dirtyhippiegirl

dirtyhippiegirl BSN, RN

PDN; Burn; Phone triage

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  1. The Mockery of Nursing

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to Old.Timer's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Actually, I can see this. My alma mater has a nurse academy program geared towards high schoolers, which is a two-day summer program that is supposed to introduce them to the world of nursing....

  2. The Mockery of Nursing

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to Old.Timer's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Nah, it's get the Two Years In ICU + add water = instant doctor without going to medical school,

  3. Why Is It That Everyone Thinks They're A Good Nurse?

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I really hope there's a happy medium between being over-confident in your nursing abilities and laying awake at night (er - day - I work nights) obsessing over everything that you might have or could...

  4. Just curious, What do they teach in Nursing School these days?

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to AMN74's topic in General Nursing

    Had a couple of nursing instructors who graduated from the old diploma, live-in-the-hospital type nursing programs. Maybe this was just an exaggeration or I misheard, but they made it sound like...

  5. Unemployed & inexperienced New RNs. Vent it out!

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

    Still doesn't sound legit, esp. their reasoning. But that could be a bigger issue re. the job situation. You're handing potential employers a resume stating that you have several years of NURSING...

  6. Unemployed & inexperienced New RNs. Vent it out!

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

    ...wait, you were working as a nurse without having passed the

  7. The 'look' that people give you...

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to theatredork's topic in Burn

    Don't be surprised if a BICU patient isn't what you imagined. Your 20% tbsa grandma with htn and diabetes is just as much at risk for the same complications that you'll see in your 80% tbsa young...

  8. The Mockery of Nursing

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to Old.Timer's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I guess my confusion is that you've got some posters thanking God for helping them to pass the NCLEX the first time. And you have posters thanking God for helping them pass the NCLEX the third or...

  9. The Mockery of Nursing

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to Old.Timer's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Is it bad that I had this detoxing with early-stage dementia old dude go "damn, you're sexy for a white girl" and I felt flattered?

  10. Neighbors, friends, and family coming by for nursing advice

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

    My father's a doctor so when family comes to me, I automatically go "ask my dad, he's a doctor." (That's what they get paid the big bucks for, righto?) I don't tell my neighbors what I do. They're all...

  11. Baffled...

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to aboucherrn's topic in General Nursing

    Yup! I've even had it work for the rowdy, detoxing drunk -- I think they get more confused than anything else, lol. I definitely don't expect the same from my patients, of course. Although I've...

  12. The Mockery of Nursing

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to Old.Timer's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    ...until you don't pass it the first time. Or the second. Or the fifth. But God's gonna help you pass it the ninth time you take the NCLEX. Without studying. But he must have liked those people more...

  13. Baffled...

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to aboucherrn's topic in General Nursing

    Boo. I knew that was a quote from somewhere but didn't think of Scrubs. Anyway, I'm only 26 but was raised to say my please and thank-yous often and with sincerity. I get a lot of compliments about...

  14. The 'look' that people give you...

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to theatredork's topic in Burn

    Crack's been out for a while now. Stuck in the 1990s much? Making meth is what's hot right now, no pun

  15. Grossest thing that you've experienced?

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to dirtyhippiegirl's topic in General Nursing

    This is why I love you guys. :) Only on AN could I swap pukin' in my mouth stories before breakfast and assume that fellow nurses have even nastier stories to

  16. Grossest thing that you've experienced?

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to dirtyhippiegirl's topic in General Nursing

    Welcome to home health, eh? I did PPD for a while and managed to come home with both bed bugs (but, hey, we needed a new mattress!) and fleas from two different

  17. Avoid "Karing with Kindess" CNA program

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to amonroe457's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I hope this doesn't sound horrible awkward or out of place but I feel like your original comment...well...I don't know what your original comment was meant to say but you confused several people with...

  18. Feeling incompetent...need advice

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to WantAccel.BSN's topic in General Students

    OP -- darling, we need to get married and have hopelessly fumbling chillens. I always "got" the didactic stuff. To an insane degree. Barely passed skills lab. Y'know. With fake arms and stuff....

  19. Grossest thing that you've experienced?

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to dirtyhippiegirl's topic in General Nursing

    Initially read your post as own poop for soup, which is really nasty. Vomit I can deal with but is still pretty

  20. Avoid "Karing with Kindess" CNA program

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to amonroe457's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    In some states, you can challenge the NCLEX if you have former military medic experience. Challenging the NCLEX used to be more common a decade or two ago. Standards might have also been looser then...

  21. The 'look' that people give you...

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to theatredork's topic in Burn

    Congrats and good luck. I'm on a mixed burn unit and definitely could not do kiddos all the time. Too many abuse cases that make me want to throttle

  22. Frustrated discouraged new grad

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to shacal228's topic in First Year After Licensure

    That sucks that you're unable to converse with the other new grads on the unit. I think the best/most helpful part of my residency program is getting that time to chat with the other new grads on my...

  23. Does anybody use sterile technique anymore?

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to bookwormom's topic in General Nursing

    Meh. At least on my unit, you cut down and clean wounds using clean technique but you're supposed to dress wounds using sterile technique. Still doesn't get done. (1-2 hour dressing changes,

  24. GUILTY

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to GitanoRN's topic in General Nursing

    I have my badge in my car. I got stopped for not wearing my seat belt. Wasn't in scrubs but did manage to clip my big RN badge onto my clothes before the cop walked up. Got me out of a $5 ticket....

  25. Silly random nursing thoughts, one sentence, NO JUDGMENTAL FOLKS ALLOWED

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to wooh's topic in Nursing Humor

    "Okay, so, let me get this straight, you guys were both really drunk and out camping and then he charged at you with a flaming stick and beat you with it? You got beat with a flaming stick?" "So, you...