harrassment?

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

    I think a verbal warning plus some sensitivity training might have been a better first step, then step two would be a written warning with the suspension. Step three would result in
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    Name Badges Worn Backwards

    sharpeimom replied to westieluv's topic in General Nursing

    I like the picture idea very much and I wish it extended to all employees, including utility company employees. I had a home health aide when my husband was hospitalized a few months ago. She came...
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    Name Badges Worn Backwards

    sharpeimom replied to westieluv's topic in General Nursing

    I have worked in two psych hospitals where we wore polo shirts and khakis (state hospital) and jeans (private) and the company that supplied our shirts, embroidered the hospital's name, first name,...
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    Crazy Coworker, Drug Abuse, and The Hostile Work Atmosphere

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

    I agree. Report her immediately. Don't try to talk to her. All the patients are endangered. She could steal meds, give substandard care, the incorrect med or tx, chart a med or tx that she never...
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    Let go after three days? Seriously?!?!

    sharpeimom replied to LTCNS's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    When I was hired at a state psych hospital, I had only ever given pharmacist-prepared unit dose meds to my patients. That included prefilled syringes, for the most part. When I interviewed, the DON...
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    Just started Nursing School and have a ?

    sharpeimom replied to Jamiek33's topic in General Students

    Something my husband suggests to his students is that they print out a couple copies of each online syllabi and xerox every one they receive in class. The extra copy is in case you lose the first...
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    Anyone else have a problem with this ad?

    sharpeimom replied to rawlinz's topic in General Nursing

    That ad and the photo are horrible and continue to perpetute the same tired old trite myths about nurses being hookers but as much as I loathe that image, I'm not sure what can be done when FB (or...
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    pain level of 10 but sleeping

    sharpeimom replied to 1996RN's topic in PACU

    Pain is subjective, so if the patient isn't reacting as you might, that is irrelevant. We show pain in different ways. When I have severe pain, I read or listen to classical music. I also meditate....
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    Reducing visits to the nurse

    sharpeimom replied to alexis98's topic in School

    Not a school nurse, but I had to share
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    What kind of appeareance code do you have?

    sharpeimom replied to Kitty Hawk's topic in Aesthetics

    Nail polish chips no matter how careful you are and fake nails are a veritable hotel for germs, microbes, and fomites (did I miss anything?!) and make Infection control types
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    I quit! :(

    sharpeimom replied to Stoogesfan's topic in General Students

    I don't know quite why but our mothers are able to really push our buttons like no one else! My mother and I had a warm loving relaionship but her criticisms hit home in a way no others did!...