~Mi Vida Loca~RN ASN, RN

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    dover business college fails whole class

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

    The NLN is not the end all that will determine if one can pass NCLEX. Sure it can help predict but the NLN is nothing like the NCLEX in my opinion. I would not attend a school that even if you pass...
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    Confess! Whats the craziest force of habit you've done in the "Real World"

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to vhern246's topic in Nursing Humor

    I'm guessing the vein thing isn't so unusual after all, to non medical people anyway. I. Notice the veins in everyone, before even their face. On tv also. I have been seeing a lot of shows lately with...
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    Touching blood without gloves

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

    I will ask again, if you are doing your sticks properly by cleansing after palpating and waiting for it to dry. Please explain how common sense says a non sterile glove or even a sterile glove will...
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    Touching blood without gloves

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

    If it were me, I would kindly ask them to wash their hands. Then again this doesn't bother me. I am a very hard stick and a lot of the more experienced nurses learned to palpate veins without gloves...
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    Touching blood without gloves

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

    Outside of the ick factor of the dirty bandage, how did her putting on gloves protect you? The area where she poked should have been cleaned without being retouched before you were stuck. So I am not...
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    SCHEDULING/WEEKENDS

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

    We have a very very low
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    Touching blood without gloves

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

    I wasn't talking about your post specifically. You obviously knew she had many years experience and she told you as much. I was talking about the generalizations often said about older nurses having...
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    SCHEDULING/WEEKENDS

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

    In the winter everyone has to do 2 weekends a month. (Winter is our high census month). I work nights and I don't mind working weekends. Our unit hasn't had a problem with any of it because we have...
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    Narcotics pyramid/tier

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to TonyaM73's topic in General Nursing

    Also a pet peeve of mine, if your patient is on a PCA and you are switching to Orals, Do not take away the PCA as soon as you give the Orals. It takes the PO on average 30-45 mins to kick in. I have...
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    Narcotics pyramid/tier

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to TonyaM73's topic in General Nursing

    This is a very important statement right here. People vary and their tolerance to medications will vary. If a patient is saying Vicodin does not help their pain at all, listen to them. Because if we...
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    Touching blood without gloves

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

    On a side note, the age of a nurse does not determine her experience. She could be 60 and a new
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    Touching blood without gloves

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

    If people are pulling out a pair of gloves they have had in their pocket I don't think the gloves are going to be any cleaner then the persons hands. Wound care I would be getting a fresh pair of...
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    Touching blood without gloves

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

    I wouldn't do wound care without gloves, and I would wear gloves for anything that I could prepare for that would expose my hands to bodily fluids. I am terrible with picking my cuticles so I do have...
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    Obese children...my rant

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to Gently.me's topic in Pediatric

    I think you have a bit of misdirected anger. I never said fat kids deserved to get bullied. I don't feel ANYONE deserves to get bullied. But fat kids WILL get bullied. So why not help your children...
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    Male nurse in L&D

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to tony2353's topic in Ob/Gyn

    The facility is the one refusing to hire male nurses. I would be willing to bet not every patient is refusing a male
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    More attractive grads have better chances of getting hired?

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to AddisonLawrence03's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Probably just the almonds are OK, just only a few. Gotta look hot for that
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    Male nurse in L&D

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to tony2353's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I completely agree, hence why I brought up that patients on my unit don't have a choice because their are no male nurses on my unit. I respect everyone's rights for wanting a same sex provider. I...
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    hidden cameras in patient's rooms allowed?

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to Shell5's topic in General Nursing

    We have eICU at one of our smaller local facilities and I find the whole thing creepy. I am not sure how I feel about cameras in patient rooms, if it's only video I would mind a lot less but I have...
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    Obese children...my rant

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to Gently.me's topic in Pediatric

    This topic is a huge pet peeve of mine. These children are being set up for so many emotional problems, bullying in school and long term medical problems and a good percent of the cases CAN be...
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    Male nurse in L&D

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to tony2353's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I understand it was your opinion just as I was stating my opinion. I just don't think it's right to make assumptions by speaking for all other woman or saying an entire gender should be barred from a...
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    Job interview tomorrow...will my clothes make or break me?

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

    If you are limited on options I would at least get a blazer or whatever to wear over the blouse. Slacks, pumps a blouse and dress jacket seems appropriate. First impressions on a job interview CAN...
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    Male nurse in L&D

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to tony2353's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Just because it makes you uncomfortable, it's unfair to assume that everyone else would feel the same way and therefor want to exclude an entire gender from a profession. I work in Peds and the...
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    Saline flush without a physician order?

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

    I work in CO on a Pediatric unit and we do not need an order to
  24. ~Mi Vida Loca~RN

    How many of you have to pay for parking for your work?

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

    I had been pretty shocked to hear some nurses have to pay for parking upward to hundreds of dollars a month. This just boggles my mind. I couldn't imagine my employer making me pay to park at my job....
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    Male nurse in L&D

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to tony2353's topic in Ob/Gyn

    If I was OK with a male Doc I would be OK with a male Nurse and vice versa. I don't think men should be shunned from L&D. Although I understand not everyone is comfortable with opposite sex...