DutchgirlRN

DutchgirlRN ASN, RN

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  1. Letter-writting campaigns for Nurses

    DutchgirlRN posted a topic in Activism, Healthcare

    letter-writing campaigns make your voice heard and get involved in advocating for the nursing profession. please write letters or participate in our following campaigns: take action! worth dying for...

  2. TOO Old??? 41 1/2 years old

    DutchgirlRN replied to chubbi's topic in Nursing Career

    I got my RN at 46. Go for

  3. Higher Education after EC

    DutchgirlRN replied to ManNurse39's topic in Online Distance Learning

    There's a list of schools, www.excelsior.edu, in the nursing catalog which accept EC's ASN to continue on with their BSN program. All the big universities are on the list including Vanderbilt,...

  4. Fetal death after maternal death

    DutchgirlRN replied to WorkofHeart8's topic in Ob/Gyn

    An elderly patient told me about her sister who died when she was somewhere around 7 months pregnant. The sister bled to death. While cleaning her up they found that the baby had delievered and was...

  5. Uniforms.. color scrubs vs whites

    DutchgirlRN replied to staceylee67's topic in General Nursing

    I agree except when it comes to telling the nurses from the tech. Between the techs telling the patient they are their nurse (hey I know many don't, I'm not starting a discussion here) and them taking...

  6. US Senator Unhurt in Air Crash...

    DutchgirlRN replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in Nursing Humor

    photographs below were taken at the scene show the extent of damage to senator clintons aircraft . she was very

  7. I'm just full of questions!!!

    DutchgirlRN replied to I want to be a nurse's topic in Louisiana Nursing

    Interesting. I didn't know that.

  8. College Network

    DutchgirlRN replied to Laught3r's topic in LPN to RN

    This is where I got the best information and most support, I credit them with being able to finish and passing and it's totally free! Make sure to check out the files and links....

  9. College Network

    DutchgirlRN replied to Laught3r's topic in LPN to RN

    If you pass NCLEX that's all they care about. They don't look at where you went or what grades you made. A valid license is your only ticket

  10. I'm just full of questions!!!

    DutchgirlRN replied to I want to be a nurse's topic in Louisiana Nursing

    That may work for the be a CNA after a certain amount of LPN school thought but I don't think you can be an LPN after a certain time in RN school. The school cirriculums are totally different. What...

  11. Will I need a female RN with me every time????

    DutchgirlRN replied to PHLEBOTOMIST_TO_RN's topic in General Nursing

    We "always" if possible asked a male nurse to cath a male patient and visa versa. We occasionally had female patients who requested a female nurse or tech only and we always complied. I personally...

  12. QA Nurse changing my Oasis answers!!

    DutchgirlRN replied to PCUSheryl's topic in Home Health

    Our oasis coordinator does this to everyone all the time. We lock our Oasis, on the computer, she goes in and changes it and then sends us an e-mail. MO #'s so and so have been changed, clinician...

  13. Nurses with a hx of Med Surg Experience

    DutchgirlRN replied to Cattitude's topic in General Nursing

    i fully agree except that i don't miss those days. when i transferred from ob/gyn to med/surg everyone thought i had lost my mind. truely they did! i had been an lpn for 23 years and it had been 12...

  14. Med error could cost my job? Need help!

    DutchgirlRN replied to dmwRNpa's topic in General Nursing

    I used to put narc's in my pocket. Deep pants pocket not scrub top pocket. 3 patients all wanting their pain meds. I would pull them at the same time and put them in my pocket whether they be pills or...

  15. TCN and EC Cost

    DutchgirlRN replied to click23's topic in Online Distance Learning

    You did not offend me in any way. I just wanted the other point of view voiced and available for those sitting on the fence. When I was going through the program I also had to explain (defend myself)...

  16. TCN and EC Cost

    DutchgirlRN replied to click23's topic in Online Distance Learning

    There were at least a total of 50 textbooks listed when I went through, as I said I only bought the first one listed for each class and for several classes it was the same textbook so it was used up...

  17. Night Shift and Health

    DutchgirlRN replied to RNSuzq1's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I did nights for 12 years when my children were little. I never worked two nights in a row. It worked out well for me but after 12 years it did catch up with me and I did suffer SAD as well as...

  18. Nurses with a hx of Med Surg Experience

    DutchgirlRN replied to Cattitude's topic in General Nursing

    :yeahthat: :yeahthat: :yeahthat: :yeahthat: :yeahthat: :yeahthat: :yeahthat: yeah home health, no

  19. TCN and EC Cost

    DutchgirlRN replied to click23's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I graduated from EC and didn't purchase 50+ textbooks. I used less than 10 textbooks. I bought them really cheap from www.half.com I purchased the first text listed for each class. I bought the...

  20. Med error could cost my job? Need help!

    DutchgirlRN replied to dmwRNpa's topic in General Nursing

    She offered that before she ever left the facility. They passed on it. I believe you. I know only too well how busy it can get. Once when working for an temp agency, back when we were counting...

  21. Nursing = stressful career!!

    DutchgirlRN replied to samaletta's topic in General Nursing

    DH went to the Dr this morning and the Dr said "I don't know how those nurses work that floor up there, I couldn't ever do it, how's your dw I haven't seen here lately"? He told him after 25+ years in...

  22. Do You Have a Voice?

    DutchgirlRN replied to ERERER's topic in General Nursing

    In the hospital everyone got a chance to voice their opinions and we had many meetings that allowed us to do so, the problem was our opinions always fell on deaf ears. Either nothing changed or things...

  23. Oasis Coordinator, ARRGGHH! Does this happen to everybody?

    DutchgirlRN replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in Home Health

    Huh???? Anyway, everything is better now. I actually have not heard from her in several days and the phone calls have stopped. I don't know if administration finally said something. I had another...

  24. Oasis Coordinator, ARRGGHH! Does this happen to everybody?

    DutchgirlRN posted a topic in Home Health

    Please be honest with me either way.....I need to get this woman off of my case. Every admission, recertification, resumption or discharge oasis that I turn in I end up getting questioned. First she...

  25. Private Duty Annoyances

    DutchgirlRN replied to Jo Dirt's topic in Private Duty

    Been there, done that. I've been stuck as long as 36 hrs at a stretch and the agency didn't give a flip. I truely liked my patient and he was very kind and understanding and let me sleep, take a...