Dalzac

Dalzac LPN, LVN, RN

CCU,ICU,ER retired

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  1. Do you have a GED?????

    Dalzac replied to nurse4theplanet's topic in General Nursing

    I have a GED and I found out years ago when I went to nursing school that the high school I went to had me as graduating because I only had 3 weeks left when I ran off to get

  2. Have you ever taken care of a famous pt?

    Dalzac replied to Foxfour's topic in General Nursing

    I never took care of this guy so no hipaa laws. I used to babysit for Spanky McFarland (Our Gang's spanky) his kids were just the sweetest couple of kids I have ever taken care of. He was a hoot. He...

  3. I didn't know this actually happened

    Dalzac replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in Ob/Gyn

    first baby I had was in my bed because my water broke and I had the girl within 10 minutes of my water breaking. 2nd one I had in the back of an ambulance, same thing. 3rd I had in the hall of the of...

  4. help re 'pentecostal beliefs'

    Dalzac replied to nickismith72's topic in General Nursing

    I have worked with native americans and the very, very traditional ones want all the parts so the deceased will have them when their soul flies. They also want the window open when thier loved one...

  5. Credit Check??

    Dalzac replied to dilynn58's topic in General Nursing

    They want to know how you are with responsibility and credit checks show if you pay your

  6. ICU opportunities

    Dalzac replied to mitch8lem's topic in General Nursing

    I was a monitor tech before in ICU and when I graduated from LPN school I went into the unit of a very large hospital and I have worked in 4 icu's of significant sizes. but the one I started already...

  7. What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    Dalzac replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    Once I asked the "charge" nurse to watch my pt. while I get a tray from the cafetira. The pt I had was a fresh trauma mva that had crushed every bone in his face esp. the sinus area and he had an oral...

  8. How To Say No

    Dalzac replied to EyesForward's topic in General Nursing

    I have my grandkids on my off days per choice. It also saves my daughter and son a lot of money. And that is what I say when staffing calls. In the event I have no g-kids, it is not hard to say

  9. can you refuse an assignment?

    Dalzac replied to mamason's topic in General Nursing

    The nurses on our med-surg floor had routinely had hardly enough nurses and definately had no cnas enough for safe care. one morning they came in with 2 call-ins and it meant taking 10 pts each and...

  10. What would you do if you worked with a racist?

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

    That sounds like a supervisor I had a few years back. She lost her supervisor job and went to maternal child health an it got worse. I had to work with her a couple of times. She was the most horrible...

  11. Do cell phones interfere with telemetry?

    Dalzac replied to bethin's topic in General Nursing

    I have seen them interfer with telemetry, IV pump, and once it messed up a vent, very scary. with the pump it set it to 0 and with the vent It just wiped out the

  12. What was the toughest situation you encountered at the Hospital as a Nurse?

    Dalzac replied to RNsoon!'s topic in General Nursing

    I was coming back from the pharmacy after getting an IV for my patient when I walked by the lab the lab supervisor was face down in an isolated hall. I ran over and she had no pulse and wasn't...

  13. Woody Guthrie

    Dalzac replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Oklahoma Nursing

    I was going over your question about woody guthrie. He isn't taught in school because he was a staunch socialist and blackballed from most music stations here. He had a horrible reputation here. I...

  14. pacify or orientate? Alzheimers...

    Dalzac replied to Lfransis's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I use this kind of redirecting all the time. I learned this with my grand mother. My great aunt and I went to see her one day and granny said she had just gotten home from a wonderful time in...

  15. Has anyone here ever put a doctor in their place?

    Dalzac replied to Lachrymologist's topic in General Nursing

    I have had my say several times but the top 2 are the best.once I worked in a large hospital known for ground breaking things. I worked with a cardiothorasic surgeon with a humongous ego. The guy even...

  16. Anyone finish shift and not return to job?

    Dalzac replied to StatRNNJ97's topic in General Nursing

    I used to work for an agency a very long time ago and they would schedule me for weeks at a time. Once I had a temp job for about 4 weeks. The first night I went I was horrified to learn my patient...

  17. Bad Habits Nurses Develop

    Dalzac replied to Debbie_LPN's topic in General Nursing

    I do that too. Kinda sick

  18. ER- violent patients

    Dalzac replied to ERERER's topic in Emergency

    Where I work they usually have a show of force, security guards and great big techs, so with all that, the patients nearly all back down. We have had to call the police now and again and have the...

  19. Near miss, should I be blamed?

    Dalzac replied to Tony35NYC's topic in General Nursing

    I always did walking rounds after report. I don't care if the offgoing nurse wants to go home I want to see each and every one of my patients with that nurse and make sure the pts. are okay But the...

  20. Anyone have one of these??!??

    Dalzac replied to Beary-nice's topic in General Nursing

    I think every hospital has one. I quit doing 1-1 with her and would walk away if she pressed it. I also would get another person to make sure she couldn't lie about it She hated witnesses. management...

  21. Threatened Suicide

    Dalzac replied to Lisa CCU RN's topic in General Nursing

    at the ER where I work they get a psych eval no matter if they meant it or

  22. Don't Rough My Newborn Up!!!!!!!

    Dalzac replied to capribry's topic in Ob/Gyn

    My daughter just flailed me when she thought I handled the first one to rough and swaddled him up. but by the time the twins (#4 and 5) got here she was a real juggling act. The kid was amazing and...

  23. deposiition

    Dalzac replied to toney's topic in General Nursing

    I have been to 2 depositions. One was more of a joke than any thing. Before I was a nurse, I had run an ekg on a man in ER. The deposition came about 5 yrs after. They showed me the EKG and ask if I...

  24. Does your facility use Medication Reconciliation forms ?

    Dalzac replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    yep they do here too but I like them. It saves a doctor to be called for a med they can just check yes or no and then we scan it to the

  25. License and Volunteering?

    Dalzac replied to Jesskanurse's topic in General Nursing

    It all depends on what you have to for volunteering. I volunteer at the board of Nursing. I am a recovering alcoholic. And I am on the Peer assistance Committee. I go in around once every 2 months or...