DutchgirlRN

DutchgirlRN ASN, RN

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  1. Death and skin color

    DutchgirlRN replied to Epona's topic in General Nursing

    Me

  2. I asked my doctor to get me a licensed person to give me an injection

    DutchgirlRN replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in General Nursing

    Wow...Why?

  3. more than nursing professionals wearing scrubs

    DutchgirlRN replied to wearingmanyhats's topic in General Nursing

    I don't see why they shouldn't be comfortable as well? I do agree with different departments wearing different colors so that patients can tell who is who. It all goes back to nurses wearing white....

  4. Crocs & Back Problems

    DutchgirlRN replied to BlondieRN09's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    MBT's?

  5. I asked my doctor to get me a licensed person to give me an injection

    DutchgirlRN replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in General Nursing

    No we don't. I just want feedback on asking the doctor for a licensed person to give me an injection? Would they? Wouldn't they? Do they think it inappropriate to ask?

  6. Cali Nclex PN waiting changing needed!

    DutchgirlRN replied to xpl2007's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I waited 6 weeks for my LPN results in TN but that was 33 years ago when the test was fill in the dots with a #2 pencil. I waited 6 days for my RN results. TN doesn't have fast results

  7. 8 Weeks of training does NOT make you a nurse!!

    DutchgirlRN replied to kukukajoo's topic in General Nursing

    LNA? Cannot imagine a PCT, CNA or MA having a license? Sounds like a made up degree to me. An LPN wannabe? Scary scary stuff. Someday, I pray our legislators will wake up and correct this problem....

  8. Why do you think so many healthcare workers are mean and arrogant?

    DutchgirlRN replied to mikethern's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I find that there are mean and arrogant people in all walks of life, no matter their occupation, or whether or not they even work at all. Mean people have forgotten or never learned how to be...

  9. Having an upper GI done on Friday

    DutchgirlRN replied to lpnstudentin2010's topic in General Nursing

    Perfectly normal to be anxious about an Upper GI. I would be too. Having taken care of many post Upper GI patients they say the test was nothing, absolutely nothing. They get Versed & Sublimaze...

  10. Crocs & Back Problems

    DutchgirlRN replied to BlondieRN09's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    yea! another birki

  11. Crocs & Back Problems

    DutchgirlRN replied to BlondieRN09's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I trip in mine all the time. We're not allowed to wear them at the hospital because of the trip risk but I love them still. I've been wearing birkenstock clogs for at least 15 years and they...

  12. Patient's and Angry Families

    DutchgirlRN replied to Daisy's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I have tried explaining, apoligizing, smiling, talking...tried it all. In the end the only thing that worked can be summed up in two words "call administration". I've been fortunate in that...

  13. Patient's

    DutchgirlRN replied to Daisy's topic in General Nursing

    I tried explaining, reasoning, sitting and talking, being nice etc... In the end the best thing that worked for me can be summed up in two words "call administration". In my case administration always...

  14. Nurses children and vaccinations, how do you feel?

    DutchgirlRN replied to Mistify's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know about vaccinations now a days in Holland but back in the 50's when I was born we did not get vaccines. I went to grade school here and when my parents registered me for school I had to go...

  15. I feel guilty!

    DutchgirlRN replied to shoegalRN's topic in General Nursing

    Which tech gets to go to work and sit and eat bonbons while watching TV? I think you should do exactly what you want to do. You've already called out and they have made whatever arrangements that...

  16. things you wish you could tell the doctor

    DutchgirlRN replied to celery's topic in General Nursing

    Stop being so cheap and hire at least one licensed nurse to work in your office! Do you realize that the MA's in your office refer to themselves as "nurses" and that is against the law? Make them stop...

  17. Need Advice!!

    DutchgirlRN replied to WhiteRN's topic in General Nursing

    Check out the threads concerning working and the holidays. There's not a job out there more important than spending Christmas or Easter morning with your son. Hang onto your job if your skills are all...

  18. Old textbooks

    DutchgirlRN replied to ahsweeney's topic in General Nursing

    Once they get old enough you will make money off of them on ebay it just depends on whether or not you have the room or inclination to save them that long. I've purchased 25+ year old nursing books...

  19. How nasty!!

    DutchgirlRN replied to rnrae's topic in General Nursing

    And...they go from room to room putting their stethoscopes on the patients without cleaning it between patients and there is foam available at every door jam. Same goes for

  20. Verbal orders...what about them?

    DutchgirlRN replied to hollyberry678's topic in General Nursing

    I would not take any order through a unit secretary be it diet, change in VS, a simple order for tylenol, whatever. The order needs to be verbalized, repeated and confirmed between two licensed...

  21. I am giving up

    DutchgirlRN replied to ZootRN's topic in General Nursing

    Kudos to you Mystic fish! Knowing when to get out and doing it. Bravo. Nursing burnout can take a huge toll on your life. Been there, done that Thankfully there are many different areas in which...

  22. Sweet Dreams, Baby! Tell us about your strange dreams r/t nursing

    DutchgirlRN replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    I had that happen to me once. A doctor (the feared one) called me late at night at home and chewed me out about a patient and had a gazillion questions about the patients meds that day. When I finally...

  23. Sweet Dreams, Baby! Tell us about your strange dreams r/t nursing

    DutchgirlRN replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    I dreamed much more frequently about nursing when I worked Med/Surg. It was always the same type of dream. Either I kept getting so side tracked that I couldn't get to work until half the shift was...

  24. New to Home Health.... many ?'s

    DutchgirlRN replied to NewEnglandRN's topic in Home Health

    Notepad, pens, compass, map, GPS if you'll be in rural areas, watch, cellphone, cell phone charger coins for soda machines, important phone numbers, full tank of gas, jumper cables or instant battery...

  25. Drinks in the nurses station...

    DutchgirlRN replied to mcknis's topic in General Nursing

    We've always been allowed to have drinks at the nurses station. They have to be down on the desk, not up on the ledge. They have to have a lid and have to have a first or last name on them. No...