dirtyhippiegirl

dirtyhippiegirl BSN, RN

PDN; Burn; Phone triage

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  1. So, who is working tomorrow?

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to beeker's topic in General Nursing

    I'll probably be floating to another unit. I wish I wasn't. My MIL was literally just diagnosed with terminal brain cancer two days ago. She might have a few months left with palliative...

  2. The Nightmare known as Psychiatric Care Part One

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to TopazLover's topic in Psychiatric

    True but you have totally different presentations of hysteria from 50 years ago (or from 50 years ago and 100 years ago) than your typical, say, borderline

  3. The Nightmare known as Psychiatric Care Part One

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to TopazLover's topic in Psychiatric

    I've been hospitalized with a few geri patients who had lobotomies 40-50 years ago. Interesting affects, to say the least. Did you ever run into any patients with a hysteria dx...or was that too long...

  4. How is the floor/hospital census lately?

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to rn undisclosed name's topic in General Nursing

    We were dead around Thanksgiving - I got called off on Thanksgiving - but have been bursting ever since. Our actual number of burns is fairly low, although for what they lack in quantity they do make...

  5. Nurses (and any other healthcare professionals) with mental illness, please read

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to wish_me_luck's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I just realized the other day that four out of the five acute inpatient units that I spent time on as an adolescent are now closed. Both of the residential hospitals are still open and have actually...

  6. homosexual patients

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to miray19's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    ...haven't you traveled extensively or something? You do realize that the US isn't the center of the world, and that there are many, many other countries that truly do not discriminate against...

  7. Do you think psychiatric care is inadequate in the US?

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to MusicEMT's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Deinstitutionalization actually began with an unfunded mandate written during the Kennedy administration to move mental health services from large institutions to community-based programs. While...

  8. What makes you want to vomit?

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    Debriding hand burns. Especially deep hand burns where the skin degloves off. Factor in having to remove fingernails and just...ugh. I also get antsy when doing hand dressings because I've had bits of...

  9. Do you work at Hilton?

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    We have a plastic surgeon that does a routine surgery where the patient comes out with an epidural for a few days. She routinely orders caffeine to offset possible epidural-related headaches. Not...

  10. Do you work at Hilton?

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    Our unit just started a policy where the nurses are supposed to sign cards that will be mailed to the patient after

  11. Whats your record??

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to Rhi007's topic in General Nursing

    Umm...psych was counted and a lot of psych pts considered a bad thing when I worked ER because psych beds are hard to get. And this was with the hospital having both child and adult units

  12. Do Nurses Earn Big Money? You Decide.

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to TheCommuter's topic in General Nursing

    Are you implying that people who work minimum or low wage jobs aren't "grown up" or living in the real world? That's incredibly

  13. Floated for the first time

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

    Ugh, I'm up to float probably some time this week -- our unit census has been super low. I'm terrified that I'll end up in PICU. One of our nurses floated to PICU and her patient coded and

  14. The cases that break your heart

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to KelRN215's topic in Pediatric

    Get a lot of them working PPD. The saddest was an older couple who had remarried later in life. They wanted a kiddo together and she finally got pregnant, not super older but maybe very late 30s-early...

  15. What kind of animal are you?

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to madwife2002's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Usually answer rat. What you perceive or stereotype is not what you get -- smart, industrious, clean. (Kept rats as pets for years and years, btw. So I have plenty of

  16. Why are new nurses treated poorly?

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

    I bet if you listened in to how that other 1/3 give report to non-new nurses, the attitude and tone of voice would be similar. That's just how some people

  17. Radical Management Strategy

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to oldenurselady's topic in Nurse Management

    Weeeeeeird, I was just thinking about this the other day. When I went through orientation at my hospital, we had to take a customer service class -- where we were told to never, ever tell a patient...

  18. Siblings sharing a room

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    Why on earth would you assume that incest is the reason that opposite-sex siblings would want to share a

  19. Sending MD pictures of wounds on cell phone?

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to maddock26's topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

    Definitely bring up the idea of photographing wounds with your team/DON/whatever! We have a digital camera on our burn unit that is specifically for photographing wounds. Not going to get into using...

  20. BSN as entry into practice; why we decided against it.

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to MunoRN's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    ADNs have a much harder time finding employment, especially hospital employment, in my neck of the woods than BSNs do. The largest academic hospital in the area won't be hiring ADNs at all starting in...

  21. Anyone here who hate the holidays?

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

    Going to be my first holiday without my mom. Was poking around Walgreen's the other night and found a very soft blanket -- I immediately thought "mom would love this for Christmas" and then remembered...

  22. Useless Hospital Committees

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to guest64485's topic in General Nursing

    We have quite a few committees tasked at improving standard of care (CAUTIs, falls, VAPs, etc), and several groups doing flow-improvement projects related to how ancillary staff are used, how to...

  23. RN rounding for Doctors?

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to traumasurgRN's topic in MICU, SICU

    Seems like this could be done if the rounding RN was writing orders based off some sort of individual matrix/standing orders set that the doctor privately chooses to

  24. Doctor's office

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to Vtachy1's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    How often do you feel the need to have your kids' throats swabbed? Every time they have a sore throat? :er: I seriously doubt your primary doc has a 3 million dollar home, lulz. Maybe the head of...

  25. masters degrees without ever working at the bedside?!

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to nightengalegoddess's topic in Post Graduate Students

    I think the issue of direct entry Masters holders who end up going into teaching or management is a more interesting issue, myself. I went to school (BSN) with a second career woman who then directly...