Dalzac

Dalzac LPN, LVN, RN

CCU,ICU,ER retired

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  1. Domestic Violence Survivor.

    Dalzac replied to Spritenurse1210's topic in General Nursing

    I am sorry but your post is nothing more than attention seeking, I am not saying you are a bad person for doing so, but for your sake you must learn to fulfill yourself in a more constructive way....

  2. Got any funny acronyms at your ER???

    Dalzac replied to RNin92's topic in Emergency

    BATS syndrome--beat all to sh*t syndrome and the Etoh bank which is betting on etoh levels. That one can help pay for lunch btw. and most of the other ones

  3. Atheist or Agnostic?

    Dalzac replied to firstyearstudent's topic in General Nursing

    I know that a hospital in Tulsa, Oral Roberts university and hospital, you couldn't work or go to school there unless you were an admitted christian and "saved" I once knew a patient that had gone bad...

  4. allnurses.com tshirt ideas?

    Dalzac replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    I like the allnurses.com qh/qd I also like "allnurses.com founded

  5. What Next?

    Dalzac posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am in a quandry. My unit closed and I don't know what to do next. I have prayed about this and I will tell you what the #1 answer is. Everyone I have talked to says this. "Retire". I am only 54...

  6. Crazy weather..

    Dalzac replied to HeadRx's topic in General Nursing

    Thats not crazy weather. That's just springtime in the midwest!!!!!. I am in Oklahoma and the weather you just described is spring weather and I love

  7. Does anyone like working 7p-7a?

    Dalzac replied to RN123456789's topic in General Nursing

    I worked that shift for 13 years and loved it. no bosses less hectic and that made it great I changed to day 6 mos ago (husband's health) and I really miss it and oh yeah more days

  8. What do you think makes someone good or bad in emergencies?

    Dalzac replied to kstockdaleRN's topic in General Nursing

    The first thing I was taught in ACLS was take a deep breath and think. I have to admit though I have seen some nurses who just panic and can't stop and think. Eventually every nurse will have a...

  9. 30 days sober!

    Dalzac replied to JaneRNBSN's topic in General Nursing

    How wonderful for you I will never forget my first month of recovery. I am happy for you I just celebrated 16 yrs sober. And it still just absolutely amazes me I have been sober for that long. What a...

  10. Um, more than I wanted to know...

    Dalzac replied to thumperRN's topic in General Nursing

    I always dreaded the sentance that started like this"Say youre a nurse what do you think this is?" I would always try to please them with an answer always followed with you should goto a Doctor to...

  11. How do you cope with child abuse?

    Dalzac replied to LNDRN19's topic in General Nursing

    When my youngest was born 30 years ago. he had a diaphramic hernia. They did surgery on himwhen he was just a few hours old. I would stay at the hospital all day to be with him. Next to his crib was a...

  12. Stories of overcoming adversity? I need some inspiration

    Dalzac replied to Semantics's topic in General Nursing

    I did the same thing Joey I was in the last semester in nursing school Hubby with terminal brain cancer and 3 kids. I knew he was going to die and I worked my butt off at school becuase I knew I would...

  13. Excuse me, I wasn't talking to you!!

    Dalzac replied to thumperRN's topic in General Nursing

    It is all guilt talking nothing, but oodles of guilt, and families like that make me crazy. I have gone over and over with my families how I wish to make all my decisions or my husband. And How not to...

  14. Does nite shift make you fat?

    Dalzac replied to badabinggirl's topic in General Nursing

    I lost 40 pounds when I went to

  15. Can you get strep if tonsils have been removed?

    Dalzac replied to ShutterBug's topic in General Nursing

    I had strep throat all the time when I was a kid. Then I had my tonsils out when I was 28. I have had strep once or twice since then, but nothing like when I was a kid. So the answer is yes but not...

  16. Absolutely an outrage... (RANT)

    Dalzac replied to LoriAlabamaRN's topic in General Nursing

    I have been off for the last week and a half with the flu. I already know I am in big trouble with calling in and I have heard I am going to be suspended for 3 day w/o pay. I even have a note for work...

  17. "Natural Cures"

    Dalzac replied to seeking33's topic in General Nursing

    My sister is in all the natural way thing. She read the book too and even she said it was bogus.every now and again she will come up with things that would help someone, but she will be the first to...

  18. Feeling Guilty (calling in sick)

    Dalzac replied to RaggedyRN's topic in General Nursing

    Some things in life are not cut and dried. a single mother doesn't have the luxury of staying home. I worked with a guy who,even tho he worked in a female oriented career(nursing) always spewed that...

  19. Hospital food

    Dalzac replied to Still Riding's topic in General Nursing

    the food where I work is fairly good I have to admit and the pts. tell me theirs is good. Esp the roast beef and

  20. I'm falling for my PRECEPTOR

    Dalzac replied to IMA's topic in General Nursing

    when 2 people fall for each other and it doesn't work only 2 people get hurt. whe 2 MARRIED people fall for each other and it doesn't work any where from 6-8 peole get hurt sounds kinda selfish when...

  21. How much do you work?

    Dalzac replied to Nutmeg5575's topic in General Nursing

    I work 12 hour shifts 3 one week and 4 the next. My weekend off is fri. sat. and sunday. I only work with one other nurse and she is my best friend. I love my

  22. Old nurses dont want to learn new tricks?

    Dalzac replied to garciadiego's topic in General Nursing

    I am an Old Timer or whatever you want to call me but where I work if I don't have the required CEU's I don't get an annual raise. And I like money it can feed ya, clothe ya. send ya to school put a...

  23. Squeamish folks

    Dalzac replied to JeanettePNP's topic in General Nursing

    I can deal with all body fluids but the one thing that makes me hurl like nobody's business is gray matter from a smashed noggin' just makes me shiver when I think aobut

  24. nurses with rheumatoid arthritis (long-ish)

    Dalzac replied to sphinx's topic in General Nursing

    Intermittant FMLA is just like FMLA you take it to your Doctor and he fills it out just like taking a sick leave but if you have to call in because the pain is so bad your work cannot use the absences...

  25. nurses with rheumatoid arthritis (long-ish)

    Dalzac replied to sphinx's topic in General Nursing

    I took Methotrexate for 4 yrs but I just had to stop because the side affects made me sick as a dog. it was like I had a short case of the flu every monday. I could probably get disability if I wanted...