~Mi Vida Loca~RN ASN, RN

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    I'm a nut case and about to apply for licensure in Texas

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to ffliper27's topic in Texas Nursing

    If that is the exact wording then I wouldn't mark yes. It is asking if you have been hospitalized or DX with those specific disorders. Depression isn't mentioned. Depression is not a psychotic...
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    My first true rant... my new job STINKS. :(

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

    Sounds like a pretty toxic environment. I would look for a new job ASAP. I don't see the problem with just holding pressure for you. Shoot the other day I had a patient help me. I only had so many...
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    I wish I could just shut up already

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to tiroka03's topic in General Nursing

    I think it's just something you learn over time once you notice the problem. I grew up the same way but when I became a teen I found my voice. In fact it still gets me in a lot of trouble to this day,...
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    A vent thread for patients- what can we do better?

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

    It's very rare I ever turn on a light. I check the meds before I leave the med room, I have written down what meds are due when and then we scan the patient and then scan the meds. There is enough...
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    A vent thread for patients- what can we do better?

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

    My bad care came before I was a nurse. When I would feel intimidated in a medical setting because of such bad experiences and stereotypical judgments. Those bad experiences molded me into the kind of...
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    A vent thread for patients- what can we do better?

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

    I have been a patient many times. Things that annoy me, #1 thing, not pulling curtain or shutting the door or saying "no worries, you aint got nothing I haven't seen before." when I am modest. I...
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    Pre employment urine drug screen for nursing home, will they test for alcohol?

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to RN_jobhunting's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    What did you say????
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    Pre employment urine drug screen for nursing home, will they test for alcohol?

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to RN_jobhunting's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I don't know why but this thread is making me want another Martini Monday. Even though it turned into a terrible tuesday I am know my limits though
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    The happy policy

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

    That would be my mentality too. When I stop having fun at work or even a pleasant experience and it starts to be more bad days then good, then it's time to move on. I do agree that a general policy...
  10. ~Mi Vida Loca~RN

    Epi-Pen Auto Injector

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

    We use them and we have a Jr. one for kids. Wonderful thing. Until the other day I had to pull one and they pyxsis had the adult one loaded and when we called Pharmacy they said manufacture was doing...
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    A beautiful thing happened today...

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

    We have an acute hospice unit at the 2 hospitals the company I work for runs. This case just mentioned would be exactly the type of patients that would be sent up there. It's usually those that have...
  12. ~Mi Vida Loca~RN

    'cattle calls' in ER waiting room?

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

    HAHAHAHA to funny. Right before I read your reply the first thought that popped into my head was those little coaster buzzers that restaurants use! Or they can pull a number like at the
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    Want to become a peds nurse

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to katielam616's topic in Pediatric

    I started working in Peds as a new grad and ironically it wasn't my plan but now I can't see myself anywhere else except maybe PRN in the ED or something. Anyway, once you start gaining experience...
  14. ~Mi Vida Loca~RN

    how to make the most of my peds clinical rotation?

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to ashleyisawesome's topic in Pediatric

    It varies. Summertime our census is pretty slow and sometimes we will take low acuity adults. Like Gyn surgeries, Lap Appy's, or observational type adults. But in the winter we will be full of sick...
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    Do you clap for your patients?

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

    It would depend on the patient. For an adult I probably wouldn't, I would give them praise and encouragement but I probably wouldn't take it to that extreme. Or maybe if it was an adult with no...
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    Just moved to colorful Colorado and seeking advice from RN's

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to sdorsky1's topic in Colorado Nursing

    Try Banner health too. They take new grads and most of their ads say experience preferred. They just got authorization to open a lot of new positions and they do have a new grad residency program that...
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    Thoughts on closing doors

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

    I always ask my patients or their family if they would like their door closed. If I have a kiddo and the parent is leaving then we will require the door be left open so we can watch the child better....
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    I can't believe co-worker took my venting complaints to boss!

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to lifein08's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Vent to a friend outside of work or a spouse or someone
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    The happy policy

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

    Yes, things should be handled on an individual basis because sometimes things do come up. But you can usually see a pattern in certain types of people and in a job like ours a persons overall attitude...
  20. ~Mi Vida Loca~RN

    Offensive or not??

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

    I catch myself saying hon a lot but I do work with kids.
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    The happy policy

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

    Exactly. You can be happy without being fake or over killing it. I think a lot of it just goes with how some people are period. I would be willing to be that a good majority of those Eeyore-type...
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    The happy policy

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

    While I do think this is way over the top, I do wish the perpetually negative unhappy people would stop coming to work. It's so draining on everyone else and really brings down the unit and the...
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    Not hired if you smoke?

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

    It isn't a problem in my hospital. They go off campus to
  24. ~Mi Vida Loca~RN

    Not hired if you smoke?

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

    That has nothing to do with my post. I was posting in response to someone that said hospitals not allowing smoking on the premises is infringing on peoples rights. I specifically bolded the part of...
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    Not hired if you smoke?

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

    I don't even know why I wrote it the way I did. I am sure my lack of sleep played a part, and it was called a