dirtyhippiegirl

dirtyhippiegirl BSN, RN

PDN; Burn; Phone triage

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  1. 1 year out, no job. Throw in the towel?

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

    I tend to agree. :er: I think this is why the nurse manager numbers in the general directory for our hospital are hidden, as well. Running into someone is different. Had a friend who ran into a nurse...

  2. Utmost respect for Burn Unit Nurses.

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to tookalongtime's topic in Burn

    Honestly, I'm a new grad who was hired directly onto a burn unit. (We have floor, tele, and ICU beds and we are expected to work them all.) Burn is SUCH a niche specialty, unless you have prior...

  3. 1 year out, no job. Throw in the towel?

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

    Do you have any friends that graduated with you from nursing school who can advocate on your behalf to their nurse managers? Or at least give you some advice as to who/what is hiring? (I was having...

  4. What good does a BS RN with state licensure if no credible hospital will hire you?

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

    If you're admitting to everything and then getting rescinded offers, sounds like what you're saying is not matching up to their background check. OP kind of downplayed the issues in the original post....

  5. New Grad Nurse wanting to move to Saint Louis

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to sm06902's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    No, hospital jobs. Like. ICU hospital jobs, even. But I graduated in May of last year so maybe things have changed in the last few

  6. Potential nursing students who dont want to hear the truth

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to smartnurse1982's topic in General Nursing

    I seem to attract various pre-nursing or pre-nursing wannabe students. And I don't even go out socializing in my scrubs. Just bite your tongue. I graduated in May of 2011, spent eight months getting...

  7. The Mockery of Nursing

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

    There is also a forum for nurses recovering from addiction and another forum dedicated to nurses with mental and physical

  8. Getting a masters or NP w/o working as an RN first!

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to pinkstethoscope's topic in General Nursing

    I almost punched a lady who was in my BSN program and eventually accepted into a direct-entry MSN program. (She wanted a direct access to management and, I quote, "I'm an older, second-degree student....

  9. Socializing after work in your scrubs

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

    You been to a daycare

  10. New Grad Nurse wanting to move to Saint Louis

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to sm06902's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Huh. I have several friends (new grads with and without prior experience) who moved from KC/MO area to STL because of better job prospects. All got

  11. Infatuated with colleague - need counsel

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

    For some people, the real question is ---) is this guy (or girl) good in bed. Really...how hot are these two? The OP is a dude! He could be the love child of George Clooney and Johnny Depp and we -...

  12. Why hasn't the United States moved into a single payer system?

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to Ava M.'s topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Probably not an extra $200,000 to $300,000 more a year. And, yeah, a lot of the fight against single pay is that docs will suddenly start making much less

  13. Why hasn't the United States moved into a single payer system?

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to Ava M.'s topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Because OMG death panels. My husband's mother is a PCP in Canada. She makes *significantly more money * than my father who is an ER doc here in the states. Food for

  14. How would you comfort a dying atheist?

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to stripbubbles's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    I actually had to google what you were saying. /also, the marijuana, you might want to tone it down a

  15. Eating disorders? (Recovered, in recovery, or active.)

    dirtyhippiegirl posted a topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I had a pretty bad eating disorder for most of my teenaged years. I'm 27 now -- have been fully weight restored for about five years, have considered myself in almost complete recovery for about three...

  16. Now I get why experience means everything yet nothing

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to bsnanat2's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    You mean depending on whether or not they get a job? The new grad NP job situation is even worse here than it is for new grad RNs. Anecdotally, even worse for direct entry folks because they don't...

  17. Depressed, or just "Life?"

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

    I guess I find this question very interesting because I've been dx'd as clinically depressed (and anxious and anorexic and eventually borderline) since I was 12 or 13. And I was, like, actually...

  18. (Realistic) Encouragement, please!

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to charlo81's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I really do think it depends on where you live, foremost. Although, compared to getting a job in social work or teaching (in my area, at least) -- I would say that you do have a better chance of...

  19. Depressed, or just "Life?"

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

    Eh, I tend to agree. Most people who invoke depression tend to use it in a clinical sense and you can probably bet that they would be rx'd anti-ds. (Wasn't there a pretty recent thread about needing...

  20. Depressed, or just "Life?"

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

    I guess my argument would be that depression does not have to be clinical. Depression can be a mood state, as well, not just a DSM diagnosis. Like happiness or sadness or whatever. Now, I'm young,...

  21. Frustrated with SN

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to DookieMeisterRN's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, god, I was a horrible student nurse. I could go into it but don't want to hijack your thread. I will say that the best thing my capstone/practicum instructor ever did for me was force me to push...

  22. Does anybody use sterile technique anymore?

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to bookwormom's topic in General Nursing

    I work on a burn unit. We do a LOT of dressing changes. "Sterile technique" is just lip service. We start out sterile but - esp. for a one to two hour dressing change - it's just not feasible to STAY...

  23. Is a $13,000 LPN program worth it?

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to lyndseyx3x's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    you're comparing apples to oranges here. you graduated right before the economy took a nose dive, in a time where sign-on bonuses and arguably inflated salaries for new grads were closer to the norm...

  24. How would you comfort a dying atheist?

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to stripbubbles's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    As an atheist ---) please snow me. And in my living will/etc. --) for every long-lost cousin, aunt, etc. that crawls out of the walls and insists that I'd want to be alert with my dying breaths......

  25. I need some advice!

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to FtrNrs2012's topic in General Nursing

    Agree with this. If you don't have a job right out of the gate, the average new grad time from licensing to job is something like 6-8 months, even over a year in some parts of the country. With...