Dalzac

Dalzac LPN, LVN, RN

CCU,ICU,ER retired

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  1. On a scale of 1 to 10 how would you rate your response to your first code blue?

    Dalzac replied to Nuieve's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    My first code was on my very first day as a tech. I hadn't even had an orientation. It was 2 hours in to the shift. I hadn't even taken my CPR course. Talk about green green green. Near the end of the...

  2. When asked for advice

    Dalzac replied to suejmurphy's topic in General Nursing

    My hubby and I used to go to a large yearly group campout and one couple we always camped with was a Doctor and his family They were friends long before he became a doc. He started pulling away...

  3. When asked for advice

    Dalzac replied to suejmurphy's topic in General Nursing

    My answer is always you need to see a Doctor. If they start being a pest about it,I tell them they have cancer and REALLY need to see a

  4. Which penlight do you use? Incandescent or LED?

    Dalzac replied to RelloydRN's topic in General Nursing

    I was always partial to the free ones LOL But the one I bought was

  5. I want excitement from my job

    Dalzac replied to kimme721's topic in General Nursing

    I have worked ED and all forms of ICU. I found ICU much more challenging. You have to watch ICU patients all the time because you never know when they might go south. The keep your mind busy all the...

  6. Things new grads do that bother you/scare you half to death??

    Dalzac replied to dura_mater's topic in General Nursing

    The one big scary for me was new grads that won't ask questions when they don't know. Sure fire way to put a patient in harms

  7. sex in the work place...really?

    Dalzac replied to Mr. Evans's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I saw more of it in a smaller hospital I worked at than the mega hospital I worked. I never wanted to have anything to do with doctors but I hooked up with a couple of firefighters that worked as...

  8. Best beach city on the East coast????

    Dalzac replied to Kurious RN's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know about jobs but I loved Jacksonville, Fla beaches white sand and just

  9. Items You Carry Daily in the Hospital

    Dalzac replied to studentdan's topic in General Nursing

    Tape,scissors,hempstats,alcohol pads,calipers,3 pens,tictacs,small bottle of lotion,about 5 bucks in change and one dollar bills,post-it notes. stethescope on my

  10. No worse end to a night shift!

    Dalzac replied to snoopy29's topic in General Nursing

    Yep Way back when we had narcotics boxes I had to do that very thing. As soon as I saw them, the phone rang! I went in sweats with out brushing my hair. They told me I looked like he

  11. Insights from dogs

    Dalzac replied to nebrgirl's topic in General Nursing

    I know my little weinie dog always knows when my rheumatoid arthritis is hurting. She will jump in my lap and go straight to my hand where it is the worst and start licking. A few weeks ago I caught a...

  12. How can someone even be like that?!

    Dalzac replied to futureRN_Anastasia's topic in General Nursing

    My mother was the naysayer in my life my dad and stepmother gave me tons of support! My mother just flat out told me I was too stupid to go to nursing school and then laughed when I enrolled and said...

  13. Oh, you rode your high horse to work today

    Dalzac replied to fallrisk2008's topic in General Nursing

    I loved night shift and I wish I had a nickel for every time I ranted the same thing the OP did. I guess it is universal how the day shift come in and do the same thing to night

  14. which patients are in/out of your comfort zone?

    Dalzac replied to PureLifeRN's topic in General Nursing

    Nuero of any kind trauma stroke any kind I just hate. I will take anything from the neck down and on a vent and I am

  15. Are my classmates delusional??

    Dalzac replied to Lola89's topic in General Nursing

    My,my, my! Let's see was an ICU nurse for 35 yrs We didn't have techs. soooo how many times did I clean up poop and vomit????? Every day, many times a day! It is a part of the job. Just the idea of...

  16. Do nurses make the worse patients?

    Dalzac replied to laynaER's topic in General Nursing

    I know I was not an ideal patient but I have saved my own life once and ******* until someone paid attention to me. I had Hysterectomy and had a slow bleed and I kept showing them my swollen belly and...

  17. Phasing out LPN's?

    Dalzac replied to liberty_bell's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I have heard this rumor for 20 yrs I doubt it will ever

  18. Have you ever...

    Dalzac replied to JazzyRN's topic in General Nursing

    Yes and she had bad CHF and would go into APE if you looked at her wrong. Everyone from the interns to her cardiologist and nurses to resp therapist When the day came and she coded there was not a dry...

  19. did your job give you a holiday gift??

    Dalzac replied to ohmeowzer RN's topic in General Nursing

    Before I retired all the CCU doc's would chip in and each of us got a 100 dollar gift card from walmart. One doc gave me season's tickets to our little hometown hockey games. I loved that gift! and...

  20. Ever burned a bridge?

    Dalzac replied to LuvMyGamecocks's topic in General Nursing

    Yes and not only that I left at the beginning of the shift. I was a tech in ICU so it wasn't like I abandoned my patients. The charge nurse hated me, don't know why, but she hated me with a passion....

  21. Raining On My Parade

    Dalzac replied to SNIXRN's topic in General Nursing

    When I was in Nursing school I knew where I wanted to go.. ICU/CCU. And I did. I tried to do psych nurssing and I sucked at it and hated it. It was way easier for me to help fix a broken body that it...

  22. CABG... highest number of grafts you've seen?

    Dalzac replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

    just 6 for

  23. Holiday Season and Weight management

    Dalzac replied to Katie5's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Go back to eating responsibly Jan

  24. nursing Is So...

    Dalzac replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    Fancinating

  25. I was questioning whether I wanted to be a nurse from the threads on allnurses.com

    Dalzac replied to Ms. Nurse Assistant's topic in General Nursing

    Nursing is one of the top stressful jobs you can get. We are responsible for the wellbeing of people who just can't take care of themselves for a while. After a while the stress can build up until you...