DutchgirlRN

DutchgirlRN ASN, RN

OB, M/S, HH, Medical Imaging RN

Member

  • Content

    3,932

  • Visitors

    24,088

  • Followers

    0

  • Likes

    14

All Content by DutchgirlRN

  1. Ethics: Does it bother you when people are in nursing to make money?

    DutchgirlRN replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    no !!! i would like to do some type of volunteer work, like rocking

  2. Ethics: Does it bother you when people are in nursing to make money?

    DutchgirlRN replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

  3. Ethics: Does it bother you when people are in nursing to make money?

    DutchgirlRN replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    if you look at nursing as just a job i don't think you'll be able to cut it. nursing is not a job as any other i hope if you do become a nurse that it will work out for

  4. Rudeness from EMTs and Paramedics

    DutchgirlRN replied to TheCommuter's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    and it was their choice to become an emt rather than a nurse. people make choices, people must live with the consequences. i think that pretty much sums it up... and that goes for any profession...

  5. Left LTC for HH Peds - any advice?

    DutchgirlRN replied to Mabel 29's topic in Home Health

    i've done pediatric private duty before. i'm assuming since you're talking one child this is private duty nursing and not home health? actually i've done to long term pediatic cases. they were both...

  6. HH straight out of school? Possible for LPN?

    DutchgirlRN replied to Brenney9101's topic in Home Health

    school clinicals do not count as experience as far as i know. i work in hh and i personally don't think you should do hh without a years experience in an area like med/surg. will someone hire you?...

  7. Upsetting Email about HH

    DutchgirlRN replied to nurseby07's topic in Home Health

    to the op, did you respond to the e-mail? hear anything else from this person? i'm just

  8. Anyone using I study smart distance?

    DutchgirlRN replied to yay092014's topic in Online Distance Learning

    when i went through the program i used the ec guides and this website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rnstudygroup/ it is awesome. i bought my textbooks from www.half.com and purchased the older...

  9. Why do you love Radiology Nursing?

    DutchgirlRN replied to mjwhitley1313's topic in Radiology

    for me that's an easy one. no weekends, no nights, no holidays, no call, better than average pay, far less stress than the floor. what you need to know depends on what your job description is....

  10. Most "Clueless" Thing YOUR Manager has Done

    DutchgirlRN replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    so true! i've seen that happen myself with a hh

  11. At my wit's end....long post, sorry

    DutchgirlRN replied to MzSuziQ64's topic in Home Health

    you worked sick, with the flu no less, for 2 days. that's not smart. they should have sent you home. good pt care begins with responsibility and sending a sick nurse out to see an already compromised...

  12. Most "Clueless" Thing YOUR Manager has Done

    DutchgirlRN replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    our nm's are required to wear scrubs to work in case they need to work the floor. we had one nm who showed up every day dressed to the 9's. we would ask her questions to which she didn't have answers....

  13. Does anybody had seen a nurse with tunnel earrings?

    DutchgirlRN replied to Hacker-Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    guilty... i do that too! i didn't see anything nursing related

  14. Does anybody had seen a nurse with tunnel earrings?

    DutchgirlRN replied to Hacker-Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    you're 26 and i'm 52 that explains the

  15. Does anybody had seen a nurse with tunnel earrings?

    DutchgirlRN replied to Hacker-Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    this is an old thread. the op is undoubtly now practicing somewhere. hopefully w/o the tunnel earrings. i'll admit it. i want a professional, neat appearing person taking care of me. call me a snob,...

  16. Assc. Nursing Program in TN!!

    DutchgirlRN replied to rescuegroomer's topic in Online Distance Learning

    i'm sorry that i missed the fact that you will have hands on clinicals. good luck with the

  17. Assc. Nursing Program in TN!!

    DutchgirlRN replied to rescuegroomer's topic in Online Distance Learning

    how does a cna or an rn graduate without any hands on clinicals? i don't get it. i did the excelsior program but was an lpn for 23 years prior. i live in tennessee. where are these schools? the ones i...

  18. I send pt home with heplocks!!

    DutchgirlRN replied to luce2008's topic in First Year After Licensure

    it's still that way in some countries. a good friend of mine moved here from austalia about 5 years ago. she had to learn to "cannulate iv's" because in austalia, at that time, only doctors did...

  19. I send pt home with heplocks!!

    DutchgirlRN replied to luce2008's topic in First Year After Licensure

    dc peripheral iv's, yep. picc's, central's can't touch them. insert foley's, draw blood, no. ekg's...yes, only if trained. whatever that entails

  20. Need Advice Please!!!

    DutchgirlRN replied to nurselala33's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    #1 he said/she said was referring to what the family members and office staff members were telling each other it had nothing to do with what you said. #2 your sister is responsible no matter what the...

  21. I send pt home with heplocks!!

    DutchgirlRN replied to luce2008's topic in First Year After Licensure

    :yeahthat::yeahthat::yeahthat: she'll get over it and "she" will be more

  22. I send pt home with heplocks!!

    DutchgirlRN replied to luce2008's topic in First Year After Licensure

    we've had pt's purposely try to sneak out with a heplock. "oh...the tech took it out already" here....as i pull up the sleeve...i still need to check the site...whoops...heplock still there. pt...."oh...

  23. Need Advice Please!!!

    DutchgirlRN replied to nurselala33's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    # 1 it sounds like alot of he said/she said... #2 if she asked the doctor and he said it was the right vaccine...how does that mean she gave the wrong vaccine just because the batch numbers didn't...

  24. "New Nurses's Don't Know Anything."

    DutchgirlRN replied to Diary/Dairy's topic in General Nursing

    i'd like to know where the statistic 2.5 patients comes from? if she thinks she is so smart she should take care of her son at home by herself. perhaps she should spend a night in the holiday inn...

  25. Is it true that a BSN will be mandatory soon?

    DutchgirlRN replied to szccdw's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    :yeahthat::yeahthat::yeahthat::yeahthat::yeahthat::yeahthat::yeahthat: