dirtyhippiegirl

dirtyhippiegirl BSN, RN

PDN; Burn; Phone triage

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  1. clean slate

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to NORESPECT's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    Legal expungement doesn't usually mean BON expungement if they already know about the charge. If you dispute it before the BON, hire an experienced

  2. Pay grade: experienced nurse vs new grad

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to rehric00's topic in General Nursing

    Nursing is so well known for wage compression (the technical term for what is going on here) that articles on the subject reference it all the

  3. Should your state board ask about mental illness? Need help with research hypothesis

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to macanes's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    But how many people who are filling out a surveymonkey form know whether their mental illness qualifies as severe as outlined by the

  4. Should your state board ask about mental illness? Need help with research hypothesis

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to macanes's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    No advice but I wish you luck. "Seriousness" of the mental illness might be hard to define from an objective point of view? From the POV of someone with mental illness, I would equate seriousness with...

  5. My Fibro

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to Guest219794's topic in General Nursing

    This will probably devolve into an argument about chronic illness but I don't know if sticking "my" in front of a disease alone warrants some deep thought into the nature of a patient's relationship...

  6. Respect from patients as a Registered Nurse?

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to tiamaria123's topic in General Nursing

    The patients who were disrespectful to me were usually disrespectful in general. You would get the occasional one who obviously didn't respect women in particular or a manipulator who was trying to...

  7. NC BON and past opiate abuse

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to lookatheflowers's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Oh weird! You're totally right when I google it. When I ran the things as a lab tech, we seemed to have substituted propoxyphene for suboxone -- it must have been facility specific? Who the heck still...

  8. GoFundMe Thoughts?

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to singwithme123's topic in General Nursing

    Oh yay! This topic

  9. Nursing Career After Reprimanding

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to 1jacque's topic in General Nursing

    Nurses with stipulations and diversion charges get hired in places like psych, dialysis, some LTC facilities, call centers...if you want to stay in nursing, you may have to transition to a specialty...

  10. Why do nurses seem to have a bad reputation?

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to unbrokenx3's topic in General Nursing

    I would say that when I tell people I am a nurse, they are never demeaning and older people in particular seem to have respect for the position. I would anecdotally categorize PUBLIC perception of...

  11. NC BON and past opiate abuse

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to lookatheflowers's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I am about 99% certain that bupe shows up on a 12 panel. The "standard" test is a 5 panel which does NOT show it unless specifically

  12. does every rn out there hate their job? sonography/x-ray tech instead?

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to Bailando's topic in General Nursing

    Late to the party but my sister tried to get into a technician program a few years ago. Competition was fierce, easily on par with getting into nursing school and probably moreso because there are...

  13. "I have an ethical problem"

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to Emergent's topic in Emergency

    When I worked on a burn unit, half to almost all of our patients could be homeless at any given time. Even with weeks to find them somewhere to go -- many ended up discharged back to the street....

  14. Weird Job Shadowing Experience

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to SookieBSN's topic in General Nursing

    Waitressing is a bit different than acting as pre, peri, and post op nurse to two (adult?) patients with only NICU experience. Scrub and circulator training takes months and is not similiar to...

  15. ICU Charge nurse Vs. ICU floor nurse to become CRNA

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to ICUCharger's topic in Critical Care

    I, too, Iwould be more worried about working for a hospital that would offer an ICU charge position to a relatively new nurse with little ICU experience. What is turnover on the unit like? (Very high,...

  16. Help stop unfair hiring practices for stipulated nurses in Texas

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to Nursinwill's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I think it can be unfair to groups of people. Why should someone with a history of a DUI four years ago be placed on a key restriction? It is silly and needlessly punitive. Of course many people who...

  17. Help stop unfair hiring practices for stipulated nurses in Texas

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to Nursinwill's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Standard stipulations include: no overtime, home health or hospice, charge nurse duties, working as the only RN in a facility, travel nursing/agency, or prn work. Sometimes for part of the program....

  18. Help stop unfair hiring practices for stipulated nurses in Texas

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to Nursinwill's topic in Nurses Recovery

    No, the ADA does not cover active addiction. "An employer may not discriminate against a person who has a history of drug addiction but who is not currently using drugs and who has been...

  19. Help stop unfair hiring practices for stipulated nurses in Texas

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to Nursinwill's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I am curious as to what your history with addiction is. You have that sort of judgmental anger that makes me assume you have/had a loved one who was an addict. The other poster took a crude swipe at...

  20. Life Took a Drastic Turn

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to SDE73's topic in General Nursing

    No. CNAs do not make much money -- maybe a few dollars over minimum wage. And it's back-breaking work. Phlebotomists usually make a few dollars above minimum wage as well. MAs, before you ask, are...

  21. NC BON and past opiate abuse

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to lookatheflowers's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Nursing isn't a very second-chance friendly profession, unfortunately. Not that much outside of the recovery community is... Good luck with whatever you decide to

  22. NC BON and past opiate abuse

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to lookatheflowers's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Based on your prior posts, I am assuming you also have an arrest record that you will have to divulge to the board? If it's drug or etoh related, they will want proof of rehabilitation so you may...

  23. Do I answer "YES," I have used drugs on my state license application? (Pennsylvania)

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to zephyr9's topic in Nurses Recovery

    If you answer yes, you are going to face an uphill battle to gain an unrestricted nursing license. You will have to provide the BON with proof of your rehabilitation, probably have to pay for an eval...

  24. Nurses Diverting Narcotics.

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to NurseCalamity's topic in General Nursing

    You just lumped in catty nurses and the chronically late with addicts -- and deemed the whole lot to be not upstanding citizens. Unless you were making a joke and I didn't catch the tone, you are...

  25. Nurses Diverting Narcotics.

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to NurseCalamity's topic in General Nursing

    That's...kind of offensive. Just throwing that out