Dalzac

Dalzac LPN, LVN, RN

CCU,ICU,ER retired

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  1. Just a random vent

    Dalzac replied to himilayaneyes's topic in General Nursing

    I have also found that true nurses will help with care, not hinder it. I once had a very difficult family member she complained about mother's care all the time. She looked me square in the face and...

  2. Do you believe animals have a sixth sense towards death?

    Dalzac replied to ErinDel's topic in General Nursing

    I absolutely believe that and they sense when you are sick. I have 2 dogs and 2 cats, and I have severe rhematoid arthritis. I take methotrexate for it and the med makes me sick for about 24-36 hours...

  3. I want to be a RN but don't want to deal, with you know...

    Dalzac replied to Back2Nursing09's topic in General Nursing

    The one and only fact I always kept in my head was "Everybody dies." Not one person in this world has ever gotten out alive. Death is just as much as a part of life as being born. And I always...

  4. Did you always know you wanted to be a nurse?

    Dalzac replied to borinick1492's topic in General Nursing

    At 6 at recess I was army nurse, alternating with cowboy nurse. I had those jobs until I was almost 10. Then it was animal nurse and I went around my dads farm with a can of purple antibiotic spray...

  5. Does your day shift have food days?

    Dalzac replied to mappers's topic in General Nursing

    At my favorite hospital we had every friday night as potluck. sometimes we were told to bring a steak and a sidedish, the security guard would grill the steak. but itn was just for ER. I normally...

  6. Sexual harassment policy at your facility

    Dalzac replied to Poi Dog's topic in General Nursing

    I once worked with a gay guy that was reprimanded about sexual harassment because he would go into great detail about his sex life. mean vivid detail and all the women would write him up because he...

  7. manual disimpaction

    Dalzac replied to 1louise1's topic in General Nursing

    ditto what they

  8. how old were you when you decided to become a nurse?

    Dalzac replied to bridezillatobe's topic in General Nursing

    I was 22 when I became a CCU tech and 25 when I became a

  9. Do your family members "get it"?

    Dalzac replied to DayDreamin ER CRNP's topic in General Nursing

    It took years for my family to "get it" and I did call friends and family at 3 am all the time it took about 2 yrs of that before they figured it out. I worked night most of my career and my kids knew...

  10. would you have continued thru nursing school if you had shadowed first?

    Dalzac replied to thekid's topic in General Nursing

    I was given a job by a close friend as a CCU tech. I had absolutely no Experience. She showed me how to do BP's and take pulses and run an EKG machine. I loved it from the minute I hit the floor. I...

  11. Can't get it out of my head

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

    that memory will stay with you for ever,sorry. But instead of a blue dying baby think of this, a screaming live baby. If you had done that for my child I would be eternally grateful just like that...

  12. How many times do you try to start an IV before calling in reinforcements?

    Dalzac replied to belgarion's topic in General Nursing

    Three strikes and I am outta

  13. Insensitive nurses

    Dalzac replied to MHSA LPN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    People like that just make me crazy!!! how can anyone be so cruel. My cousin had CP and had all of her wits. So many peopl;e trerated like she had no mind or sense until she said something. She had a...

  14. Comfort Food After a L o n g Shift

    Dalzac replied to EMSnut45's topic in General Nursing

    It used to be 2-3 sixpacks of really cold beer. But since I started going to AA, it is Eggos smeared with peanut butter and blackberry jelly and a big can of

  15. Embarrassing/Clumsy Moments!

    Dalzac replied to BKCinNOLA's topic in Nursing Humor

    I was taking care of a day two cabg post op that was still plugged into everything so I had tubes and wires on both sides of the bed. I was trying to get everything organized so I could dc it. and...

  16. Do nurses get unemployment benefits?

    Dalzac replied to shuubie's topic in General Nursing

    I collected unemployment for about 9 months when I couldn't find a job It was a life saver until I could gert a job. It also helped so I could find a job I wanted and not just grab one because I was...

  17. IF you WEREN'Ta nurse, what would you be???

    Dalzac replied to sjoy's topic in General Nursing

    I had planned on being an english teacher for high school or jr high. But thenn I got into computers and would probably gone to school for some sort of computer

  18. The best nursing advice you've ever received

    Dalzac replied to findingmywayRN's topic in General Nursing

    Chart everything in detail. Someday it may keep you out of court. I know it did

  19. One of THOSE nurses.

    Dalzac replied to KarmaComesAround's topic in General Nursing

    I worked with a nurse just like that and no one ever did anything. We went thru at least 6 techs when they worked with her she verbally abused them so bad they would quit. If anyone even looked like...

  20. What do you do when telemetry calls?

    Dalzac replied to RaziRN's topic in General Nursing

    I was a monitor tech before I was a nurse and as a tech our job was to notify the nurse about the aberrant EKG. A run of 6 beats can be a forewarning of something coming. PVC's mean there is something...

  21. are the people who work at the bons nurses?

    Dalzac replied to smartnurse1982's topic in General Nursing

    There are so many people that make up the BON. I am a nurse and I volunteer at the Peer Assistance program. PAP also has drug and alchohol counsellors. All of the nurse investigators are nurses. And...

  22. Night shift duty is it better than days???

    Dalzac replied to stylishgurl's topic in General Nursing

    I worked nights for many many years, 35 to be exact. I had to work days when my kids became teenagers because if I wasn't home at night, neither were they. Precious little hoodlums. As soon as they...

  23. Obsessed with death since entering the nursing profession

    Dalzac replied to nlhnurse1982's topic in General Nursing

    Since I worked in ICU,CCU,and ER, I just don't fear death. My son died 5 yrs ago and I miss him becaused I loved him and missed his company. I very nearly died myself 25 yrs ago and since then I just...

  24. ICU nurses can work anywhere??

    Dalzac replied to SiempreBella's topic in General Nursing

    Whenever I had to float to M/S I had such a hard time keeping up. We did such detailed assessments in ICU and it usually took a good 20-30 minutes for just one. When I had 5-7 pts it took me 3-4...

  25. Would it be worth it to take an EKG cert class while in nursing school?

    Dalzac replied to Koyaanisqatsi-RN's topic in General Nursing

    I was an EKG tech when I went to school and know some of the things I knew helped me significantly. If you want a job in any ICU and ER it will