~Mi Vida Loca~RN ASN, RN

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  1. Don't get me wrong, I am not saying it's not distracting or annoying, but the previous poster was pretty much expressing her annoyance in those of us that can't stand the pen clicking and tapping and...
  2. How is texting distracting
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    Does allnurses.com make you a better nurse?

    I can't speak as a nurse but it has made me a better nursing student. I have been reading on here for the past 2 years while waiting around to get into the program, (was on the wait list for 3.5...
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    So sick of hearing about the swine flu!!!

    Oh I wasn't aware, it worries me to get a vaccine though that was so rushed to get out their and no long term effects are known. I am not anti vaccine, we all are up to date on our vaccines, it's just...
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    how many classmates dropped in your first semester?

    We started with 50, we are down to 47 but the semester isn't over yet and I have heard rumors that their are about 8-12 students that are borderline with passing Pharm and we have 2 exams left and...
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    Diabetes question

    Our facility calibrated the machines daily and every time they switched to a new batch of
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    Diabetes question

    Your body body doesn't only make glucose when you eat but I am surprised that was your number with 12 hours of fasting. It's still within the normal limits though. When we practiced on each other I...
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    So sick of hearing about the swine flu!!!

    I was really sick of hearing about the flu, go figure I got it. I didn't even realize I had it because I didn't have body aches but I had the fever and cough, was getting better then got worse and so...
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    pro life to work in ER OR OB

    I don't agree with a lot of the slack you are getting, your beliefs are your beliefs and I think many have focused on their disagreement with your beliefs rather then the question you asked, but I...
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    pro life to work in ER OR OB

    for some reason my post posted twice,
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    Documenting info

    I have no idea how policy is where you are, but on my last clinicals we did the accuchecks, the nurses made a list of the patients and room numbers of the ones they needed and we wrote their numbers...
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    What I want for christmas this year

    no, it's a famous christmas song :stone or so i
  13. I don't know about the OP but I do sit in the first row of all my classes and it still drives me nuts. I get that it's a personal thing of mine but man it drives me so crazy I will sit there...
  14. I am grateful when it is a friend that is doing it near me, because then I can ask them to stop without all the snotty drama. But usually it's not the case LOL. I don't have any issues with my...
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    Stop eating my food!

    This is so common in many work places, I can't believe how some people can just go in and steal people's lunches, when I worked in my previous job it was a large place, desk job to a about 150 people....
  16. I do usually highlight everything on my powerpoint with my ONE yellow highlighter that remains uncapped the whole time, for some reason it's easier for me to read the print that
  17. HAHAHA I thought I was anal. LOL Not meaning to be rude either, it's just some of my friends give me crap because I get so frustrated listening to someone continuously click their pin, or tap on their...
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    pro life to work in ER OR OB

    Ok so Pro right to an abortion and Anti right to an
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    pro life to work in ER OR OB

    So if one is not pro life would that make them pro death???? I really wish they would update the terminology to Pro Abortion or Anti Abortion or something. Or simply Pro Choice and Anti Choice??? I...
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    What I want for christmas this year

    I just want my 2 front teeth. :stone Honestly I have no idea, I am so hard to shop for and this post just reminded me my mom will soon be asking me I am sure. Usually if I want something I just get it...
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    How much is too much for student loans?

    It's a VERY SMALL Percentage of people that actually pay off their CC each month, many do start out with the intention of doing that but life tends to happen and maybe the car needed new tires and...
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    Correctional Nursing Questionnaire.

    I just wanted to thank everyone that participated in our groups questionnaire, our project kicked
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    Men in Nursing

    I would love to see more men in nursing. My class of (originally 50) only had 3 guys. One is a "rock" for me in nursing school, him and about 3 girls. Another one of the guys I had in Micro and is...
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    How much is too much for student loans?

    Ok I have to disagree here real quick, I am also a huge fan of Dave Ramsey, with that said I will also have some student loan debts, without my loans I could not pay for childcare so that I can go to...
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    1st year nusing student - what exactly is clinicals

    It really depends on so many things and some schools have different clinical sites per semester. We just did ours in LTC facility AKA nursing home and we shadowed the nurses sometimes but mainly did...