~Mi Vida Loca~RN ASN, RN

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    Your one stop for all the most popular pressing questions on allnurses!

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

    I forgot about the gum chewing thread. I will have to go look it
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    Ridiculous V/S...are you out of your mind?

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

    O-M-G THAT MADE MY NIGHT!!!!! :lol2::lol2::lol2::lol2::lol2::lol2::lol2::lol2: Now I can go to bed with a smile on my
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    Treating the whole patient?

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

    We do pretty well with our scores. Something we do, every patient admitted, on their white board, we ask them "What is the most important thing to you during your stay, what equals excellent patient...
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    Letting my desperation shine through? :)

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to NewlyANurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    That's crappy. Why did they bother giving you the phone interview then? Keep trying. I gushed and grinned ear to ear and the HR lady LOVED it. In fact she said my enthusiasm and passion gave her...
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    New Grad catch up

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to ~Mi Vida Loca~RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I am going to stay on until end of August, I am debating agreeing staying on for the full 12 weeks usually allotted. 2 weeks ago I wouldn't have said that and would have went ahead and gone off now. I...
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    planning my exit strategy

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to senseiRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I am not sure what to say. After all my hard work to get through everything, I just can't see myself quitting that soon into it. Not every place is like that and it's not just nursing. Every job I...
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    Saline flush without a physician order?

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

    i don't see how we bill for a flush, it's never scanned or accounted for when used for a patient. so the patient isn't billed for it. (at my facility) bags are, flushes are not. i have never seen an...
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    Saline flush without a physician order?

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

    Which I should add, if anyone needs an IV flushed, feel free to come to my home. I have an abundance of flushes and alcohol pads. :| I have finally gotten good at remembering to empty my pockets, I...
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    Saline flush without a physician order?

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

    I will check exactly tomorrow night who initiates the order set for us and if their is a docs name behind it. I want to say it's whatever doc that is "admitting" the patient but I also remember...
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    Saline flush without a physician order?

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

    Well I am assuming, they are assuming, we have common sense enough not to do that. I believe it's protocol is once per shift minimum or at our discretion if we do more. It needs to be done at least...
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    Saline flush without a physician order?

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

    A lot of places are starting to have Order Sets that are put in when the patient is admitted. We have them now and it allows us to administer a few different drugs, order a CTX or EKG and so on...
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    Saline flush without a physician order?

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

    At my facility there is no order to flush and no order for the flushes. We can flush as often as we want and the flushes aren't scanned. Another local facility I was at they had to be scanned and it...
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    Coached on carrying Narcotics in my pocket...

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

    I wouldn't guarantee mine are sanitary either, I just don't see how they are any MORE dirty. Or how meds would be contaminated in them when they are in sealed containers and packages. I wish we could...
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    Coached on carrying Narcotics in my pocket...

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

    I would think the outside of my pockets are probably cleaner then the inside. I am not sticking dirty things into my pockets, my shirt pockets anyway. My hands are in there but I wash them entering...
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    "You are an angel!"

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

    Similar thing my last shift, young girl comes in with mom and dad, they had been in the ER since 5 PM and didn't get transferred to my floor until 1 AM. So they had been there for a very long time....
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    "You are an angel!"

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

    When people are at their most vulnerable state and stressed with the medical stuff that is going on, it's the little things that count and mean the most to them. It's the extra kindness taken to keep...
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    ATTENTION MOMMIES!

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to mommy_5's topic in General Students

    I had a kid at 16, I left the dad when I was pregnant still. I then went on to get married and had 2 more kids by the time I was 22. A couple years later I decided to get my priorities straight and go...
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    ATTENTION MOMMIES!

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to mommy_5's topic in General Students

    Nursing actually sounds like a GREAT route for a single mom to take. It's good pay and can be good hours for a struggling mom. She can do 3 12's and have 4 days off with her kiddos. In fact, that...
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    Do Chiropractors Hires Nurses?

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to Sl1011's topic in General Nursing

    I saw MA's and Massage Therapist working in
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    No one can make me leave the student forums!

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

    Well my time here is done and really, I should move on. I graduated last week, got my ATT on Friday and I took my NCLEX today. But this section has been my home for so long I just can't find it in...
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    No one can make me leave the student forums!

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

    You will get there. It seemed to take forever and it was hard to see the light at the end of the tunnel. But I got there and now I feel like everything has flown by in a blur.
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    we cannot have acrylic fingernails

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to jh56031's topic in General Students

    Where are the pics of
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    No one can make me leave the student forums!

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

    Oh and let me add, I LOVE
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    No one can make me leave the student forums!

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

    SORRY!!! The biggest thing has been working. I feel like a zombie and all I do is sleep outside of work. LOL But I am slowly adjusting. That and a lot of the posts have been more "school" related with...
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    Workplace Behaviors We All Know and Love

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

    Someone at work stole my 5hr energy