Dalzac LPN, LVN, RN

Dalzac is a LPN, LVN, RN and specializes in CCU,ICU,ER retired.

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1. You know you're a nurse when...

   Dalzac replied to Joe V's topic in Nursing Humor

   And the non-nurses get up and

2. New grads shouldn't work in ICU?

   Dalzac replied to Kayla2013's topic in Critical Care

   I worked as a CCU tech and rode on a mobile Coronary care unit as an asst to the team leader which was an RN for 5 years in the meantime I went to LPN school and stayed in the same CCU I worked for...

3. What to do after a rough shift?

   Dalzac replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

   I used to go home and drink any kind of liquor I had around, but then I had to quit drinking (AA) and I then started watching cartoons when I came home from work. What a stress reliever! Esp. Looney...

4. Going back

   Dalzac replied to Dalzac's topic in General Nursing

   I wrote that letter a year and a half ago. All the insecurities are gone like the wind! I still love this job! The nurses on the floor I normally watch know me. They know I was a unit nurse and have...

5. Cursing on the job

   Dalzac replied to Ciale's topic in Emergency

   I did used to swear like a sailor and did in fromt of my kids. This was a horrible thing because now they do the same thing in front of their kids. Twenty years ago the first time I saw my oldest...

6. Just let me be...

   Dalzac replied to WldChrry's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

   I was a LPN for 38 yrs all in critical care units and ER's. I did my job, didn't complain about not being a RN. I respected the chain of command and who was in charge, i worked as a team member I was...

7. Just let me be...

   Dalzac replied to WldChrry's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

   wow just wow What

8. Nurses: Why do many of you do this?

   Dalzac replied to terina66's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   This has been one of the most interesting reads. How do I go out with my old nursing friends and not talk about things that have happened like the ancient LOL who told me whle I was trying to put a...

9. MICU nurse becomes Trauma Pt.

   Dalzac replied to L&DWannaB's topic in MICU, SICU

   I had a hsterectomy over 30 yrs ago and what could go wrong did go wrong. After 2 days they took my foley out and didn't check to se if I had peed I had told them many times I hadn't, my bladder flap...

10. Anyone here who hate the holidays?

    Dalzac replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

    I hate Christmas! my mother died on 12-23-85 and my Dad died on 12-28-2007 It is so hard to celebrate without them. I didn't get along with my stepmother on any holiday good or ba. She loved to...

11. Is it possible to get the holidays off?

    Dalzac replied to Joe V's topic in Nursing Humor

    When I worked FT we had to put down the 5 holidays in order of how we wanted them off. We always had to work either Christmas eve or day I have never minded working New years eve so I would always...

12. Having a celebrity as a patient

    Dalzac replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

    I once took care of a very prominent lawyer. He was soooo nice and yeah he did have a entourage, but the nicest part was his cardiologist told my head nurse he wanted only certain nurses to take care...

13. I miss the unit.

    Dalzac posted a topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I retired from critical care several yrs ago and HATED retirement. I have severe rhematoid arthritis(the reason I had to retire) Actually was doing okay with my retirement benefits. But I just hated...

14. Anybody LIKE working holidays?

    Dalzac replied to wooh's topic in General Nursing

    They only holiday I want off is Thanksgiving. I will work the rest of them. The kids are grown and do their own deals at Christmas, I don't drink or party so new years Eve is fine to work and so is NY...

15. What can nurses do to be more happy in their career?

    Dalzac replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

    When I would come home after a really nasty night I would watch cartoons the sillier the better. When I first got married my hubby would ask why someone with such a high IQ would watch cartoons. You...