~Mi Vida Loca~RN ASN, RN

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    To Do: Over Summer Vacation

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to Tara:)'s topic in General Students

    Yea a lot of schools are revamping here, I turned down ACC and Fort Morgan because I was pregnant and decided I would just wait for the school that was 7 mins away that way my daughter was older when...
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    To Do: Over Summer Vacation

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to Tara:)'s topic in General Students

    Really?? Back when I first got on the WL in 2006 it was done different and you chose 3 different schools, I did Front Range, Fort Morgan and Arapahoe for choice 3 just to pick one. Arapahoe was the...
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    Repeating courses?

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to d1anec3's topic in General Students

    I have retaken a few classes outside of nursing school and it was the most recent grade that counted as
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    To All Student Nurses

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to resumecpr's topic in General Nursing

    Ok how many threads do we need on this topic now? Couldn't this post just be added into the other one? Was it really necessary to start another one. I mean the other posts is complaining about repeat...
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    Where are all of the "experienced nurses hiding?"

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to SWS RN's topic in General Nursing

    I think I might scream if I see another A vs C nurse thread or a Lazy Aide thread. Ok not scream but roll my eyes at
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    Nursing School GPA

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to spritez's topic in General Students

    I get frustrated with my new school because their are only 2.0, 3.0 and 4.0 So someone can get the 85% and get the 3.0 or get the 93% and still get the 3.0 why even try if your going to end up in the...
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    What do you wear to class?

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to cmonkey's topic in General Students

    With all the visitors coming in and out of the hospital (along with all kinds of other folks) do you really think putting scrubs on at home and going to clinicals is going to make a difference? The...
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    Called into the office, told I'm a slob.

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to danceswithsnakes's topic in General Nursing

    It's not about anyone else and what they are doing and what is and isn't fair. It's about YOU and the problem management had with you. You can either chose to fix it or deal with the consequences....
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    Anyone else on a 7-point grading scale?

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to Mommyto2and2's topic in General Students

    Some do, the BSN program here does.they are on the standard 10 point But the program I am in does 77%-84%, 85%-93%, 94%-100% for A,B and
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    The retro nurse's outfit has returned

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to cicatrixx15's topic in General Nursing

    So do the aides. It is confusing to tell who is who at my hospital. Not the housekeeping because they had uniforms they wore and always had cleaning supplies. But the badges are not easy to read and...
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    The retro nurse's outfit has returned

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to cicatrixx15's topic in General Nursing

    It's funny how you talk about the uniform insulting the woman, all while you insult woman. You also keep addressing ladies, are men not nurses? People should care about how they look, looks aren't...
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    The retro nurse's outfit has returned

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to cicatrixx15's topic in General Nursing

    I could tolerate the white, I do love white in a spring and summer wardrobe outside a hospital but WITH another color. Although I would prefer black with maybe a solid color top. But caps, ummmm no...
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    PROCAL HELP!!!

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to avaloncar's topic in General Students

    UGH it didn't post right. The 250 mg should be under the 1mL and under the 2500 in the equal part. So the answer would be 2500/250 which will =
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    PROCAL HELP!!!

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to avaloncar's topic in General Students

    The stuff in bold is the stuff you need to solve the problems. Hopefully I bolded right, I just did it in my head. (I don't have any paper near
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    PROCAL HELP!!!

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to avaloncar's topic in General Students

    I have had a few problems on the test was the same thing. I finally had to stop and ask myself What do I need, what do I have. Cross out the rest and got it. It can get very confusing. Anyway, that...
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    Feeling Trapped

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to cassy94's topic in General Students

    I agree, take some time off (be careful though not to take so much time off that you end up losing your focus altogether) , you don't want to go into nursing school burnt out. It's great that you have...
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    PROCAL HELP!!!

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to avaloncar's topic in General Students

    If you understand how to do Dem. Analysis then it can be applied to all of these problems. Start with what you need and times it by what you have (make sure they are set up opposite to cross out any...
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    Where are all of the "experienced nurses hiding?"

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to SWS RN's topic in General Nursing

    The biggest problem I can see with having a forum only for exp. nurses is how can you distinguish who is really a nurse or not. Well without them having to give up a lot of privacy by maybe verifying...
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    PROCAL HELP!!!

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to avaloncar's topic in General Students

    I have a hard time writing the math equations on a message board or computer. Do you understand how to do dimensional
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    What do you wear to class?

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to cmonkey's topic in General Students

    I try to wear clothes, if I am feeling saucy I wear a bikini.
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    To Do: Over Summer Vacation

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to Tara:)'s topic in General Students

    No Harry potter books or LOTR, not really into Sci Fi books, or romance books which is why I was shocked I even got into the twilight books (I fought it for a long time). My favorite books are true...
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    Help me understand something please

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to Tricia76's topic in General Students

    Our English Comp was a Pre Req (required before applying to the program) I consider pre reqs classes needed before you can apply and Co Reqs classes needed to graduate that you can do prior, during or...
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    To Do: Over Summer Vacation

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to Tara:)'s topic in General Students

    This one was 350 pages :| I read the Twilight Series in 4 days and that was well over 2000 pages total. When I get into a good book I become an addict. Maybe I should find a video game to play, I got...
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    To Do: Over Summer Vacation

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to Tara:)'s topic in General Students

    Well I started my book at 11:30 last night and I just finished it, now
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    How many mEq's of K would it take to kill a 54lb woman?

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to DaughteroftheKing's topic in General Nursing

    I would look at the SSD or SD for 54 lb patient and write anything above that can be lethal. I too and shocked it was a 54lb woman, I mean I know it's entirely possible, but I am just trying to...