DolceVita ADN, BSN, RN

DolceVita has 14 years experience as a ADN, BSN, RN and specializes in IMCU.

Latest Activity

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   What are the things that make you want to leave nursing?

   DolceVita replied to Red Shirt 6's topic in General Nursing

   Backstabbing. There is nothing worse than when someone gets a resentment with you at work and instead of speaking with you like a grown up, the go to a manager. My former manager used to send people...
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   Bullying

   DolceVita replied to Hoosier_RN's topic in General Nursing

   @Davey Do I’m so sorry. What an awful experience for
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   Bullying

   DolceVita replied to Hoosier_RN's topic in General Nursing

   This! It was drummed into me that nursing was a team sport. Yet I see nurses or pcts with heavy assignments and people texting or streaming a movie at the nurses station while others are massively...
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   Dog before Nursing School

   DolceVita replied to kendalrose8's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

   My experience is boyfriends, friends etc are not as committed as I am to my dog. I found a good doggie day care and a reliable dog walker. Getting a puppy or very young dog isn’t the best idea and...
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   9/11 20th Anniversary- Where Were You When Our Country was Attacked, the Twin Towers Fell and America was Changed Forever?

   DolceVita replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

   I was in London, I used to work in corporate finance. I just kept thinking of all the people I knew who worked there that I used to speak with daily or weekly. Then knowing we would go to war. Later...
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   Do some nurses just like to write people up?

   DolceVita replied to DolceVita's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   You’re right. I certainly don’t need it. I could go back to my last place but it’s an hour away. That commute was killing me. Plus, even though I’d be returning it’s still switching jobs....
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   Do some nurses just like to write people up?

   DolceVita posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   In less than a year at my current job: I had a preceptor accuse me of helping a high fall risk patient sit at the edge of the bed AND that I removed his oxygen while he was doing so. Same...
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   Anyone have luck going back to school with a restricted license?

   DolceVita replied to StacyLynnRN's topic in Nurses Recovery

   Every MSN program I’ve seen has asked for a current, unrestricted
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   I’m very distressed-my med error

   DolceVita replied to DolceVita's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   Thank you both for responding. I’m new there. That worries me most of
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    I’m very distressed-my med error

    DolceVita posted a topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I made a medication error and I’m new to my job. It was related to a drip that we use all the time. Someone was supratherapeutic and I thought they were therapeutic. The oncoming nurses caught it...
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    Would you help out at a hospital as a nursing student?

    DolceVita replied to kitttyy's topic in Disaster Preparation

    It’s likely you’ll be in this position more than once as a nurse. We take care of patients with infectious diseases all the time. SARS 1, Ebola, and now SARS2. It will be good experience as...
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    Who wants to hire a graduate nurse at 55?

    DolceVita replied to RNat55's topic in General Nursing

    I loved
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    To kill or not to kill... another person dream?

    DolceVita replied to KatieMI's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I can’t believe I missed this post. Any reasonable person who has attended school in the USA has knowledge of allergic reactions. She might choose to believe shooting someone with a flipping,nonGMO...
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    What is up with these Sickle Cell Patients?!

    DolceVita replied to BrandNewbieNurse's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Such an old thread. I hope they’ve learned how to lock their pumps, respectfully tell patients not to curse at her and know that those in pain don’t always seem in pain from objective
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    How to deal with a patient’s rude remarks?

    DolceVita replied to PochaccoRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    When not involved in procedures etc I’d help her out. During procedures I’d simply say something like “of course I’ll help with that, when we are finished with this”. I’ve had inpatients...