~Mi Vida Loca~RN ASN, RN

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    what can i expect on nursing school?

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

    I got a really good insight of what I was getting into by this site and talking to many people, so far I have found it to be not near as bad as I expected it to be. Go in with a positive attitude and...
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    Pa hospital system won't hire smokers

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

    I have been around smokers my entire life, I have never met a smoker that didn't smell unless they had just showered and changed clothes before lighting up again. Over thanksgiving I was with family...
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    what do you regret?

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to Rosa523's topic in General Students

    I try not to have any regrets in life. If their was anything I would change I would put more effort into my studying and stuff. I can make it a goal for next semester. I still have done decent with my...
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    Ice-breaker advice?

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to Apollo85's topic in General Students

    Your post reminded me of a good friend of mine at school who is a guy. lol He had lots of acquaintances though I am always shocked how he knows everyone, but he is a very relaxed mellow guy that...
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    No She/he Did Not!!!

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

    I don't remember if I put this before or not, No she did not tell the student nurse she can take a BP around the patients neck since the SN couldnt get it from the frail little elderly womans arm. A...
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    Don't know that 1oz=30cc/mls....and it's the Last Trimester?

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

    I think you mean 1oz = 30
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    I actually suggested to a pre req nursing student to find another profession and fast

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

    Congratulations. The best thing you can do is not let the negativity get to you and remember what this meant to YOU. Surround yourself with a good group in school that are also positive and eager to...
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    What book do you guys have for Fundamentals?

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

    ok i just found it on our nursing website fundamentals success...
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    What book do you guys have for Fundamentals?

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

    I don't remember the name of my book I will have to go look for it. It came with a hardback and a volume 2 that was a softback. I have never used it, I have used the CD it came with for practice...
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    I actually suggested to a pre req nursing student to find another profession and fast

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

    AMEN!!!!!!!!! I am not done yet, I know it will get harder, but compared to the things I have gone through and still go through in my life it doesn't
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    I actually suggested to a pre req nursing student to find another profession and fast

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

    Wow quiet the assumptions! I know your post wasn't directed at me but to another poster, but I did not enjoy the poem, I am only 2 years older then the person you replied to, I am far from sheltered....
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    He doesn't want her to work. Is it fair?

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to mscgirl09's topic in General Nursing

    Seriously, all that needs to happen in this situation if the couple truly love each other and WANT things to work is for them to find a middle ground and both parties be willing to compromise a...
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    I actually suggested to a pre req nursing student to find another profession and fast

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

    It wasn't even so much the laundry and dishes part of the poem that irked me. I also disagree with it about their being no time for anything. My life is not only nursing school, I have time for other...
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    So very mad!!!

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

    Because that is just how I read the questions. In some cultures when they say it is appropriate for so and so to be there it's a polite way of saying this is how it needs to be. Anyway, that is how I...
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    Pa hospital system won't hire smokers

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

    My dad was still a smoker when those policies on the ships went into effect and I remember he was none to happy about it. BUT it gave him incentive to quit one of the many times he did. Now he found...
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    Don't know that 1oz=30cc/mls....and it's the Last Trimester?

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

    Shoot even if they don't need the refresher it's still points. who the heck throws away points in nursing school LOL. Our of 7 exams in my fundamentals class they have only added 1 point and it wasn't...
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    So very mad!!!

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

    I would have chose C as well because of the bolded part. Although I don't see the harm in B I would assume they added that bolded part for a reason and stuck to
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    So very mad!!!

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

    The way we were taught in school is the patient who is saying they won't do something because it is against their beliefs will know more about their beliefs and what is ok with them then the nurse so...
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    So very mad!!!

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

    Ok so now I am just reading the replies, so the answer to the first one is to check if she really is a DNR but the only facts are she is having difficulty breathing?? What the heck happened to ABC's I...
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    So very mad!!!

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

    I haven't read the other replies yet so not sure if this has been said but I would say B for all 3, The first one she is having difficulty breathing and should be help. If she codes then she isn't...
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    End of the semester laziness

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

    Amen to that, although I will be spending my winter break pre studying med surge, a few of us are going to get together which is great because I suck at self studying but do better in the small...
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    Don't know that 1oz=30cc/mls....and it's the Last Trimester?

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

    Shoot our teachers are telling us starting next semester (we don't pass meds until second semester) that dosage and calc questions will be easy points on our exams since we should know how to do it. I...
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    Gross me out!

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

    Yeah it was so bad and the room was muggy and had like 5 of us in their and the air freshener and the stuff coming out of the bag it was to much. When I came out I was heading to the nurse lounge to...
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    Pa hospital system won't hire smokers

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

    Didn't the navy stop allowing smoking on the ships and submarines which meant the people going out for the 6 months had to find an
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    Pa hospital system won't hire smokers

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

    Actually their are policies on what type of underwear you can wear if the uniforms are white scrub pants at some hospitals I guess those candy cigarettes and the bubble gum that mimicked chewing...