sharpeimom

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    A patient's experience with RUDE nursing staff.. Should this be reported?

    sharpeimom replied to digoe74's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    no matter what type of insurance coverage a person has or doesn't have, she still has the right to be treated with dignity and respect, each time, every time. unfortunately, that didn't happen to...
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    Do you have an eReader...

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

    check out amazon's kindle. it comes in more than one model, plus they also offer a free pc app to
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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

    i'm sorry, but that made me laugh! i've had several hundred pt sessions where the pt does exercises with my rt. shoulder followed by many excerises that i do both there and at home. instead of...
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    Dyeing Med Couture Scrubs?

    sharpeimom replied to BiohazardBetty's topic in General Students

    you can also replace the drawstring by attaching the new drawstring to the end of a big heavy safety pin and threading it through the tunnel where the old one came out. if you can find an old diaper...
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    "I know what diarrhea is..."

    sharpeimom replied to mustlovepoodles's topic in School

    this is the family where every person over age 16 smokes heavily. the mom just called here. she just got back home from buying three new video games, cigarettes, beer, and a few groceries (paid for...
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    "I know what diarrhea is..."

    sharpeimom replied to mustlovepoodles's topic in School

    my husband mentors two brothers who are eleven and twelve. last year, he had taken them to a school sponsored skating party. it was in an indoor commercial rink, indoor plumbing too. shouldn't have...
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    Is it worth just going from BSN rather than just a ADN..

    sharpeimom replied to guardcutie02's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    as previous posters have said, it depends on where you live. i was a second career rn. i already had a b.a. and had had several prereqs. i decided to get a b.s.n. because i could then go on and get...
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    Denied from nursing schools

    sharpeimom replied to buckeye47's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    i love the city of cincinnati! don't be so quick to write it off. uc is located in clifton, which is a neat section of cinci. i have family there and have spent quite a lot of time there. if you...
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    Puberty class agreement.....

    sharpeimom replied to LACA's topic in School

    i'm not a school nurse, but my husband has been a volunteer mentor for two boys since they were six and seven. they're now eleven and twelve, and go to different schools. their cousin, who is in...
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    Denied from nursing schools

    sharpeimom replied to buckeye47's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    have you looked in other directions? you're only a couple of hours (or slightly more) from pittsburgh, which has several nursing programs. i graduated from pitt, there's carlow, and others. pitt...
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    Nurses, have you been been spit on, pushed, scratched and verbally or assaulted?

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

    ditto for psych
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    What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

    sharpeimom replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    when you live in a very rural area, you see any gender the hospital can attract and suck it up or travel 100 miles, for some specialties. i have never understood gender
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    Speed Demon

    sharpeimom posted a topic in Nursing Humor

    An elderly man on a Moped, looking about 90 years old, pulls up next to a doctor at a street light. The old man looks over at the sleek shiny car and asks, "What kind of car ya got there, sonny?"...
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    Is it okay for a CNA to call herself a nurse?

    sharpeimom replied to Mrs. SnowStormRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    if a cna introduces her/himself as a nurse, it's fraudulent. it would be the same as if i had introduced myself as "your substitute professor" the morning my husband woke up with a flu bug and i gave...
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    Is it okay for a CNA to call herself a nurse?

    sharpeimom replied to Mrs. SnowStormRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    no! no! and no! it's illegal. i have a b.s.n. and a m.s.n., and have successfully passed the nclex, but i am no longer a nurse. i am a former nurse. i let my license lapse after i had a stroke...
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    Licensed Vacational Nurse

    sharpeimom replied to caliotter3's topic in Nursing Humor

    i need a vacation! where do i go to sign
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    Psych Pet Peeve

    sharpeimom replied to Mashira's topic in Psychiatric

    one aide in particular drove me up a wall. she'd come to me and say something like, "___ is acting strange." me: "how is he acting? give me some examples of what he's doing and how he's behaving."...
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    What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

    sharpeimom replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    my husband was putting flea stuff in a tube on one of our cats when the tube split wide open and some of the med splashed up into his eye. he had his contacts in. i had him remove the contacts,...
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    I got a surprise this morning....

    sharpeimom replied to LACA's topic in School

    congratulations!! that's great news! my cousin's wife had a baby when their son was 22 months. they had prepared him well for his sister's arrival -- or so they thought. all went very well until...
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    Obtaining home med list

    sharpeimom replied to LouisVRN's topic in General Nursing

    something my husband and i did several years ago has been helpful. i made a list for each of us that shows current meds, conditions being treated, diseases, birthdates, which i update every three...
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    May have failed an Anatomy exam (unreasonably hard Professor)

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

    there are a few courses in any program that serve as "weed out" courses. unfortunately, a&p is used as a weed out course. it removes many students who wouldn't be able to finish the rest of the...
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    Funny Names

    sharpeimom replied to nurserynurse55's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    dior...
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    Never enough-vent

    sharpeimom replied to anotherone's topic in General Nursing

    sometimes all you can do is tune them out. you have your priorities in the correct order. when people are upset or scared, they'll complain about things they otherwise wouldn't. some people are...
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    how can you tell a drama queen?

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

    as someone who had her first stroke at age 13 months, caused by a congenital aneurysm, another at age nine, and a leaky aneurysm (yes, another one) repaired at age thirteen, and another stroke the day...
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    Unethical? Illegal?

    sharpeimom replied to canesdukegirl's topic in General Nursing

    that made me hear my dad's voice in my head! when i was in my teens, occasionally, he'd listen to something i'd said, then ask, "may i have that signed and notarized,