~Mi Vida Loca~RN ASN, RN

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    Nursing School Vent-Inconsiderate Classmates and Flighty instructor

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to Teacher2RN's topic in General Students

    I invite you to come to my classroom and sit next to me, I will continue to tap my pen repeatedly on my desk or constantly click my pen open and closed while you are trying to listen to the instructor...
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    Nursing school and social life?

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

    So far Microbiology hasn't come back as much as A&P has. If they aren't requiring you to retake Micro again you should be fine even if you don't remember much from it. Having a REALLY GOOD...
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    How do you handle cheaters?

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to AllSmiles225's topic in General Students

    WOW really??? So if a nurse is stealing a patients meds does she still deserve to be a nurse because she passed a NCLEX test and got her license? If she is cutting corners and risking her patients...
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    How do you handle cheaters?

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to AllSmiles225's topic in General Students

    I have to comment on the NCLEX comments. Have you ever met a nurse that seemed to be dumb as rocks or you thought to yourself, how the heck did they ever get through college let alone nursing school?...
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    Can a shy person become a good nurse?

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

    Of course you can be a nurse, as long as you can speak up when the time calls for it you will be fine. Now if your patient is dying and you are to shy to say anything their will be problems, but this...
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    How many classes are mom's taking at once?

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to freesia29's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    My 3 boys are in school full time so I only have my daughter to worry about, when the boys don't have school and I do my oldest babysits them, my daughter is 2.5. I have no friends or family close by...
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    End of the semester laziness

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

    Yeah I should probably study right now too
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    End of the semester laziness

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

    I am so glad I am not alone! I find Spring semester a little harder because of the weather change and not wanting to be cooped up in a class room. Than again with winter it's cold and I just want to...
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    How many classes are mom's taking at once?

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to freesia29's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    When I was first doing my pre reqs my college did quarters not semesters, I had 3 kids and I was taking between 15-20 credits a quarter. I am in my first semester of nursing school now and now have 4...
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    Nursing school and social life?

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

    Thank you! I am in my first semester of nursing school. I waited 3.5 years before my number came up, my school was waitlist only, now the wait is like 1.5-2 years but they are planning on going more...
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    Nursing school and social life?

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

    That is my youngest kid and only daughter Sophia I hope you get
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    Nursing School Vent-Inconsiderate Classmates and Flighty instructor

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to Teacher2RN's topic in General Students

    Well like I said, for me, play on your net, do whatever it is you need to do, just please don't click your pen over and over or tap the desk
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    Nursing school and social life?

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

    That is great, and throwing out suggestions is fine, just remember they are different kids with different identities, and expect that he will change his mind many more times LOL, I hope you don't...
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    Nursing School Vent-Inconsiderate Classmates and Flighty instructor

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to Teacher2RN's topic in General Students

    No, sadly it is supposed to be taught at home from an early age but that doesn't always
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    Feeling less stressed things may be looking up for me

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Students

    I am glad things are looking up for you, that is awesome, we have to remember to take care of us, we can't be good nurses, students, kids, parents, brothers, sisters and so on unless we are secure in...
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    Nursing school and social life?

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

    Honestly I think trying to push your son into doing something that YOU want him to do or something that is YOUR dream and not his will come back to bite you in your rear end I can understand your...
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    Nursing student giving me the creeps.

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to TreehuggerRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Loud and crude describes 1/3 of my nursing class
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    pro life to work in ER OR OB

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to Beebop25's topic in General Nursing

    It seems like this topic went from you not wanting to participate in abortions (which I can understand and support) to you not wanting to participate in abortions or maybe administer birth control to...
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    Your definition of good clinical instructor and bad one

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to Catma63's topic in General Students

    I think sometimes people will say they have a good instructor or a bad instructor for the wrong reasons. (not saying in this thread just what I have heard from people through the years on teachers in...
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    Nursing school and social life?

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

    You can have a social life, it's not impossible. I have one that is just fine. May I ask though why you are trying to make your son go into
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    STAR Internship

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

    Does anyone's hospitals have stuff like this? This hospital that I really really want to work at that is also hard to get a job at has this Star Internship program in the summer only for students that...
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    STAR Internship

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

    Bumping this up so hopefully someone might see it and has done this. I guess maybe I should have asked this in the general nursing section since those that have done it might have graduated
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    Nursing School Vent-Inconsiderate Classmates and Flighty instructor

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to Teacher2RN's topic in General Students

    I agree with that, I have a very sensitive sense and smell and have had to hold back many times, but I try not to complain about that because sometimes it's the only time some can eat, one girl was...
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    Nursing School Vent-Inconsiderate Classmates and Flighty instructor

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to Teacher2RN's topic in General Students

    I frankly don't care who does what during lecture as long as they do it quietly, I am not paying anyone's tuition but mine. When you start being loud and distracting to MY learning that is when I...
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    Nursing prioritys... who would you be your first priority

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

    My book shows the 8 year old as slightly under but not by much. I keep finding different sources on the net though. If this is for your class your text should have parameters in it, I would go off...