~Mi Vida Loca~RN ASN, RN

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    What to expect in a two-year Nursing Program

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to Shelby R.'s topic in General Students

    Oh and for the record, my first semester was a breeze, the first half of my second semester I lost my focus and good patterns I developed in first semester and I struggled. Now second half of my...
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    Please help I cant hear vitals

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to sdcb42506's topic in General Students

    Huh, weird, I have never heard of a MA or LPN title being interchangeable or anywhere near the same thing. One is a nurse and the other isn't. We have a few MA's in our hospital but they aren't...
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    Do you LIKE every patient that walks through your door?

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to Katie5's topic in General Nursing

    Just going off the patients I have had in clinicals, I don't like every patient, their have been a handful of patients that I really liked and connected with well. Their haven't been any patients yet...
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    Alcohol for umbilical cord?????

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

    The triple dye is the one they used on my daughter in 2007. I guess that hospital still uses it, I am doing my Peds clinicals there, but the other hospital where we are doing our OB clinicals just...
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    Community College Nursing Program

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to Sudiswa07's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Nursing school is nursing school no matter where you take it. When your done whether you go to CC, State College for your BSN, or specialized nursing school you all sit for the same NCLEX RN boards...
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    A+P II Rant! and advice?

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to tap87's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    This is the right kind of attitude, I had an awesome teacher in my A&P 1 and 2 classes. He was caring and great, he wasn't hard and he pretty much gave me the grade I needed to pass. Guess what,...
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    Celebrate Your Fall 2010 Acceptances Here!!!

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to starmickey03's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Congratulations on all of you that are starting this fall. I had a post just like this last year for those starting fall 2009, now I am almost done with my 1st year. I still get excited for all the...
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    What to expect in a two-year Nursing Program

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to Shelby R.'s topic in General Students

    Congratulations on your acceptance, read through the students forums, their are hundreds of topics on all of these things. Only you will be able to determine if you can keep your A's or about the...
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    Alcohol for umbilical cord?????

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

    With my 3 sons all born in 2001 or prior I was instructed to use Alcohol. With my daughter born in 2007 I was told not to and they had put blue stuff on her cord. In my Maternity class that I am in...
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    For Fun - Things You Want to Buy Once You're a Nurse

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

    I lived in Washington and moved to CO 3.5 years ago. I used to live in Tx too and a few other states, WA was the longest place I ever
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    Anyone recently attend Denver school of nursing?

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to Aspiring_RN2010's topic in General Students

    You will probably get more responses if you post this in the CO section under regions
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    Please help I cant hear vitals

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to sdcb42506's topic in General Students

    You have gotten some good responses, I have a question though that stood out to me in your post, you said you are a medical assistant/lpn for a few months now. So are you a MA or an
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    Getting attached to patients

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

    I am glad I could help. :) That is great you are willing to do that for
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    Getting attached to patients

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

    I become very attached to some as well and have lost 2 that I did, I think it does get a little easier to cope with, but I think it's ok to to get attached and care and actually a good thing as long...
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    Having a hard time fitting in!

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

    This reminded me of something I was grateful for. When school started I didn't know anyone really, their were a couple kids I knew more like saw from Micro but we never talked. So anyway, the first...
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    Having a hard time fitting in!

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

    How long have you been in school? It took a few weeks before I really found a group I meshed well with and liked and now I couldn't imagine having to go through school. There were a few people in the...
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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

    Thank You, I would love to say it in real life and on this
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    :) :) The day is finally here...

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to cupcake231's topic in General Students

    Congratulations!!!! Enjoy the
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    A+P II Rant! and advice?

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to tap87's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Well then if you are looking forward to how nursing school will be, this will be good practice. What you are describing IS nursing school. Except our grade is all tests at my school. Once in a while...
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    A+P II Rant! and advice?

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to tap87's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    It doesn't sound like he is being unreasonable. Please don't take this the wrong way, but this is nothing compared to whats to come. In nursing school at least programs I know about, you have tons of...
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    What did you do when you got rejected?

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to computer101's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    That which doesn't kill you makes you stronger. I know it's a completely cliche saying, but it is so very true. It could be the motto for my life. If you got rejected and you really want this, keep...
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    Civillian Nursing in Military hospitals

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN posted a topic in Government, Military

    Hey everyone, I am trying to find a couple answers online from a Naval Hospital themselves and I am going on a wild goose chase to even find a link to just ask the question and I am way confused on...
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    Civillian Nursing in Military hospitals

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to ~Mi Vida Loca~RN's topic in Government, Military

    I lived in Port Orchard for 8 years, it's where I lived before moving to CO a few years ago!!!! I will try that route, thank
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    For Fun - Things You Want to Buy Once You're a Nurse

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

    Both very nice!!!!! My dream house would be in rolling green hills on a lot of land and a creek running through the back, well secluded with all the big stores within an hour drive, of course I would...
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    For Fun - Things You Want to Buy Once You're a Nurse

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

    Get rid of all the crappy college furniture first and it will up your odds of the GF moving