~Mi Vida Loca~RN ASN, RN

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    Opinion needed-trads,non-trads and very non-trads

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to 2blessings's topic in General Students

    I still don't get why saying he was gay was relevant to the post. But as far as the bolded part, that isn't limited to gay guys, I know tons of straight guys that do this same thing and even more...
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    Opinion needed-trads,non-trads and very non-trads

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to 2blessings's topic in General Students

    Me too, or why you say he didn't "claim" to be gay like he did to be 40. SO how do you even know he was gay? Regardless I don't see why that info was added. Anyway, to the OP so is 30 non traditional...
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    Annoying and disruptive classmates (vent)

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to 2blessings's topic in General Students

    Yeah we aren't spring chickens you know at the old age of
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    You walk into a pt room & they are not breathing, whats the 1st thing...

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to student_nurse24's topic in General Students

    That's the story.
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    Can someone please help me answer this question?

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to DayDreamin ER CRNP's topic in General Students

    Some people work better being independent and find it far less
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    Can someone please help me answer this question?

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to DayDreamin ER CRNP's topic in General Students

    Have you been married??? Totally kidding, it's late I need to get to bed and I was reading this and busted out laughing when I read the bolded part. Some marriages can be very hazardous to your...
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    what is your overnight policy for family members in a double room?

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

    This wasn't a double room but this post reminded me of it, had a patient on Peds tonight (15) and he had family and friends visit all day, he was post appendectomy, anyway, family all left, dad was...
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    You walk into a pt room & they are not breathing, whats the 1st thing...

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to student_nurse24's topic in General Students

    See it would have been cool if we could have participated more but we were specifically told to be a "fly on the wall" and only help for things like if they need something from supply room. We have a...
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    You walk into a pt room & they are not breathing, whats the 1st thing...

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to student_nurse24's topic in General Students

    I think it's a pretty common worry, our first pre conference for hospital clinicals one student asked and just about everyone look relieved someone asked LOL. Our instructor was like, make sure they...
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    You walk into a pt room & they are not breathing, whats the 1st thing...

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to student_nurse24's topic in General Students

    You hit the staff assist or code button in our hospital and you will have about 20 extremely experienced people in the room within 15 seconds. First thing we are taught is check their code state, if...
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    When drawing push meds, do you draw the med first?

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

    Yeah insulin is the only one I seen too. Although tonight in the ER I saw them used but things are done very different there. On the floors I have only seen the multi dose insulin and it's only for...
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    When drawing push meds, do you draw the med first?

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

    Yeah I have no doubt that it's done, I had a med I had to pick up from Pharmacy that needed to be reconstituted for my kid so I know it still happens, those all had very clear instructions on them for...
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    All current first semester students

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to tiffanyleigh0212's topic in General Students

    I felt the same way about first semester, felt like I didn't learn much skill wise besides on dummies and then second semester came and hospital clinicals and I felt like I learned more in one night...
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    what is a typical nursing school schedule like?

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to mishy0208's topic in General Students

    Man I am really surprised how lite some of these schedules are :| Our first semester we were there 5 days a week, when we had clinicals for 8 weeks we were in class 4 days a week and clinical the 5th...
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    When drawing push meds, do you draw the med first?

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

    Oh I guess I should add that 99% of the drugs I have seen pushed come in single dose vials and the rare time it's not the right dose the nurse has drawn up the dose and used a connector to repeat the...
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    When drawing push meds, do you draw the med first?

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

    All the nurses I have worked with get a 10 ml saline flush, the kind that come pre packed and ready. Squirt a few mL's out (enough for how much they are drawing and usually over a little) and put a...
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    Failed HESI exit exam need help!

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to blynn9173's topic in General Students

    Do you get to take it again? I would say study up if you do. We don't do HESI at my school, we do NLN testing for each unit and it has no baring on our grades or graduation, it just lets our school...
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    what is a typical nursing school schedule like?

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to mishy0208's topic in General Students

    My first year has been pretty much full time as well, our clinicals and stuff were different but you could expect to be at school or clinicals every day (with a rare very rare day off) most of the...
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    what is a typical nursing school schedule like?

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to mishy0208's topic in General Students

    This will vary so much school to school and semester to semester. Does your school have any previous semester calendars up? Like on my schools website you can access the calendar for each semester for...
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    Does your school allow you to keep your tests?

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

    I would think math is a little different. At least at our school you are required to show your work, so even if you cheated and got the answers you would still have to show how you got them so you...
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    Does your school allow you to keep your tests?

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

    Why wouldn't they, 2 years of the BSN program is the same stuff that the RN is taught, just like in a lot of programs the first year of the Associates program is what is taught for LPN. Obviously they...
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    Does your school allow you to keep your tests?

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

    Exactly, not to mention how many questions can you come up with on some topics that are in the scope of our knowledge. I mean nursing care for a client with X is going to pretty general when you are...
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    Does your school allow you to keep your tests?

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

    Making their own up completely can leave room for error although I know many that do well they just tweak other questions, but regardless, your talking about making new questions every semester for...
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    Does your school allow you to keep your tests?

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

    We get a 10 min review to go over our tests and we have to have everything put up can not write down anything. They do it to avoid cheating. We also can not review are test once our next test is taken...
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    Things you would love to say to your fellow nursing students!

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

    I totally get what you mean. I have gone off on many people before and now how to do it right. Today I had to "go off" on a little kid at the park that was trying to bully my daughter. She is pretty...