dirtyhippiegirl

dirtyhippiegirl BSN, RN

PDN; Burn; Phone triage

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  1. So bitter? So soon?

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

    Eeeeh, if the OP has family that is willing to pay her a livable wage and bennies to do EMT work...why not? Why would anyone be a nurse, ever, if that was the

  2. Do nurses usually work 3 12-hour shifts a week for full pay?

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to gentlerain's topic in General Nursing

    Dear god, you should just tell us where you're from so that we all know not to go there for nursing jobs. That sounds positively horrendous and makes me wonder why *anyone* in your area would want to...

  3. Reported to TPAPN

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to Riley70's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Having a margarita at the bar is totally different from having a margarita in the bathroom of the place where you

  4. New to night shift, need advice

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to Jrwilliams's topic in General Nursing

    To switch back and forth from days to nights, you either have to have a lot of discipline like the poster above me or not need a lot of sleep. True

  5. Employer's Negative Response to Teaching Hospital Experience

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to slr0610's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I feel like your experience is closer to mine. However, we do have those fancy pumps. :/ I work at a large academic hospital. The primary RN places all IVs, and deals with/troubleshoots all central...

  6. Career possibilities for older student with 1 year of NP courses

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to Hygaeia's topic in General Nursing

    ...but why? If anything, I hear quite a bit both on here and when I was in nursing school that nursing experience is not necessary to become a good NP because what LPNs/RNs do is so completely...

  7. Career possibilities for older student with 1 year of NP courses

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to Hygaeia's topic in General Nursing

    ...what? Were you in some sort of previous non-nursing bachelors to masters in nursing program? NP programs don't concern themselves with ADLs for a good reason -- you don't do ADLs as an NP. Are you...

  8. can we have an honest discussion about foreign profs?

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to richardgecko's topic in General Students

    I guess you could argue that many non-Western models of teaching encourage rote memorization and fact recall -- and if that's how you were taught, that's probably how you will teach. Also, the nuances...

  9. So bitter? So soon?

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

    Dude. I'd venture to guess that a large percentage of nurse graduates who graduated after 2008 have felt the frustration and hopelessness that you're feeling now. I graduated in 2011 without a job...

  10. Seeing the big picture

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

    It came in pieces for me. "What orders does your patient have that he doesn't need" actually came first, probably because we question everything on my unit. Next came the "what orders do your patient...

  11. give NOW medication 1.5 hr late, what kind of trouble I am in

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to treeye's topic in General Nursing

    ^does it really matter when the OP has a long history of giving now meds several hours

  12. Night Shift Burn Nursing

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to RosePMHNP's topic in Burn

    It's actually been thrown around on my unit that night shift RNs should be required to do one shift per paycheck (2 per month) as the wound care RN on days. Sounds great in theory and probably is...

  13. All the cool people work nights!

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

    $6.75/hr, plus another $2 an hour for weekends. I did orientation on days and actually did manage to hold my own. I've been on nights for about a year and a half now and have actually thought about...

  14. give NOW medication 1.5 hr late, what kind of trouble I am in

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to treeye's topic in General Nursing

    Um...is this the same unit that wrote you up (per one of your last posts) for many similar "small" infractions, including giving multiple NOW meds several hours late? The big problem here isn't...

  15. Night Shift Burn Nursing

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to RosePMHNP's topic in Burn

    Sounds vaguely familiar to my unit, then. :) BID dressings can be a huge deal breaker 'tho; esp. since you'll be less staffed with both RNs and wound care techs. The best part of working burn nights...

  16. Hey is anyones life as a nurse like greys amatomy?

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to francoml's topic in Men in Nursing

    There are nurses on Grey's Anatomy? /scratches

  17. What Is The Deal With All The Highly Educated & Professionals Becoming RNs?

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to PMFB-RN's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know where you live, but where I am, new grad RNs make more than quasi-experienced NPs. NPs also tend to be salaried and RNs are not -- which, frankly, makes a huge difference in pay scale and...

  18. Night Shift Burn Nursing

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to RosePMHNP's topic in Burn

    Totally depends on how your unit is set up. Will you be handling ICU + tele/floor, or one or the other? Does your unit do BID dressings? (Usually silver-based.) Does your unit still endorse daily...

  19. What Is The Deal With All The Highly Educated & Professionals Becoming RNs?

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to PMFB-RN's topic in General Nursing

    Our (very small) unit has churned out several NPs over the last twelve months. Most found NP jobs but stay on PRN to supplement their income -- mandatory to pick up two hospital-wide shifts a

  20. Patients are always requesting not to have this nurse.

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

    Yes. And then I'll pass it along to the dayshift charge, who will often LOOK ME IN THE EYE while making assignments -- as said charge nurse is assigning said nurse to said

  21. What Is The Deal With All The Highly Educated & Professionals Becoming RNs?

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to PMFB-RN's topic in General Nursing

    Eh, I think that if I paid the money, went through the training, and passed my boards to become a NP -- I'd want to work as a NP. You can do something that you'd rather *not* be doing with grace,...

  22. What Is The Deal With All The Highly Educated & Professionals Becoming RNs?

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to PMFB-RN's topic in General Nursing

    It'll be interesting to see what happens when the advanced practice bubble bursts. (Which it already has in my area. Not just jobs, but students unable to find preceptors as well because our area is...

  23. And then the MD said.....

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

    In private, I address them by their first names. In front of patients, if I say anything at all, it's "This is our Nurse Practitioner, First Name" which is how they introduce themselves to patients. I...

  24. And then the MD said.....

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

    I feel like our mid-levels are the least likely to help out and will often write needless and often belittling nurse communication orders to do things which are obvious and already being done....

  25. Public's lack of knowledge about what nursing actually is

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to priorities2's topic in General Students

    My brother is a lawyer for a state board of medicine -- he manages several legal RNs on his team. And he still grapples with the whole ADN vs. BSN thing, and why I chose the more expensive BSN route...