la_chica_suerte85 BSN, RN

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    Acute Pain problem statement

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to kristimarieSC's topic in General Students

    Instead of using an r/t can't you use a different s/t (i.e. secondary to surgical incision or s/t abdominal injury)? That might be why the r/t seems weird. I don't really understand "r/t physical" and...
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    1st year in need of HELP!

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

    This isn't really a "biology" question. Since you're considering the phamacological action of a drug, this drug will have a certain class relating to it's pharmacotherapeutic action (B2-adrengergic...
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    First few weeks of clinicals!

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to trancefamily's topic in General Students

    This seems kind of the "paying your dues" moment for your 1st clinical rotation. Mine was similar. Our RNs were very ambivalent towards us but the CNAs and techs were thrilled to have us help them....
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    HUGS?!

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to sparky605's topic in General Students

    It depends. I don't think it's flat-out, across the board verboten. You just pick and choose. I've had nurses hug me after clinical and I'm like, "oh, this is nice, I
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    Nursing student and anxiety

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to Skitter's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I disclosed my struggles with anxiety and depression on our health form and was thanked by our compliance coordinator for my honesty. Because, seriously, I would want that documented if somewhere into...
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    The "DUH" moment

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to motay68's topic in General Students

    LOL! You'll have to give yourself a break on this one. It's hard to even get within a mile of that topic with people who are in that age range (i.e. I think now with people who are in their 60s or...
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    What's wrong with my diagnosis care plan?

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to Mursely's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    If it helps, hypokalemia is not a nursing diagnosis but a medical diagnosis (in other words, it requires intervention that a physician would be responsible for, not a nurse, such as prescribing...
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    Study tips for nursing students

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to MarlaC's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Learn to make your connections. No bit of information is an island. For example, you're going to learn pathology and the drugs used to treat disease and their physiological effects - never fail to...
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    What is an intra-arterial pressure sensor?

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to Bluebell.'s topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    This .pdf might explain a little better how the hydraulics and pressure and physics of it all work:...
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    Help with taking NCLEX style questions

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to havehope's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Like everyone else said, it's practice. You already know you're likely to pick the distractors so it's going to take time practicing not picking the distractors. When you do this, just try doing some...
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    What is the nurses role in preventing/reducing post c-section infections?

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to RNIZZY14's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    For the good articles that you have found that are older than 5 years, see if there have been any citations made to those articles by newer articles. I sometimes go backwards->forwards that way and...
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    ATI Tests

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to CSIPAIGE's topic in General Students

    I second TheCommuter's advice and, like happynurse14 said, you really have to practice. Like, a seemingly unreasonable amount of practice. You'll find that there are little things you miss and you can...
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    EXTREME Anxiety About Starting OB/GYN L&D Quarter

    la_chica_suerte85 posted a topic in General Students

    Good morning, fellow AN members! After a very "hurry up and wait" type of summer break, the start of the new quarter is barreling down on me like a bullet train full of babies and pregnant women and...
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    EXTREME Anxiety About Starting OB/GYN L&D Quarter

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to la_chica_suerte85's topic in General Students

    Oh man, SopranoKris, thank you for sharing. It's the emotions about the tragic things that I think are going to make it the most difficult. I've just always been of the mindset that babies do nothing...
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    Passed my first Nursing Exam!!!

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to studentnursemon86's topic in General Students

    That's fantastic! I hope I can maintain just like you (I'm facing a similarily hectic qtr) this Fall. Congratulations! Keep it
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    Is ATI website compatible with android based tablet?

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to illestglitch's topic in General Students

    Annoyingly, ATI does not yet work with tablets. HOWEVER, they are working on it and I'm told in the coming future there should be a change that makes them compatible. It seems like it won't be for...
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    Is it okay to tape record on my phone my patient's report?

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to strawberryluv's topic in General Students

    Nope, not at all okay. You just have to practice at going with the flow during report. Critical thinking requires you to deem what crucial info you need to know about the pt and active listening helps...
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    Genetics help? Assigning ploidy?

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to aeris99's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    The Scitable page from nature.com has fantastic resources for genetics (the section on chromosomes and cytogenetics should help). This is a tricky subject and it helps if you draw diagrams of the...
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    Scenarios

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to loryswag's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    lol...wut....
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    physical health assessment

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to rosy3's topic in General Students

    Google "Ascultation Assistant UCLA" and you'll find what comes for my program as one of the most highly recommended ascultation practice
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    Care plan help: how to deal with nonverbal patients' stressors?

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to stargirl018's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Ohhhhh.....see, now everything I said doesn't really make too much sense anymore. Alzheimer's would require a very nuanced sort of assessment especially for what is required by the theory you stated...
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    Feeling Discouraged Already

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to Xxosillyme00123's topic in General Students

    It doesn't sound like anything bad happened. Your tears may be more of a release of the stress from the moment than anything. I wish our SIM lab had real people instead of the creepy, blinking,...
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    Care plan help: how to deal with nonverbal patients' stressors?

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to stargirl018's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I don't know if this helps but there are some things that might still affect the pt in terms of stressors just by being in the hospital environment. If you were in this pt's situation but recovered...
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    Job seekers, have you tried ...

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to amoLucia's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for posting this. I'm a student (two years left to go) and I am constantly looking and listing what job opportunities there will be once I
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    Warning----Fashionista in the House

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

    Wow....her life has.....not been difficult....like