dirtyhippiegirl

dirtyhippiegirl BSN, RN

PDN; Burn; Phone triage

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  1. Wait staff and flight attendant c/o customers

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to dudette10's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    But, like in nursing, sometimes things happen when you are a server that you have no control over. If the steak's overdone, that is the chef's fault. (You don't want me sticking my finger in your...

  2. Wait staff and flight attendant c/o customers

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to dudette10's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Quick! Fetch me my ranch NOW! I am a nurse and must hurry to give my life-saving 2100 dose of senna to the patient in room

  3. What is the most complex clinical procedure you had to do in your career?

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to Guest878640's topic in General Nursing

    Big burn dressings - yeah, for all the reasons stated above plus placing the actual dressings isn't as intuitive as you would think. It's a bit like trying to piece together a jigsaw puzzle without...

  4. Wait staff and flight attendant c/o customers

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to dudette10's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I think flight attendants have quite a bit of specialized training and are an instrumental piece in the whole "safety" aspect of flying. People suck sometimes. And doing customer service with sucky...

  5. LPN for 15years with no complaints\ reporting on my license.

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to sboston20's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Unfortunately, while a lot of this sounds great in theory, the OP's next moves should be based on where she lives. If she is in a state with a monitoring program, she is going to be bounced into that...

  6. Nurse felon needing a job

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to kandikissesrn's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I was thinking about your update the other day -- that is a really hard situation to be in if you want to keep nursing. Do you have any fancy private pay addictions rehabs in your

  7. FNP salary?? Productivity stipend?

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to ked022214's topic in General Nursing

    I have a few friends who are graduating as NPs. The ones who can FIND full-time work are still supplementing their incomes with PRN RN

  8. Foods and products to avoid

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to hppygr8ful's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I have to remind myself that some exposure does not equal an immediate false positive. Incidental exposure rates are built into the testing process. Also ancdotally, I feel like for every person I...

  9. EtG testing - seems impossible?

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to dirtyhippiegirl's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Oh no! I am an alcoholic and was already in a monitoring program prior. Lamictal is a med that I would def disclose to any pre employment screeners

  10. How many graduates were in your graduating class?

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to micheleC's topic in General Nursing

    I graduated from a traditional brick and mortar university-affiliated BSN program. Each class had 120 students that were admitted once a year. I think 112 graduated? Average GPA was a 3.9 upon...

  11. occupational health argument

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to DeeaCatalina's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, a med list is golden. I take between 5 to 10 medical and surgical histories a day and find myself asking the patient why? a lot. That seems to jog a lot of memories when I think I am not getting...

  12. occupational health argument

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to DeeaCatalina's topic in General Nursing

    I love it when our ETOHers still won't cough up how much they drink daily even as they are on the verge of going into full blown DTs. And then the mundune misbeliefs. They do not have htn or dm...

  13. occupational health argument

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to DeeaCatalina's topic in General Nursing

    No, this is wrong. A and o x3 patients are perfectly capable of being mistaken or outright lying about their medical history. I had such a person the other day tell me his only cardiac history was...

  14. occupational health argument

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to DeeaCatalina's topic in General Nursing

    You are missing the point of the question. Alive or deceased and cause of death of immediate family is part of your medical history. Your relationship with your mother is something a therapist wants...

  15. Non-FIT Nurses and FIT Nurses

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to trinitymaster's topic in General Nursing

    Migod! HOW did you know that just the other day, here I was snacking on a bucket of lard, when I suddenly started getting chest pains. Of course I dialed 911 and those nice firemen brought their...

  16. LPN for 15years with no complaints\ reporting on my license.

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to sboston20's topic in Nurses Recovery

    You are going to get reported and placed in a program. Congrats! /s For what it's worth, refusing to test probably would have got you reported and placed in a monitoring program since it is basically...

  17. Nonsedated Pt's equal self extubations

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to RunninOnCoffee's topic in General Nursing

    Saw this in my ICU too. Or switch q1h IVP. I think they are reactionary policies to all the m&m coming out on prolonged sedation. Now we have to wait for studies on the effects of undersedation to...

  18. Would you tell the BON about brief relapse?

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to LilRedRN1973's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Can you link to academic literature stating that addicts are likely to be more dishonest than the general population? I think it's unfortunate that addicts tend to get painted with a broad brush as...

  19. Would you tell the BON about brief relapse?

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to LilRedRN1973's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Not all addicts are dishonest. You are making a lot of sweeping generalizations about addiction and what it takes to stay sober. Like this: Please remember that what it takes to keep YOU sober is...

  20. Would you tell the BON about brief relapse?

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to LilRedRN1973's topic in Nurses Recovery

    ^What if you replaced child abuse with bipolar

  21. EtG testing - seems impossible?

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to dirtyhippiegirl's topic in Nurses Recovery

    My program definitely tests for EtG. It is probably the only specific chemical/drug that they spell out that they test

  22. “Your privacy is important to us� so how did patients’ medical exams get on Youtube?

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to Alnitak7's topic in General Nursing

    You beat me to

  23. Most annoying reason for admission?

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to HakunaMatata<3's topic in General Nursing

    They do not need a $40,000 helicopter ride to a burn center though. I am talking about patients that we do not even bronch before extubating. If the decision has been made to intubate, than it can be...

  24. Most annoying reason for admission?

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to HakunaMatata<3's topic in General Nursing

    Intubated in the field or ER for suspected inhalation injury. No thermal burns. Often for fires in non-enclosed spaces. The patient then gets flown to our burn center. We run parameters, extubate, and...

  25. FLAME ON!

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to trinitymaster's topic in General Nursing

    I just do not understand the constant postings by nurses who are just AGONIZING over entitled or drug seeking patients or having to play waitress. The mental energy spent fretting and raging is more...