la_chica_suerte85 BSN, RN

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    I want to be a RN, what should I do?

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to 912bear's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Go the long route. If you know yourself well enough to know that the pace is kind of hectic (which it is), then take the long way. That way, you can work on extracurricular activities that will help...
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    I want to be a RN, what should I do?

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to 912bear's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    If you choose to pursue your ADN, make sure you start networking (i.e. volunteering) with the hospitals that host your clinicals. This way, you're more likely to have a job as a new grad. You'll have...
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    Nurses in clinical setting: physicians servant or patients caregiver?

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to sharifi9879's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Nerves rushing, jimmies
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    Nurses in clinical setting: physicians servant or patients caregiver?

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to sharifi9879's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Who hurt
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    Patient Bathing...or Not.

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to LobotRN's topic in General Nursing

    If we had these, EVERYONE would be getting a dang bath whether they just had one during day shift or not. I just relish having to go in and wait 5 minutes while the water warms to a tolerable
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    Patient Bathing...or Not.

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to LobotRN's topic in General Nursing

    :calls lift team: 6 hours later....."Sheesh, where's lift team? We've already moved the patient 3 times." Maybe the bathing team would be more successful since you don't have q2-4h baths. I,...
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    Oh, you quirky night shifter you!

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to dannibeeRN's topic in General Nursing

    I have found this is tough, too and I thought it was just me not getting to adjust since I have to flip flop. There's something about when the sun is up and it's so warm on your face and It makes me...
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    I hate group projects

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to LPNtoRNin2016OH's topic in General Students

    I think they are really trying to teach us to trust no one and CYA all over the place when it comes to the real world. I has nothing to do with learning to work together -- by college we should know...
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    Did I make a mistake by going into nursing?

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to nrsstudent05's topic in General Students

    There's not a whole lot in nursing that takes it easy on someone's psyche. It sounds more like you're having issues dealing with caring for your grandmother. In nursing school, you learn to do...
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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

    I'm going to second the "it's just a formality" aspect. I don't believe that you were doing anything out of the ordinary and it is likely someone just got a bug up their butt about you for whatever...
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    acceptable haircolor for nursing students?

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to crownsk's topic in General Students

    There's someone in my cohort with a hair color like that and usually the compliments are tremendous. No one has said anything negative about it. If anything, they stand out more because of it so, if...
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    Acute Kidney Injury

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to sjdg369's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Do you have a way of searching your library's databases? I just searched mine and found a ton of articles on pathophysiology of acute kidney injury based on a variety of etiologies. A 2-page paper on...
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    clinical breakdown

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to olivianurse's topic in General Students

    As students, we get what we get. I agree that a lot of nurses have had to put up with taking on unprepared students and that can be a major chore. A lot of students just can't find it within...
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    Cardiac Catheterization Care Plan Assistance Needed

    la_chica_suerte85 posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Hi everyone, I had the opportunity to be in a cath lab and, unfortunately, it was full of outpatient (great for the cath lab, bad for the hapless student who had a care plan due) diagnostic...
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    So I just need to vent

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to jennaroo's topic in General Students

    Where I'm coming from, this is a rarity. It's a terrible thing if it happens to students and the administration and faculty are generally very supportive at working things out in the most professional...
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    New Nurse With Large Disposable Income

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to LDAthleteNurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Since you're single and making that much money, taxes will not be your friend. Buy a house. It will make you happy. If you need to move, rent the house. I bought a house several months before applying...
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    Help with how to become a nurse

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to ANChar's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Is it that hard to save up some money and take out loans to really make it work? Or are you completely bound by your job? It's hard to break out of the mentality of having a certain living situation...
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    Fluid and electrolyte HELP!!

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to xjay22's topic in General Students

    The danger of hyponatremia is that the cells swell because the tonicity of the ECF is lower than the ICF. A hyponatremic patient can be at serious risk for seizures due to brain cell swelling. The...
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    Thinking of dropping Nursing school and doing Pre-Med

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to Confusedbeyondbelief's topic in General Students

    I was somewhat in your situation before I was accepted to nursing school. Wanted to be a doctor but I really needed to get on with my life. I like the aspect that I am not completely tied to my...
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    Cardiac Catheterization Care Plan Assistance Needed

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to la_chica_suerte85's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Yes, I agree, but wouldn't ya know, instructors don't like "risk for" as priorities no matter how rational and serious something like what you mentioned is. It's so
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    Critical Thinking!!!!!! Whatever!!

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to clandestine-approach's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I'm curious as to what the "inherent dangers"
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    11/7: what I learned this week: Trey Anastasio wants to weigh your head; Cerner is stupid

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    I learned that my cohort in nursing school truly is special (in the best sense of the word). They make the crappiest days suddenly bearable. I learned that a lot of nursing students seem to have a...
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    What age of patient's are the most difficult for you?

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to ddane94's topic in Patient Education

    Family member with a GCS 6-9 massive hemorrhagic/ischemic stroke/head trauma/etc. pt of whatever kind.... Are they better now? How bout now? What about now? What are you doing now? Is that going to...
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    What age of patient's are the most difficult for you?

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to ddane94's topic in Patient Education

    It's a bit weird. I was at clinicals and a visitor was lost as I was on my way back from break. The visitor was carrying a not-inconsequentially-sized stuffy and it wasn't one that I recognized from...
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    What age of patient's are the most difficult for you?

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to ddane94's topic in Patient Education

    Yes, to explain their boobs are already "ruined" by the 50% increase in blood flow that occurred during the majority of their pregnancy is like talking to a wall when trying to encourage...