dirtyhippiegirl

dirtyhippiegirl BSN, RN

PDN; Burn; Phone triage

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  1. Hoping for some good feedback...

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to willow14's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I will keep my fingers crossed for you! Definitely sell yourself and why you see yourself working for DaVita for a looong time. The DaVita website has a lot of information about the company's...

  2. Hoping for some good feedback...

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to willow14's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I had a phone interview with DaVita over the summer. If you Google "DaVita phone interview" you will find lots of advice on this topic, much of it from this forum. My advice would be to figure out a...

  3. Book recomendations

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to SilleLu's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I really liked Caroline Knapp's "Drinking: A Love Story." It's a memoir that details her struggles with alcoholism and

  4. Drug testing TN

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to anc9513's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Yeah, you need to get your story straight...otherwise you are certain to have a couple years of witnessed UDS ahead of

  5. Don't listen to the nurse

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

    I do pre-anesthesia phone triage these days; part of my job is to give pre-op medication instructions to otherwise low risk patients. I go off pharmacy protocols and have a pharmacist on hand if I...

  6. Length of your monitoring program?

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to PavementRN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    KS - 3 years but there's talk of making it

  7. I'm not a nurse anymore. I'm a cashier! Yay!

    dirtyhippiegirl posted a topic in Nurses Recovery

    /sarcasm Had a few bites on my resume, no-goes after being open up front about my monitoring program status. Even with companies that were supposedly monitoring friendly. I'm cashiering part-time at...

  8. I'm not a nurse anymore. I'm a cashier! Yay!

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to dirtyhippiegirl's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I'm just a garden variety drunk, thankfully. I've even been given benzos/narcs in acute care settings (for legit reasons obviously) and never knew what the party was all about. Which is why I find my...

  9. I'm not a nurse anymore. I'm a cashier! Yay!

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to dirtyhippiegirl's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I still have a key restriction -- meaning I can't pass narcs or benzos for six months. If it were just needing the employer report every 3 months, I'd feel better about not mentioning anything until I...

  10. State Board of Nursing Meetings

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to nur5ing_gurl's topic in General Nursing

    The Illuminati branch,

  11. EtG testing - seems impossible?

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to dirtyhippiegirl's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Thanks guys. If ya'all can't tell, I might have a tiny anxiety disorder that I may or may not have been self-medicating with alcohol to alleviate. I also have problems with control and letting go....

  12. EtG testing - seems impossible?

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to dirtyhippiegirl's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Thanks! This is the main book that I've been referencing. I do wish they went more into food products because I'm being a tad OCD, I realize. Talked to a woman whose 3 year program is up in July and...

  13. Night shift and networking

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to jaratarRN's topic in General Nursing

    Yes. It's definitely a lot harder to network on nights. In the over 2.5 years I've been on my unit, all of the nurses who were "promoted" to non-bedside positions (QI, case management, clinic) came...

  14. Is there a RN to RRT program out there anywhere

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to Nola009's topic in General Nursing

    RTs are just as saturated in my area, too. (Probably more so because there are fewer positions in general and the program itself is shorter/cheaper than a BSN.) Same with dental hygienists. X-ray...

  15. Called the Nurse Manager

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to Charlie92's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I don't think the majority of people lie about their work history, esp. their recent work history, if that's what you're trying to say. (I can see omitting a job you held for a few months a decade...

  16. Called the Nurse Manager

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to Charlie92's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I know this is an old thread but surprised no one caught this. Employers do not simply look at your resume for your job history. Your job history is tied to your social security number. Any legitimate...

  17. Why do people insist on coming to work sick?

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

    !! I'd love to work where you work. And that does seem a bit unfair to you that the nurse came in sick when your workplace has such a liberal point system. But not everyone INSISTS on coming in...

  18. Stupid Nurse Tricks (Or How To Look Incredibly Stupid)

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    I'm only half-joking when I say that we suture in all of our arterial lines so that I can't pull them out when I trip over the

  19. Why do people insist on coming to work sick?

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

    My hospital works on a point system on top of PTO. We get four call out points a year. Five is a HR visit and a mark on your record that keeps you from transferring for a year. Six is termination....

  20. Your most embarrassing experience with a patient

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

    Literally best.post.ever. that I've read in my four-some-odd years here. I can't stop

  21. Worst interview ever

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to AOx1's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I don't really think that's an inappropriate question, actually. I work in burn ICU and the first question in my new-grad(ish) interview for the job was "So, how did you like your psych rotation in...

  22. Like, wow- WHAT?

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to Sam J.'s topic in Burn

    Actually our docs have mostly moved away from silver-based dressings for inpatient burns. We still use SSD for very deep burns or for burns that look infected from the start. But your average...

  23. Tattle tale? Or my duty to report?

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to CloudySue's topic in Private Duty

    Honestly, yes, you could pay a HHA 1/3 of what the RN/LPN is getting and the family would still get what they really want which is mostly help with ADLs and a bit of time-off to work or do other...

  24. Like, wow- WHAT?

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to Sam J.'s topic in Burn

    It might have become OTC within the last few months and I'm not aware but Silvadene basically is SSD and is not OTC. We also stock it like it's an OTC med on my unit (acute care burn) but it is not...

  25. What will a bachelors in psychology get me as a nurse?

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to itsbekah's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Dude, as a former frequent-flyer psych patient, the poster's description of psych units as motels is pretty much spot-on. Only motels where you really don't want to sit in the chairs because someone...