dirtyhippiegirl

dirtyhippiegirl BSN, RN

PDN; Burn; Phone triage

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  1. Rehab needs to get a clue

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I work in acute care but we work very closely with PT/OT (burn unit). Several of our PT and OT assistants have been caught charting that a patient refused treatment when it wasn't possible -- ie the...

  2. Code words

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to Vespertinas's topic in General Nursing

    Urban outdoorsman - homeless Practicing hillbilly chemistry - blew himself up making

  3. You know you are going to have an interesting day when you get report that . . .

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to anon456's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    "He's fifteen years old and took five hits of acid." /didn't know people still did acid

  4. Jumping the Nursing Ship to Follow My Dreams

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to GeriRN2010's topic in General Nursing

    I find it interesting that if the OP made a post about leaving a steady, well-paying job to follow their dream of going into nursing -- many more people would be shooting them down or at least...

  5. Possibly relocating to Kansas

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to AClemens's topic in General Nursing

    Lots of hospitals in the area are cutting costs and staff. Liberty laid off 150+ nurses. Rumors are that Truman is heading for big lay-offs. (I know for certain that they're closing the majority of...

  6. Cost effective patients

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to SNB1014's topic in Nursing Humor

    I don't think that they can literally bill for every box of kleenex or bandaid used because there's simply no way of charting such. I'm sure that it gets factored into the what...$2,000/day med-surg...

  7. Orientee Horror Stories?

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to megank5183's topic in General Nursing

    My unit hired an experienced floor nurse (like 6+ years of floor nurse experience at our hospital) who could *not* get the hang of ICU patients. Just constantly behind. There were rumors that he was...

  8. Am I making a bad decision or should I stick to the course?

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to ryanslocklear's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Choosing between medicine and nursing in this scenario does not even compute. You're comparing apples to

  9. the homeless that wander in...

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to mish_RN's topic in Emergency

    When I worked ER, most of our homeless weren't even interested in shelter or alternative housing options -- even during bad weather. For a variety of often legitimate reasons that I now better...

  10. What Experience is More Valuable? CNA, EMT or EKG Tech

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

    I know our ER techs - large, level I trauma center - are EMTs. I think our EKG techs are also EMTs a lot of the time. (Better pay and bennies than working as an EMT.) MAs work in outpatient settings...

  11. What exactly do physicians do again?

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

    Aw. Maybe it's because I work at a large teaching hospital but I definitely do NOT envy our residents. (Or for that matter, our acute care NPs and PAs that also take call.) At least my job has...

  12. What exactly do physicians do again?

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

    Hence why you start them doing compression

  13. What type of gross things do registered nurses have to do?

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to Neisha_'s topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Pretty sure the OP decided to become an ultrasound tech around page two or

  14. When did nursing caps go extinct in the wild?

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to RNperdiem's topic in General Nursing

    There is a particular clinical instructor from one of the Catholic schools who always shows up in all whites -- skirt, panty hose, white shoes, and cap. She's also probably pushing ninety. I work in...

  15. Why are people uncomfortable talking about mental health?

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to wish_me_luck's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I'm curious as to why this is a continuous, recurring theme with your posts? From your OP, I assume that you're PRN

  16. Reported to BON because of eating disorder!?!?

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to RoamFreeRN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    You're at 75% IBW. You probably *are* working impaired, even if it doesn't feel like it. Doesn't make what almost happened to you right (and I'm glad that they apologized) but I do hope that you find...

  17. It really annoys me when nurses say they are going to go to med school...

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to megank5183's topic in General Nursing

    Have you actually ever seen the random strings of letters that aviation "professionals" (*cough*) put at the end of their names? Because not only are you a CFI, you're a CFII. You're VFR and IFR....

  18. Out of all the nursing specialties, which ones would be the least amount of stress?

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to AliDrewThis's topic in Nursing Career

    I don't know any OR RNs who work 8s! PACU

  19. The LEAST critically ill kid you've cared for in PICU :)

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to meanmaryjean's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    Aaah, sorry, didn't mean to offend. I guess I should have added the caveat to my original post that I was mostly frustrated with the politics surrounding my particular hospital's PICU, of which I...

  20. Out of all the nursing specialties, which ones would be the least amount of stress?

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to AliDrewThis's topic in Nursing Career

    I started out in pediatric private duty and had my choice of cases and work hours (anywhere from 4s to 12s) after a few bumpy months of learning which cases I didn't want to take. Fairly low stress...

  21. It really annoys me when nurses say they are going to go to med school...

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to megank5183's topic in General Nursing

    Pre-reqs vary by institution but, as it's been pointed out by numerous other posters, there really *aren't* that many pre-reqs to get into medical school and the science courses are mostly basic first...

  22. Pressure to take unsafe shifts.

    dirtyhippiegirl posted a topic in Private Duty

    So, I just got a call asking if I could take an overnight shift...in an hour. My frank reply was: "No. I did not sleep for a night shift. I do not feel comfortable or like I can be a safe nurse...

  23. A Work In Progress: The Road to Recovery

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to wish_me_luck's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Had a slightly modified form of DBT when I was sixteen. (I think there's a formal teen DBT course now.) Group, individual, even the 24/7 access to my therapist if needed. it helped with my more...

  24. Oral intubation kiddos in a home setting?

    dirtyhippiegirl posted a topic in Private Duty

    Decided to pick up a few shifts with the PDN agency that I worked with before the hospital job. They offered me a shift with a "busy" infant who is...orally intubated. I'm beginning to wonder if the...

  25. How to answer the question 'have you ever suffered from a mental illnes' in interview

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to Dunnec34's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Always say no. Answer no to everything mental health or substance abuse related and keep any sort of treatment that you might be receiving completely separate from school and