la_chica_suerte85 BSN, RN

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    Pseudoseizures in the ED

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to bear14's topic in Emergency

    Wait, are we talking people faking seizures or the PNES (psychogenic non-epileptic seizure) type of seizures? We had a patient come to us that was having some form of a seizure but they were...
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    Help with clinical goals

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to Roseyposey's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Are these goals for what you need to accomplish during the day? Or, are these things you need to have your patients work on when you're interacting with
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    Should Obama care be repealed?

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to luv2's topic in General Nursing

    You say this as if the United States didn't have a hand in creating the conditions that have caused people to come here illegally. Not to say that necessitates financially supporting those people and...
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    Ridiculous medical mistakes on TV

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to adventure_rn's topic in Nursing Humor

    I always wonder how they get those monitors to say those crazy numbers on TV. Like, do they have some IT guy programming it and they're like, "Yes, make that purple wavy line say it's 60 and the blue...
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    Should Obama care be repealed?

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to luv2's topic in General Nursing

    I can confirm. Especially if you live in California, at age 63, your individual insurance at the lowest tier (the "bronze" one) can easily be $700+. I was 28 when I was paying for my own insurance...
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    Med Surg v.s. Pediatrics Nurse! Help!

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to Gr4ceffa's topic in Pediatric

    So, we're going from NICU to Gen Peds to ED to, I'm guessing, Adult Med-Surg? It's a little all over the place. I second the idea that you might be getting ahead of yourself with setting your sites...
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    Leave Chemo. Infusion?

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to Taylor55's topic in Oncology

    As I've said in another thread, infusion center nursing is challenging. We try to keep our kids outpatient as much as possible and that means the infusion centers are just filling up and slammed on a...
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    RN thinking of quitting job b/c of IV's.

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to Phe12's topic in General Nursing

    Infusion center nursing is challenging. Attaching the t-connector to the cannula after it's in is hard enough for me with two normally-abled hands -- I couldn't imagine doing it with a weakness in my...
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    Advice: Choosing clinical unit and I am pregnant

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to SweetDuluth's topic in General Students

    We have special protective gear that we wear to prevent exposure -- many, MANY nurses on my unit have worked while pregnant. The only exclusions are patients who had scans that make them radioactive....
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    Orientation day + first weeks+ smoking cessation meltdown

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to Username invalid's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    This confirms my suspicions about Chantix -- every time I see the commercials and they throw out the rapid-fire list of possible side effects I always think to myself that it's pretty terrible and, if...
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    Dosage calculation Help!

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to Calhoungirl24's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Also, be forewarned that sometimes, even though pharmacy verifies the order, we verify the order, everything squares with the drug references but what you get sent from pharmacy ends up being...
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    Relationship of Magnesium & Potassium

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to RLD47's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I've thought a lot about this and I've looked far and wide (include my old pathophys text book) for a definitive answer but it's hard to find. Like AliNajaCat said, myocardial cells are more excitable...
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    Feeling VERY Incompetent

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to kyfitch's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not sure if this has been mentioned or not as I haven't made it through the whole thread but, if you are really feeling your incompetence, look to see if there are any new grad residency programs...
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    ATI RN Comprehensive Predictor

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to WGUtexasstudent's topic in Western Governors University

    Luckily my school had not yet implemented this policy with ATI. But, I was able to get through the predictor without having to do a retake (I don't recall my score but it wasn't anything as amazing as...
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    Help with Pediatric IV calculations

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to Brewskii13's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    The only time we do like in the 1st question in terms of adding a certain amount to the rate is when we run a piggyback. We add 20 mls to the volume-to-be-infused and then adjust the rate accordingly...
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    White Scrubs and That "Time of the Month".

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to Shookclays's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I'm a big fan of Nike Combat Pro compression shorts. They don't have beige but the grey can't be seen under white scrubs. I wore them all the time at clinicals. When I was on my period and felt it...
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    For The Love Of All That Is Holy . . . .

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    It is still a thing because rampant "Special Snowflake Syndrome" is leaving a massive blemish on the Millennial
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    Only charting?

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to Niquolea26's topic in General Students

    Can I downvote this? "Fetching" that water is an important opportunity for assessment. For me, it's a good time to catch up on I/Os and it might also clue me in on how a pt who previously was barely...
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    Stank Face during Clinical: How to prevent?

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to hepnande's topic in General Students

    It requires a lot of practice. I have a bad case of RBF and I have a very expressive face as well. I just had to keep reminding myself at the start of clinical and throughout that I needed to "fix my...
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    Nurses Eating Nursing Students

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

    I'm still on orientation and it's basically going to work to find out what kind of wrench is going to be thrown into the plan I try to come up using clinical judgment and priority setting. Plan my...
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    How Many Letters Do We Need?

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to showbizrn's topic in General Nursing

    For what it's worth, I appreciate knowing that your experience exists and is able to be pursued should one choose it for themselves. I know I can't work with dying kids interminably, I need to do...
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    How Many Letters Do We Need?

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to showbizrn's topic in General Nursing

    I've always taken this more as a way to see alternatives to the grind nurses feel espoused to ("the man" as BTDT says). It's encouraging that, if I chose to get out of the grind of bedside (after I...
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    Nurses Eating Nursing Students

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

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    Nurses Eating Nursing Students

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

    Your situation sounds more like you got a nasty bit of culture shock. Nothing happened the way you expected or the way you prepared for. That's lesson 1 in nursing: you can be the best prepared person...
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    Nurses Eating Nursing Students

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

    None of the day should have gone this way. Either your instructor or the charge nurse could have assigned you to another nurse -- no nurse should have 2 students unless she/he has an exceptionally...