~Mi Vida Loca~RN ASN, RN

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    What a difference a good instructor makes!

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to tbell2's topic in General Students

    Good instructors are always key. I am so grateful to have wonderful instructors this semester
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    Does anyone else find nursing school... easy?

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to Guerilla04's topic in General Students

    This is coming from a mother of 4 with very little support (as in my friends go to nursing school with me or live far away, no family around or anything) I have found it a lot easier then I expected....
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    Question about Clinicals

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to Adams_Mama_07's topic in General Students

    My first semester is in LTC facility and and we have them on mondays as well and we get them the day of, we get to pick and then will get their charts and look on the computer charting system to get...
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    advice for highschool student

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

    Also I think if he is going to be a MD a CNA experience could be wonderful for him. I worked with a CNA that is going to go to Med school and he talked about how he wanted to be a CNA to keep him...
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    advice for highschool student

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

    I wish I could get you in touch with a friend of mine from school. He is 22, he was in something in High School that was actually taught by one of our now nursing instructors, anyway it sounds very...
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    Caring for an HIV patient w/ a cold/flu?

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to milan18400's topic in General Students

    Seems shady to me. I mean we have policy that we can not miss more then 2 clinicals per semester. That is all we are alloted to make up and if you get the flu and miss more then 2 you are still out...
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    Nursing school double standards?

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

    So speaking about reading into posts, I think if you go back and reread, many of us stated that we understand ONCE IN A WHILE when you are late because something happens. Major car accident, flat...
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    Nursing school double standards?

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

    Your original post goes on and on about how the posters that are criticizing don't know what it's like because blah blah blah (you don't know this, you just assume this) you also point out in the...
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    I need advice!

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to ladynurse266's topic in General Students

    First of all stop putting yourself down, if you think negative about yourself you will never succeed, you need to change your attitude regarding yourself and tell yourself you can succeed and you will...
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    Nursing school double standards?

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

    pomegranate, great post, (this is coming from a mom of 4 kids yet I have never been late to class or even missed a class nor do I make excuses because I have children or feel I deserve any special...
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    Nursing school double standards?

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

    I didn't agree with every point the OP made, call it criticizing or whatever you want, but how do you know the life I have had, have you walked in my shoes? Speaking of double standards and all that....
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    Thinking About Starting Nursing School at age 50

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

    Maybe they meant 30 years in health care because that same post that said they started at 47 said they have been a nurse for 2 years??? I have seen many posters add in health care exp not just nursing...
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    Learn To Say It Correctly!!

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

    How do y'all say angina. I have always heard it pronounced like lady parts. Our pharm teacher says it like emphasis on the ANGina sort of like how you would say
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    People are dropping like flies

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to 20mom10's topic in General Students

    Same here, they want to see us succeed and try to help
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    Is it possible to successful in nursing school.....

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to lala2287's topic in General Students

    I didn't have a great GPA coming in, I didn't do well on Science classes and transferring over from a different college to a new grade system it lowered my GPA. I believe I have a 2.55 on Pre Req...
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    People are dropping like flies

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to 20mom10's topic in General Students

    I am in my last 6 weeks of first semester and we have lost 2. One was lost on the first day, they didn't have all their paperwork in order, and another girl left in like week 3 or 4 after we went on...
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    Hanging onto an extremely thin line right now.

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to nneokill175's topic in General Students

    I haven't read the other posts yet so not sure if I am repeating anything but here is some inspiration. I started off well in Nursing school, better then in my pre reqs, I wasn't getting A's (well...
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    1st clinical day!

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

    Well my post was to another poster that said they were on 2 full semesters. (not sure if you were just sharing how it is at your school or you were correcting my post). My college in WA we were on...
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    The "woes" of 12 hr. Shifts

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

    I have never worked 12's yet or as a nurse yet but in a previous job I enjoyed 4
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    Just got sorta good news for my future

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

    That's great if you do
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    1st clinical day!

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

    Wow you ONLY have pharm for those half semesters? I must have misread that. Shoot we have the pharm and like 13 other credits to boot during that semester
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    Does this happen to anyone else? (female cath)

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to studentnurse2012's topic in General Students

    YIKES I hope the percentages aren't that high, it would surely explain the high infection rate
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    1st clinical day!

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

    We take two full semesters of Pharm as well. 1st and 3rd
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    guilty mom

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

    I have to take off to go and study, but I will say, your posts come out as very judgmental. I know what it's like to be raised by a terrible parent. I know I am a good parent to my children. But you...
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    guilty mom

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

    Is she supposed to play with her child every minute of the day? Give me a break. My daughter will often be playing with her babies and stuff when I am studying, I often play with her as well. We don't...