~Mi Vida Loca~RN ASN, RN

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    Scary story I heard from some nursing students

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to NurseyPoo7's topic in General Nursing

    In our nursing home clinicals we had a student that couldn't get a BP on someone, the aide told her to try the neck :| It was not a joke and I don't believe she had a job after that, she said that is...
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    Telling relatives the patient has died

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to snoopy29's topic in General Nursing

    I agree, that is why I was asking the other poster how they can say you're lying. How would they know you are lying unless they are posting from the after life
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    patient dies from combination of drugs that doc prescribed. who is responsible?

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

    I think that is what they said, they said it isn't always the Dr's fault and was implying it was the nurses fault and that the nurse had a habit of over medicating the patients to make them
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    You know you're Old School when...

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to snoopy29's topic in General Nursing

    I see quiet a few things posted still
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    How do you know if you will be good at clinicals?

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to WDW4ever's topic in General Students

    You are very welcome
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    What the heck is up with nursing school tests??!!

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to citylights89's topic in General Students

    I am confused by your question but I will try and answer from what I am gathering. I am in an ASN or ADN (LOL I can't remember which but they are pretty much the same) Some of my Pre Reqs they did...
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    Scary story I heard from some nursing students

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to NurseyPoo7's topic in General Nursing

    In my program, some of the things you mentioned we have to have a Co Nurse of Instructor with us, it's policy. Any meds, IV's we have to be watched. We can do the I's and O's (clearing the machines...
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    Is this a problem? taking your neighbors blood pressure

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    I don't see how you could get in trouble for not taking someones B/P when you are at home and not working. You taking the BP would not have prevented the heart attack/stroke and if they were concerned...
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    Telling relatives the patient has died

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to snoopy29's topic in General Nursing

    Who is to say it's a lie? Do you know for a fact their
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    Is this a problem? taking your neighbors blood pressure

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    I don't like stating things for a fact if I am not sure, thus why I said I wasn't sure if their are any rules or laws against this. It didn't seem to me, it's something that one can get in trouble...
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    Scary story I heard from some nursing students

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to NurseyPoo7's topic in General Nursing

    Actually, I don't see how Aides should have a leeway here either. If the facility allows the CNA's to do this, their should have been training on when things need to be reported. When I did clinicals...
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    Falsely Accused!

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to nm123's topic in General Nursing

    not all drugs would show in a drug test would they? She didn't say what type of med they are accusing them of taking. Videos don't lie, but you can misinterpret, if their back was to the camera and...
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    sex in the work place...really?

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to Mr. Evans's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    are you meaning you were having it with teachers? did you at get a's at least?
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    Is this a problem? taking your neighbors blood pressure

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    I know in school they have taught us that as long as we are not practicing outside of our scope of practice, or doing something we are told not to do by the person then we are covered if they try to...
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    Is this a problem? taking your neighbors blood pressure

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    I am still a student so I don't know if their are any rules against this but I don't see what can be wrong in taking a BP, we aren't preforming out of our scope of practice or anything. It's just a...
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    patient dies from combination of drugs that doc prescribed. who is responsible?

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

    We are the ones giving the drugs, it's our job to know. We don't just give drugs blindly. It might take a new nurse a little time to pick up less common things, and there might be cases you never know...
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    Scary story I heard from some nursing students

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to NurseyPoo7's topic in General Nursing

    Same here, except we didn't do the fsbs in the lab, (couldn't have body fluids) but we did do them in our first clinical placement, we did them on each other and made sure everyone knew how to do...
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    Scary story I heard from some nursing students

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to NurseyPoo7's topic in General Nursing

    We have
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    Foley catheter insertion and dc

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

    Getting phased out to what? What will they do instead? They are no picnic for females either, especially since people seem to miss a heck of a lot more with
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    How do you know if you will be good at clinicals?

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to WDW4ever's topic in General Students

    It is completely normal to feel this way. I felt the same way, I actually was more worried about class then clinical but after having my first clinical orientation at the hospital I was very worried....
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    Fired!!

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

    LOL I think it's obvious you don't have kids if you think having to miss work to deal with kids issues are a mini vacation. I think most people that have ever had to be home with a sick child would...
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    Foley catheter insertion and dc

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

    I am still a student but we have done foley's at school and in clinicals. For girls it was about 2 inches once you get urine, I feel safer doing a couple extra. With men I get right up to the Y site....
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    What specialty do you want and not want to work in?

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

    I was very adamant on my list that I DON'T want before school. A lot of it has changed since school and clinicals have started though and some that now have added to my list, I wouldn't count anything...
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    fed up with nursing school

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to scrublifenurse10's topic in General Students

    How do you know they didn't jump through hoops to get in nursing school? I was on the waitlist for 3.5 years before my number finally came up. I still get frustrated at times in school. I am very...
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    fed up with nursing school

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to scrublifenurse10's topic in General Students

    This time of the year is always hard for me in school because of the weather change. LOL Spring is coming, things are warming up, flowers are blooming and I am stuck in a classroom. I notice I get...