~Mi Vida Loca~RN ASN, RN

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    Do you guys see a lot of people saying they are nursing students....

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

    For me it's probably a little of both. I do take pride in where I am at. It's been a rough road to get here and nursing school is far from the hardest thing I have done. Getting to this point was...
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    What to you like about being a nurse?

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to 2RNornot2RN's topic in General Nursing

    All the hot doctors of course. :|
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    Do you guys see a lot of people saying they are nursing students....

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

    Still don't see where anyone was saying how much better they were than others and IMO it is dishonest. Oh well. It is what it is. We all have our different
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    most amazing thing

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

    We don't have an OR rotation, but starting second semester when we do clinicals at the hospital if people want to they can go to the OR for the day. The CI sets it all up. Me personally, I dislike...
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    Why aren't there better incentives for obtaining a BSN degree?

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to labelle777's topic in General Nursing

    The hospitals here are really pushing for BSN. One of them I believe just implemented that all the Nurses need BSN's by 2020. I know they offer Tuition help but that's about it. I am about to finish...
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    Do you guys see a lot of people saying they are nursing students....

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

    HAHAHA! Yea it certainly turned into something I never expected when I posted
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    Do you guys see a lot of people saying they are nursing students....

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

    Weird, I don't see where anyone was saying they were better than anyone else. In fact I always get excited for the pre-nursing students I meet and tell them about the program. Also always am happy for...
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    And you thought a thong beneath whites was bad...

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

    LOL at butt diamond girl!!! Speaking of whites, so glad our uniforms aren't white. Would have made for a very awkward 20 or so minutes when I got hosed down by the elderly gentleman I was assisting...
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    First time on the floor I already violated infection control, is this the end?

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

    I think you are safe and just need to brush up on the handout they gave you
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    Impersonating a nurse

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to Elleveein's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    LOVE
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    Impersonating a nurse

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to Elleveein's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Ok while I agree that it needs to be reported and not OK and illegal, I have to disagree with this bolded statement. I know many CMA's that had 18 months of schooling, can draw blood and give...
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    First time on the floor I already violated infection control, is this the end?

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

    Ok that just had me laughing out loud and I got a weird look from my husband. Seriously I am tempted to add that quote to my sig line. I don't know why I find it so
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    First time on the floor I already violated infection control, is this the end?

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

    No one knows if you will be fired, but are you a nurse or a student? How did you violate infection control? Some things are a lot more serious than others, but if you are a student and that was your...
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    What areas of nursing to choose?

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to dizzyray822's topic in General Students

    At least 6 people in my program asked for med/surg. It's not as hated as some thing. I did rotation on medical floor and I learned a lot and got a good experience. On my Sr. Practicum Request I put...
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    Is clinical rotation "Murphey's Law" following you too?

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

    Well I will be on Ortho in 2 weeks and I loathe Ortho, will make for a long
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    Only wanting one area of nursing?

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

    I admit, I was miserable in long term care clinicals and now I might be forced to do my preceptorship there. BUT It wasn't the patients that made me miserable. It was the environment. It was the first...
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    Why do nurses feel the need to put RN on their license plates?

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to 3dayRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I have never seen a RN one that I recall. I wouldn't have a problem with it though. I did see one that said HEP-D I thought maybe the guy was advertising some new strain of Hep he
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    Im gonna have to do it.....

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to Rachelmm007's topic in General Students

    You just have to do what is going to be best for your own well being. I understand what you are going through. I lost my little brother to suicide 2 months ago, last month my 46 year old aunt died by...
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    Penicillin IM to thigh in adult

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to AggieNurse99's topic in General Nursing

    Outside of vaccines, I have seen a lot of IM injections in urgent care or ED where the person didn't have or need an
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    I'm very guilty...of laziness....gulp....

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

    We were just shows studies that shows different brackets of time that people waited to take it. Under 30 days had a very high pass rate and the longer and longer after 30 days the pass rate dropped...
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    Digoxin

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to koko2002's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    This is exactly how it was explained to us and also if you have hyperkalemia you can not get a therapeutic level of Digoxin for the same
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    Penicillin IM to thigh in adult

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to AggieNurse99's topic in General Nursing

    Yea after getting the toradol injection it made me more aware if I have to give it to a patient. So far on the floors it's always been iv I gave it but I am guessing in urgent care and ED it would be...
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    Tylenol overdose and the public's ignorance.

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

    No I meant the doctor was giving them vicodin for pain. They were in the hospital for liver failure and other things and that is how the doc was treating the pain. Our instructor told us to ask him...
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    Penicillin IM to thigh in adult

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to AggieNurse99's topic in General Nursing

    That is one of the worst shots I have seen given. Some very thick painful stuff. I received a toradol shot and man that sucker burned bad, I wasn't expecting
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    Tylenol overdose and the public's ignorance.

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

    Btw. Have seen quiet a few patients in clinicals in liver failure on vicodin. Our instructor told us to ask the doctor why once. She is a NP hospitalist. The doc didn't have an