Dalzac

Dalzac LPN, LVN, RN

CCU,ICU,ER retired

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  1. 6 Alabama kids were on life support with flu

    Dalzac replied to indigo girl's topic in General Nursing

    I just watched the news about samonella tainted peanut butter, Peter Pan and Great value brands and they numbers on the lid are 2111. These could very well be that cause because they present the...

  2. +Nursing caps

    Dalzac replied to Calgon-take.me.away's topic in General Nursing

    I wore one during clinicals. and one place I worked had told us to wear them. I worked in ICU and I could never keep it on with monitor wires,iv's,all kinds of over head wiring. It was always getting...

  3. How do you cope?

    Dalzac replied to littleoldme's topic in General Nursing

    The first person I ever saw die was the third day I worked in CCU as a tech. I was kinda suprised at the way I felt. The lady just stopped breathing and she was resusitated and then they just stopped...

  4. Food pyramid!!! How close is your diet

    Dalzac replied to springgarden's topic in General Nursing

    food pyramid, huh? Well My diet is as close to the food pyramid as Oklahoma is to

  5. I spoke to an MD the other day who told me that Hepatitus C was the SINGLE biggest...

    Dalzac replied to Roland's topic in General Nursing

    Hubby has/had Hep C he was treated with Interfuron and had a liver transplant. His liver docs told me it was highly unlikely I could catch it from him thru sex, but get tested every now and again just...

  6. Have you ever reported your coworker to the supervisor and got the person fired

    Dalzac replied to Bala Shark's topic in General Nursing

    Yes I have and yes that person was fired. We had a patient that was in a coma and we were going to be sued The family video taped every single time we came into the room. I caught the unit clerk...

  7. Nurse dates doctor openly at work.

    Dalzac replied to castle's topic in General Nursing

    I worked with a nurse that did that. There were many problems. The worst problem was when I needed to cal him in the middle of the night she wouldn't let me call him. She would do it. She stated that...

  8. Have you had a baby at your hospital??

    Dalzac replied to shortstuff31117's topic in Ob/Gyn

    My daughter had her twins at my little hospital. We were scheduled to close as a hospital and reopen as a gero psych hospital and the twins were the last to be born there. This place was small and all...

  9. Have you ever done CPR off duty?

    Dalzac replied to nurse4theplanet's topic in General Nursing

    Back in my younger nursing days I rode on a mobile CCU so I have done many many codes out in the street. I have also done mouth-to-mouth many time "naked" and out of dozens of times I have to say only...

  10. If you won the lottery, would you still do your job?

    Dalzac replied to SK-222's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah what Mercy said. And then I would build a great big house and surround my self with grandkids. and play all day

  11. Damage control? Or just more damage?

    Dalzac replied to chartlooe's topic in General Nursing

    I have a question. Where is he going to school and why is he going to stay away for so long? I came home every night after clinicals. I even worked fulltime as well and still managed to sleep with my...

  12. Nurses Who Are Drug Addicts

    Dalzac replied to jill48's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Originally Posted by burn out This is why I do not like to work with nor do I think rehabiliated drug users need to be floor nurses....

  13. Doctor apologized

    Dalzac replied to SCRN1's topic in General Nursing

    I had a Dr. at shift change just lay into me when I found a pt. in trouble with some really wicked bleeding. He was screaming something about why am I the only one that calls him at midnight with...

  14. Night Shift and Phone Calls from Family - Vent

    Dalzac replied to incublissRN's topic in General Nursing

    I worked Nights for almost 30 yrs. Even being retired now the best sleep I get is between 10 am and 3-4 pm. I still have the ringer off on the bedroom phone. If there is an emergency, someone wil come...

  15. Patient is a famous star

    Dalzac replied to Lara911's topic in Nursing Humor

    Matthew McConahey I can't spell it either, and of course my other patient is the guy who plays Dr. Kovach on ER. No wait,I would be his very private

  16. Have you ever been a patient?

    Dalzac replied to Bluehair's topic in General Nursing

    The one thing I can think of is I answer call lights much faster that I used to. I was a pt. and had hip replacement. I had the techs from the ninth He** They would never help me to the bathroom so I...

  17. Nursing Buisness Cards?

    Dalzac replied to kcheng's topic in General Nursing

    Had a boss that gave us business cards every nurses week. It didn't have a private # and we were to give them to patients and family. At first I thought it was one of the worst things that could...

  18. Has anyone ever been assaulted by a patient?

    Dalzac replied to OUBobcat94's topic in General Nursing

    I wish I had a nickel for every time I had been hit. I have filed charges 1 time. and it was on a guy who was NOT confused or had any kind of dementia. He was a mean diabetic who came in once a month...

  19. Wiping Butt...

    Dalzac replied to Chicagoan's topic in General Nursing

    It isn't the percentage of the "butt wiping", it is the reason. To provide care and comfort to a person that needs that help. If someone taking care of me doesn't want to do the "butt wiping" then...

  20. Hysterectomy: Necessity or Convenience

    Dalzac replied to outcomesfirst's topic in General Nursing

    Whose to say why woman have hysterctomys? I had a uterus full of fibroid tumors, 3 grapefruit sized and numerous smaller ones. They weren't cancerous, but how long would they keep on growing? My Doc...

  21. How much did you start as a nurse and when.

    Dalzac replied to ZASHAGALKA's topic in General Nursing

    as a LPN in 1979, 5.00 an hour, right before I retired,2006, 15.75 an

  22. They Think I'm Working Christmas??

    Dalzac replied to jodyangel's topic in General Nursing

    at our facilty we did this: wrote down five of the holiday season starting at Thanksgiving which of the holidays you wanted off the most. the holidays are Thanksgiving,Christmas Eve, Christmas Day,New...

  23. What is the silliest complaint someone has ever made aboutyou?

    Dalzac replied to SharonH, RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I worked with a male nurse that complained to the NM that I didn't like him because I was jealous that he was more feminine than me. He was right about one thing I didn't like him but only because he...

  24. Enraged (venting)

    Dalzac replied to andhow5's topic in Emergency

    in our ER if the pt. is abusive and violent and slugging nurses and if there is no apparent injury, the doc will refuse treatment and give him to the cops and that's it. but if the doc is truly...

  25. dreams

    Dalzac replied to LargoLPN's topic in General Nursing

    My dreams are about malfunctioning ventilators. And I can't figure out why they won't work and RT won't answer their pages. I think I have dreams about them is because a certain vent will reset to...