Dalzac

Dalzac LPN, LVN, RN

CCU,ICU,ER retired

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  1. Retired, now what?

    Dalzac replied to sueff's topic in Retired Nurses

    After 35 yrs of critical care nursing, I found myself disabled and forced into retiring. I hated it! There some things I loved in some areas and one of those was rhythm interpretations. I found a job...

  2. Going back

    Dalzac replied to Dalzac's topic in General Nursing

    I know this is truly a God deal. I mean My hubby said it all. " Okay let me point it out to you. You are in a room with a couple of other people and you only work 3 days a week. It is a closed...

  3. You know you work nights when.......

    Dalzac replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in General Nursing

    There is a place in the city I live that has a beer and pool joint open at 7 am and the oly folks that go there are hospital people,firefighters and

  4. What was the funniest/crazy thing you have heard another Nurse doing?

    Dalzac replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    I watched a seasoned ICU nurse with a pt. that had multiple face fractures, smashed sinus cavities, broken cheekbones, forehead, jaws, nose just smashed to pieces. It was my patient and I wallked in...

  5. Dont wanna be a floor nurse..

    Dalzac replied to Meese.C's topic in General Nursing

    I had a a unit manager that was over the ICU 2 months after she got out of nursing school with an AD no less. She brown nosed her way into the position. I rememberr once days was short and she had to...

  6. So irritated!

    Dalzac replied to hiddencatRN's topic in Emergency

    Turn all your unresponsive patients TV to cartoons. Worked for

  7. night shift question

    Dalzac replied to Jenni811's topic in General Nursing

    In the 35 yrs of nursing before I retired, I worked the majority of that time on Nights. The only time I worked days was when my kids were teenagers and I found out my house was party central. I...

  8. No, I am not going to do that

    Dalzac replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

    It happens everywhere. I worked in a hospital that had a prison ward. So we had several that would come in to ICU occasionally. I had one patient that was an OD but he was just in for observation. The...

  9. Sticky fingers-stealing other people's food/office supplies

    Dalzac replied to Black Jade's topic in General Nursing

    My ex marine hubby does the same thing it's downright

  10. Sticky fingers-stealing other people's food/office supplies

    Dalzac replied to Black Jade's topic in General Nursing

    I worked with a nurse that had an eating disorder. She weighed in at close to 400+ lbs. She would actually eat everyones lunch! I had to leave my lunch in another department. Nobody did anything to...

  11. The last thing you want to hear when you get to work

    Dalzac replied to Tait's topic in General Nursing

    The float nurse from the floor won't take any vents so you get

  12. What do you do on the drive to work?

    Dalzac replied to whitecat5000's topic in General Nursing

    I used to sing to all the golden oldies(60's and 70's) or listen to audio

  13. Rheumatology

    Dalzac replied to netglow's topic in General Nursing

    As a aptient, I just loved my nurses at the clinic. Excellent IV skills are a must! They have to be gentle. My hands are a gnarled mess that hurts all the time. It feels like someone is constantly...

  14. How do you handle this?

    Dalzac replied to motownrn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Once I had a pt. in his 40's and he had a huge MI. He looked bad and was getting more critical by the minute. When I called his doc all I got was drunk gibberish. He made absolutely no sense. I ended...

  15. Nursing caps

    Dalzac replied to Trekfan's topic in General Nursing

    photos at graduation is the only time I wore mine and that was 1979. I have no idea where it is

  16. Good opportunity...so why the teacher backlash?

    Dalzac replied to RKRobbins's topic in General Nursing

    I am so glad I had the instructors on my side in school! I worked as a monitor tech-CCU tech before I went to school and was promised a job when I got out. I went to LPN school and our instructors...

  17. Become a successful Nurse if you hate A&P?

    Dalzac replied to Enmc412's topic in General Nursing

    I absolutely loved A+P! I underrstood it better when I compared it to how a car ran. When I was a teenager my dad taught me how an engine runs and what it needed to run good. He didn't have any boys...

  18. Pain control in narcotic addicted pt

    Dalzac replied to dankimal's topic in General Nursing

    Hmmmm I wonder since I am addicted to my pain med if my rhematoid psoriatic arthritis that causes my joints to twist in directions they aren't supposed to go, can just survive on advil.I am a stoic...

  19. Should I retest a patient with a positive PPD history?

    Dalzac replied to Thomas RN's topic in General Nursing

    I test postive with a severe reaction (necrosis) and it to, took forever to heal. I had a new boss that insisted I get tested again even when I told her I can't. The hospital provided wound care for...

  20. Are the "chest thumpers" new?

    Dalzac replied to cogath's topic in General Nursing

    In the early 70's I rode on a mobile coronary care unit and we had one The only time we used it was when we had long transport times I hated them they broke so many ribs and I thought they did more...

  21. Comfortable shoes? Do they exist?

    Dalzac replied to Double-Helix's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I started wearing running or jogging shoes usually by nike or skechers and then I started wearing plastic clogs I never went back to shoes after the clogs And now I don't work but I still wear my...

  22. What You Do Best

    Dalzac replied to CBsMommy's topic in General Nursing

    Doctors liked for me to take care of their sickest patients becaue I am "On

  23. can they use this against my license?

    Dalzac replied to Ms.RN's topic in General Nursing

    I guess they could but it is highly unlikely. Reports to the BON are usually big mistakes and other stuff like that For the most part it will go into your personel

  24. Critical Care Training?

    Dalzac replied to singleumm's topic in General Nursing

    Check around other big hospitals some of them have a Critical Care course. They usually have them around May and December. They usually have them for new grads. I know when I graduated, even though I...

  25. My horrible hospital stay. What would you do?

    Dalzac replied to Carebear77's topic in General Nursing

    Nope I had to retire I have a bad limp and have to use a