~Mi Vida Loca~RN ASN, RN

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    Do nurses use their wristwatch in real life nursing?

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

    I love my watch and watches, it's a very nice watch and I wear out outside of
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    why is med/surg so difficult?

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

    I can see both sides of this argument. Obviously Nursing has Science but I see the argument that it's not a Mastery of Science. It's a whole different type of Science in my opinion then the Science...
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    Flu Vaccine, enough already!

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to Bklyn_RN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I have been reading up a lot on Polio and the Iron Lung. So thankful for that
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    Weird little things you do as a nurse

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

    I also cuddled a little baby for a few hrs at the nurses station so the parents could get some much needed sleep. Although that was for purely selfish
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    Weird little things you do as a nurse

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

    I tripped on a patients walker and went flying across the room. Finally got him to crack a smile.
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    Ever lost a job offer because of your reference?

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to lily1289's topic in General Nursing

    One of my jobs nothing was checked, job I just got they sent a survey to 4 people, 2 had to be either teachers or managers, it was like 15 questions that you answered like 1-5 and then 2 fill in the...
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    Getting blood on your hands

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

    I'm not going to wear gloves for any contact with a patient. If there is a risk of bodily fluids I will but not just for regular things. If I palpate a patients wrist I will be washing my hands before...
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    Weird little things you do as a nurse

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

    Bought a Snuggli for a LOL at the nursing home during out LTC clinical. I would sit and watch Golden Girls with her and she would always be so cold but she needed her hands to play cards and stuff. It...
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    someone put soap in my drink!!

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

    I'm terrible, I
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    Getting blood on your hands

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

    I am a compulsive picker. I try to always make sure to have gloves on if I am going to come in contact with blood, if it was an emergency situation I probably would end up risking it. I can't imagine...
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    Flu Vaccine, enough already!

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to Bklyn_RN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    It's a requirement at my facility and a condition of employment. Everyone who has had it gets a sticker on their badge and for those that were able to be exempt, they have to wear a mask while...
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    Attendance policy at your school

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

    We didn't have one for lecture specifically but each semester their were a few mandatory classes. All labs and clinicals had a
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    Catheterization Expiriences

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

    I was coined the Urethra whisperer during clinicals because I was able to get a lot of difficult caths, especially on extremely obese patients where there were no identifying markers. Definitely...
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    Things you would love to say to your fellow nursing students!

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

    I'm just curious, why not block the person from FB or their statuses. Perhaps she does feel lucky and blessed and is excited to share, maybe she does it just to **** people off but you have the...
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    Anyone taken Informatics

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

    I always thought it was about charting programs and stuff. At least that's what all our hospital informatics people do. They train on the charting systems and try to make improvements and stuff....
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    I am DONE :)

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

    Congratulations!
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    First Semester of Nursing School

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

    Stay away from the
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    Was your nursing program in a dangerous area?

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to CNA1991's topic in General Students

    In the state I work you don't even need a permit to carry concealed, shoot legally you can even carry a concealed weapon into the hospital. The hospital is fighting this and have signs saying they do...
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    What do you think about a student missing clinical?

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

    I don't think anything, it's between the student and instructor and school policy. If you are allowed to miss a clinical and you feel you shouldn't go then don't go. I have missed a clinical before....
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    Failed pre-employment drug screen

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

    You can't get Percocet set up on auto fill or have refills on it. Refills can't even be called in. You have to pick uo a paper script for it each month if you are on a monthly prescriptoon. At least...
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    Do you ever get tired of hearing this phrase?

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to Double-Helix's topic in General Nursing

    Right??? Shoot guess I better look for other side
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    How to prepare for working in the ER

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

    I just watched my second "true" Code yesterday. This one I saw very up close, my other one was from the hall. I think for me and the type of learner I am is too watch. I have already talked to my...
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    Number of beds and daily census

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

    We have 17 beds. That includes our fast track beds and our 1 psych bed. We have 4 hallway beds on top of that. We try to avoid using those but we often have to. We see on average 150 patients a day....
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    Another one, or two, bite the dust!!!

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

    For the losers that don't dedicate 40 plus hrs to studying, don't fret. I studied maybe an hour a week if that. I did however attend just about every lecture. I averaged B's in Nursing School (our...
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    Dayshifters - do you take a breakfast break as soon as you get to work?

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

    Yea I didn't see people having a problem with people taking breaks period. Of course people deserve breaks and lunch/dinner whatever. The question asked was about people coming right in and getting...