Dalzac LPN, LVN, RN

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

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 chose our assignment and Oboy did they give me some d...

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 to teach so he taught me and my sisters. When I too...

At work. I walked by and saw it on one of our computers. after I had finished the task I was doing I sat down and started reading and that was around 9 yrs ago

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 person a nd I don't whine about how bad I hurt. I ke...

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 me. Anyway, The first time I had to take INH for 6 ...

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 damage. But we didn't have an ambulace service The l...

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 clogs and since I have bad hips and knees they are the...

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

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 file.

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 had worked in ICU all through school. I still went...

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

I had problems with staff after my hip replacement. They wouldn't even answer my call for help to the bathroom and took their time 1-2 hours after it was time for pain meds. I hurt so bad and come to find out the prothestic was coming out the back of...

I hate hearing that stuff!!!! When I was a tech the charge nurse on 3-11 hated me and I mean hated me. She never missed an opportunity to nail me for any thing. She gave me excess patients. extra chores and all kinds of side jobs to do. I worked in I...

I wore a cap once...when I walked across a stage and picked up my diploma. They have many issues, germ carrier, get tangled up in iv's and monitorcords. Nothing like having your hair ripped out when a patient grabs at it

When I was six I was always the army nurse for what ever the boys were playing, cowboys and indians, civil war,war, and cops and robbers, I would kiss them and make them well.But I never wanted to be a nurse. I just wanted to kiss the boys. When I th...

My very first job in the hospital I was a CCU tech and EKG tech. I loved learning about arrythmias. I soaked as much as I could working in CCU. So I stuck with it. I tried ither things like psych and stepdown But I always gravitated back to CCU. I di...

Considering my mother told me I was too stupid to be an ICU nurse, You are lucky someone even acknowlegded you wanted a career. My Dad and Granny had my back which was a good thing. and then I was a cardiology nurse for 35 yrs. I am glad no one told ...

The hubby guy, the kids, the grandkids, the wienie dogs x2, and going to any lake and before I retired, cardiology

I always know whats coming when I hear "You're a nurse......" I hate it! I have even been on a campout with a large group and been hammered with that question. One woman I vaguely knew was in her tent on a very very hot day wanted me to stay with he...

The more I read the more I love being retired

I once had a pt that was in his forties and in ICU he started having an MI. He was much to young to have one. I called his Doc who was on call and incredibily impaired to the point of hallucinations. I didn't know what to do. I called the ER guys and...

I had some pretty bad ones in labor and delivery. I stayed in mild labor until the last 15 min and then here came the baby I begged them to look at me I went from 5cm to 10 in just minutes and I kept telling them the baby was coming When one finally...

I had given an injection and was turning to put the syringe and needle into the box and a family member ran into me. I dropped the syringe needle first and it went straight into an airhole on top of my shoe. An itsy bitsy tiny hole and never hit the ...

You did a good job! I have retired from nursing after 38 yrs but I still remember my first code and her name.