~Mi Vida Loca~RN ASN, RN

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    "Prestige" Nursing Schools

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

    This post here is a much different "tone". It matters because your original post was very misleading and read more as you were actively going to one of those prestigious nursing schools (like as an...
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    "Prestige" Nursing Schools

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

    I think before you go on and on about how you go to one of these prestigious schools the OP is talking about (which they are talking about those in Nursing school going on about their prestigious...
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    "Prestige" Nursing Schools

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

    Exactly!
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    "Prestige" Nursing Schools

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

    Eh I heard Hopkins and Duke are pretty good hospitals and they didn't mind that I went to an unknown community college. Never once had a patient ask which school I attended before taking care of them,...
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    Inappropriate touching

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to robert1043's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Oh come on ya'll, we all know that was just locker room talk. Just look at him, you can tell he is really athletic and spends a lot of time in locker rooms.
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    What does your username mean?

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to LifesAJourney's topic in Nursing Humor

    My crazy
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    Documenting injection the MD gave

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

    I have used this feature on EPIC. but having EPIC at many different hospitals I have learned that it's very customizable (is that even a word?) lol so not sure if yours would have it for sure. The...
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    Documenting injection the MD gave

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

    It's pretty common in the ER's I have worked in to document some of the meds for the doctor. The doctor doesn't have the ability in our EMR to do it. The most common one I encounter is lidocaine for...
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    Parkland, Dallas TX travel question

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to Matthew.RN's topic in Emergency

    Well then I think you'll be good. I was only gonna say there might be a problem if you hadn't done a trauma center yet because of the size of that one and what their expectations might be. But since...
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    My coworker was high and got away with it

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to Volley88's topic in General Nursing

    I remember the good ole' days when you could just nibble on the nurse a little and not be brought up on bullying charges! Now if you even throw a little salt at them to season them up, you're sitting...
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    Question

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to dec2007's topic in General Nursing

    A few of my hospitals there was a policy on it. Caused to much confusion when nurses or lab techs and what have you were running around with white coats to their knees. NP's could wear the longer ones...
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    Lower level Anotomy course

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to Rasema's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    That fact that you didn't even try says more to me than anything. You're not expected to memorize the whole chapter. You need to LEARN the key points. I would advise to see a tutor to learn efficient...
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    Parkland, Dallas TX travel question

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to Matthew.RN's topic in Emergency

    I would love to hear an update on how it went. I almost took a job there but heard a lot of bad things about ratios and short staffing to the extreme and safety stuff. I had never done a travel...
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    Seriously?!?! You gotta be kidding me!

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

    It was one of my ER docs that insisted on a CT and when that was clean she wanted a LP. She was asking me about a headache I was having at work because it came on a few hours after I had experienced...
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    Question

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to dec2007's topic in General Nursing

    It shouldn't go past your
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    Am I going to hate nursing

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

    First of all if you make a 360 degree turn you do realize that would put you right back to where you're at right???? Just reading this I can't imagine why so many people don't seem to care for you...
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    taste of medication

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

    We would put the dissolving Zyprexa in a straw with a coke for a few patients fighting us on taking it that were in acute episodes. I don't remember who showed us that trick but it worked good....
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    May I interview you for my research paper?

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to MsMcJ's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    You're welcome. Best of luck to you in your
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    Inappropriate touching

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to robert1043's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    We only let them grab our butts when we know they are going to give us good satisfaction scores.
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    May I interview you for my research paper?

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to MsMcJ's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Get out there. Get your resume and references ready, get the head start on everyone when you're done. Do your NCLEX right away. You don't need a month to study. You just spent YEARS learning this...
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    Please help me understand. Can iv fluid affect...

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to CarlaHawk22's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Yea I am not sure why it didn't show up in this post that it was a peds patient because the posts were identical before the threads were merged, I am guessing the other thread is here somewhere...
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    how much lifting/transferring in ed?

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to ivyleaf's topic in Emergency

    I have never had to do a lot of patient lifting and transfering alone. All the places I have worked we have had good support for that. Even if we are busy if someone needed help lifting or turning the...
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    My coworker was high and got away with it

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to Volley88's topic in General Nursing

    I think she still reads. I just want jon here
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    Antibiotic without the IV pump

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to vuphan86's topic in Patient Medications

    I would agree with her on that. Vanco usually runs over 60-90 mins for most doses I have seen. (I am sure this can vary) but I have never seen it run less than an hr. Rocephin is one we never put on...
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    Seriously?!?! You gotta be kidding me!

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

    I am guessing that's got to be what is playing a roll in things, especially since the other poster said the same. In my experience we usually give 10mg IVP and my patients have migraines, but outside...