dirtyhippiegirl

dirtyhippiegirl BSN, RN

PDN; Burn; Phone triage

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  1. Staff/Peer Second Interview

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to dh101's topic in General Nursing

    As someone who does a lot of peer interviews, PLEASE remember to dress professionally and bring copies of your resume. Please don't bring a Big Gulp cup, breakfast from McDonald's or your kid. (True...

  2. New grad, do not feel challenged at all. Help?

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to RNinCali15's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Isn't it kinda dangerous to only give the sick kids to the experienced nurses? New(er) nurses aren't going to learn how to take care of really sick patients by taking care of intermediate/stable...

  3. Organ Donation Organization Unethical

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to dangerous1's topic in General Nursing

    No, I'm sorry that my comment was misinterpreted. I literally meant "I think I am stating something that you know but I could be wrong." It wasn't meant to be

  4. Organ Donation Organization Unethical

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to dangerous1's topic in General Nursing

    Note to self, keep my allnurses profile updated or it could be used to attack my

  5. Organ Donation Organization Unethical

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to dangerous1's topic in General Nursing

    Well, you have to harvest fast because the body starts to decompose fairly quickly -- that's why there is pressure to talk to undecided families very quickly after the brain death diagnosis. But...

  6. Nurses with Severe Mental Illnesses

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to PsychRNMac's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I don't know if I could be a straight up psych nurse, to tell you the truth. I don't know if I could straddle that line between discretely having empathy for a patient but not offering advice or...

  7. Nurses with eating disorders?

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to CardiacDork's topic in General Nursing

    I've "dieted" from a BMI of 23 to a BMI of 20 with a reasonable calorie restriction for my height and activity level. (1,000 to 1,200 calories a day) I am currently eating at maintenance which works...

  8. Nurses with eating disorders?

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to CardiacDork's topic in General Nursing

    Nah, I have definitely been hospitalized with more upper class than middle class anorexics and bulimics. To the OP: I work in a clinic now and find the constant diet talk to be kind of triggering. I...

  9. Probation finished; Unencumbered RN in OR; HI licensure denied

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to paidmydues's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Thanks for keeping us updated. I hate how so many of these situations people post about never get updates. I hope that whatever happens, you find what you are looking for and what will make you

  10. When is the right time to job hunt?

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to gnurse2089's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I'm not sure what resources you have, but you may need to do some research to see what hospitals/health systems hire probationary nurses first. I think your other ideas are pretty solid....

  11. Virginia Monitoring Program

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to wish_me_luck's topic in Nurses Recovery

    They will probably make you start over from scratch with their monitoring

  12. Feeling like you're complicit in the addiction problem...

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to ScientistSalarian's topic in General Nursing

    The already-addicted patient has to want help. Denying them pain medication isn't going to snap them out of addiction (and as a recovering alcoholic, I feel like I can speak personally to this), but...

  13. Incentives to orient new hires?

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to Lola Lou's topic in General Nursing

    I think we get an extra $2.00 or something. I didn't mind doing it but I worked on an extremely high turnover unit so it felt like you were always precepting. It was especially soul sucking to get...

  14. Peripheral Neuropathy

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to StrawberryEllieBean's topic in General Nursing

    Ugh, watched PPS destroy any quality of life that my mom could have had in her last years and now watching it decimate my father who has always been an active man. Vaccinate your kids,

  15. non-negative test

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to PCORRAL's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Are you using Affinity? The test for me that came back as a false positive for THC initially showed as non-negative. Several hours later, it switched to say further processing and was negative the...

  16. non-negative test

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to PCORRAL's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Well, if it comes back positive for that percocet you were asking about in other threads, probably more than a repeat

  17. If you could recommend changes, what would you suggest?

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to SororAKS's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Good for you! I don't think there is anything wrong with mandating some form of continuing treatment, beyond private therapy. However, there should be alternatives allowed whether it's SMART,...

  18. If you could recommend changes, what would you suggest?

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to SororAKS's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Outside oversight, an actual grievance process. Evaluators and treatment providers not reliant on the monitoring program for customers/kick backs. Higher cut-off for incidental etoh exposure for Etg...

  19. Substances to avoid

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to SNB1014's topic in Nurses Recovery

    High dose ibuprofen has been shown to provide false positives for THC using GC/MS in some

  20. I did not pass background check done by the DHS for a job in a nursing home.

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to koneydog's topic in Nursing Career

    You can usually petition to get off the OIG Exclusion list, eventually. There are some threads in the recovery forum that you might find helpful surrounding that

  21. Substances to avoid

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to SNB1014's topic in Nurses Recovery

    It's weird how false positives work. I continued to take the lamictal and Prilosec for several months and never had another false positive and had been taking them for a while before I got the false...

  22. Substances to avoid

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to SNB1014's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Ibuprofen can cause false positives for THC and is one of the few false positive medications that cannot be differentiated with higher level testing like GC/MS. I have had two false positives that...

  23. Can a nurse be Disciplined in every state

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to ontheupside's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Was hoping you would share your story here. Good luck with whatever happens!

  24. Can a nurse be Disciplined in every state

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to ontheupside's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Yes. I believe there is a fairly active poster on here who can share her story about this. When you go to reinstate your nursing license, you will be asked about criminal charges and disciplinary...

  25. Testing during travel/vacation TPAPN

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to Ash2213's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Yeah. I would call ahead to the potential place and make sure they understand/will be able to do the testing. Explain your circumstances -- that it needs to be an observed split specimen. Have had...