Dolce

Dolce RN

Day Surgery, Agency, Cath Lab, LTC/Psych

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  1. PRN nurses-need your advice!

    Dolce replied to ethelbsnrn's topic in Agency Nurses

    I am doing agency/PRN work now and I love it, love it, love it! However, when I read the part in your post about your insurance being the only insurance for your family....that is a different story....

  2. worrried about drawing blood

    Dolce replied to christina714's topic in General Nursing

    I ALWAYS look away when I get my own blood drawn because it kinda gives me the creeps. But I never have a problem drawing someone else's blood. Hey, it doesn't hurt me at all! You'll get used to it...

  3. Do you find that Nursing school was alot harder than actually working as a Rn?

    Dolce replied to AspiringNurse7's topic in General Nursing

    They are both just so different that it is hard to make a comparison. Nursing school does not have the same kind of stress that working as an RN has but it is still stressful. I think that you don't...

  4. Handling Physicians. Any suggestion?

    Dolce replied to AlmostThere:)'s topic in General Nursing

    I am always nice to physicians regardless of their history of rudeness, irritability or unprofessionalism. The fact of the matter is that the nice docs outnumber the rude docs by a pretty wide...

  5. RN medicated my patient without documenting!

    Dolce replied to poppy07's topic in General Nursing

    I hope you filled out an incident report. The bar code medication administration systems are designed to prevent this from happening. Research has shown that they have sharply reduced the incidence...

  6. Blood Transfusion Reaction...Doctor order to go ahead with transfusion anyway...!

    Dolce replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in General Nursing

    Wow. Can you imagine the ramifications of giving the entire unit with that severe of a reaction? Scary, scary, scary. Kudos to you and the primary for doing the right

  7. Walkie Talkies on Your Unit?

    Dolce replied to NursingAgainstdaOdds's topic in General Nursing

    Too funny.

  8. What kind of LTC resident will you be?

    Dolce replied to squeakykitty's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I'd be the one refusing all my meds and flirting with all the old

  9. What do you think about people calling you "honey"?

    Dolce replied to Hellllllo Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Almost every last one of my elderly patients call me "honey." I think they have me confused with a grandchild. It never bothers me when they do it but it does bug me when a peer or younger person...

  10. Passing meds you did not pull.

    Dolce replied to busy-bee's topic in General Nursing

    It wouldn't help for the facility to make a new set of keys for the two nurses because there is only one med cart. That probably means they both have access to the narcotics. What would happen if...

  11. Passing meds you did not pull.

    Dolce replied to busy-bee's topic in General Nursing

    Oh man. There are just so many things wrong with that scenario. There is no way in the world I would want to be giving mystery meds to my

  12. Dumbest rule in your hospital?

    Dolce replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    Actually, that makes sense to me. Not for either of the rationales listed but for another reason. I have worked with many, many Spanish speaking nurses and physicians who communicate with their...

  13. Why do Nurses do this?

    Dolce replied to Ms Kylee's topic in General Nursing

    LOL.

  14. Why do Nurses do this?

    Dolce replied to Ms Kylee's topic in General Nursing

    I would have walked right up and said, "So sorry to interrupt but I wanted to let you know that Mr. So-and-so has a BP of 204/120." It takes about 15 seconds and you can get on with continuing to...

  15. Dumbest rule in your hospital?

    Dolce replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    Wow. Five whole minutes! How could I ever finish my solitaire game on the

  16. Stupid things you've been called out of a pt's room for?

    Dolce replied to DebRN06's topic in General Nursing

    roflol. thanks for making my

  17. Stupid things you've been called out of a pt's room for?

    Dolce replied to DebRN06's topic in General Nursing

    I HATE phone calls from family members who decide that it is in the best interest of my time to listen to another looooong account of how Grandma had her stroke and how it all started back in 1975...

  18. Need Info "PLEASE" COMMENT!!!!

    Dolce replied to NARCAN's topic in Florida Nursing

    This varies from state to state. Some state boards of nursing allow nurses with IV training to push IV drugs and some do not. I am not aware of any states that allow LPNs to use central lines or...

  19. Career path dilema: did I just make a big mistake?

    Dolce replied to Skwidward's topic in General Nursing

    I was so worried when I read your post that you took the Doctor's office job. I think doctor's offices are great places for MAs and experienced RNs or LPNs who want to work a set schedule...

  20. Out of a job

    Dolce replied to underpaidrn's topic in General Nursing

    First of all, you are not worthless!!! What a ridiculous thing for that company to do. It was extremely unprofessional and vindictive. :angryfire I know you live in a rural area but I'm a small town...

  21. OMG.Do Nursing students really practice on eachother??

    Dolce replied to AspiringNurse7's topic in General Nursing

    That would be horrible!We practiced bed baths (clothed, of course), vital signs, physical assessments, dressing changes, and venipuncture. We did IM injections on one another during the flu shot...

  22. $2000 a month for naturopathic medicines!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Dolce replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    Wonder what caused that. Hmm, maybe 57 different kinds of herbs and

  23. orientation: I feel stupid and incompetant

    Dolce replied to hollyberry678's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Cut yourself some slack. You can't be expected to know everything as a new grad. That is unreasonable. I hate to tell you the very sad reality but it is so true. You just don't learn that much in...

  24. Guys- what made you want to become a nurse?

    Dolce replied to glamgalRN's topic in Men in Nursing

    Thanks for confirming what I've often

  25. I have a huge problem with this... opinions please

    Dolce replied to dawn30's topic in General Nursing

    No, my situation was a little different than you are describing. This gentlemen who punched me had advanced dementia. Calling the police would have accomplished nothing. I have heard of criminal...