~Mi Vida Loca~RN ASN, RN

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    Need Help with Physical Assessments

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to live&love&heal's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    When we first were doing Vitals in class I kept getting 60's for pulses, realized it when I was staring at my watch my mind switched to the tick of the secondhand. So everyone was 60 beats per minute....
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    Patient not using PCA

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to superex's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I was going to say, they use PCA's on the Ortho floor a lot and that is what they do, they do a bolus of whatever they are getting, once under control the patient uses the PCA on their own from there....
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    Student prescribed xanax for anxiety...

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

    That is so absurd. I have a script for 10mg ambien, (which even than half the time I still lay there for hours before I fall asleep. Lunesta worked well for me but insurance wanted ambien unless a pre...
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    For Fun--Kudos 2 Me...The "toot your own horn" thread

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to tammy1974's topic in General Students

    My kudos, I have had a very rough 4th semester at home, 2 deaths, husband had to leave out of state to work, my youngest child had to leave out of state for me to finish my clinicals as I have no help...
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    For Fun--Kudos 2 Me...The "toot your own horn" thread

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to tammy1974's topic in General Students

    Oh are you back in class again? I remember you saying you left nursing school and never looked back in a post a few months ago. Did you decide to give it another
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    Waitlist length & what to do while waiting

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

    I agree, she gives a good estimation, at least for me. My wait was 3.5 years and I got in exactly when she "estimated" I
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    Waitlist length & what to do while waiting

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

    They don't ask anything else, at least not currently. If you meet the requirements you get in. After that it's up to you to stay in. We started off with 50 students and have lost about 18. The...
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    so i took the TEAS V today...

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to ErinDel's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Merging these 2 threads as they are both talking about the same
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    Someone out there, please help!

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

    Your instructor physically pushed
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    All A's, or Great in Clinical?

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to guest430699's topic in General Students

    Keep your head up, 4th semester everything I was learning in class just seemed to click all of a sudden. Now watching TV or in the hospital, when I see a problem I start thinking about the whole...
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    setting alarm clock to take pain meds?

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

    I just spent 3 weeks on tele, 2 weeks on CVCU and 2 weeks on Ortho, I did see morphine ordered qhr regularly on Ortho, but the Ortho floor I was on was by far the busiest of all of those floors...
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    Patient not using PCA

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to superex's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    She needs like a bolus or something to get the initial pain under control. Are you saying the confusion is about the pump? not that the patient is confused in general? Anyway, once the initial pain is...
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    All A's, or Great in Clinical?

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to guest430699's topic in General Students

    Very possible to be both. I have seen students that barely pass each semester and are terrible in clinicals. I have seen students get stellar grades and do well in clinicals. Have seen people do well...
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    Is it me? Last few weeks of NS and my motivation is flagging.

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

    Today was my last med/surg class clinical rotation. Tuesday is my Advanced Med/Surg 2 final, than we have presentations this week. Start preceptorship next Sat. 1 month exactly today until pinning...
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    Nursing class Who's Who - for fun

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

    In this economy this might be a category where everyone's a
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    Nursing class Who's Who - for fun

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

    Much better options! Most exuberant. My CI used that word to describe me today on my Eval, first time I had that. I like
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    Nursing class Who's Who - for fun

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

    One who most thought they were the teacher instead of the student. One who had more family patient stories than we had case studies for the 2
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    Anyone made it through Nsg school WITHOUT caffeine , Adderall, or Red Bull??

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

    I plan on stopping it again too, Diet Pepsi was my weakness but now it's Diet Dr. Pepper (I just prefer the taste of diet) anyway, I have just been waiting for a good time to get someone to take me to...
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    My clinical instructor is SCARY forgetful

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

    Your co-nurse is the one that should be doing her own assessment or be in the room with you. She/he is responsible for their patients. Your instructor doesn't know if what you put was right or not if...
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    Overheard "You're there to make money, not to talk," in clinical

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

    I have had to pay for office visits out of pocket many times. My bill is usually around 200 dollars just for the Docs visit, not including any testing and stuff. The doc usually is in the room for 15...
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    A&P Lab ?

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to crazytonurse's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Dead
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    Anyone made it through Nsg school WITHOUT caffeine , Adderall, or Red Bull??

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

    I don't drink coffee, never liked the taste or anything coffee related and I have tried many things to make it taste better. I am addicted to pop, Diet Dr. Pepper. It does nothing for me in terms of...
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    Should I get Varicella titer, MMR titer, Flu shot, Tdap shot in one day??

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

    This is the first semester it was required at my school. The hospital just started doing it this Flu season. Unlike the other shots they allowed a few
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    I go to ITT-Tech...

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to TeamSteven01's topic in School, College Programs

    Moderator's friendly reminder: Please keep to the topic at hand and avoid personal attacks. All such posts will be
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    Should I get Varicella titer, MMR titer, Flu shot, Tdap shot in one day??

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

    True, you can choose not to get them and the school or clinical site can choose to dismiss you from the program for not meeting the criteria of having them. This semester we were required to get the...