Dalzac

Dalzac LPN, LVN, RN

CCU,ICU,ER retired

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  1. Drug addicted nurses

    Dalzac replied to ske0124's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I am on the Peer group here in my state I mean I am on the committee. I have worked with addicted and recovering nurses. Here if you self-report nothing goes on your license that you were even in...

  2. ICU Nurse Personality Traits?

    Dalzac replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    aggressive,intense. I know that when in a code blue situation if you are in the way you will be moved one way or another. Its not if we were cranky or mean, it's just that if you don't know what you...

  3. Can I be a good nurse, I hate being a CNA

    Dalzac replied to NurseLatteDNP's topic in General Nursing

    I was an aide in CCU and loved it so much I went to school I am a LPN now and even though I never went to RN school I am considered good I love arrythmias and put forth an extra effort to learn all...

  4. What Gets to You??

    Dalzac replied to mshooha's topic in Emergency

    i work in trauma too, and I can deal with snot, poop,vomit, just about every thing except gray matter. I nearly passed out the first time I saw it. And the other thing is gi rectal bleeding. I have...

  5. How to prepare for ACLS?

    Dalzac replied to QuilterLPN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    The best way is like everyone has said, Read the minute you get you book. The good thing is they no longer fail anyone. Every one passes I first took ACLS in 1986 and then it was terrifying. I just...

  6. LPN's Role in the ICU?

    Dalzac replied to Nurse-o-Matic's topic in MICU, SICU

    I have to say I am just flabbergasted at the comments that have been in this thread!!!!! I am a LPN and I have worked in ccu/icu for 27 yrs. Before that I was a CCU Tech. and knew when I got my lpn I...

  7. Moody nurse manager....

    Dalzac replied to IloveSnoopy's topic in General Nursing

    I had a NM just like that. She was just wretched from 7-10 am. And ,Oh my god don't even get me started on when she was pregnant for like 4 yrs and would come in the morning. But I had from 10 am...

  8. Is it ethical for hospitals to have Mickey D's on premises?

    Dalzac replied to SharonH, RN's topic in General Nursing

    In Oklahoma City the VA hospital has a Burger

  9. RN to pt ratio @ your hospital?

    Dalzac replied to plumrn's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    in ICU 1:2,on tele 1:6, in ER 1:3,4,5. On th chest pain unit with tele 1:3. These are without techs. on medsurg with techs it is 1:6-8. Charge nurses don't take

  10. Is it selfish not to get a Flu Shot?

    Dalzac replied to Tweety's topic in General Nursing

    The hospital I work requires you to get a flu shot I have worked there for 3 yrs and it was always mandatory. I would have gotten it any way ,My husband is immuno-suppressed(liver transplant) I would...

  11. Ever been physically attacked by MD? What have or Would you Do?

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

    Yes I was slapped by a Dr. with a metal chart. This was a very long time ago. I called the police and filed charges but then cops always tried to let physical abuse slide. They tried to get me to let...

  12. "VIP"s in labor

    Dalzac replied to RaeT,RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    In 1999,My daughter had a set of twins in the last hospital I worked at and the hosp. was going to close in the near future. So my grandsons and my daughter were treated extra special because they...

  13. Do you carry your work home with you?

    Dalzac replied to Thunderwolf's topic in General Nursing

    I used to go home and drink it away with a bottle or two of any sort of alcohol, but all that got me was a trip to a rehab center and nightly AA meetings. I had to learn to drop work at work and it...

  14. Worst information given in shift report!!!

    Dalzac replied to AMARTIN1's topic in General Nursing

    My biggest pet peeve is when ER calls to give report and they just read the pt. name and diagnosis and the new orders and never tell me what made them go to the ER in the first

  15. working with Rheumatoid Arthritis (long)

    Dalzac replied to sphinx's topic in General Nursing

    I developed RA about 7 yrs ago. I was on MTX for about 3 yrs I hated the stuff. It made me sicker than a dog I took it once a week and always felt like I had the flu the next day. I am now on Enbrel,...

  16. Removed my mom from life support. Need opinion/reasurance.

    Dalzac replied to JennieIrene's topic in General Nursing

    My mother died in 1983 after we had taken her off the ventilator after a cabg that went horribly wrong (no ones fault) she was brain dead but the night before her surgery she told me if something...

  17. Who was your 1st patient

    Dalzac replied to dinkymouse's topic in General Nursing

    I don't remember my first patient but I do remember my first code blue, on an obese lady that was in acute respitory failure. It was the first time I ever saw anyone die. I was a tech and I had to put...

  18. You know you've been a nurse for way too long when...

    Dalzac replied to jalvino1's topic in General Nursing

    you know you have been a nurse too long when your friends and neighbors walk up to you and say "Your A nurse etc......." and you say automatically "It's cancer you are gonna die" just because you are...

  19. Well Here I go again

    Dalzac replied to CCU NRS's topic in Oklahoma Nursing

    In OKC here I have been a nurse since

  20. Drug Users in the hospital

    Dalzac replied to Ready's topic in General Nursing

    I am on the peer assistant Program for my state> I see dozens of nurses every month who are addicted to narcotics, alchohol, and other substances. I am also a recovering nurse. It is NOT a...

  21. Nurses who smoke - I'm a smoker

    Dalzac replied to DanaS's topic in General Nursing

    I quit 10 years ago> I used the patches and I had to have something to do with my hands and, no laughing, my mouth so I chewed on needle caps and coffee stirrers. If you have never smoked you have...

  22. LPN's just glorified nurse aids in LTC? Huh?

    Dalzac replied to onehusbandsevenkids's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I have to say I am sick of this thread. I am also sick of the frequent bickering between RN and LPN. Read your job description and go by that. I work in places that utilize LPN's in every unit in the...

  23. Dealing with on call Doctors

    Dalzac replied to dinkymouse's topic in General Nursing

    A few years ago I had a young patient in ICU that was rapidly declining, very sick. I called his doc and he was very very drunk. Not one word he said was coherent and all he could talk about was he...

  24. Late hours

    Dalzac replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

    I worked graveyard for 25 yrs and our house had rules. #1 Do not wake me unles it is an emergency with blood flowing or there is a fire with actual flames. #2 Do not call until after 4pm if you do...

  25. How Do You Know If You Possess The Right Talents To be a Nurse??

    Dalzac replied to Catlover71's topic in General Nursing

    I think one thing I didn't know before I became a nurse was that it is a thankless job. If you want lots of backslapping thank yous you won't get it in this profession. I have always worked in...