sharpeimom

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    Illness?

    sharpeimom replied to StL_Momma27's topic in General Nursing

    i hardly ever caught anything while i was a nurse, with one notable exception. i had had a documented case of chicken pox when i was a four year old kindergartener. i was reinfected as a student...
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    Pill falls on pt gown...is it safe to give?

    sharpeimom replied to sle1191's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    i was a psych nurse. i just can't imagine trying to explain to the majority of my patients why they can't take the pill that fell into their shirt pocket or down their t-shirt front! if they weren't...
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    I couldn't believe what I was hearing!

    sharpeimom replied to sra27's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    my husband is presently in wound care rehab and has a roommate with advanced dementia. this gentleman was formerly a farmer and owned a model dairy farm. he has a son whose first name is the same as...
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    Will I ever get over this? Personally or professionally.

    sharpeimom replied to DoodabuzzRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    certainly list that work experience when you job hunt. being caught in a lie is much much worse than having listed a job where you were [/i] fired. i never filled out an application, whether it was...
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    Advice please...occurrence/sick time

    sharpeimom replied to babyNP.'s topic in General Nursing

    where i worked, after being paid for two overtime/unscheduled shifts per pay period, we got the rest of our overtime in comp time off which i liked. i never worked so much that i got sick, but we...
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    Nurses with dreadlocks

    sharpeimom replied to DarkLotus's topic in General Nursing

    i just snorted too! dreads are fine if clean and neat. the world is safe from seeing me in them though! i still have the same sad limp fine straight hair that i had when i was about two. now,...
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    Patient's question put me on the spot!

    sharpeimom replied to ICAN!'s topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    there is never anything wrong with saying something like. "i don't know but give me a minute and i'll be glad to find out and get back to you." always better than trying to fake it for many reasons!...
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    Family response to head lice

    sharpeimom replied to elwood91's topic in School

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    Nursing Student Unethical Behavior

    sharpeimom replied to FlopperAnn's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    please do not tell me i was being condescending to you when that was not my intention! i am married to a professor who has turned down the chance to advance to admin status because he loves teaching....
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    Nursing Student Unethical Behavior

    sharpeimom replied to FlopperAnn's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    do you know unequivalently that this student is doing no research of her own accord? that letter may be simply one more avenue of information seeking. i used to get my information from a great many...
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    I either need day shift or to be single. Vent

    sharpeimom replied to beeker's topic in General Nursing

    i had a different (weird) problem with my fiance, now husband, when i worked nights that was equally annoying. he'd sneak around, tiptoeing all the way... so i could sleep and he wouldn't bother me....
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    What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    sharpeimom replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    all i can so is send you a big hug and reassure you that it will get better and worse again occasionally. once a patient laughed so hard that her uppers fell out and while i was bent over retrieving...
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    Nurse prepared for a big headache

    sharpeimom replied to Brian's topic in Nursing Humor

    how about a tylenol the size of a whole salami?! ,,, or how about a steaming cup of herbal mint tea? i grow my own herbs, then hang to dry. crumble the spearmint, peppermint, lemonmint, etc. and...
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    What is that weird smell?

    sharpeimom replied to tiroka03's topic in General Nursing

    sharing an off the wall thing. after taking keppra for seizure control for several years, i switched over to the generic version. no difference... until... the pharmacy apparently received a different...
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    No more fun scrubs

    sharpeimom replied to EJBNeuroRN's topic in General Nursing

    in the psych hospital where i worked for ages, we had rns and psych techs on the floors. techs wore jeans with white polo shirts with the hospital's name embroidered on them, and rns wore...
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    Satisfaction from wiping POO? GASP!

    sharpeimom replied to iluvhrts's topic in General Nursing

    snort! :rotfl: holy snot buckets, never
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    Satisfaction from wiping POO? GASP!

    sharpeimom replied to iluvhrts's topic in General Nursing

    i'd much rather wipe someone's backside than suction mucus from their
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    are there any nurses out there who haven't been vaccinated?

    sharpeimom replied to Kendel.G's topic in General Students

    when you choose not to immunize, your decision can have far flung consequences you might not have considered. my husband is a college professor. he thought he had had rubella as a kid, but hadn't as...
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    7p-7a or 3p-3a...any insight?

    sharpeimom replied to srobb11's topic in Emergency

    i must be the weirdo in the group because i worked for years on 7pm - 7am 3 days per week and loved it! i am not a night person by any stretch of the imagination. i was never able to sleep after i got...
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    Alcoholism: disease or choice?

    sharpeimom replied to HonestRN's topic in Addictions

    it's a disease, but as with a disease such as diabetes, the patient has some responsibility for the outcome. my husband's father was a mean, abusive, alcoholic until he was in his late fifties when...
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    Should I wear makeup to my psych clinicals if I'll be around sex offenders?

    sharpeimom replied to Kuniklo's topic in General Students

    what everyone before me said. i worked in a state psych hospital for much of my career. my rules were simple. light makeup or none. i often just used tinted moisturizer and a tiny bit of mascara....
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    The Long Anticipated Wait: NCLEX Scores

    sharpeimom replied to Joe V's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Funny and too
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    Mixing infant formula half strength..

    sharpeimom replied to Kristen<3's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    :eek::eek:
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    Patient asking for something at the wrong time...

    sharpeimom replied to Joe V's topic in Nurses Rock

    good thread! when my grandma (who had advancing parkinson's disease) was hospitalized for pneumonia, the nurse was suctioning her as i stood outside the doorway. a very angry woman pushed by me and...
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    When a Nurse has been reduced to tears!

    sharpeimom replied to RNGriffin's topic in General Nursing

    the patient who got to me the very most was when i was a student nurse. she was a six year old named crystal (not her real name.) crystal had wispy white blonde hair and looked like a fragile angel....