DutchgirlRN

DutchgirlRN ASN, RN

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  1. Leave HHN for Public Health Nursing?

    DutchgirlRN replied to camrave's topic in Public, Community Health

    Go for it! You need to lookout for yourself. A mere two weeks with an agency is a good time to leave, before you've created a working relationship with your patients. I wouldn't say anything until you...

  2. Stop #@$%!* Thief!!!

    DutchgirlRN replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

    Marla, I'm sorry for the hassels (((((((HUGS))))))) to you. It's a d**m shame people can't keep their hands off of other peoples things. My only comfort when things like this happen is knowing that...

  3. Hi!

    DutchgirlRN replied to Braff's topic in Tennessee Nursing

    For the price of a ghetto apartment in CA you could buy a nice house in TN. The cost of living here is wonderful as far as the real estate market goes. From what I've seen on TV (Flip that house) a...

  4. HH-have you ever been attacked?

    DutchgirlRN replied to texas_lvn's topic in Home Health

    I have been verbally sexually harrassed. The pt is a quad and couldn't touch me if he wanted to but his words towards me during his 2x week dressings changes had been getting progressively worse even...

  5. Ever give yourself a flu shot before?

    DutchgirlRN replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

    I gave myself my own flu shot just this week. It didn't hurt at all. I gave it to myself in my right thigh. (vastus lateralis) I just went fast like I do with patients and it didn't hurt one bit. I...

  6. I have an interview on Tuesday!

    DutchgirlRN replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in Home Health

    The interview went well, I was very impressed with the office. Unlike the agency I now work for this agency pays for charting time at home, gas mileage, overtime for after 5pm, weekends and holidays....

  7. Pay for precepting

    DutchgirlRN replied to RNinquires's topic in General Nursing

    $1.00 an hour extra for precepting. When the new employee has been there for 6 months, a $100.00 bonus. When the employee has been there for one year an extra $150.00 bonus. I've collected lots of 6...

  8. Your Worst Mistake

    DutchgirlRN replied to aurora_borealis's topic in General Nursing

    This thread is both informative and terrifying as an RN and a potential patient. As a preceptor I have prevented several serious mistakes from happening. All involving insulin. The one piece of...

  9. Telemetry monitoring

    DutchgirlRN replied to capnnikkiRN's topic in General Nursing

    Unfortunately I think something fatal has to happen on your floor before they will wake up and get a telemetry monitor. Sad, but so

  10. "Older" nurses and 12 hour shifts

    DutchgirlRN replied to MQ Edna's topic in General Nursing

    51 y/o ~ I was great with 12 hour shifts until about a year ago. I have a very tough time doing them now. The difference? I think menopause. I never know from day to day how much energy I'm going...

  11. Glad to hear no one killed in Hawaii.....

    DutchgirlRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm sorry to those of you who live in Hawaii or have family members in Hawaii. I've experience a big earthquake and it's a very bad feeling. I see on the news that homes, business', schools,...

  12. what should the inr level be for wire removal?

    DutchgirlRN replied to AussieKylie's topic in Cardiac

    Our policy is less than

  13. I'll have to sit for an NCLEX again...

    DutchgirlRN replied to NurseDaddy2006's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Congratulations Eric LPN! That is awesome news! Celebrate! :yelclap: :cheers:

  14. Take my survey, its for class!!!

    DutchgirlRN replied to luvmyguys's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    1.) what is your highest level of education? ASN 2.) What type of facility do you work in? (Hospital, homehealth, office, etc) Hospital, Home Health, and Outpatient Imaging Center 3.) Is your current...

  15. what the heck are medical assistant schools doing !

    DutchgirlRN replied to lauralassie's topic in General Nursing

    The term nurse is reserved for and is the right and priviledge of LPN's and RN's who have successfully passed the NCLEX. I see nothing ridiculous about it. Thanks cardiacRN2006 Awesome

  16. New options for neuropathy?

    DutchgirlRN replied to AfloydRN's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks, I'd appreciate that 2005 article on pain management. He has been on Lyrica (HUGE dose), IV IGG, IV Prednisone, IV Lidocaine, IV Dilaudid, Mepergan, Valium, the list goes on....He has...

  17. New options for neuropathy?

    DutchgirlRN replied to AfloydRN's topic in General Nursing

    I have a friend with the same problem. He has had IV lidocaine through a port-a-cath 24/7 at home. Didn't help much and made his mouth and tongue numb. He's had IV Dilaudid 24/7 at home, he stayed...

  18. what the heck are medical assistant schools doing !

    DutchgirlRN replied to lauralassie's topic in General Nursing

    Technically they are lying. Doing "almost" everything an RN can do is not doing everything. Many aspects of being an RN are not even considered by MA's. MA's cannot adequately triage a patient in a...

  19. To cap or not to cap!

    DutchgirlRN replied to Alice b.'s topic in General Students

    If we wore caps at least we'd stand out from the medical assistants who like to "claim" that they are nurses. What happened to the idea of RN's and LPN's wearing patches on the right arm of their...

  20. Do You take your patients out for smoke breaks?

    DutchgirlRN replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    If they are stable enough to go out and smoke then they are stable enough IMO to be

  21. Free formula

    DutchgirlRN replied to mugwump's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I worked for a doctor (family practice) when I had my daughter in 1981 and I called the Similac rep and he was only more than glad to give me free formula. It was shipped to my home UPS every month....

  22. Working while sick!

    DutchgirlRN replied to banditrn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    They would have to fire me because I refuse to work sick (when I'm contagious). I am fortunate in that where I work they don't want us coming in if were sick. It's harder to find a replacement...

  23. I wanted to explain what happened to me...

    DutchgirlRN replied to LoriAlabamaRN's topic in General Nursing

    Lori, I am so sorry to hear about what you have been through. You would think the NH would just be thankful that you made the extreme effort that you did to get to work. I wouldn't have been able to,...

  24. Do You take your patients out for smoke breaks?

    DutchgirlRN replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    If the patient has a doctors order to go out and smoke then they can go out by themselves. Sometimes nurses or techs who smoke will go out with them. I don't, I don't have time and I don't want to be...

  25. To cap or not to cap!

    DutchgirlRN replied to Alice b.'s topic in General Students

    We wore our caps in the hospital about the first 10 years I was a nurse. For the past twenty years, no caps. I think we should be wearing caps and proudly doing so. It does not throw us back in time....