dirtyhippiegirl

dirtyhippiegirl BSN, RN

PDN; Burn; Phone triage

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  1. Have been in the ER for 3 hrs now....

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to MadpeysRN's topic in Emergency

    So, I'm not exactly defending the OP's misuse of the ER buuuuuuttt ---) an outpatient clinic with an on-call doc? esp. one who will write rxs based on a phone call and not an in-clinic visit? Please...

  2. Can anybody share any first hand experience with being coded, on a vent, sedated, etc

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to Bruce_Wayne's topic in General Nursing

    Interesting to read all these stories and I'm glad to hear that my own experiences aren't terribly abnormal. I've been intubated and vented....several times after ODing. (I really, really wanted to...

  3. What I have learned to HATE about Nursing

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

    ^Dude, it's okay. Take a chill pill and have a drink. You can hate stuff without hating your life and the people in

  4. What I have learned to HATE about Nursing

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

    So we are allowed to, like, ***** about nursing. Right? Just for posterity - what is the official cut-off point for X nursing experience before you're allowed to

  5. Mistakes we have made

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to LilpoRN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I missed an abnormal EKG on a new admit. He had a change in LOC which caused another EKG which was the same but still abnormal. We ended up doing cardiac markers, etc. His heart issues were old, old,...

  6. Phasing out Unit Clerks???

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to ShimmaShimma0304's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Our hospital went to doctor-entry electronic orders (or for the lazy docs, nurse-input via telephone/verbal order -- sigh) several years ago. Even the secretaries who have been around long enough to...

  7. Murphy's Law of Nursing

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

    That new patient who was supposed to be on the unit hours ago will roll in either fifteen minutes into your shift or fifteen minutes before it ends. Same goes for that stat MRI or CT scan -- usually...

  8. Are many nurses products of abusive/drug dependent homes & parents?

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to wsp4905's topic in General Nursing

    I think my life story hits just about every statistic --) father is a high functioning alcoholic, mother a major depressive who would take to bed for months on end, parents fought constantly, my...

  9. False documentation... more common than you think.

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to OnlybyHisgraceRN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Has this actually happened to you or to anyone that you know

  10. Patients overstaying their welcome in hospitals

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

    I work on a burn unit and this issue seems to come up with a lot of our long-term patients who end up needing to be transferred to rehab. Family freaks out. Can't convince family that there really is...

  11. Average pay for a new RN in KCMO????

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to FORTHELOVEOF!!!!'s topic in General Nursing

    No, it's basically being done to inflate statistics that look good for Magnet. I'd imagine that we'll be seeing the other Magnet hospitals in the area go to a similar scheme soon enough. /we're not...

  12. FL New Grad worried about multiple DUI's

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to Eve84RN's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    I don't know why people reiterate this sentiment so often throughout this particular sub-forum. I'm licensed in one state, have submitted my license for another (compact) state, and am considering a...

  13. Great moments in bad judgement

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to emtb2rn's topic in Emergency

    Burning brush while being a wheelchair-bound

  14. Was this a fair consequence?

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to danachap1's topic in General Nursing

    Meh. In the jobs that I've worked at, there's a tacit understanding of what can and cannot be "diverted" from the unit. I've worked and done clinicals on units where taking a single juice from the...

  15. Arterial line vs. cuff pressure.

    dirtyhippiegirl posted a topic in General Nursing

    Don't know if this is in the right spot or not, but: I had a bit of a conflict with my charge nurse the other night. Had a trach'd and ventilated patient who was on sedation. His arterial line is...

  16. YOU as a Pt-what would you allow a student nurse to do?

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to KellNY's topic in General Nursing

    I think getting a foley mis-started on you is easier than getting repeatedly stuck for blood/IV. 'cause it happened to me. And I was like "honey, the foley is in my lady

  17. Arterial line vs. cuff pressure.

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to dirtyhippiegirl's topic in General Nursing

    I could get a good waveform off the line if I pushed in the right spot. (Hence the positional description.) Honestly, I think what freaked me out was that it did work very well when the patient was...

  18. Arterial line vs. cuff pressure.

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to dirtyhippiegirl's topic in General Nursing

    I was also hard flushing it. The patient in question was a burn who couldn't have an a-line placed in the usual spots. He was on Q6H ABGs, plus PRN as he was getting weaned off the vent. Good enough...

  19. Arterial line vs. cuff pressure.

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to dirtyhippiegirl's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for reassuring me! I think that while I have the knowledge base to fumble along in ICU, I tend to lack confidence which is what gets me into trouble. I felt totally confident with my decision...

  20. Funniest/strangest dementia patient stories

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to Angie O'Plasty's topic in Nursing Humor

    lol. I just found this thread! Older pt with dementia and alcoholism. "I'm thirsty!" "Okay, X. What do you want to drink?" "I'll take some Jameson, honey." "You can't have any alcohol. You're in the...

  21. Does nursing home experience count the same as hospital experience?

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to Ted D's topic in General Nursing

    I did my senior practicum on an med-surg heme/onc that was also the catch-all palliative care unit and there were several nurses employed who had previously worked in LTC hospice. Your potential...

  22. Sorry Nurse Recruiters/Nurse Managers!

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to Isitpossible's topic in Nurse Management

    Just out of curiosity -- so does your opinion on the NCLEX make the proverbial fifth-time tester someone who will always be a totally incompetent nurse or not? Or just someone who sucks at figuring...

  23. Reporting Errors

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to Vespertinas's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    We have a similar system in the hospital that I work at. I got reported in a round-a-bout way. There was a charting error that began on day shift and was something that I didn't catch -- which was...

  24. Favourite Doctor Moments

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to NO50FRANNY's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Work at a large teaching hospital. Seems like many of our residents are big into asking the nurse "Do you agree?" or "Do you have any suggestions?" after a call/intervention about a pt. (I work...

  25. YOU as a Pt-what would you allow a student nurse to do?

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to KellNY's topic in General Nursing

    As a fairly new grad just off orientation -- I find this thread very amusing. My skills as a student nurse are't really much better as a new grad nurse...only I don't have someone looking over me...