~Mi Vida Loca~RN ASN, RN

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    Woman Calls C-Section "Rape"

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to c3p0's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I have been sexually assaulted and abused and I don't feel insulted by her. In fact I have also had a Gynecologist act inappropriate and very aggressive in providing care to me and it made me feel...
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    Woman Calls C-Section "Rape"

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to c3p0's topic in Ob/Gyn

    So what happens to her rights if they get a court order to force her into a C
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    Huge let down from one of my profs

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

    I can't agree with this at all. In fact I would bet money that my instructors would not do
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    failed my first test today...will I ever be the same?

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

    In the words of one of my instructors, "Don't waist a good panic", it's not as if you were on the border of pass and fail and you failed. You have more chances to bring yourself back up. Be proactive...
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    Woman Calls C-Section "Rape"

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to c3p0's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I can't remember the post now but someone mentioned our right to refuse treatment, well if she is court ordered to have the C Section can she still refuse? I am thinking if she is court ordered they...
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    What do you do in Med_Surg

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

    Thank you, so it seems like it's almost a mix of Pharm,Fundamentals and Pathophysiology all in one and then clinicals for it
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    Woman Calls C-Section "Rape"

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to c3p0's topic in Ob/Gyn

    So from what I read, they are trying to get a court order to FORCE her to get a C section, looking at it that way I can absolutely see where she feels like her body is being violated. It appears their...
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    Nursing instructor putting student through embarassment and singles out

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

    WOW, that is about all I can muster up to say, that and I think Livetolearn offered awesome points, so far in my nursing school ALL of the staff I have met have been extremely helpful and supportive...
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    dumb and stuttering nurse

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to jessi11's topic in General Students

    Is that what they meant?? I have never heard of dumb used in reference to mute. Well for the record me talking about a nurse needing to have some smarts was talking about dumb as in
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    dumb and stuttering nurse

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to jessi11's topic in General Students

    I have to disagree with being smart has little to do with nursing. 1) their are 2 types of smarts, their is books smarts and street smarts AKA common sense smarts. Nursing you need both. Do you have...
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    Clinical Instructor too picky

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

    Sometimes the more and more I read these posts the more and more I love my school. We had a care map workshop on Friday to introduce us more to the whole thing and the biggest thing our instructors...
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    Patient or Client?

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to jrw03282009's topic in General Nursing

    In our school they are saying clients, well they are supposed to, the teachers often forget and say patient and then will correct themselves as how they are now told to say
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    dumb and stuttering nurse

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to jessi11's topic in General Students

    dumb I would say no, but what is your definition of dumb? Nurses need to be smart, if they are not smart people die. IMO, now do they need to be rocket scientist smart? No, but they do need to posses...
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    Clinical Instructor too picky

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

    Are care plans aren't graded per say, I am only first semester though and we only have a few to do. None of our clinical assignments are graded, meaning the paper assignments we do, but we have to...
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    Is it HORRIBLE to get C's on a test?

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

    I am totally jealous of some of these grading scales others
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    Young Nursing Students

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to TaraRae123's topic in General Students

    I can relate about the experience, I am older (almost 29) and I had no experience, not even med terminology. It hasn't slowed me down at all
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    The First Days of Nursing School by the Fall 2009ers!!!

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

    RN program here and we are in full swing also and I got my first C and am bummed out especially since when I reviewed my test today it was such stupid mistakes. How I didn't see the (more then one...
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    I'm not sure nursing is for me anymore

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

    The novelty of it all might be wearing off now as well and the reality is setting in and it can be a tough adjustment. Many of my classmates and I have felt the same way very recently and we are about...
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    Young Nursing Students

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to TaraRae123's topic in General Students

    I wouldn't be worried, from reading what a lot of the seasoned nurses have said, actual nursing is nothing like
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    HELP!! I need guidance I saw someone cheating

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to Brie80's topic in General Students

    Think about it this way, if your family member or loved one was killed, or something dear to you was stolen from YOU would you hope that someone would turn in the murderer or thief. I would NOT cover...
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    Big dilemma please give me some advice

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to thongvo89's topic in General Students

    It wasn't to bad because I got all my Co Reqs done in the mean time, I moved to CO (got on the WL here a few months before I moved) so lived here long enough to get in state tuition and got pregnant a...
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    VENT: scantron error

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to IHeartPeds87's topic in General Students

    I almost did this once but I am like the previous posters and every page (6-8 questions) I double check my bubbles and I caught it so thankfully I fixed it. For sure take this as a lesson learned. I...
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    Young Nursing Students

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to TaraRae123's topic in General Students

    Don't let them get to you, I had majority of my life exp. by the time I was 18, (had a really hard life growing up) but regardless, we all have different trials and I have found that sometimes...
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    Where have all the LPN's gone?

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to rayk1021's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, seriously?? :stone To the OP I think a lot of it depends on the area, I know rumors have been going around for a long time, I personally know a few LPN's that had no trouble finding work, their...
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    Young Nursing Students

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to TaraRae123's topic in General Students

    If this is true I don't think you will see to much of it. (talking to the OP) I haven't seen it and I know for me, I am not jealous at all of younger students, I chose to have my family first and...