sharpeimom

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    I've been a nurse since.....(fill in the blank)

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

    We use an electric thermometer to check temps on our dog and cats. Just as you said, when I'm on autopilot or just waking up, I'll shake the thermometer down. My husband either looks at me as though...
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    Signing Off......

    sharpeimom replied to dbrenda1510's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I wish you the very best of luck tomorrow! I'm also sending you
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    I've been a nurse since.....(fill in the blank)

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

    I've been a nurse since 1976. Yep! Yet another crusty old bat! It was a second career for me. I remember glass IV bottles, taking BPs with a cuff, temps with mercury thermometers, metal bedpans and...
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    Is This Bullying?

    sharpeimom replied to roser13's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    My dad used to say any flavor of Jello was good as long as it was -- you guessed it -- red. I guess "red" is a flavor after all. As far as I'm concerned, as long as it isn't lemon-flavored, it's good...
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    Is This Bullying?

    sharpeimom replied to roser13's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Steph, Our neighbors on one side are Jewish and Muslim on the other side. One uses a gelatin mix with a soy base and the other uses one with a seaweed base. I forget which is which. I have eaten...
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    Silliest answer someone has said in class?

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

    What the **** does my husband each? English Lit and occasionally a Comp course, and he has also taught French in a
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    Is This Bullying?

    sharpeimom replied to roser13's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I have one Jello question. What sadist decided root beer-flavored Jello would be appetizing and an alternative for freshman nursing students to pass? That way, they learn how to deliver the goods --...
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    Silliest answer someone has said in class?

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

    My husband teaches on the college level. The absolute winner in my mind was when he asked his usual, "OK, that's the end of the pre-exam review. Does anyone have any questions?" One male student...
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    Best Type of Watch for Clinical Sites?

    sharpeimom replied to SweetSouthernLove's topic in General Students

    I bought it in a very large CVS drugstore about 20 years ago. They still have the watch case but the designs change periodically and sometimes designs are brought back. Maybe a Target or Walmart?...
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    Best Type of Watch for Clinical Sites?

    sharpeimom replied to SweetSouthernLove's topic in General Students

    Our local big chain drugstore has a display of watches targeted at kids. They have a third hand, fit adult-sized wrists, and are colorful, to say the least. They have cartoon characters or similar...
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    Advice for those with "harsh" instructors.

    sharpeimom replied to marvelmom's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Before I became a nurse, I got a writing degree (mostly used in editing) and had a professor that I had heard nothing but great things about. Students just raved about him. I immediately signed up for...
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    Random Funny

    sharpeimom replied to HisTreasure's topic in Private Duty

    I'm usually a VERY assertive person, but he just grabbed my backpack by the shoulder strap and yanked. My mind just kept repeating, "This cannot ... is not happening!" but it was. All I could think...
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    Random Funny

    sharpeimom replied to HisTreasure's topic in Private Duty

    People can be silly about meds sometimes. I take Keppra and Neurontin as anticonvulsant meds. I filled in for a nurse friend, who had a private duty patient, so she could attend a family party...
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    Wearing PJ's to Work?

    sharpeimom replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

    I never got to wear scrubs, darn it all! We wore dockers and polo shirts instead. My great aunt was a nurse post WWI and wore whites that were STARCHED like crazy! The two generations below...
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    Aches and pains, oh my!

    sharpeimom replied to Brian's topic in General Students

    My biggest "disease" was imagining, obsessing over, just knowing that I'd one of the youngest knee replacement patients in recorded history! I had damaged my left knee badly enough that the...
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    Seizures Real vs Fake

    sharpeimom replied to princess pickles's topic in Correctional

    There is so much ignorance exhibited in the above letter that I scarcely know where to begin. I'm not attacking the writer, only the incorrect facts stated above, With the types of seizure I have, no...
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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

    About two weeks ago, my husband smacked his elbow while he was moving a metal baker's rack. A neighbor was helping him. We live in a Victorian-era house and only have archways or narrow doors. He...
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    Personal experience with sneakers?

    sharpeimom replied to _Jax_RN's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    [COLOR=#0066cc] Ryka A232424 This is what I wore. I have a very high instep which makes my foot a wide width. The inner...
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    What do you carry with you/bring to work as a psych nurse?

    sharpeimom replied to carterr's topic in Psychiatric

    2 pens small pocket-sized notebook change and a $5.00 bill gloves contact lens wetting drops mints or cinnamon candies The rest of my stuff was kept in my
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    Germs, germs, and more germs

    sharpeimom replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

    Jess, We use good old Ivory. Dull, huh? Great minds think
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    Germs, germs, and more germs

    sharpeimom replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

    Yes! Sometimes my husband says I'm being just a teensy bit neurotic when I tell him, "No! I can't just use a baby wipe! I need to wash my hands with actual SOAP and water!" I do that when I've given...
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    Charting Bloopers

    sharpeimom replied to AHarri66's topic in Nursing Humor

    My mom was hospitalized for severe pneumonia. I had gone to school with her nurse that day. As I was leaving, the nurse showed me an admissions note the young nurse had written. "Patient only has one...
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    Charting Bloopers

    sharpeimom replied to AHarri66's topic in Nursing Humor

    I don't know. I think elf dressing might be a useful skill at Christmastime. Think of all the
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    discriminated

    sharpeimom replied to SU2013's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    If wwe could have more information, we could forgive you a more helpful answer. Is this for an
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    Please share your "calling"

    sharpeimom replied to Krzysztof's topic in General Nursing

    I have time now to expand on what I said above. Growing up, we had a neighbor with some mental health issues. Even as a small child, I was aware that she was "different" I had no idea why. I suspect...