~Mi Vida Loca~RN ASN, RN

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    Nursing programs that don't require Chemistry?!

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

    I'm curious why you feel this. Out of all my pre reqs, I haven't felt the Inorganic Chem and Organic Chem has really come back at all thus far. I mean I am only second semester in the program (already...
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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

    Either they are extremely forgetful, which not sure what kind of nurse that will make them :| Especially when you forget after the Instructor has said to make sure they are off. or They think for...
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    UGH!!!!! V ent: Finding charts

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

    I love it. We got off at 11:30 and had pre conference before we got on the floor instead of post. We got on the floor at 3. But I loved doing evenings. I was so happy I got one of the slots because...
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    UGH!!!!! V ent: Finding charts

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

    For our LTC clinicals where they had paper charts, we didn't have to do it before hand, we picked whoever the previous week and did the paperwork on our down time. At the hospital I am on night...
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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

    HA! I forgot I already vented about that before. (I just did again last night) but it just happened again. We had a test Monday and Wednesday. Cell went off again, it was the same person. We start...
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    UGH!!!!! V ent: Finding charts

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

    We didn't do careplans before hand, but we had to do patient research before hand. We had these sheets to fill out. We had to pick our patients and basically put their history, all their labs, drugs,...
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    Being a student preceptor

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

    Working night clinicals their are some things I haven't gotten to do yet that are mainly done in the day time. Sat I have a clinical make up day and it will be during the day so there will be much to...
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    UGH!!!!! V ent: Finding charts

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

    Ohh our LTC facility was worse but the hospital worked well. We had paper charts and computer charting. But the computers were minimal and not laptops. So if you went around med pass you could usually...
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    Doctors perform induction and then C/S on non-pregnant woman

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to klone's topic in Ob/Gyn

    The article wouldn't open up for me. This reminded me of something though, not exactly the same but I was still pretty shocked by hearing about it, my mom had to prepare for Court on this because she...
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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

    Amen to that, or can we crunch things any louder or constantly sit and open packages during lecture. Have some respect for others and don't eat highly odoriferous food during lecture or in the class....
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    Prescription fish oil? You have got to be kidding me!

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

    Wow, I am a pretty honest and blunt person, but that is one of those things that didn't need to be said even if she did think that. Completely tactless! Looks like we have had a similar hx. My acne...
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    Prescription fish oil? You have got to be kidding me!

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

    Reading up on that, it sounds semi similar to what I have but not exactly what I have. I have had a few cut out. (I don't have great insurance right now so I have a couple that I have just dealt with....
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    Nursing School Must Haves??

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

    The Mnemonic Memory Nursing books I have found good too. Because of those I have done well on determining The different Acid Base Balances. ROME always sticks in my
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    Prescription fish oil? You have got to be kidding me!

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

    That is exactly what started happening with me, I started getting very cystic like acne, (actually that is what it was according to the dermatologist). I had a hysterectomy and cyctocile repair and...
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    UGH!!!!! V ent: Finding charts

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

    I have been fortunate, all our stuff can be found on the computer charts, we are all given our own log in and codes and their are always tons of computers on the units, the laptops on wheels or...
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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

    I don't know, I did get my first grey hairs and my first wrinkle in nursing school
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    What are you taking your first semester Summer/Fall 10

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

    In our school an 80% is a C also. But we have to have a 77% to pass. a 77%-84% is a C. The only exception to this is our Dosage Calculations exams, we have those at the start of each class. (first...
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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

    That sounds about right. Or maybe 2 months to a year.
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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

    Time always moves dreadfully for me in the spring. I am just so ready to be on break and enjoy the warm weather and the sunshine that I hate being cooped up in class all day long! In the winter I hate...
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    Nursing programs that don't require Chemistry?!

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

    My school in CO didn't require Chem. It is required and Organic Chem for the BSN though. My school in WA where I did most of my pre reqs required unorganic and organic chem though so I have already...
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    Does anyone have any teens with DM or work with teens with this?

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to ~Mi Vida Loca~RN's topic in School

    Thank you for your input those are some great ideas. I definitely agree with the scare tactics. I don't think they work well on a lot of people, I know teens think they are indestructible, but I know...
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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

    I remember even in my first semester, we had this one seminar thing we has to go to, about 3 weeks later we were turning in our project from that seminar and it literally felt like it was a year ago...
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    Is there anything I can work on before starting NS?

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to missdixie023's topic in General Students

    Our program has been a bit different and a little more involved, but I wouldn't suggest someone go in detail every drug before they start, I do think it would help and not hurt them to do have a good...
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    Prescription fish oil? You have got to be kidding me!

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

    I understand the reasoning behind it and stuff, I didn't hear that Latisse was found that way but I heard about the changing color, they have posters for it all over my dermatologists office and...
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    Does anyone dislike the medsurg clinical experience?

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

    Our first semester clinicals were LTC facility. I HATED it. Not the patients, but I found the whole institution disturbing and I was apparently at one of the "good" facilities. I found it very sad,...