la_chica_suerte85 BSN, RN

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    Nursing students not happy to hear about how tough it is to get started as a nurse

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to dnsonthego's topic in General Nursing

    They wait until we're in the middle of OB, completely disoriented from the radical change to specialties, and then they let us have it. BAM! Actually, it's spoken about pretty regularly. I'm in...
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    Family issue..Thoughts?

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to jrabbit619's topic in General Students

    I was in a similar situation as you and I wish I would have just figured it out and left. My parents would have gotten over it. I did the same as you -- did just what they asked, worked, school, home,...
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    Nursing school pain

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to Hollyhocks720's topic in General Students

    THIS TIMES ONE MILLION I know it sucks to have professors who seem like they aren't really invested in teaching but when it comes down to it, you're the one who has to prepare yourself for NCLEX....
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    I'm choosing to withdraw from NS. And that's okay.

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to Liz9's topic in General Students

    Exactly. I have a bachelor's in psychology -- I realized far too late that this was a terrible decision and that I should have stayed with medicine in some capacity. It may not be medicine for you but...
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    HIPAA/ Confidentiality Violation??

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to thunigan's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    HAH! You're the best GrnTea. You're that perfect kind of
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    Would I ever get over the fear of hurting people?

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to Potato 007's topic in General Students

    It is so scary -- there is no way to understate this. But, you get to practice with the equipment well in advance. If you feel like you need more practice then practice all you can until you have a...
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    Am I NCLEX ready?

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to motte12's topic in General Students

    It doesn't say how many questions you're practicing a day but that can really help with the nerves. Practice questions until you can't do it anymore. Good
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    I really want to be a nurse but..

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

    The math part of nursing is not hard. You just need to commit yourself to practicing a lot more than you would think you'd need to. Nothing about nursing is impossibly difficult. It just needs a lot...
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    Novice nurse no-nos

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to tsm007's topic in General Nursing

    LOL for the love of god please don't be one of those. Humility, a passion for learning, a respect for the unit culture (or really anywhere there was a group of people working before you started), and...
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    Help! I have to precept a new grad who already knows it all....but not really.

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to GOMER-RN's topic in General Nursing

    I've worked with people like this in a non-nursing setting and what is hardest about it is that this is just the way they are wired. I would just model good teamwork behavior, correct them when they...
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    Nursing students eat their young too.

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to Destined4More's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    That's not NETY. That's just trash talk and that's normal for a lot of human beings at any time, in any
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    I'm choosing to withdraw from NS. And that's okay.

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to Liz9's topic in General Students

    ..... You'll be
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    when to start studying for NCLEX

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to Graduation2016's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I started studying my first quarter. It's never too early to start. It has helped me incredibly well in terms of conquering those pesky priority and SATA questions. So you need to start
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    What is the freaking deal with OB?

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to Mavrick's topic in General Students

    Lol, I know what you mean. I expected more people to say peds but even some people I never would have figured would say L&D say L&D. I, from the start, said heck no to that. Then, I went...
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    Starting nursing school in three weeks, what am I forgetting?

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to Chelonophile's topic in General Students

    We were supposed to have Jaeger and Snellen charts but they were provided in skills lab for
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    Starting nursing school in three weeks, what am I forgetting?

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to Chelonophile's topic in General Students

    It sounds like you're pretty good material-wise. Now is the time to start developing a flexible, open mind. Nothing in nursing school starts on time. Get used to that. Studying techniques for one...
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    Why are preceptors negative towards nurses they are teaching?

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to nursy1's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    It's very unclear in your original post what constitutes you being "eaten" and what you need feedback on. You just sound like you're acclimating to the situation -- change is, indeed, stressful. Also,...
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    Will green skin hurt my career?

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to hppygr8ful's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Ummmmmmmmmmmmm....................... It depends. It seems like where I'm at for a forensic nursing clinical rotation, it might fit in -- at least the purple hair. Maybe if you serve a population that...
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    I think Nursing is not for me :( :( :(

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to Ooji's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    You're nearly done and it still has not occured to you the kind of critical thinking skills required of you in order to practice safely and competently as a new grad? That's great that you're smart...
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    Nursing School Horror Stories

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to MR-RN15's topic in General Students

    They aren't. I'm sometimes really just in awe of how horrific some people have it with being in school. My experience and for all of my cohort peers, this has not been the same. We have very...
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    Friends. 😤

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to stacylethani's topic in General Students

    Ignore them. Nursing school is something entirely different from anything anyone else does. I know how you feel. I wish I had time to study more but I'm already hearing people around me in disbelief...
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    Black Humour

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to Tenebrae's topic in Nursing Humor

    I always hear expire and think of
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    New Grad feeling depressed, anxious and hopeless

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to MedSurgRN193's topic in Health, Stress Management

    You definitely need someone to talk to, at least to bounce things off of them. Keep seeing that therapist. It didn't take a few weeks for you to start feeling this way so it's not going to take a few...
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    Black Humour

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to Tenebrae's topic in Nursing Humor

    It was a weird day. My first with something like that and very likely my only time. That baby was something special and it was tragic but his family graciously allowed others the privilege of his...
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    Black Humour

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to Tenebrae's topic in Nursing Humor

    But......it's in my