Dolce RN

Dolce is a RN and specializes in Day Surgery, Agency, Cath Lab, LTC/Psych.

Latest Activity

1. Pulling New grad/new employee to another floor two days after coming off orientation.

   Dolce replied to bkleriRN's topic in General Nursing

   Thats not right. As an agency nurse, I have been floated multiple times, too. Its usually not that easy to be floated and definitely isn't appropriate or safe for a brand new grad.

2. How's the job market in YOUR area?

   Dolce replied to Chico David's topic in General Nursing

   I am getting SO tired of hearing that there is a nursing shortage. There is NO nursing shortage where I live. My 150 bed hospital has 3 posted nursing positions. The next closest hospital laid off nurses recently and has 2 nursing positions open. ...

3. out patient procedures

   Dolce replied to dnnc52's topic in General Nursing

   Clinic patients are different than outpatient procedure patients. Some hospitals update the records on the patient monthly. They have an outpatient assessment (just the basics) which includes their meds, allergies, history, assessment, plan of care...

4. Gender descriptions in my MSN text

   Dolce replied to nursesail's topic in General Nursing

   Its funny that you mentioned that its in your text book. I noticed that in one of the nursing journals I receive. I can't remember if it was AJN or Nursing2009 but one of them did the same thing. It stood out to me when I read it, too, and I could...

5. I want her fired!!!!

   Dolce replied to HisTreasure's topic in General Nursing

   Yes I believe it. Your administrator is so out of touch he believes everything he hears. When the family says you are the devil than you are the devil. When they say you are Mother Theresa than you are Mother Theresa. Did he actually graduate fr...

6. Hospital Parking

   Dolce replied to Riseupandnurse's topic in General Nursing

   That sucks. The parking for my hospital is in the front and there is always plenty of spaces. I like walking out of the front of the hospital to get to my car at night--somehow it just seems safer than if the parking lot is in the back.

7. Is this possible?

   Dolce replied to back2thebooks's topic in General Nursing

   I doubt it. I can't tell you how many times I have heard people use that statement though. Usually very dramatically, too. Their temp reads out 98.2 and they exclaim with alarm that they definitely have a fever because they normally are only 96 or...

8. Toileting Morbidly obese patients?

   Dolce replied to 07302003's topic in General Nursing

   For the morbidly obese men I turn the urinal upside down--helps to prevent pee from getting all over the bed.

9. How much personal info you do share with a patient?

   Dolce replied to christieb01's topic in General Nursing

   It really depends on the situation. I am country girl and now I work in a small town hospital so the feel is much different than at a large urban hospital. Most of the time I don't mind sharing about myself to the little old ladies and gentlemen wh...

10. Advice Needed on dealing with my Charge Nurse PLEASE!

    Dolce replied to Italia13 RN's topic in General Nursing

    I agree wholeheartedly. There is a lot to be said for learning from experience. This is what makes good nurses great. However, risking patient's lives just so that a nurse can get toughened up is not safe practice. Five patient's is too many for ...

11. hospitalists clashing and nurses stuck in the middle

    Dolce replied to gagirl1124's topic in Safety

    I wouldn't let a patient wander with a PCA pump. Way too big of a risk in my opinion. If they are feeling well enough to go outside and smoke they are feeling well enough to come off the PCA.

12. Got hurt at work, sad :( and a vent, too...(long)

    Dolce replied to trudlebug's topic in Emergency

    Your story makes me very angry. Your coworkers and the patient's doctor left you completely on your own, despite repeated requests for help and because of that you got hurt. This is unacceptable and inexcusable. This ER needs some serious re-train...

13. NCLEX TEST( i really want 2 be a rn )

    Dolce replied to nena220's topic in General Nursing

    Nena, Thats good that you are wanting to study early! It is never too early to get prepared. However, you don't have to (actually you CAN'T) take the NCLEX until you have completed nursing school. So, your big focus now should be on taking all the...

14. Feeling silly....

    Dolce replied to Imuneek2's topic in General Nursing

    100cc bolus of NS? Is that supposed to really help a low BP? :uhoh21:

15. New nurse to start in Nursing Home...

    Dolce replied to short1978's topic in Geriatric

    I agree. It is completely inappropriate for an agency to hire a new grad and throw them into a situation where patients and YOUR license are at risk. The agency doesn't have as much to lose as you do. You need a job where you can be trained and ta...