dirtyhippiegirl

dirtyhippiegirl BSN, RN

PDN; Burn; Phone triage

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  1. Highest/Lowest K+ you've ever seen

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to guest769224's topic in General Nursing

    My mom lost muscle function with a potassium of 1.4. Thankfully in her legs and not her

  2. LPN license suspended: What do I do now?

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to ProudOhioLPN's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Have you signed a contract? It should state exactly the terms of your monitoring

  3. IPN Contract/RN Boards

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to wonderingipnnurse's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I think all but 10 states have nurse monitoring programs and there are a handful of states that do not have MD monitoring programs. Including CA. Fyi I

  4. bipolar recovering addict cant get job ! is it over

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to PCORRAL's topic in Nurses Recovery

    No, let me be the second person to assure you that your post reeked of a superior, judgmental

  5. (IN)Appropriate Dress

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to trinitymaster's topic in General Nursing

    My dad is a long-time ER physician who wears scrubs to everything. He wore Halloween-themed scrubs to my after-wedding dinner...in July. Does that

  6. Restricted license LPN vs. RN

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to samirish's topic in Nurses Recovery

    They may make you re-do the program. Some states make nurses who have successfully completed programs years ago re-do a program when getting licensed in another state. I would

  7. Homeless or otherwise Indigent Patients

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to mindlor's topic in General Nursing

    So I guess you are not enjoying your renal position as much as you thought you

  8. So tired and hopeless

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to moving4wrd's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Oh god, that is just awful. I am so

  9. The first year..

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to Libby1987's topic in General Nursing

    Plenty of other professions *****. Have you seen the online forums dedicated to medical students and

  10. People really need to stop coming into nursing

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to DUDERNGUY's topic in General Nursing

    I agreed with everything else that you wrote but find this to be an odd statement. I would say that none of my friends who graduated with teaching degrees, or went into law enforcement, or any of...

  11. Complaint filed against me but not heard from BON

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to KCLow's topic in Nurses Recovery

    ^unfortunately it does not really matter if you are an addict or not. Alternative monitoring programs are pretty much one size fits all. I would start looking for a job that is going to meet whatever...

  12. Missed clinical! :(

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to tbear1206's topic in General Students

    What boss do you work for? Yikes! Shouldn't your scenario go the other way? A Hardees employee can easily be replaced. I am a trained professional that the hospital (or whatever company) has put...

  13. Pain Seekers

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to missswiss44's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Level of consciousness and vital

  14. Pain Seekers

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to missswiss44's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Do not think too hard about it. You are not going to change their behavior. Plus, they tend to get even more unpleasant if you deny them what they

  15. Switching specialties

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to nmrRN2015's topic in General Nursing

    There is a thread on reddit right now that kind of touches on this subject. It is definitely easier to switch specialties within a hospital system than from without, either

  16. Need advice on nursing/pt relationship post discharge

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to NurseJackie87's topic in General Nursing

    Never been a psych nurse but have 30+ psychiatric hospitalizations, myself. My advice comes with the heart and experience of a professional psychiatric patient, which I was for most of my adolescence...

  17. My termination story, any new grad success advice appreciated!

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

    I graduated from the same nursing program back in 2011. Do they not do a comprehensive capstone anymore? Our capstone hours actually amounted to more time than the new grad floor orientation did at...

  18. Living a double life............

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to littlesara's topic in Nurses Recovery

    My advice would be to find a recovery program that keeps you from relapsing. As evidenced by other threads in this forum, relapses are not looked upon lightly by the BON. Whether that includes AA or...

  19. Need advice on nursing/pt relationship post discharge

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to NurseJackie87's topic in General Nursing

    Dude, I spent ten days on a psych ward last year. (Plus 45 days in rehab.) Spent most of my adolescence and early twenties in and out of psych wards -- maybe 30+ hospitalizations since I was 13. If AN...

  20. Thinking about quitting

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to snider1970's topic in First Year After Licensure

    ^although you have to keep in mind that some hospitals do not consider LTACH experience to be acute care

  21. Need advice on nursing/pt relationship post discharge

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to NurseJackie87's topic in General Nursing

    Do you really want to date someone you met on a psych

  22. Do you really get the worst of the worst when you float?

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to Curious1alwys's topic in General Nursing

    It got so bad on day shift on my old unit that floats were outright refusing to come to our unit. I got **** on during my first mandatory float. I always made sure to never screw over people like...

  23. Students asking for free money

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to l.a.m.b's topic in General Students

    I feel like people use these threads purely as an opportunity to gloat about how THEY pulled themselves up by their bootstraps...they need some sort of outlet for how angry they are that they did not...

  24. Would you tell the BON about brief relapse?

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to LilRedRN1973's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Probably because most of us currently are or have recently gone through the terror of not knowing whether you will be able to pay your bills because you cannot find a

  25. Stories of the pre-vaccine days

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to dinah77's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Both of my parents had polio as children, each ended up with a life-long limp in a different leg. There was a running family joke about that. My mother developed post-polio syndrome in her late 40s...