dirtyhippiegirl

dirtyhippiegirl BSN, RN

PDN; Burn; Phone triage

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  1. Everything is our responsibility. Rant.

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

    Thought of a night shift one! Don'tcha love the family member that decides that 2300 is the perfect time to need something that can only be handled by case management? And then they get mad because...

  2. Everything is our responsibility. Rant.

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

    Our radiology docs! Ugh. They'll call with urgent findings up to our unit - ask for the patient's RN - and then start talking about how the patient has metastasized cancer, or a pneumo, or a PE....

  3. Safe beds for patients

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to Morainey's topic in General Nursing

    Once had an adult patient tip one of these guys over. That was pretty

  4. Got my RN license in CA with 5 felonies and 3 midemeanors

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

    I think you did two other things that you didn't mention that probably helped your case -- you got the sort of intensive addictions treatment that BONs seem to favor (often to the detriment of folks...

  5. Ins and outs- what's the point?!

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to Bringonthenight's topic in General Nursing

    We do calorie counts on all of our burn patients, at least for the first few days. It can be a cluster if the patient is taking PO. We encourage patients to eat the food that they like and for...

  6. what is "money losers" of a community hospital?

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to treeye's topic in General Nursing

    I work on burn and it's a huge money sink. The majority of our patients have no insurance and even smaller burns might require multiple surgeries and a prolonged hospital

  7. Board of Oklahoma

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

    That sucks that your school is making you test in OK. Also, weird. The KS BON is probably one of the more lenient boards in the

  8. Extremely Overweight Nurses

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to WonderousIvy's topic in Nursing Career

    Dude, when was the last time you worked

  9. Extremely Overweight Nurses

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to WonderousIvy's topic in Nursing Career

    Wait until you point out that a chronic anorexic who is at, like, 80% ideal body weight might not be practicing

  10. I get out on time...

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to nursedanny614's topic in General Nursing

    We do a group report and assignment divvy at shift change If I'm getting out late, it's usually because that report ran long. Or if I have a lot of drips/PCAs/whatever that require double sign-off at...

  11. No Visitors

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

    Work on a locked ICU burn unit with a lot of sketch patients/family/etc. The most frustrating thing is when the family makes a visitor list for the intubated and sedated patient and people start...

  12. Can you work straights days?

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to IcySageNurse's topic in General Nursing

    I feel like this rotating shifts thing must be extremely regional -- we occasionally get posters who mention it and I'm just like OMG NO. Lack of adequate shift diff, maybe? 'tho my father is an ER...

  13. So bitter? So soon?

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to CP2013's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Where do you live

  14. True life, inpatient style.

    dirtyhippiegirl posted a topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Flash back. I remember staring out the window of my school bus. I've planned it for months. I will die. My last memories are of a paramedic standing over me; he's sternal rubbing me, trying to keep...

  15. Older new grad, no employment history, shy, gay, good academics

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to Adrian32's topic in Nursing Career

    No, but getting a nursing job - esp. with no experience and a foreign nursing degree - in most diverse urban centers will be a challenge. I feel like what dishes is saying is a huge long shot, and...

  16. Older workers that are new grad nurses, please explain.

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

    ^My comment was really meant to make you think about your OP and why "older" posters might feel more "entitled" to a job. You're perceiving posts through an unfiltered lens. You're not having to make...

  17. Older workers that are new grad nurses, please explain.

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

    *hides* I was hired during a period of huge turnover on my unit mostly related to life choices that the younger RNs had made -- following a doctor-husband to residency, marrying someone out of state,...

  18. Older workers that are new grad nurses, please explain.

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

    Yikes. I'm not even an over-forty nurse and my first thought was "must be great to have the opportunity to be picky about where you want to work." You must still live at home,

  19. PH Nurses for USA (Experiences with Employers)

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to stephlowe's topic in Immigration Advice

    But Canada took nursing off its Skilled Workers program this

  20. does Burn count as ICU

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to CRNA2b-2017's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I had two or three peers who were interested in either CRNA school or acute care NP programs and they had to transfer out to high acuity ICUs because their applications weren't being taken seriously...

  21. Oldest patient

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

    Burn-wise, 97. He was out burning brush on his granddaughter's property. I told him that he was old enough to have earned the right to pay someone to do that sort of stuff from now

  22. does Burn count as ICU

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to CRNA2b-2017's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Is this really a true ICU? You guys ONLY have ICU patients? Where do your non-ICU burn patients go? I work in similar circumstances but - like many/most burn units - we are mixed-acuity and keep our...

  23. Older new grad, no employment history, shy, gay, good academics

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to Adrian32's topic in Nursing Career

    No, don't mention most of the TMI that you just gave us to a prospective employer. Do not touch the "closeted gay" aspect of your life with a ten foot pole. I wouldn't mention being pathologically...

  24. What won't nursing/medicine be doing in 10 years?

    dirtyhippiegirl posted a topic in General Nursing

    Inspired by my love of the "what we used to do" threads. What do you guys think that we -- nursing or medicine or anything else health related -- won't be doing in ten years? Or, heck, even twenty?...

  25. Acute Rehab Nursing; Take it, or leave it? New Grad RN

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to NewGradRN11's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Dude, two years of SNF will give you a blessed entry into non-bedside positions like MDS, case management, ADON etc. You only think that you want to hone your skills in critical care. Unless you...