dutchgirl

dutchgirl specializes in peds, peds ICU, OB, Cath Lab,home health.

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1. Med-Surg/Onc/tele

   dutchgirl replied to nursekatie22's topic in Cardiac

   Hi Katie - in ACLS they teach you everything you need to know for the course, but if you really want to get into it, try Dale Dubin's "Rapid EKG Interpretation". When I first started in cardiac nursing (oh so long ago) it was THE book, and I still h...

2. Cath Lab nurses!! Intro plz!

   dutchgirl replied to Marchantia's topic in Cardiac

   Hey there DutchgirlRN - you must be the original Dutchgirl, I'm a pretend dutchgirl (small d) from Canada originally (my grandma had a brother nicknamed Dutch, and she always said to me "you're Dutch") so I always use it as my username. I did some C...

3. Cath Lab nurses!! Intro plz!

   dutchgirl replied to Marchantia's topic in Cardiac

   Here's another little bit of cath lab history repeating itself- myself and another "old girl" listened to a new girl RANT for about 15 minutes about on-call, and being sent home when cases were done, and late nights, and add-on Fridays....blah, blah,...

4. Cath Lab nurses!! Intro plz!

   dutchgirl replied to Marchantia's topic in Cardiac

   Thank-you Marchantia for starting this thread. I agree with cathlabRN, things have gotten a LOT better over the years. The 1st lab I worked in was in Western Canada, and did I ever learn a lot. We didn't TOUCH films (radiology did that, in fact the...

5. Dont move to florida

   dutchgirl replied to skuterkomputer rn's topic in Florida

   Hi pinksky -I am in central florida - two of our RN's recently moved "out west", one had a young child. Both were double income families. Both are very pleased with their moves (Colorado, Texas) Their reasons? They couldn't afford to buy a house.

6. Dont move to florida

   dutchgirl replied to skuterkomputer rn's topic in Florida

   Oh man! Well, I have to agree with you on the pay. It used to be acceptable to have this lower scale, but the cost of living has risen dramatically, and the hospitals for the most part are getting away with what they can. However, if you keep up y...

7. Question for Cathlab/tele/Special proced RNs

   dutchgirl replied to sharann's topic in Cardiac

   I swear by warmed blankets. If we get them on right away when they come out of the lab, they just go aaahhh, and really relax EVERYTHING. We also allow bending up of the unaffected limb, we tip the feet down (easy on the stretchers), and use pillow...

8. Cath Lab nurses!! Intro plz!

   dutchgirl replied to Marchantia's topic in Cardiac

   Hi there, I've been a cath lab nurse for a long time, an RN for 30 years, and currently do mostly paperwork (ACC data collection), and fill in prn for the lab and hold area. I live in Florida. What is your responsibility in the labs? Nice to meet y...

9. would you work for a DON that you dont respect?

   dutchgirl replied to johnson0424's topic in Safety

   How sad! Maybe you could do a better job than she does. I really believe that we are sent to certain places for a reason. If you really care about your residents, the extra 10% that you provide could make all the difference in the world. The craz...

10. looking for feedback/advice on this idea

    dutchgirl replied to dutchgirl's topic in Orthopaedic

    It probably would be difficult to get under a hip patient because their thighs are pretty close together. The nice thing about the shallow pan is you can get it in just by pushing it slightly into the mattress, no lifting of the patient. Just try pu...

11. looking for feedback/advice on this idea

    dutchgirl replied to dutchgirl's topic in Orthopaedic

    We have put the suction in the fracture pans as well, and that does work.too. But the emesis basin doesn't actually go undet the buttocks, it is stategically placed under the perineum, and the butt cheeks hold it in place.

12. looking for feedback/advice on this idea

    dutchgirl replied to dutchgirl's topic in Orthopaedic

    Yeah, I've tried it, but on supine patients it still leaks up the back, and its hard to do the paperwork with a bottle in your hand.

13. For all the new nurses: who has had crazy dreams about work?! :)

    dutchgirl replied to christvs's topic in New Nurse

    I've been a nurse for thirty years (help me!) and I still have crazy dreams like that.

14. looking for feedback/advice on this idea

    dutchgirl replied to dutchgirl's topic in Orthopaedic

    We usually set the pan, place the suction, and walk out. as they pee, it gets sucked out of the pan, it doesn't touch the patient at all. Then they call us when they're done. I'm trying to get a bedpan company to "remodel" for just such patients ...

15. looking for feedback/advice on this idea

    dutchgirl replied to dutchgirl's topic in Orthopaedic

    Did you realize that medical supplies charges are basically ignored on inpatients? Re: knowing how to lift...most back and wrist injuries in health care (and any workplace) are related to repetetive tasks and not one time injuries - you really need...