~Mi Vida Loca~RN ASN, RN

Emergency Dept. Trauma. Pediatrics

Member

  • Content

    5,259

  • Visitors

    33,906

  • Followers

    0

  • Likes

    61

All Content by ~Mi Vida Loca~RN

  1. ~Mi Vida Loca~RN

    Pa hospital system won't hire smokers

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

    I have LOL I also see lots of joggers stop for a smoke break, it cracks me
  2. ~Mi Vida Loca~RN

    Pa hospital system won't hire smokers

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

    I read up through page 6. I wish they would implement in nursing school, boy would I be a happy camper. This is coming from someone that smoked for 9 years and quit cold turkey. It wasn't easy, but...
  3. ~Mi Vida Loca~RN

    Gross me out!

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

    This is probably nothing compared to what gets seen and 70% of it probably had to do with me being sick but it was still gross even if it is small potatoes lol. So anyway I was sick and I normally...
  4. ~Mi Vida Loca~RN

    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

    We have had 2 projects, one a group cultural project that was worth 30 points that was really interesting. My group choose incarceration and I shadowed a nurse at the jail for a night for the project!...
  5. ~Mi Vida Loca~RN

    What does this mean?

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to AGal110's topic in General Students

    You should eventually go into teaching. You have a great way of putting things into words and making it easy to
  6. ~Mi Vida Loca~RN

    End of the semester laziness

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

    I am SOOOOO glad to have the week
  7. ~Mi Vida Loca~RN

    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

    I am guessing the poem was written by a disgruntled spouse that was used to having someone cater to their every needs and then they had to buck up and start helping out and was unhappy until the end...
  8. ~Mi Vida Loca~RN

    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

    I am so glad I am not the only one that found that poem horrifying and completely
  9. ~Mi Vida Loca~RN

    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

    I don't know. My school isn't easy but so far I am doing pretty well with little effort. I know next semester I will have to put more effort into it but I won't let it consume my entire life. It's...
  10. ~Mi Vida Loca~RN

    First Semester Fundamentals Student -- Impossible to make an A?

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

    I am not sure if people in my class have an A I would assume so just from talk I have heard. No one's grades are shared with anyone in my school so unless people are telling you their grades and are...
  11. ~Mi Vida Loca~RN

    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

    I stated I didn't have a problem with you venting about school. Only discouraging others because of your own qualms. My school is tough also and according to them they had 100% Nclex pass rate last...
  12. ~Mi Vida Loca~RN

    Pediatrics - teeth

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

    I see
  13. ~Mi Vida Loca~RN

    Whats the deal with all the crying?!?!....

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

    Because when I think of crying in my mind I see a loud production. When I think of someone laughing generally I don't see a loud production. Don't get me wrong, it can go that way for sure, I know...
  14. ~Mi Vida Loca~RN

    End of the semester laziness

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

    In my nursing school first semester you are still mainly in the hospital. LOL Clincals were only once a week for 8 weeks in the nursing home. Next semester is a whole new ballgame though and we will...
  15. ~Mi Vida Loca~RN

    Whats the deal with all the crying?!?!....

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

    Perhaps someone that sheds a few tears in the event of a death or something serious like that, is in control of their emotions. Emotions in that situation usually call for crying. It's a natural...
  16. ~Mi Vida Loca~RN

    Whats the deal with all the crying?!?!....

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

    Yea I can for sure see how it can be upsetting at a time like that. I would be upset to if a nurse made it seem like my child might not make it. It would make me feel good though if we were at the...
  17. ~Mi Vida Loca~RN

    Please don't expect CNAs to

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to Lendytaylor10's topic in General Nursing

    This semester when I started clinicals in the nursing home the facility had us attend this 2 hour training on lifting and stuff. Gait belts the whole 9. In school they were pounding this into our head...
  18. ~Mi Vida Loca~RN

    Whats the deal with all the crying?!?!....

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

    For the record, when I went in the hall and cried (I hate using that word because when I think of crying I think of loud sobs and trouble breathing and stuff which isn't what I did) Regardless, my...
  19. ~Mi Vida Loca~RN

    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

    I may be only in my first semester in nursing school but I am not new to life and not new to woman getting used and abused (self included) I just have no idea what the comment pertained to in this...
  20. ~Mi Vida Loca~RN

    Pediatrics - teeth

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

    Is this the same as the fluoride foam stuff?? They do this to my kids at the dentist office and it is done by the
  21. ~Mi Vida Loca~RN

    End of the semester laziness

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

    Finished my Fundamentals exam today and so happy, I never got around to studying (was on here and facebook LOL) I suck at self studying anyway, but I got a 63 out of 72 questions so an 87.5% I will...
  22. ~Mi Vida Loca~RN

    Grading in Nursing School?

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

    In my school we have 2 grades for our classes with clinicals basically, the actual class is made up of tests and we get an A B or C A=94% to 100% B=85%-93% and C=77%-84% Our clinical portion where we...
  23. ~Mi Vida Loca~RN

    only in nursing school

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

    Only in nursing school can you ask your friends when is their turn to do oral and it not be perverse (talking about oral med returns) Seriously I think I spend at least 40% of my time in school...
  24. ~Mi Vida Loca~RN

    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

    I must have missed something, where is anyone talking about woman getting used and abused and thrown out
  25. ~Mi Vida Loca~RN

    What would you do, if you were in my shoes.....

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to amaxiechRN2011's topic in General Students

    Personally I would say take this job and shove it. Obviously though this is easier said then done and one has to weigh their own situation. That or it's time to tell the husband to step up his game...