Dalzac

Dalzac LPN, LVN, RN

CCU,ICU,ER retired

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  1. What is the lowest K+ level you have seen?

    Dalzac replied to nlhnurse1982's topic in General Nursing

    I once had a frequent flyer paint huffer who would come in with a K of 1.2. She couldn't move any of her muscles and would be paralyzed until her K came up to 2.3 When her K would be in a normal level...

  2. Stress Relief

    Dalzac replied to SteffersRN87's topic in General Nursing

    I used to do the glass of wine stuff until I had to start going to AA meetings. So after that it was going to morning AA meetings after work. I know that may not work for every one so the otherr...

  3. What is the white stuff in my blood tube?

    Dalzac replied to stephenfnielsen's topic in General Nursing

    I had my blood drawn once after eating fried chicken for lunch and it was full of those little fat globules. I freaked out. The lab person told me that it came from my lunch. Went to the doc right...

  4. Trying to understand the death of an Organ Donor

    Dalzac replied to missingunc's topic in General Nursing

  5. Are "real" nurses as mean as my future instructors?

    Dalzac replied to Dakovich's topic in General Nursing

    Nursing school is HARD! And is not for sissies. Instructors start weeding out the ones they don't think qualifies fast. You are learning o keep some people alive and being there for the ones that...

  6. VENT before we Loose it!

    Dalzac replied to Jerry 75's topic in Emergency

    I live in Oklahoma and in 1995 The Murrah Building was brought down by a maniac. I was on the medical team at the site and I had ground zero clearance, just in case they found a survivor. I was there...

  7. Air Tight Cliques-Level One Trauma ER Nurses/ Hospitals

    Dalzac replied to webmansx's topic in General Nursing

    I hate the first impression stuff. But I will tell you that if you know the important stuff life in ER does get easier. I think they act that way at first because they don't know how much You know, so...

  8. Midnight Shift And The Rest Of The World

    Dalzac replied to nessa_5555's topic in General Nursing

    My kids used to think that too until I made them help me clean house do dishes etc. from 2 am to 5 am My Hubby worked nights too Plus after they grew up and would call me at noon for nothing I started...

  9. Hanging up my stethescope

    Dalzac replied to sissiesmama's topic in General Nursing

    Hey Anne c'mon over here and ride in the same boat! I hated having to retire I mean I hated it. I had to because I have severe Psoriatic Rhematoid arthritis It is horribly painful and disfiguring to...

  10. A question for all you ER nurses....

    Dalzac replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

    I know I would always check the heart monitor and use that as a basis to write later I also used the bed sheet to write on and corelate that with the

  11. New here...considering becoming a nurse..need advice

    Dalzac replied to footprints1973's topic in General Nursing

    You will be lucky if you get a job as an LPN. What you heard is right they get jobs in snf and ltc. Maybe home health but even now RN's are competing for those. Go for your adn do the extra distance....

  12. How to deal with a nurse that acts immature?

    Dalzac replied to scorp2580's topic in General Nursing

    Spank Her!!!!!

  13. Help! Admitted patient and he died 30 hours later...

    Dalzac replied to loveLA824901's topic in General Nursing

    After a while you will understand that when it is your time to go, it's time to go. from what you wrote you did every thing you could all the right

  14. Is It Just Me...

    Dalzac replied to kbm318's topic in General Nursing

    I had 3 kids to feed by myself. I needed benefits. I needed insurance. I had other people depending on me. I needed the better money and not minimum wage. And I loved the technical side of nursing. I...

  15. Positive PPD test. (17mm)

    Dalzac replied to ~KelRN~'s topic in General Nursing

    I never said all nurses test positive. I said lots have tested positive. I had to see a physician and take the prescribed meds for a yr and I will always test positive so I get chest xrays to make...

  16. Positive PPD test. (17mm)

    Dalzac replied to ~KelRN~'s topic in General Nursing

    Lots of nurses have + PPD's. I do. Just get regular chest x-rays instead of PPD's Because they will always be positive. INH didn't have any side effects for me at all. I also took B6 with

  17. Professions before nursing

    Dalzac replied to nursebrandie28's topic in General Nursing

    movie theaters=sold candy and popcorn, factories=plastics and computers, grocery stores, bartender and watress. monitor tech and then nurse. Now not a dang

  18. Hospital Romances

    Dalzac replied to 2bnursejacksonrn's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I worked for 12 years at a smaller hospital that was also a teaching hospital. I mean small like 68 beds including ICU. The ER however, was exceptional. Our location was between 2 major interstates....

  19. Spider bites...

    Dalzac replied to Blackheartednurse's topic in General Nursing

    When my son was 2 and a half he was bitten by a brown recluse that had crawled into his diaper and bit him on the butt and got a huge case of celluitis, nearly killed him. It actually left a scar...

  20. Do any nurses work "normal" hours??

    Dalzac replied to KKB243's topic in General Nursing

    A lot of nurses do research nursing I did it for a year but the down side is it is usually funded by grants and when that is gone so was my job. But while I did it it was a lot of fun. I chose not to...

  21. If you could build your perfect Nursing Home......how would it be?

    Dalzac replied to Ling07's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    When I was a kid there was a NH in the country It was right down the road from us. The thing I loved the most about the place was they had a good sized garden and all summer I would see all these...

  22. How did you get your first nursing position

    Dalzac replied to Angeljho's topic in General Nursing

    I was a CCUtech/monitor tech and as soon as I graduated I went to work at the same place in CCU. and Eventually retired from there I still love the

  23. Is it a sin to want a day off?

    Dalzac replied to rn4babies63's topic in General Nursing

    I used to jump and run in every time I was called until one day I came in on my day off. I was told we were understaffed and every room was full. When I got there they were overstaffed and the regular...

  24. Nurses can't draw blood, its always hemolyzed

    Dalzac replied to HiThisIsStatLabCLICK's topic in General Nursing

    Have they tried a bigger bore

  25. Question about peer review

    Dalzac replied to feebebe23's topic in General Nursing

    I serve on Peer Review and this is the ONLY thing I want to hear from any participant... The truth! I needed to edit this for clarification. I really don't care about all the little petty excuses....