~Mi Vida Loca~RN ASN, RN

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    are you tougher on foreign nurses?

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

    Foreign nurses shouldn't be hated on because HOSPITALS want them. I wouldn't treat anyone harder because of their nationality. In any work or school setting, they are people just like everyone else...
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    Health Care Reform: Should we all go per-diem?

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Well having a husband that is self employed and the fact we get nailed hard every year with having to self pay Ins. and the % of taxes we have to pay, I am not impressed with this bill. It means we...
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    how to report a teacher to the BRN?

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

    where was everyone when she had the book thrown at her? i guarantee you that if an instructor throws a book at me my first call is to the police, let that hit the media and let the school try to...
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    how to report a teacher to the BRN?

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

    I have to disagree. Although I do not agree with the OP actions or know the other side to this story, BUT if the CI did in fact start searching her, lifting clothing, handling her without permission,...
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    Help with Student Care Plan

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to melart987's topic in General Students

    A person with a disturbed body image is not going to have overnight goals and solutions. It will be an ongoing thing and initially a realistic goal would probably be, like 1 week or something for...
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    Help with Student Care Plan

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to melart987's topic in General Students

    So are the outcomes supposed to be real or made up? If you are supposed to be making them up, you would say something like, patient is open to getting a referral and has agreed to make dietary...
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    Help with Student Care Plan

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to melart987's topic in General Students

    You always want your outcome to be opposite of your problem, so if they have disturbed body image you would want the outcome to be a positive body image, along those lines. Just like if someone was...
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    Renal System and Electrolytes

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

    I just took care of a 92 yr old pt today that ONLY has a history of PUD and Alzhemiers (which I question that or she must be in very early stages) but her heath just took a huge dive. She had an...
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    Renal System and Electrolytes

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

    Yes and I also no that by the time s/s might occur in the elderly the kidney's might have lost 90% of their function. Or something like that. The #1 cause of acute renal failure in children is...
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    how to report a teacher to the BRN?

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

    Hmmmm something doesn't seem right about this situation. I would love to hear the other
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    Hate being a CNA; will I hate nursing?

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

    LTC CNA work is not for everyone, sometimes CNA work when you are wanting to be a nurse and are around nurses can seem like you aren't doing "medical related stuff" and if that is what your goal is...
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    got yelled at today- for volunteering

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to nurse441's topic in General Nursing

    It can be, go in and volunteer and meet people. Down the road when you graduate nursing school and are applying for jobs you can list that time. Don't hound the staff at your tour and orientation...
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    how to report a teacher to the BRN?

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

    2 questions, Does you school/clinical have a no cellphone policy? Were you caught using your phone or caught doing something to suspect you were? Regardless of that, no one has the right to put their...
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    Does anyone have any teens with DM or work with teens with this?

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN posted a topic in School

    I have an education project to do for school, my original plan was to educate teen parents since I have a lot of experience their. But apparently resources in our school are not much and I have been...
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    got yelled at today- for volunteering

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to nurse441's topic in General Nursing

    What kinds of positions are their for volunteers, like in NICU what were you doing? I would love to volunteer, I never knew that what kinds of jobs volunteers had in the hospitals. The only ones I...
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    Please help need advice :-(

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to ipray2him's topic in General Students

    I am surprised this is their rationale when you would be starting again as a 4th semester, we have lost students every class, which makes room for those lost in other semesters. The waiting list...
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    Renal System and Electrolytes

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

    This subject is my enemy so I am of little
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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

    No worries, I sometimes forget myself and I am on the older spectrum of
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    Problem with Fundamentals of Nursing

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to r1013's topic in General Students

    Nursing school unlike a lot of the pre reqs is not about memorizing, you need to understand and be able to APPLY the things you are learning. I have actually done better in nursing school then my pre...
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    Dear future nursing students,

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to BeeFree963's topic in General Students

    To the OP, you might enjoy this thread, it's a thread dedicated to venting about annoying classmates
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    What would you answer for this test question?

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to tbell2's topic in General Students

    You know, when I read the question my gut said B, after reading your explanation it makes sense that it would be or could be A. although another student said they had this same test question and 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

    Not directed to you at all, it just sparked another annoyance of mine since it's on the same line..... This reminded me of another one too, don't get snotty and make remarks because I don't "need" 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

    I think it was just posted after yours too, usually if someone is speaking directly to you, they will quote your post. Well most do. Makes it easier for
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    Does nursing school seem like Dog Years to anyone else??

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

    No, I am saying that, 4 weeks into the program, something we did on maybe day 2 seems to have been forever ago. Has nothing to do with it dragging at all. I do enjoy school 96% of the time. So much is...
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    Does nursing school seem like Dog Years to anyone else??

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN posted a topic in General Students

    Like, you may only have been in for 2 months but it feels like 2 years. Things that happened like 3 weeks ago, seems like it was a year ago? I am almost finished with my first year, my first day was...