DutchgirlRN

DutchgirlRN ASN, RN

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  1. Lack Of Communication!!!

    DutchgirlRN replied to mimi75's topic in General Nursing

    orientations i've always known have been one week of hospital orientation mon-fri 8:00 - 5:00 and then how ever many weeks required, working the usual 3 - 12's that you'll be working. i'm not...

  2. racist comment

    DutchgirlRN replied to XXl-cool's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    :yeahthat: perhaps "people of color" could better be called "people of different ethnicities"? i certainly would hope you would not get blasted for your words. colors are just colors, red and...

  3. Crisis Care

    DutchgirlRN replied to calliesue's topic in General Nursing

    god bless you and the other staff who cleaned her up and gave her dignity in death. how sad that a nurse could treat/leave a patient like that. i would be reporting those involved to the powers that...

  4. Do you talk about allnurses.com at work?

    DutchgirlRN replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    strange thing is that no one has ever heard of allnurses....that's at different work places and like when my dh was in the hospital this past week. it really really surprises me. i encourage others to...

  5. Were You a Nursing Assistant

    DutchgirlRN replied to pat8585's topic in General Nursing

    no, when i went to lpn school back in 1975 i thought i was going to be a cnt, boy was i surprised when they started talking about meds and

  6. How Many Times Did You Apply to Nursing School

    DutchgirlRN replied to wannabenursi's topic in General Nursing

    one time for lpn school and one time for rn :wink2: grade average for asn 3.92, for lpn i forget

  7. When people say they are nurses but not...

    DutchgirlRN replied to Jacobero's topic in General Nursing

    yes !!! because it is illegal & unethical to do

  8. Ever have a blood bag explode?

    DutchgirlRN replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

    i was in a room with another rn, we were checking the bag of blood against the patients armband. when she spiked the blood i was standing right there next to her. suddenly blood started pouring all...

  9. Is This True!!!!!!!!

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

    i've been hearing this for 33 years, i'm not worried in the least. it's the same i've been hearing for 33 about lpn's being phased out. it's not happening while were still young enough to work....

  10. just wondering

    DutchgirlRN replied to doggielover's topic in Home Health

    There are Interim Agencies throughout the US. The one I worked for was excellent. Just because one office is disorganized you shouldn't be discouraged from trying the

  11. Frustrated...

    DutchgirlRN replied to bknyrn's topic in Home Health

    4-5 patients per day is already 5 hours hours not even counting your charting time. you are working a full-time load yet you say you're part-time? i would switch to 3 days a week. they may be taking...

  12. Can a nurse obtain informed consent for a CT /MRI scan?

    DutchgirlRN replied to KEVIN88GT's topic in Radiology

    i didn't hopefully you mean just in the case if multiple

  13. Where should the BUBBLE Be

    DutchgirlRN replied to pat8585's topic in General Nursing

    there is no air bubble, it is nitrogen, not air. that aside, for years when they did recommend the bubble go in first...I gave many a lovenox with the bubble going in first and it did not require any...

  14. Can a nurse obtain informed consent for a CT /MRI scan?

    DutchgirlRN replied to KEVIN88GT's topic in Radiology

    multiple myeloma is a progressive hematologic (blood) disease. it is cancer of the plasma cell which is a part of the immune system. if patient who has multiple myeloma are injected with contrast they...

  15. Need Ostomy help please...Ileostomy? Colostomy? Can patients have both?

    DutchgirlRN posted a topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

    I admitted a patient in HH who has a new colostomy. His hx states that 3 years ago he had an ileostomy. His son is the primary CG. I asked him if they had any trouble with the ileostomy and if it was...

  16. Excelsior Nurses Deserve Universal Acceptance

    DutchgirlRN replied to ToddEMTP's topic in Online Distance Learning

    welcome to allnurses! i'm confused you're a pa but you didn't have to get a nursing license and take the nclex? how does that work? i went through excelsior to get my rn and i thought it was a...

  17. Commonplace to starve someone to death?

    DutchgirlRN replied to HM7380's topic in General Nursing

    subdural hematomas in the elderly are not uncommon because their brain tissue becomes very fragile. they can have a subdural hematomas and have to s/s for several weeks by which time they have...

  18. Hi tech vs low tech visits and pay for LPN

    DutchgirlRN replied to CrazyFLBean's topic in Home Health

    well that's a whole new ball of wax. i don't like per visit. some say it works to their advantage especially lpn's because they don't do admits, recerts, resumps, and discharges which are more time...

  19. I Dislocated My Kidney I Can't Poop

    DutchgirlRN replied to SDS_RN's topic in General Nursing

  20. Well..Im back from 2nd time..uuggghhh

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

    i hope your wife is doing ok? and your little boy is accepting that his new sister is not coming? it's hard to understand when bad things happen all at the same time. i'm going through that now...

  21. I have seen1/6th of the TOTAL Nclex exam !!!!!

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

    jon, so proud that you didn't give up and did re-test. your outlook seems totally improved. congratulations on that! thanks for letting us know you retested. i'm keeping my fingers crossed for you....

  22. mileage guidelines

    DutchgirlRN replied to Em1995's topic in Home Health

    that is ridiculous! do they micro-manage everything else

  23. HH Interview #2

    DutchgirlRN replied to nurseby07's topic in Home Health

    that sounds like an agency that's got it all together. i sure hope you get it. keep us

  24. Hi tech vs low tech visits and pay for LPN

    DutchgirlRN replied to CrazyFLBean's topic in Home Health

    $25-30/hr sounds good if that's what you end up making. when working per visit you don't get paid for gas, travel time or charting time. i definately don't agree with an employee paying for a...

  25. I Dislocated My Kidney I Can't Poop

    DutchgirlRN replied to SDS_RN's topic in General Nursing

    we had a sad couple come in. he was an abuser. that night was like every other, he came home drunk and started hitting his wife. she decided enough was enough and she beat him in the head with her...