DutchgirlRN

DutchgirlRN ASN, RN

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  1. How many nurses want their children to be nurses too?

    DutchgirlRN replied to pumpkin1984's topic in General Nursing

    I wanted my daughter to go into nursing and she said "no way". Now that she's married with 2 children and has a bachelors degree in management and making $11.00 working for a bank she has a totally...

  2. Who has had the biggest influence on your nursing practice?

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

    1. My first nursing instructor who died of CA about 20 years ago. I still want her to be proud of me. 2. My conscious 3. Realizing that I'm 12 years from Medicare (I want to be treated as...

  3. Old textbooks

    DutchgirlRN replied to ahsweeney's topic in General Nursing

    35 years from now they'll come in handy for a good laugh (you would not believe how nursing has changed over the past 35 years and that will only continue) if you have the room to store them...

  4. So, how many of you have had MRSA

    DutchgirlRN replied to teenycar's topic in General Nursing

    Your manager and your wife's OB needs to know ASAP. Not that anything bad is going happen but it's extremely important need to know information that could potentially prevent the spread of MRSA to...

  5. priming IV tubing tips?

    DutchgirlRN replied to futurecnm's topic in General Nursing

    Which is true but this is a student who needs help priming tubing for an upcoming clinical performance test. Nursing school never equates to the real

  6. What would u do?

    DutchgirlRN replied to goodgirl4u50's topic in General Nursing

    congratulations grandma! you have every right to call in whether it be that you're sick or whatever as long as you give proper notice which certainly you did. i say this job is not meant for you. be...

  7. Would you wear a tux to work on New Year's Eve?

    DutchgirlRN replied to anonymurse's topic in General Nursing

    I second that!

  8. What would you have done?

    DutchgirlRN replied to NJNursing's topic in General Nursing

    I have one question for the OP and the administration involved. If this patient had been a regular Joe Schmoe who would have given him their personal cell number? I can assuredly give you the correct...

  9. Mediports and Hickman Catheters

    DutchgirlRN replied to medsm's topic in General Nursing

    welcome to allnurses we're glad you're

  10. What would you have done?

    DutchgirlRN replied to NJNursing's topic in General Nursing

    I live and work in an area where there are alot of famous people. It makes me ill to see how these people are catered to. They, above all else, are sometimes not billed for their stay so that the...

  11. Some mean Nurses.......

    DutchgirlRN replied to Billsgirl's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I worked Med/Surg for years. There has always been a separateness when it comes to nurses and techs. I think nurses keep a strictly professional relationship in order to keep respect which in return...

  12. What would you have done?

    DutchgirlRN replied to NJNursing's topic in General Nursing

    What I'm not understanding is why did administration and the OP give this patient their personal cell phone numbers? Simply because he's well known? That's the only reason I can come up with. In that...

  13. Who's gonna admit it that they went into Nursing b/c of the salary?

    DutchgirlRN replied to AspiringNurse7's topic in General Nursing

    I never gave salary a thought, I never gave being a nurse a thought. I was 18 y/o living at home, nothing to spend money on. My parents paid for my car, my school and everything else because they...

  14. Meal and Potty Breaks

    DutchgirlRN replied to Weeping Willow's topic in General Nursing

    I cannot imagine losing your job because you had to use the bathroom, that would be utterly insane. It doesn't take 15 minutes to pee. Realistically 1-2 minutes including sanitizing your hands. When I...

  15. Mandatory CNA!!!!

    DutchgirlRN replied to henryswife's topic in General Nursing

    Nursing students quit nursing school during all phases of the program. Either you can be a nurse or you can't. If someone wants to try by becoming a CNA first then that's probably a good move for them...

  16. How do you protect your identity?

    DutchgirlRN replied to mcknis's topic in General Nursing

    Those whom we trust and those who have a legitimate reason to know. You're right anyone can potentially be a stalker but why take chances by giving away personal information to just anyone and yes I...

  17. How do you protect your identity?

    DutchgirlRN replied to mcknis's topic in General Nursing

    :yeahthat::yeahthat::yeahthat: Me

  18. Having Trouble telling people I'm an LPN

    DutchgirlRN replied to gt4everpn's topic in General Nursing

    I was an LPN for 23 years. In the beginning of my career there was a huge difference between LPN's and RN's. We really were more like glorified CNA's. We were not allowed to touch an IV. LPN's have...

  19. Meal and Potty Breaks

    DutchgirlRN replied to Weeping Willow's topic in General Nursing

    When I worked on med/surg we all got a lunch break. The problem was 1. we couldn't leave the floor 2. we could not pass off our beeper, so while at lunch I was lucky to have 10 minutes to woof down...

  20. stop 75 items whats are the chances to pass...

    DutchgirlRN replied to dextrose999's topic in General Nursing

    https://allnurses.com/forums/f197/waiting-nclex-results-read-here-first-174503.html Try to find something to pass the time while waiting. You cannot possibly, nor can anyone else, guess whether or not...

  21. How do you protect your identity?

    DutchgirlRN replied to mcknis's topic in General Nursing

    I don't advocate turning the ID badge around backwards, I think that is just wrong, IMHO. I don't see any problem with first name and title, no matter, the profession. I expect a first name and...

  22. How do you protect your identity?

    DutchgirlRN replied to mcknis's topic in General Nursing

    I've had patients ask me for that purpose and I tell them just mention Dutchy H on the 5th floor. It works every time...no problem. And no nobody knows me as dutchy that's my name on

  23. I said "No Way, No How" would you?

    DutchgirlRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Friday at 18:30 we had a CT Abdomen/Pelvis w/contrast show up at the outpatient center. We close at 1900 and they had not been prepped orally or we would have gone ahead and done it our radiologist is...

  24. I said "No Way, No How" would you?

    DutchgirlRN replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in General Nursing

    We have radiologists 24/7 who read everything coming out of medical imaging, even XR's done in the

  25. The Unwritten Rules of Nursing

    DutchgirlRN replied to GregRN's topic in General Nursing

    Your new admisson, who has been in ER for at least 10+ hours, is coming to the floor at 1900 and ER says there's no way to hold them for another