sharpeimom

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    Lunches

    sharpeimom replied to CRNBSN18's topic in General Students

    I found this
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    Any white middle aged travel nurses out there?

    sharpeimom replied to bostonbakednurse's topic in Travel

    Sociology paper assignment,
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    Charting Bloopers

    sharpeimom replied to AHarri66's topic in Nursing Humor

    My husband had foot/ankle surgery done and a nurse friend shared a charting goof on his chart with me. "Change rt. foot and ankle dressing q 12 hours.... rt. AKA on December 12...." Just one...
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    Do I give the med or hold?

    sharpeimom replied to spectrabrite's topic in Patient Medications

    I take Neurontin as an anticonvulsant. I use a combination of 100 mg. and 300 mg. capsules. Except for color and size (100's are white and smaller, while the 300's are tannish-gold and larger) they...
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    9th Nursing Caption Contest - Win $100

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

    ______ was just readmitted to her floor
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    9th Nursing Caption Contest - Win $100

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

    That's the NM for the ER. She heard about her dept.'s new
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    9th Nursing Caption Contest - Win $100

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

    She must work
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    Pt's/visitors reading Fifty Shades of Grey???

    sharpeimom replied to neverbethesame's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    When I get to the nursing home, keep your paws offa my Kindle Fire and my book and magazine stash! I'm a competent adult and I'll read what I darned well please! Once when I was about 12 or 13, an...
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    Newborn @ Magee-Womens Hospital(UPMC) abducted now found!

    sharpeimom replied to neverbethesame's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Thank
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    Patient with the bowel problem...

    sharpeimom replied to Joe V's topic in Nursing Humor

    Alternate Caption: "I don't suppose the cook spilled the chocolate
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    Patient with the bowel problem...

    sharpeimom replied to Joe V's topic in Nursing Humor

    Thank you!! We live with three mostly Persian longhaired who each get poop stuck to their rearends and tummies. This morning we could have used a great dane-sized scoop! A code brown cartoon fits...
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    Being an ugly nurse

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

    OP, First of all, you are NOT a troll, an ogre, super hideously ugly! As I say to my husband occasionally, "Knock it off and quit feeling sorry for yourself! You have so much on the ball and so...
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    I think I made a boo-boo...

    sharpeimom replied to MeganNCA's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Calm down! You didn't harm the pt. or make her worse. It sounds as though she was able to remove her cannula if it had burned a lot. You didn't say she loosened or removed it. I probably would...
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    Floating?

    sharpeimom replied to Morganalefey's topic in General Nursing

    Floating for the first time can be scary, but don't let it psych you out. When I was a relatively new nurse, I was floated to the renal pt. floor and no one had told me anything about procedures...
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    Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

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

    Yes... but is she taking what my dad used to refer to as "bonehead English" or actual freshman
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    Help with a drug calculation problem

    sharpeimom replied to chillax63's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    When you do take the test, try not to panic because that will just make the test harder. Keep telling yourself formulas make it easier. Memorizing a few formulas before the test, means that they...
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    Do You judge and treat patients differently depending on who they are ?

    sharpeimom replied to star.crush's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    This is exactly how I have tried to live my life, both at home and at work. I worked at a state psych hospital and occasionally got pulled to the forensic building. It was much much easier for me to...
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    When patients hit close to home

    sharpeimom replied to LCinTraining's topic in General Nursing

    Unfortunately, it does happen from time to time and it hurts when it does happen. The advice so far has been good. It's much harder when it's a negative reminder. I remember when a woman was...
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    Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

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

    You've been $%^&*@#$ for days about the antibiotic making you itch. You've seen your PCP, a dermatologist, and emailed pictures of your rash to your plastic surgeon cousin who lives out of state....
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    How do nursing schools react to alternative faiths?

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

    I would never wear any kind of necklace or bracelet to work (or to clinicals) because it can get all kinds of germy who knows what on it but also because a patient could grab and pull or tighten it...
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    Nurses: Have you ever had to show compassion to someone who didn't want it?

    sharpeimom replied to nursingstudent2458's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I don't understand the question either. My basic personality style is smart alecky but I am also a compassionate, caring, loving person. I based how I responded to a patient on their demeanor,...
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    Do nurses have a responsibility to keep their Facebook professional?

    sharpeimom replied to Bortaz's topic in Nursing Professionalism

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    Dietary policy- vent

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

    When I was a patient in stroke rehab almost nine years ago, I was there for six weeks, after a week in the hospital. Knowing my husband wasn't eating properly and on some days, not much at all and I...
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    Do nurses have a responsibility to keep their Facebook professional?

    sharpeimom replied to Bortaz's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    It can really matter what is on your FB account because not only can an employer or prospective employer see how silly and foolish you get sometimes, but it can also come back and bite you in the butt...
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    Lunches

    sharpeimom replied to CRNBSN18's topic in General Students

    A local restaurant closed after almost four generations. The food was to die for! Homemade Italian pastas, sauces, desserts, soups, breads, sandwiches... I just tried what was in each of my...