dirtyhippiegirl

dirtyhippiegirl BSN, RN

PDN; Burn; Phone triage

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  1. I am interestered in hearing stories of nurses who assisted in disaster relief

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to SN15671's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, god. I can't even imagine. I don't want

  2. Shake and bake meth accidents filling burn units

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to LydiaNN's topic in Burn

    Our unit alone spent 15 million on the care of a single patient who was burnt under very suspicious circumstances. All of our facial burns get a stat optho consult but I haven't heard of anyone...

  3. Nurses please try to look a little more polished at work

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to OnlybyHisgraceRN's topic in General Nursing

    ACTUALLY. Yum,

  4. Other jobs with a nursing degree?

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to wish_me_luck's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    ^Good. :) I kind of thought that you seemed awfully intent on making a mountain out of a molehill. There's a great thread in this same forum dedicated to nurses with mood disorders. Drop on in,...

  5. Nurses please try to look a little more polished at work

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to OnlybyHisgraceRN's topic in General Nursing

    edit - double post,

  6. Nurses please try to look a little more polished at work

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to OnlybyHisgraceRN's topic in General Nursing

    OMG! I love you. I am seriously in the middle of buying a

  7. Nurses please try to look a little more polished at work

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to OnlybyHisgraceRN's topic in General Nursing

    I work on a burn unit. Doing a big, two-hour dressing change in heavy, splash-resistant gowns in a room that has a temperature set to 99 degrees...doesn't bode well for my smell integrity. Our unit...

  8. Burn Out!! **Long**

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to nursenotamaid's topic in General Nursing

    What about flight/transport nursing? Pros: Sick or really sick patients, pretty much no contact with the public, little in-house bickering. cons: It's dangerous. (You want to do fixed wing or...

  9. Need advice Nurse or Doctor

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to confusedstudent_88's topic in Nursing Career

    So you're moving to....Mexico? eh? I'm absolutely certain that us new grads would love to know of that place in the US where new grads are guaranteed a job. You could probably make good money by...

  10. Need advice Nurse or Doctor

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to confusedstudent_88's topic in Nursing Career

    You're a psych major. Have you actually taken any hard science or math classes yet? The pre-reqs that you might have taken for nursing school won't be the same as the pre-reqs for medical school and...

  11. Graduated from ADN program but feel like a failure

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to Whitley86's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I always felt totally safe with this particular company but I insisted on working with older, stable kiddos AND that I work a 2-4 hour shift with the primary nurse before working alone. The job...

  12. Graduated from ADN program but feel like a failure

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to Whitley86's topic in General Nursing

    I'm in the same area as you, but licensed in KS. Graduated May of last year. I picked up a job doing pediatric home health with Firstat pretty fast (name dropping in case you want to look into the...

  13. What does Florence Nightingale mean to you?

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to Joe V's topic in Nurses Rock

    Much more interesting when you consider the fact that she was an incredibly flawed human with equally flawed

  14. Ad for an MA program

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to psu_213's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    As much as we rag on for-profits, I think your typical colleges/universities also suck. My sister, bless her heart, failed out of CC once. Second time around, her grades have been great. So she...

  15. Nurse Educator without nursing experience.. (?)

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to bsnwnab's topic in Nursing Career

    Your young nurses? I graduated with an older, second-career lady who was adamant on going straight from BSN to MSN in order to pursue a career either in education or management. Her excuse was that...

  16. Has anyone found a job as a RN with a conviction on their record?

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to mrsjones322's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    I'm a new grad and I hold two nursing jobs and have a DUI from ~5 years ago on my record, including a home health nursing job. (The other is a hospital-based job.) I have a friend who received a DUI...

  17. Spouses being asked to leave the room

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

    Honestly, pulling the curtain might have just been a reflexive action, without any thought put into it. It's something that you get into the habit of very quickly, even if there isn't a soul around to...

  18. The War On Fat

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to Crazed's topic in General Nursing

    This is satire, right? A new grad NP job is harder to find than a new grad BSN RN

  19. The War On Fat

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to Crazed's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, gawd. Not this again. Ya'all want to be treated poorly? Try showing up with a significant, documented mental illness history and copious scars to all extremities. I've had over 300 stitches in...

  20. 100k salary?

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to pilot833's topic in General Nursing

    To all you SoCal folks making over six figures, easily ---) isn't cost of living kind of high in these areas? And by kind of high, I mean really

  21. 100k salary?

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to pilot833's topic in General Nursing

    My hospital offers a weekend premium contract where you're obligated to work something like 90% of all weekends in a year. Weekend premium nights is base pay + 65% base pay + night shift diff +...

  22. pt with MRSA in sputum ambulating in hallway with no mask

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to unsaint77's topic in General Nursing

    Aw, I kind of get why. I work on a burn unit. Ever had to deal with a trach'd pt with copious amounts of sputum which grows

  23. New Grad Nurse needs advice please!

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to ugadawg1696's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I didn't realize that you could get a MSN in 16 months off a non-nursing degree.

  24. New Grad Nurse needs advice please!

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to ugadawg1696's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'm assuming the OP is confused and got her BSN via an advanced program. Not a

  25. New Grad Nurse needs advice please!

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to ugadawg1696's topic in First Year After Licensure

    You're trying to do bedside nursing with a