la_chica_suerte85 BSN, RN

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    I don't like pediatric patients, am I normal?

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to Wonder RN's topic in General Nursing

    Hahaha! That was me my 2nd year. I dreaded it -- L&D, Peds, Psych - BAM! Little did I know how I would fall head over heels in love with pediatric
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    Me... Me... Me: A Sense of Entitlement

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to Joe V's topic in Nurses Rock

    Facebook made it 1 million times
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    where do you learn blood draws

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to direw0lf's topic in General Students

    If you can get anywhere near an ED during a clinical rotation you will be run ragged doing IVs -- except if you aren't allowed to (we can't do anything on kids, however). We were not able to start...
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    Breakups during nursing school.

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to Linexox's topic in General Students

    This times 1 million. My mother and father strongly encouraged me not to get tied down to one person too early but did I listen? No, of course not. I don't really know why, but I was a serial...
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    How much compassion is necessary to be a Great RN ??

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to trhumper's topic in Men in Nursing

    I'm also not a holder of the Y chromosome but I do have to say I'm also kind of in the "meh" camp when it comes to death. It's not something that inspires tears for me. I am from a completely strange...
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    Breakups during nursing school.

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to Linexox's topic in General Students

    First, let me reassure you that this pain is temporary. You will start to feel better, hopefully sooner than later. Any guy that says he needs to get out and do stuff before he gets married is doing...
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    Help with the look of a posterboard?

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to JESSICAAA159's topic in General Students

    Pinterest the crap out of that
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    Patients taking selfies in clinical areas

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to whichone'spink's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    That day came last year during fall quarter. As a student in L&D, my first vag birth patient asked me to do this for her. The doc said, "Are you
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    Nursing Student Peers Who Want to Mooch

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to katiejames7878's topic in General Students

    Oh what a bleeding
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    Concealed Carry for Caregivers

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to ClaraRedheart's topic in General Nursing

    Not necessarily. It's the ridiculous tactical icons that people feel that they are entitled to that really needs to be scaled back. Shotguns and rifles have purposes (and handguns, too, and tactical...
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    Concealed Carry for Caregivers

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to ClaraRedheart's topic in General Nursing

    It's nice to think we all could shoot someone in the head in such a moment but the statistics on lethal encounter proximity and hit ratios according to distance for law enforcement are surprisingly...
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    Nursing Student Peers Who Want to Mooch

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to katiejames7878's topic in General Students

    I would say something along the lines of, "My notes are kind of hard to understand since they're a work in progress throughout the quarter. They kind of connect with everyone else's notes. It's a 'you...
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    Nursing to med school experiences?

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to floatingribs's topic in General Students

    This times 1
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    New grad job FLOAT to 13 floors! Qs for medsurg nurses!

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to nurse1990's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I am but a humble nursing assistant and was floated for the first time to a medsurg floor (my floor is tele but still pretty much medsurg) and I was completely terrified (especially since I'm only...
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    Got hit on by a patient and it wasn't a granny.

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to TheNGTKingRN's topic in Nursing Humor

    I do. Beauty is beauty is beauty. Is doesn't mean I'm getting all hot about
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    Nursing to med school experiences?

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to floatingribs's topic in General Students

    The pre-med aspect of some kind of BS degree is completely different from a straight up BSN. Your school's nursing department likely thinks, like mine does, is that nursing courses come first. No...
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    When a patient signs out AMA...

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to Lev's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Hmmm...I've never thought of it that way. Truly they have no intention of going home and trying to weather the detox storm themselves. Sad but it's common sense and I'll have to remember that in the...
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    Foley cath as g tube?

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to organicnurse24's topic in General Nursing

    I second that I've seen it for temporary purposes. One pt had to wait while they ordered a part (?) so the Foley was the temporary solution. A Lopez valve or even just a clamp would work well to...
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    Odd finding (Concerning genitalia)

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to LDAthleteNurse's topic in General Nursing

    HAH! Oh man this made my day. There's nothing more infuriating than a report that is a complete mismatch to how the pt presents. Sheesh was the ER on 'shrooms that day or
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    Daith piercing with stethoscope?

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to RNSMC2592's topic in General Nursing

    Well, in the context of wanting to do something for a migraine, that seemed pretty way out there but, like, maybe it's a thing. I googled it pronto because inner ear!?!?! But then I saw it was that...
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    Odd finding (Concerning genitalia)

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to LDAthleteNurse's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, why, oh, why do people leave that for other people to discover??? That has to be one of those things worth
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    Odd finding (Concerning genitalia)

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to LDAthleteNurse's topic in General Nursing

    That had me
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    Odd finding (Concerning genitalia)

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to LDAthleteNurse's topic in General Nursing

    The ones around the orifice are actually called hemorrhoidal skin tags. I remember reading about them (no idea as to why) and thinking, "Oh yeah, I had a patient with those once." It's a "getting old...
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    I feel nursing is more of a calling than anything else

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to Tarrus Eliuds's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    I have not felt called to do anything in life. Like others, I was interested in medicine and have always had an inclination to help people. Luckily nursing fits that pretty
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    what to do if you are told not to come back to clinical site?

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to HoneybadgerFTW's topic in General Students

    You weren't even giving a dose of reality, though. We can't know what actually is happening on the shift with the OP but you basically said that the amount of steps he took during the shift were proof...