sharann

sharann BSN, RN

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  1. The Less-Than-Glamorous Duties

    sharann replied to miya's topic in General Nursing

    Miya, All of us get sick from some aspect of nursing but we deal with it in our own way eventually. remeber, the patients dignity is what we strive to keep intact. I too have never disimpacted anyone...

  2. I am steamed

    sharann replied to sharann's topic in Operating Room

    Thanks p65. No union here. But California law does say 1:2 in PACU, even though I was not making that case. I am fine with 3 stable patients, but not with ICU pts and fresh pot ops (as opposed to 30...

  3. Substandard Healthcare d/t high Patient to nurse ratios

    sharann replied to shandy84's topic in General Nursing

    That is an amazing and very sad letter. Sad, because it is not unique at all. I say forward it to every newspaper and internet newsgroup you can. MAgazines, journals, anyone who will listen and get...

  4. Any ideas for debatable nursing issues for school paper?

    sharann replied to kahumai's topic in General Nursing

    Begali had some reall good ones. I can only offer my one idea of circumsicion of newborns without anesthetics (i.e: We don't need anesthetics because babies "don't feel pain" or wont

  5. How about this for an order?

    sharann posted a topic in General Nursing

    This may just be my naivete or age showing but I saw a prn order from an old "breast man" that read verbatim "Ativan 1 mg p.o q 4-6hrs prn pain". Yuck

  6. Hypomagnesiumia, I am a ticking time bomb!!

    sharann replied to curleysue's topic in General Nursing

    This is what steams me. There are people out there like you who are trying to better themselves and work and have insurance but can't get help, while others go on welfare and medical and medicaid and...

  7. Woot!

    sharann replied to Tweety's topic in Online Distance Learning

    :balloons: Great start! I am totally with you. I think I have 14 more classes to go. Got an A in Ethical diemma class. Next week we start Nursing Research That will be a LONG 8 weeks. Keep it

  8. Malignant Hyperthermia

    sharann replied to sockov's topic in MICU, SICU

    I thought it was Dantrolene sodium?Very complex to treat. Lots of cooling measures and monitoring.Scary sounding. I have worked PACU 4 years and have only seen a "near miss" once. The pt apparently...

  9. Epogen and Jehovah's

    sharann posted a topic in General Nursing

    Has anyone had a Jehova Witness decline epogen or the other erythropoetin stimulating types of injections? We have an ortho doc who has treated many and he is concerned that there may be albumin in it...

  10. Epogen and Jehovah's

    sharann replied to sharann's topic in General Nursing

    I will do whatever the patient wants for themselves. I will follow the law of course but I completely understand that faith is individual . I am never going to commit battery(forcing treatments)on a...

  11. Had spleen removed and want to be a nurse

    sharann replied to Maisie's topic in General Nursing

    Never heard that having a spleen is a prereq for being a nurse. Having a good heart and nerves of steel,

  12. Epogen and Jehovah's

    sharann replied to sharann's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks fab4fan. Got the PM. WVRN, the last JW took it, but would not take a re-infusion of her orthoinfuser drain. I guess you just have to really question

  13. I have been given a good opportunity, need advise please

    sharann replied to KimberRN's topic in General Nursing

    I answered you in the Periop

  14. Online Education

    sharann replied to sockov's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I take online with JAcksonville U online RN-BSN. I like the classes but I am FREAKING out now due to my upcoming Nursing Research course :uhoh21: I am scared. Just finished Bioethics and that was fine...

  15. I have been given a good opportunity, need advise please

    sharann replied to KimberRN's topic in Operating Room

    Gosh what a rare oppurtunity. YOu are new to nursing right?. I am a PACU nurse and love it so I can't be unbiased. I also have not worked the OR so I can't say not to go there(ha ha). I do think that...

  16. Ethics of feeding tube

    sharann posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Is it ethical to place a feeding tube in a patient/resident of a LTC because it takes 2 hours per meal to feed the person? The person has no physical problem, is just very slow at eating, can swallow...

  17. Ethics of feeding tube

    sharann replied to sharann's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Just reminding everyone this is a discussion for an ethics course,but it is from a true

  18. Stat holidays??

    sharann replied to daz2003's topic in General Nursing

    Do you mean state holidays??? I have no idea what they mean by stat holidays(but I'll take one if they

  19. Ethics of feeding tube

    sharann replied to sharann's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    This is an ethical dilemma I was presented as part of a course dealing with bioethical situations, death and dying strategies for nurses. I have been pondering this for a while and I personally don;t...

  20. Elitism anyone?

    sharann replied to Sgt_Chunk_Spelunker's topic in General Nursing

    Dang. I guess my eating lunch with the house orderly last week wouldn't go over well with your

  21. Skin tears

    sharann replied to sharann's topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

    Thank you

  22. Skin tears

    sharann replied to sharann's topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

    EXACTLY!!!! I am afraid of a few nurses down the line. I know I can't be responsible for everyone but I wondered if there was a way to avoid the opsite while still protecting the skin

  23. PACU nurse training programs

    sharann replied to malusport's topic in PACU

    I think UCLA and Cedar-Sinai in Los Angeles

  24. Heart murmurs - what is PND?

    sharann replied to GingerSue's topic in General Nursing

    What it means to have PND is to suddenly wake up at night short of breath. It would fit with having heart failure or pulmonary

  25. Skin tears

    sharann replied to sharann's topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

    What is this mepitel? Is is a gel like matrix? Clear. Is there another name for it?