sharpeimom

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    Things you'd LOVE to tell coworkers...and get away with it!

    sharpeimom replied to General E. Speaking, RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    i've never had to work with you (thank heaven!) but if you don't start giving my husband his scheduled pain meds when they're scheduled, i'm going to shake you so hard your teeth will rattle! stop...
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    Staff and artificial nails

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

    if you like you can use this story as a scary example of what can or does happen when caretakers (rns, lpns, and aides) wear artificial nails and do direct patient care. my type-1 diabetic husband...
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    why we can't give levonex IV ??!!

    sharpeimom replied to SHHIYD's topic in General Students

    do you mean why can't a student give lovenox? what reading have you done about not just the drug itself but about various types of strokes and cardiac issues? lovenox is not a drug one gives...
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    Tired of nurses treating aides, CNA, HHA, etc. like crap!

    sharpeimom replied to Xavier97x2's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    i'm sorry you're so frustrated and unhappy with your job. for what it's worth, frustrations come with every job on the planet. what frequently makes the difference between surviving without going...
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    Extra Clothes

    sharpeimom replied to mmmiller's topic in School

    i'm not a school nurse, but some things the school district does here seem to work fairly well. the school district has boxes inside the grocery stores and hugemart with signs to drop off your kids'...
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    Do nurses make the worst patients?

    sharpeimom replied to Esme12's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    while i was hospitalized for a massive upper gi bleed caused by a drug that i should never have been put on in the first place, i had a brand new nurse. she was sweet, kind, eager to learn, and i...
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    It's All YOU Baby!

    sharpeimom replied to PMFB-RN's topic in General Nursing

    i never worked in the world famous medical center, but i did work at a world famous psych hospital in a very large well known city once upon a time. then i moved and worked in a state psych hospital...
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    The latest nursing scrubs...

    sharpeimom replied to Joe V's topic in Nursing Humor

    Probably cheap red wine and chili dog leftovers...
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    How To Get A Patient To Take Pain Meds When Needed...

    sharpeimom posted a topic in Pain Management

    how do you get a normally reasonable, mature, male to take his pain meds when he really does need to take them? i'm certainly not asking for medical advice, but my husband is acting like a pigheaded...
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    Why Is It That Everyone Thinks They're A Good Nurse?

    sharpeimom replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    i can't tell you the day of which month in which i became a "good" nurse, but i do remember where i was. my very first job out of school was on an ortho floor and the words loathe, hate, and detest...
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    What disorders did you diagnose yourself with in Nursing School?

    sharpeimom replied to BostonTerrierLover's topic in General Nursing

    brain cancer premature menopause (i just knew my sweats, mood swings, and headaches were early menopause. turns out all my weird symptoms were caused by an...
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    How To Get A Patient To Take Pain Meds When Needed...

    sharpeimom replied to sharpeimom's topic in Pain Management

    thanks needshaldol! i'd dearly love to step back and just concentrate on letting his final almost-healed wound heal, but there are other factors that keep rearing their ugly little heads. his...
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    How To Get A Patient To Take Pain Meds When Needed...

    sharpeimom replied to sharpeimom's topic in Pain Management

    thank you everyone for your varying ideas. sometimes it can be difficult to overcome one's childhood teachings and i think that accounts for quite a bit of his attitude toward his pain meds and this...
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    Silly random nursing thoughts, one sentence, NO JUDGMENTAL FOLKS ALLOWED

    sharpeimom replied to wooh's topic in Nursing Humor

    :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:
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    Favorite Dr or Nurse Name

    sharpeimom replied to sethmctenn's topic in Nursing Humor

    my husband was referred to a different wound specialist. it had to be approved by insurance and insurance called back with a quick okay. they already had the doctor's name, but the rep asked (so...
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    Baffled...

    sharpeimom replied to aboucherrn's topic in General Nursing

    not being thanked very often as a psych nurse, made me very conscious of thanking everyone who cared for me. plus which, i can always hear my mom's voice inside my head saying, "what's the magic...
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    How To Get A Patient To Take Pain Meds When Needed...

    sharpeimom replied to sharpeimom's topic in Pain Management

    thank you for yet another way i can explain it to my resident mule.
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    I've made a mistake, and now I need help

    sharpeimom replied to holdyourheadhigh's topic in General Nursing

    you absolutely must let your supervisor know about your oversight, then either you or the supervisor can tell the doctor that he forgot to sign off too. ultimately, it was his responsibility to make...
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    I was fired from previous job

    sharpeimom replied to nursepenelope's topic in General Nursing

    i was only fired once and thinking about it 35 years later, makes me furious, frustrated, and unhappy as it did back then. i was a grad student and i had a job managing three group homes for...
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    I was fired from previous job

    sharpeimom replied to nursepenelope's topic in General Nursing

    if we're honest about it, very few of us haven't been fired from a job at some point in our lives. unless you were fired for stealing, or another ethics issue, what matters more is the spin you put...
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    Fast Food Medicine.

    sharpeimom replied to rnjlin's topic in Emergency

    that was magnificent! i was right there as i read
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    Does a CNA have to wipe butts?

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

    it's a deal! as my uncle used to tell me when i was about four, "you is a good
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    Does a CNA have to wipe butts?

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

    maybe i'm strange (no comments from the peanut gallery!) but wiping someone and cleaning up after someone vomits has never bothered me in the least. i guess i've cleaned up and/or stepped in far too...
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    doctor's office accessing of scripts

    sharpeimom replied to morte's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    i want every doctor's office and every pharmacy that i use to be vitally aware of each and every med that i take. i have a lurid allergy to meds allergy and must undergo quarterly liver and renal...
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    What is mean of notarized application?

    sharpeimom replied to Endless's topic in Immigration Advice

    having something notarized, also is legal proof the signature is really yours and that someone other than you didn't sign it instead of you (pretending to be you.) when my husband left his home...