sharpeimom

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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 just had to share a quick story your comment made me remember. about 30 years ago, i kept my cousin's kids for a weekend. her son was about 2 1/3 and her daughter 14 months. he was just beginning...
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    Are You a Member of the allnurses.com Grammar Police?

    sharpeimom replied to PacoUSA's topic in Nursing Humor

    it's voila and not walla or woila. my bad...??
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    Are You a Member of the allnurses.com Grammar Police?

    sharpeimom replied to PacoUSA's topic in Nursing Humor

    drives me nuts when someone says "click." it's "clique," people! like creek, but with an "l" substituted for the
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    What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    sharpeimom replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    when my mom was dying, she progressed into ca-related dementia and became very suspicious of me, so i had to rely more than i would have liked on the hospice aides. all the rns and all but one aide...
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    Stupid things said by your non-nurse significant other

    sharpeimom replied to Moogie's topic in Nursing Humor

    i called my elderly aunt tonight and while we were talking, she told me a friend's husband had had an m.i., but went right on to tell me she was thankful that, at least, he hadn't had a heart attack....
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    Check this out... Funny and not funny at the same time..

    sharpeimom replied to wifeandmomoftwo's topic in General Nursing

    there is a broad assumption that any seizure someone has that does not render them unconscious, senseless, limp, etc. must be a feeble attempt to get drugs. the thread does not have to be about...
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    Check this out... Funny and not funny at the same time..

    sharpeimom replied to wifeandmomoftwo's topic in General Nursing

    posts such as this one really offend me! flame away! there really are some of us who have neurologist-diagnosed seizure disorders that produce atypical types of seizures. some of us can indeed say...
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    Do You Go By First Or Last Name At Work?

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

    first. before i became disabled, i worked in a state mental hospital. we all had only our first names engraved on our badges, including the medical staff. as a staff nurse, i had rn kathy on my...
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    Are You a Member of the allnurses.com Grammar Police?

    sharpeimom replied to PacoUSA's topic in Nursing Humor

    "we reached a consensus of opinion." redundant!!! "i don't know where it's at. :eek: "i want one to. :eek: (you mean too. too is another word for also.) well bread person...:eek: you do not need to...
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    Are You a Member of the allnurses.com Grammar Police?

    sharpeimom replied to PacoUSA's topic in Nursing Humor

    one that absolutely makes my skin crawl is often, despite the fact that it is now considered an alternate acceptable choice. people in this area frequently say they "had my dog spaded." or "i just had...
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    Hypothetical, yet sticky situation for a new grad

    sharpeimom replied to defyinggravity2009's topic in General Nursing

    i faced a similar situation several years ago. i was a hospice volunteer but not a hospice paid insured rn, in the house where the spouse was a colleague of my husband's and i was a childhood friend...
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    Student nurse violates confidentiality on floor

    sharpeimom replied to jrw03282009's topic in General Nursing

    you're fine, but i just have the sillies today. my wonderful mom died in 1987 and i have been really missing her lately. that mental image was just what i needed today! sometimes what your grannie...
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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 a relative's husband was in med school, she worked in a maximum security prison as a rn. one great big, mean, tough, scary, baaaad, prisoner was a ff in her infirmary. nothing was ever found to...
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    Favorite Dr or Nurse Name

    sharpeimom replied to sethmctenn's topic in Nursing Humor

    :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
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    Student nurse violates confidentiality on floor

    sharpeimom replied to jrw03282009's topic in General Nursing

    oh boy! my mother was never ever told she needed to "grow a pair..." i can just hear her laughing all the way from heaven! it was more a matter of having limited time because she was running a...
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    Student nurse violates confidentiality on floor

    sharpeimom replied to jrw03282009's topic in General Nursing

    maybe she thought if she didn't mention names, locations etc. that it wasn't a hipaa violation. may i present a story from the patient's point of view? my mom was an attorney who travelled...
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    This can't be right...

    sharpeimom replied to pinkstudentnurse20's topic in General Nursing

    i realized she wasn't a nurse, but thought maybe she was a volunteer on a medical mission with her church. you don't have to be a mother, teacher, rn, lpn, or aide to be appalled by a situation and to...
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    Are You a Member of the allnurses.com Grammar Police?

    sharpeimom replied to PacoUSA's topic in Nursing Humor

    thanks! you beat me to
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    Are You a Member of the allnurses.com Grammar Police?

    sharpeimom replied to PacoUSA's topic in Nursing Humor

    one of my peeves is "their" instead of "they're." in my hometown, many of the generation above mine say "clum" instead of "climbed." not incorrect but sounds strange when my southern born spouse asks...
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    Are You a Member of the allnurses.com Grammar Police?

    sharpeimom replied to PacoUSA's topic in Nursing Humor

    yes, i am a proud member of the grammar police! i was an editor and proofreader before i switched to nursing, and am married to a college professor. hi, my name is kathy. i am a card carrying member...
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    Get it off your chest! What's the rudest thing a doctor ever said to you?

    sharpeimom replied to vhern246's topic in General Nursing

    i worked in a locked psych ward and our patients generally had file cabinet-sized hx. one night a frequent flier went off the deep end. we ended up putting him in 4 pt. restraints and medicating him...
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    big babies...

    sharpeimom replied to futurenurseheather's topic in Ob/Gyn

    my husband weighed 14# 2 oz. and was delivered lady partslly (with forceps) on christmas eve. what a christmas present! his mom was still taking her rubber donut everywhere at
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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

    eeeeeeeeekkkkkkkkkkkkk!!!!:uhoh3::eek::eek::uhoh3:
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    Posting advice: "I can't do this, ...I don't understand you"

    sharpeimom replied to cmonkey's topic in General Nursing

    while we're on this topic, it's not "chick!" it's
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    Posting advice: "I can't do this, ...I don't understand you"

    sharpeimom replied to cmonkey's topic in General Nursing

    glad i could help! i remember the years when my mom often communicated through cartoons, articles and such to get a point across. i still had one on our fridge my mother had sent me when i was a grad...