~Mi Vida Loca~RN ASN, RN

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    What do you hate seeing the MOST in the ER!?

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to CrashED's topic in Emergency

    Mine really depends on my mood that day. Somedays I love the drunks, somedays I have no patience for them. Somedays I am in a total trauma mood and other days I rather be back in the hole and let...
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    University of Wyoming RN to BSN Program

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to lvn2rncali's topic in General Nursing

    I am currently in this program. I only started last semester, it's going well so far. I have a handful of non BSN classes I have to take with it for the Bachelors requirement. My work will pay up to...
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    Burned out from floor nursing, need advice, please..

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to frazzled2012's topic in General Nursing

    After doung ER nursing for only 4 months, there is NO WAY I could ever go back to floor nuring and I didn't even have much experience on the floor, just schooling and a few months on a Peds unit. It's...
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    I love my days off

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

    Yes we need to do this again very soon! BTW I checked and Isaiah has a .308 also a Savage .308 LH to be exact, It was so much more relaxing then going to the gym later that night. I found the gun I...
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    Salary comparison

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to oriellyk's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I personally am having a hard time adjusting to the actual City of Wyoming after living in FoCo for the past 5 1/2 years. I had to chuckle reading this because clean is the last word I would use to...
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    Salary comparison

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to oriellyk's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Cheyenne, Wy new grads ASN and BSN are started at 25 p/h base pay. They just gave everyone a dollar an hr raise. We are so short staffed that they also just announced this week that anyone that works...
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    If you love being a nurse, and have good things to say,give some hope to the newbies!

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

    I absolutely LOVE my job and I LOVE being a Nurse. I love that I get paid well to do something I enjoy and 9 out of 10 days I look forward to going to work. Some days I get frustrated, some patients...
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    E.D nurses "set up to fail"

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to nurs2012's topic in Emergency

    How
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    E.D nurses "set up to fail"

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to nurs2012's topic in Emergency

    6 weeks seems pretty short. Our hospital makes all new Grads have 6 month orientation all while taking new grad classes geared towards the ER. Even the experienced nurses get about 8-12 weeks...
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    E.D nurses "set up to fail"

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to nurs2012's topic in Emergency

    I have actually felt more support and back up in the ED then what I felt on the floors or saw in the floors. I have never felt like I was set up to
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    No more fun scrubs

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

    I didn't like the change at first, I went from a hospital that we wore what we wanted to know we have to have color coded ones and embroidered scrubs. It hasn't been bad at all. In fact it has a lot...
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    Job Shadowing the ED

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to NurseOnAMotorcycle's topic in Emergency

    Congratulations on the job offer and Congrats to That Guy on the new job We have more then cookies in our ER. It appears we are the food dumping ground. So hard to lose weight when we are bombarded...
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    Looking for some feedback and/or ideas from Nurses

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

    Hello, I am looking for some feedback or ideas for a group presentation on a topic. My fellow group and I are having trouble narrowing down our topic to how it effects Nurses. Each group was given a...
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    7p-7a or 3p-3a...any insight?

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to srobb11's topic in Emergency

    That's how it is in our ER too, things start picking up around 11 and don't slow down until late. Of course their are always exceptions, but this seems to be the norm. When I come on at 6:45 their is...
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    7p-7a or 3p-3a...any insight?

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to srobb11's topic in Emergency

    I loved working night shift, I could never fall asleep right after. I'm just loving the mid-shift night shift more.
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    7p-7a or 3p-3a...any insight?

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to srobb11's topic in Emergency

    In my ER I was hired for 3-3 it's their busiest shift. For my orientation I have to work my preceptors shift. My first preceptor worked 1-1. It wasn't bad at all. I worked 7p-7:30 at my previous job....
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    Why I LOVE night shift

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

    I love night shift. I am on days for rest of my orientation but then I go to mid shift 3p-3a and I am really looking forward to that one! I was 1-1 first half of my orientation and that wasn't too bad...
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    What's the longest er wait time you have Even seen

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to Trekfan's topic in Emergency

    Mondays are probably our biggest wait times of 2-3 hrs at times. That's when we have every room filled, 4 hallway beds filled and still 11 people in the waiting room and maybe 6 of those in beds...
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    Why do ED docs hate putting in orders?

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to JennyAS's topic in Emergency

    Our docs are great about putting in order right away thankfully and we have protocols to do stuff before an order is places and our rear ends are still covered. Example, a STEMI is coming in I am...
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    Priority patient...abd pain, vag bleeding, or broken arm

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to JDD1017's topic in Emergency

    In my ER the abdo pain would be a level 3 and take priority. Next the lady partsl bleed and then the arm. We would send the arm to xray though while waiting. Unless it was an open fracture or...
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    Simple and quick nursing interventions to show patients we care

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to november17's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I always ask them if their is anything I can get for them within my means, a soda, water, crackers (if they can have any of those things, usually they can't at first in the ER), blanket. I also will...
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    what to do when pts aren't nice?

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

    I can't say I've really ever encountered a patient that wasn't nice to me. Some people might be more friendly than others, but the maybe 2 were mean. One was just brought in drunk and I called him on...
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    wearing makeup to work?

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to meghan91's topic in General Nursing

    Some people like to wear makeup, who are you to put them down for it or ridicule them for
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    wearing makeup to work?

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to meghan91's topic in General Nursing

    I manage to look put together even running my entire shift. I wear a little blush, eyeliner and mascara. Sometimes eyeshadow. I do my hair and look nice and professional. It's important to me. Now...
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    background failed for banner!

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to amberjo555's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    How were you failed for a car accident?? I think there is probably more to this because they will hire people with bankruptcy and IRS debts and various other things. So I don't see them not hiring...