~Mi Vida Loca~RN ASN, RN

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    Why does my BSN program require health insurance?

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to brielle776's topic in General Students

    I am pretty sure it was in the handbook as a requirement for my associates program as
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    Passed out - HELP!

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to cjohns889's topic in General Students

    I have passed out my whole love, but its something wrong with me, it's never been from watching something. I have gotten good at noticing the signs and sitting down before I get to the point of...
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    HIPAA

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

    That could have been what they meant, when they put this "Since my teachers get it wrong in the ppt slides" I read it as a reoccurring thing. If it is just a 1 time thing than I would agree, no big...
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    Please help? First test results ...

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to Pinky16's topic in General Students

    I would never beat myself up for the first test in a class. You don't know what to expect, how the instructors exams will be and so on. Review your test and see where you went wrong. Meet with the...
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    HIPAA

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

    We have had a few typos on our exams. Misspelling a word or a typo occasionally wouldn't bother me. But with this acronym, it seems pretty important to put the acronym correctly since each letter...
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    HIPAA

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

    That is the thing, knowing what it stands for would require knowing the correct letters. If I kept seeing this put wrong I would simply ask my instructor what the second P stood for. It would sort of...
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    HIPAA

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

    When you're talking about an acronym, it's pretty important to have it right. Putting HIPPA changes what the letters stand for. Instructors should be using this acronym
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    4 weeks in ...

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to Livy022's topic in General Students

    That just surprised me because we had to do them all before starting the program and our 2 years that we do nursing courses is full time already. I can't imagine them throwing those classes in also....
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    4 weeks in ...

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to Livy022's topic in General Students

    I am surprised that being in a 2 year program they are having you take Micro and A&P and didn't require it prior. Those 2 classes and a Nursing class on top of that can be a hefty load. I would...
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    so we are one month into this. How is it going?

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

    The other day we were walking down the hall and saw all the first semester students in the hall waiting to do their check off's. My friend and I were like "did we look like that" they all looked so...
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    Conversation starter...what are your nursing career goals?

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

    Degree wise I am doing my associates, than I will do the RN-BSN bridge program and maybe go for my Masters. Career wise, I would really like to work in ER but I am also OK with starting in a float...
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    Finally a Nursing Student

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

    Congratulations!
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    Disappointing First Clinical Experience

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to nikkole318's topic in General Students

    The precautions really suck if you wear glasses. I need to just get contacts. The mask always makes the glasses fog up. I hated getting precaution patients for that
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    What is a "Medicine Unit" in a hospital

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to Elizabeth 123's topic in General Students

    Oh ok, guess I just have never ran into the word medicine being used. We have a Surgical Wing, Med/Surge Wing, and Medical wing. What I noticed in doing my rotations was the med/surge had far more...
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    What is a "Medicine Unit" in a hospital

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to Elizabeth 123's topic in General Students

    Never heard of it. At our hospital we have a Medical unit but never heard of a medicine
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    Ideal response in certain situations?

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

    Answers are in
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    Do you call your teachers by their 1st names?

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

    I have the opposite problem. I have a name that almost always is used by a shortened version. (at lest majority of the time I have ever seen it used). No matter how many times I say I want to go by...
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    Emotional support for a pt. who is miscarrying.

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

    I am a little confused about the Prepare part. Are these miscarriages that are already happening/happened? Like I think of emotionally preparing someone for surgery, or maybe the death of a family...
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    Do you call your teachers by their 1st names?

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

    That's the same how I was raised, that's why I had such a hard time with it too. At the same point I don't want to be disrespectful by calling them something they don't want to be called. I wish they...
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    bookstore = constant PAIN

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

    I never use the bookstore either. I usually use Amazon. I hardly ever even open my book. But I still always worry not to buy the text books though, so I still buy them. Amazon will even buy them back...
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    Disappointing First Clinical Experience

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to nikkole318's topic in General Students

    My first day on my Peds rotation there were 6 or 7 of us and 3 patients. Our instructor sent a few of us to other departments. We couldn't do any skills there, (like meds or injections even though we...
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    Do you call your teachers by their 1st names?

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

    I adored my sons football coach. If he or any of the other coaches caught the boys not using sir or ma'am when talking with adults, they would have to drop right there and do push ups!! He was very...
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    Free nursing books through iBooks

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

    I am not sure how long this will last, but if you have an iPad/Phone/Touch if you get the Free ibooks app and than go to the store there are free books online right now like the Kaplan 2010-2011...
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    Disappointing First Clinical Experience

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to nikkole318's topic in General Students

    I was just curious because our first clinicals were in LTC facility and we didn't get to do a whole lot. But in the hospital was a completely different story. Having a CNA job wouldn't hurt if you...
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    Disappointing First Clinical Experience

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to nikkole318's topic in General Students

    Where were you clinicals at, was it at a hospital or LTC type