dirtyhippiegirl

dirtyhippiegirl BSN, RN

PDN; Burn; Phone triage

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  1. does anyone regret this career?

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to cantdoit's topic in General Nursing

    The pragmatic side of me assumes that most people have regrets about their life choices and their careers. I honestly don't know how many people can truly say that they absolutely love their job. Do I...

  2. Future Shortage in Bedside Nurses

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to westieluv's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Our ICU nocs float pool averages about 15 years of experience per nurse. I can think of at least one who has been doing ICU noc nursing exclusively for 27 years. I just can't fathom doing direct...

  3. Comparing A Nurses' Salary

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to Joe V's topic in Nurses Rock

    This is pretty much what I was trying to say. I also feel like I'm reasonably reimbursed for the work that I do. Feels like nobody considers cost of living these

  4. Comparing A Nurses' Salary

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to Joe V's topic in Nurses Rock

    True, but while I'm only making $26.50/hr for noc shift in the midwest, I'm also only paying $700/month mortgage for a 2300 sq

  5. How did you *know* your specialty and when?

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to misscherie's topic in General Nursing

    Having done both PDN and acute and critical and specialized care (burn) -- working nights -- I've decided that my specialty is a 9-5 weekday job preferably in informatics or research or in any setting...

  6. Shift Work is Taking a Toll

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to joanna73's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think that I would ever feel rested working five on, two off, then back again for another five. (Says the nurse who is in the middle of doing 5 nocs d/t vacation reasons.) Three a week is...

  7. Medication Mistake

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

    A traditional nursing school education definitely does not prepare you to work in PDN. HH, maybe, but even agency PDN is a completely different animal with practices that often blatantly go against...

  8. What kind of little "Thanks" does your hospital give, or are they too cheap?

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

    Expect? Don't know. But my husband works as an avionics engineer for a large company and he gets trinkets and gift cards. My favorite time of year is when his company buys out the local amusement park...

  9. Self injury scars on arms and patient questions.

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to dirtyhippiegirl's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I guess my issue with opening up r/t my extensive psych history is that there is such a huge stigma attached to people who have psychiatric issues that is definitely not applied to people who have...

  10. Working night shift, difficulty sleeping during the day!

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to gloryfied's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I feel like this forum needs a special sub-forum for night shifters to commiserate in. /agrees with investing in an industrial strength fan //also,

  11. Charting Bloopers

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to AHarri66's topic in Nursing Humor

    So. I'm taking care of two patients one night - walky talky 20-something post-op floor pt who is only in for a 23 hour obs and an elderly, ICU status lady with multiple cardiac issues. During my...

  12. That nagging "Did I miss something?" feeling

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to Cuddleswithpuddles's topic in General Nursing

    I just want to give you a big hug. We'd had a longish-term patient on our unit who should have been on his way out and to rehab throw a PE and code. I hadn't had him as a patient for over a week and...

  13. Nursing positions deeply embedded in science

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to DGabe24's topic in General Nursing

    ICU jobs can be hard to get out of nursing school. Hell, hospital jobs can be hard to get for many new grads if you can find a job at all. You seem to realize that if CRNA is your ultimate goal (not...

  14. Forced to stay and work under mandatory evacuation?

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to squatmunkie_RN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Has this been

  15. Protect Your Patients When Giving Promethazine (Phenergan)

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to TheCommuter's topic in Patient Medications

    Why not give as a suppository vs. IM? I've personally had both and they tend to act within the same time

  16. First month off orientation...reflections..

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

    I've been off orientation (which was 3 months) for a little over five months now. I quit feeling physically ill/nervous/anxious before going into work with every shift at about three months off...

  17. Self injury scars on arms and patient questions.

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to dirtyhippiegirl's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Yay, thanks for the reassurances/suggestions. :) I don't know what it is but it seems like my patient population doesn't take to the generalized answers -- "Oh, they're old" IS something that I use...

  18. Dealing with grumpy physicians

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

    You're misinterpreting the OP. What happened is what usually happens in this particular situation -- the RN wants to transfer the pt out to a higher level of care but the primary team/doc resists....

  19. Is my bad credit keeping me from obtaining employment?

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

    Could also be the one year gap in employment on your

  20. The value of experience in nursing

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to Susie2310's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I wonder whether this thread will also be closed for staff

  21. LGBT Discrimination by Nurses?

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

    I've been hospitalized quite a bit on multiple psych wards: a) I have never been on a unit where nurses had control of a patient's visitor list. In fact, the only experience I've had where a patient...

  22. What a coincidence. . .every single student nurse who shadows me. . .

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to thesundowner's topic in General Nursing

    Nooooooo. I thought you misquoted earlier with the chicky who wanted to point out that CRNA is a significantly faster route to being a mini-doctor than, y'know, medical school versus my reply w/snide...

  23. What a coincidence. . .every single student nurse who shadows me. . .

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to thesundowner's topic in General Nursing

    I think you might be getting angry at the wrong person. Or possibly quoting the wrong person. Not sure

  24. What a coincidence. . .every single student nurse who shadows me. . .

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to thesundowner's topic in General Nursing

    but is a crna really a nurse? do nursing students - who've never actually done bedside nursing care! - who have immediate goals of becoming crnas/nps as soon as they put their time in really want to...

  25. What a coincidence. . .every single student nurse who shadows me. . .

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to thesundowner's topic in General Nursing

    Why not go to medical school