~Mi Vida Loca~RN ASN, RN

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    Has anyone been put on probation for clinicals? I just did!!!

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to bella65's topic in General Students

    Ok Question to some of the posters being a little hard on the OP. You learn how to do a cath in lab the 7th week of school 1st semester. You get tested out on it and pass. A year later you finally get...
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    Smokers in Nursing School--How Are You Treated?

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

    Well that wasn't what I was really meaning. I get why it's legal, it was more of a rhetorical question. My meaning was more of how we ban other drugs saying they are illegal because of how bad they...
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    Smokers in Nursing School--How Are You Treated?

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

    I agree drinking and obesity are huge issues as well. But smoking effects everyone around you directly. You're risking their health as well. Honestly, after my last rotation in the hospital, I don't...
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    Smokers in Nursing School--How Are You Treated?

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

    I used to smoke for many years, I quit cold turkey, My husband was a smoker and just switched to an electronic ciggs. It's not a cure, still getting nicotine, but it's a huge step away from all that...
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    Any plans for winter break?

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

    Vacations, or even just catching up on some DVR and pleasure reading?? Me, I have read about 6 books so far just for fun. Than either this evening or tomorrow mid morning we are driving to SanDiego...
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    Any plans for winter break?

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

    That's good to hear, sometimes that's what you have to do! LOL I need to get some house stuff in order when I get back from Cali before the school semester starts. I finished another book today and...
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    Any plans for winter break?

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

    Yea it's a nice area, I grew up there as a kid, but I would never want to live there or Southern Cali again, I don't mind visiting. The husband now wants to nap first before we take off (which is dumb...
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    Any plans for winter break?

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

    Nothing wrong with that, I have been doing a lot of
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    Any plans for winter break?

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

    Did you get a house? Did you and your GF get back together (guessing when you say we, I thought I read you all broke up but I could have that mixed up with the other guy. LOL) Visiting family is...
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    Excited for psych clinical!!

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to decembergrad2011's topic in General Students

    I do love the ER. I like the constant change of pace, but that is the part that can suck about it too, but I definitely love reading the H&P's of my patients and finding out the "story". I mean we...
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    Excited for psych clinical!!

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to decembergrad2011's topic in General Students

    Well I guess at least you're still getting psych lectures, but you are right, it's not the same. Maybe in Clinicals if you are able to take on a patient that is a 1:1 for psych issues that can at...
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    Excited for psych clinical!!

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to decembergrad2011's topic in General Students

    I have to disagree with this, given how big psych social issues are in any setting, (especially hospitals) you can learn a LOT about what is going on and how to better help your patients from a simple...
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    my first C+ :(

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to sunnyskies9's topic in General Students

    Didn't you say in another post that you aren't even in nursing school anymore? You hated it and left or something along those lines. Ok seriously, if you are so concerned about the homeless starving...
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    is Nursing School HARDER than Medical School?

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

    I agree with what another poster said. If Nursing School is the hardest thing you have faced in your life, consider yourself lucky. My school in WA did require Organic Chem and Inorganic Chem, it...
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    Excited for psych clinical!!

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to decembergrad2011's topic in General Students

    Are you in a LPN or RN program? Our LPN year wouldn't include Psych but the RN one does because it's done 3rd semester. I have never heard of a program for RN not having
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    Is it just the holidays?

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

    I don't think it's just the holidays. Their are some people here that seem to be snotty, condescending and passive-aggressive 90% of the time. I think it's just how they
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    Aides being "nurses"

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

    LPN's at our hospital are allowed to do IV stuff, some, they can't hang blood or do IVP but they can change bags and do volumes and stuff. Piggy back meds as
  18. ~Mi Vida Loca~RN

    Moral/Ethical Advice

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

    I would give 100 kudos to this if I could. Well
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    For those going to 2nd semester--what will u do differently?

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

    Our second semester was completely different than our First. That said, I didn't do anything different until my second half of my third semester. They started testing a lot more out of the book so...
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    Do I automatically get a CNA after first year in nursing school?

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to onlyjesus22's topic in General Students

    In CO or at least at my school, after your first year you can take the NCLEX-PN, first though you have to do a "transition" class. which is only a few days and than like 90 hrs of clinicals. It took...
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    Do I automatically get a CNA after first year in nursing school?

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to onlyjesus22's topic in General Students

    It does where I live. After our first semester of Nursing School we can take the CNA exam, or Hospitals around here will considered it equivalent experience when applying for a CNA job if you have...
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    my first C+ :(

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to sunnyskies9's topic in General Students

    There is nothing you can do but chalk it up and move on. It's done, get mad and have a little self pity party for a few hours and than brush it off and move on. Dwelling on it won't do any
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    well, I can say I am officially discouraged...

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

    If you haven't even started school yet than you have a few years before graduation and so much can change from now and than with the economy. The worst thing you can do is go into nursing school with...
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    Excited for psych clinical!!

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to decembergrad2011's topic in General Students

    We went to a lot of the group meetings for our Psych rotation. It was 4 10.5 hr shifts. We were encouraged to interact with the patients a lot. We didn't really do much outside of that. My favorite...
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    Why Do Nursing Instructors Rely So Heavily On PowerPoints To Teach?

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

    At the end of the day you can't please everyone and someone will always find a reason to complain. Those that don't like PP complain, so than you get an active teacher like you are describing and than...