dirtyhippiegirl

dirtyhippiegirl BSN, RN

PDN; Burn; Phone triage

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  1. MD to RN?

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to jackshepard's topic in General Nursing

    I feel like this should be re-quoted for emphasis since it's in the middle of the

  2. Encouragement and support

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to OverwhelmednVA's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Good luck! Fingers

  3. Just whining. Pretty bummed.

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to dirtyhippiegirl's topic in Nurses Recovery

    It helped! (me get an answer, at least). Thank you. :) I think I've taken away from all this that it's kind of sad when I was happy that I was being treated like a human being? I always recommend...

  4. Just whining. Pretty bummed.

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to dirtyhippiegirl's topic in Nurses Recovery

    So I actually received a phone call from the BON today! And the person on the other end was very nice! She said she was going to take my request to a smaller board that meets EVERY Thursday. She needs...

  5. So, finally getting to sit on on some interviews..

    dirtyhippiegirl posted a topic in General Nursing

    My hospital does panel interviews. I didn't do any when I worked nights but these days I have those sweet, sweet, clinic hours and our clinic is expanding exponentially -- so I have had the wonderful...

  6. IPN issues- 2015

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to NurseEmRN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    That's cool. I'm always curious how people handle these things. I don't really identify as a general "addict" per se -- I've had legitimate scripts for narcotics (partial thickness grease burn to my...

  7. Meeting attendance audited?

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to Recovering_RN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I am in a state where we have to turn in our AA sheets monthly. I know quite a few people who fake many if not all of their signatures and have been doing so for years without getting caught. The...

  8. IPN issues- 2015

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to NurseEmRN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Just out of curiousity -- what would you have done had the NSAID not worked for your pain? Would you be open to taking narcotics for post-surgical pain? What if you ended up on my old unit with, say,...

  9. Just whining. Pretty bummed.

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to dirtyhippiegirl's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I am pretty sure I would get terminated from my program if I did that since the BON needs to okay the suspension of my daily check-ins and then my monitoring program has to actually suspend them... My...

  10. Just whining. Pretty bummed.

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to dirtyhippiegirl's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Well, an update on my situation -- I finally talked to someone from the BON! This was Monday. They said I needed to send a letter to the BON before the next meeting and they would vote on it. Of...

  11. Disrespectful ad against nurses on Craigslist

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to Trilldayz,RN BSN's topic in General Nursing

    I was going to point this out but you beat me to it. The job posting is obviously autofilling with certain keywords. Clearly nobody actually wrote it with "gee nursing students would make great...

  12. Pre-employment Drug Test

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to CoffeePRN's topic in General Nursing

    Dang, codeine is out of your system in, like, 72 hours. Nothing but marijuana lasts ~3 weeks in your system. Your honesty here was definitely to your

  13. A sobering story-------

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to NanikRN's topic in General Nursing

    Which would be more in line with standard stipulations although another article mentions her taking classes for flight nursing and being PALS/ACLS certified which were obviously the types of jobs that...

  14. A sobering story-------

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to NanikRN's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know if the desire to punish one nurse for his or her actions outweighs the fact that it is well-established by research that treating errors in a punitive fashion causes nurses to misreport...

  15. Are we "semi-professionals"

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to GastroAwesome's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know if teachers would be considered professionals? Professors, sure. But I would lump most nurses with police, teachers,

  16. Just whining. Pretty bummed.

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to dirtyhippiegirl's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I am going to call again Monday. Maybe someone will be in after the holidays? Although at this point it just seems silly. Would it kill them to take two minutes to call me? Even if it's just a "no" or...

  17. drug diversion vs practicing without a license?

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to meloo1969's topic in Nurses Recovery

    It does on the more comprehensive 16 panel

  18. Just whining. Pretty bummed.

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to dirtyhippiegirl's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I'm not really motivated enough to spend potentially four-figures to have a lawyer write a letter and push the matter. Do all that & they can just say no, y'know? Bleh. :/ The investigator on my...

  19. Phone interview - what to say about why I left my previous job

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to Recovering_RN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    How did the interview

  20. Disgusted to say this.. 4 misdemeanors before facing demons

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to Purple7892's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Sounds great until you are 50k in debt and can't find a nursing job because you are a new grad with stips. Listened to a lady at my monitoring meeting go on for 45 minutes because she couldn't get a...

  21. Disgusted to say this.. 4 misdemeanors before facing demons

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to Purple7892's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Assuming that you jump through all the hoops and end up with a stipulated license/in a monitoring program -- I wouldn't do it, especially as a new grad. The program itself is expensive both...

  22. The MANDATORY Skills fair

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to Hippy chick's topic in General Nursing

    You seem very concerned with how people do their

  23. Phone interview - what to say about why I left my previous job

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to Recovering_RN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Maybe this is a stupid question but don't you have stips on your license? A good first impression only goes so far if you essentially can't do half of your job (you mentioned a hospital system so I am...

  24. Naroctics diversion...Am I going to prison? Help

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to whodatme's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Have you consulted a lawyer yet. I wouldn't take it at face value that you will not be prosecuted because a bunch of internet strangers say so. If your hospital wants to prosecute, they will, and they...

  25. Naroctics diversion...Am I going to prison? Help

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to whodatme's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Someone who managed to divert 800 pills probably isn't taking them from patients writhing in pain. The folks who do that get caught much faster because patients complain. It's not a zero-sum game when...