dirtyhippiegirl

dirtyhippiegirl BSN, RN

PDN; Burn; Phone triage

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  1. How to NOT interview for your RN/LPN job!

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

    Our second to last class in our senior year of nursing school was basically entitled "don't dress like a hooker when you go to your job interview." I guess our instructor had gone to a conference with...

  2. The Mockery of Nursing

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

    I'm a pre-pre-nursing student who is going to get her BSN and then be a CRNA and basically be a doctor and make the big bucks. Without having to go to medical school. Go me!

  3. DWI and taking the NCLEX..

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

    That's not true at all. I made the incredibly poor decision to drink and drive and received a DUI a little over five years ago. I received diversion for the DUI and have not had as much as a speeding...

  4. Failed NCLEX 5 Times! Am I The Only One Who . . .

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    To be fair, I had my first code (still on orientation) a few weeks ago and the last thing on my mind was "how would I approach this from an NCLEX perspective." /jumped at the chance to push meds...

  5. med error

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to SDALPN's topic in Private Duty

    Yikes. Why would they report her to the BON? Med errors happen all the time in acute care settings. (Esp. this particular type of med error, apparently. My preceptor is on the board of our hospital...

  6. Failed NCLEX 5 Times! Am I The Only One Who . . .

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    I passed the NCLEX with 75 questions...and it only took me 25 minutes. Really, the whole test felt like an exercise in how to cram as much miscellaneous knowledge into your head as possible....

  7. Problems with the aging nurses

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to RNGriffin's topic in General Nursing

    Just out of pure curiosity - what does this mean? Are you overweight and complaining about older nurses not hauling their

  8. Problems with the aging nurses

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to RNGriffin's topic in General Nursing

    Was kind of wondering if/when this argument was going to be brought up. I hear it quite often from my peers. Like the older generation of nurses WANTED to lose their life savings and have to work a...

  9. Problems with the aging nurses

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to RNGriffin's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a young person, myself, but I don't see how anyone can fault older folks for staying in the work force. The economy sucks so getting a "cushier" job isn't an option. Many lost their savings in the...

  10. Male nurses student and skipping OB/L&D clinicals

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to Jfarmboy's topic in Male Nursing Students

    I feel bad for this guy because we also had a guy in our student OB/L&D group and he was pretty much pushed out of every birth by the patient. Never mind that the doc was a male. But having a male...

  11. instructor says nursing is not for me..

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to Orlette's topic in General Students

    Eh. What sucks is that your schooling got brought into it. I think that people - in general - would be surprised at how many patients value a respectful silence. "Small talk" is a two-way street....

  12. I just suck at sticking people.

    dirtyhippiegirl posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am starting to get very frustrated with myself. I'm about 10 weeks into orientation on a mixed ICU/tele/floor unit. For the last couple of days, all of my co-workers have been lining up to let me...

  13. I just suck at sticking people.

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to dirtyhippiegirl's topic in General Nursing

    Blew another IV start today. I knew I'd gone in at too deep of an angle about half a second after I poked him. Sigh! Freaked out for a minute. (This always happens and seems to be my biggest issue.)...

  14. New Nurses!

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to RNGriffin's topic in General Nursing

    Pretty sure that could be said of any profession. Why does nursing have the corner on PASSION? I had a pretty crappy waitress today while I was out eating and, dammit, maybe if she had some PASSION...

  15. New Nurses!

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to RNGriffin's topic in General Nursing

    except that many seem to be attracted to nursing because they buy into the whole thing that nursing is recession proof, that the country needs nurses, that a nursing degree pretty much guarantees you...

  16. New Nurses!

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to RNGriffin's topic in General Nursing

    I think the compassion bashing that happens between nurses is more of a mental coping mechanism. We parlay some of the...less enjoyable...aspects of our job into the thought process that I do this or...

  17. New Nurses!

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to RNGriffin's topic in General Nursing

    I also do not have a sappy story about why I chose nursing. And it drives me nuts when people are like "oh, you're so compassionate, you'll make a great nurse." My compassion isn't what catches a...

  18. So very tired!

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

    My husband, who works a traditional 9-5 desk job, is still in awe of the hours I work in one day. I wake up at 0545 and don't usually get home until 2030-2300. And it's only a fifteen minute drive for...

  19. NO, NO, NO!!

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to PintheD's topic in General Nursing

    See, I find this to be easy, until I'm giving meds to an alert and oriented person and they want to know what every med does. And then: "Why do I need this med?" which always seems to be a med that is...

  20. I just suck at sticking people.

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to dirtyhippiegirl's topic in General Nursing

    I'm actually a private pilot so I found your comparisons to be very interesting, lol. Thanks to everyone who responded with tips and well-wishes. Another poster mentioned neuropathy and as an issue...

  21. The False Advertising of For-Profit Institutions

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to PeepnBiscuitsRN's topic in General Students

    ...I've always wondered how nurse managers/HR see these sorts of graduates. What is the overall employment rate for nurses who graduate from vo-tech schools? Is a BSN from a vo-tech seen the same as a...

  22. Useless degree! At what point do you quit trying?

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

    Well, to be fair, what's the point going out of your way to keep a license that you never use? Had a couple of friends get hired into very "legit" outpatient dialysis clinics as new grads. I ended up...

  23. Shake and bake meth accidents filling burn units

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to LydiaNN's topic in Burn

    I don't know how interested you are on the subject but there's a quick read called Methland which gives some interesting insight into the meth issue. It's a little bit dated these days but the author...

  24. I just suck at sticking people.

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to dirtyhippiegirl's topic in General Nursing

    Poop. Spoken like someone who gets sticking people. workingharder - pretty much,

  25. Dumb things new nurses do....

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

    Mixed prostat protein packages with pro-biotics. It's like those volcanoes that you make in elementary school. Shot a half-mixed vial of Merrem across the room. Everyone got a shower. Attempted to...