la_chica_suerte85 BSN, RN

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    Unsure of wanting kids

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to j0yegan's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I'm in the same boat as you but my partner has major baby fever. It's going to happen and I am doing my best to see what it's like to really give everything you've got and then give even more. I...
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    New Grad Unhappy

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

    Yeah, you have something I am currently busting my butt for to have a shot at once I graduate and get my license - a job, plus you apparently have no trouble finding other jobs. What's your secret?...
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    Night Duty Sleep Patterns

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

    I second the melatonin recommendation. My partner switches days and nights and has been on nights for the last 6 mos. When, for whatever reason, it becomes too tough for her to fall asleep during the...
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    Do you think MacBook 11inch would be good for Nursing School? Or is it too small?

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to NRRN,IWP's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Too small. I'm old now and I can't see on that tiny of a screen. I would recommend an iPad since you can increase the size of the font at will. But, if you don't have a problem with that, then that's...
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    [POLL] is it a reason to NOT pursue nursing anymore?

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to ionelaitou's topic in General Students

    What an unusual situation you find yourself in. I hope that it works out for you. I second the immersion course -- I've been working on Spanish on my own and though I can comprehend a lot of it and...
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    ATI

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to Shay_'s topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I'm also only familiar with the RN ATI prep materials and we are given the modules to review for each exam and to cover when we do our focused review. In your ATI tab for "My Results," you should be...
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    Nursing Student Struggles

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to IanTeig1982's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    It sounds like you already know your problem - too much analyzing. I second the advice to practice as many questions as you can. If you can stay mindful of when you start doing too much analysis, stop...
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    Vaping as opposed to cigarettes?

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to Carpediem1012's topic in General Students

    I think that it's a better alternative but not the best idea. I'll never forget something our H&P assessment instructor told us about those: "I'm just waiting to see what fungal infection from...
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    How often do you see/ deal with vomit as a nurse?

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to AspiringRN27's topic in General Students

    It comes up, especially, as others have mentioned, on a Med-Surg floor. In my last clinical it seemed like people were vomiting constantly. I guess the worst one was the one who had been NPO and then...
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    Chronic Renal Failure-Nursing Diagnosis

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to army mommy of three's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    The anemia is absolutely not due to not eating enough and is not an appropriate Dx. It has to do with the failing kidney function. Look at what happens for systemic manifestations of CRF and the...
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    Shingles Zoster

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to mooshgigila's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Seriously, you've only posted 3 times and you're making suggestions to veterans? Goodness. Anyway, you don't have a text book that gives you very specific nursing management of shingles? Seeing as...
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    How important is microbiology?

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

    Micro is pretty important conceptually. You'll definitely have a strong appreciation of not only why it is so important to get a C&S (culture & sensitivity) prior to treating a bacterial...
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    Avoiding patients hitting on you

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to Kitkat1212's topic in General Students

    You have to learn how to establish the patient-nurse relationship when it comes to dealing with flirty pts. It does happen but it's pretty few and far between. I've had more occurrences with staff...
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    Does anyone actually read all the reading assignments?

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to vettechtoRN's topic in General Students

    While in the ideal world it should be possible to read 20+ chapters a week straight through and outline them. However, this is the real world with real time constraints and things that come up that...
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    Annnnnd it happened anyways...

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to MountainBikeChick's topic in General Students

    Congratulations! The second cohort ahead of mine had a girl who had her baby 4 days before finals and she did them LIKE A BOSS -- clearly it is doable. It's definitely going to help being in such...
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    can i do a&p now or wait??

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to reka2014's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Your catalogue of classes should say what math level is required for A&P. If you're in remedial math, you may likely have to wait until you're at the college-level math in order to take A&P....
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    Pharmacology - What is the hardest part to get a grasp on before starting?

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to MizMaverick's topic in General Students

    Like everyone is saying, you have to be flexible in your understanding of drugs and how they might fit into multiple categories. Just because we give a statin to lower cholesterol, that doesn't mean...
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    Dosage Calc Exam

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to kellieg2209's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    There is also a slightly intuitive component to where you plug in the info. The "what I have" to "what was ordered" has a logical component to it. If you only have 30 mg on hand of an ordered tablet,...
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    What kind of listening do you do?

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

    Since I am but a lowly student my listening skills are continuing to develop but I am finding that each time I have ignored my "intuition" I find how true it is that it should never be
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    Help with passing first simulation please!!!

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to AFMedic112's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    It's likely that the major skills are going to be a random draw and not that they will have to do every single thing on the list. At least, that's how it was for us. All I can say is, you're going to...
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    pre-Med Surg semester know-hows

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to isa_salud's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I think I was still too hung up on the pathology of the illnesses we were presented and kept glossing over nursing management of the illness. Focus on nursing management. Keep in mind that when you...
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    Liberia: Nurses Abandoned Redemption Hospital

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to Been there,done that's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Thank you for posting this! I actually had been going through the Marburg Ebola VHF last night on an infectious disease app I got earlier in the day. It mentioned how implementing standard precautions...
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    Liberia: Nurses Abandoned Redemption Hospital

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to Been there,done that's topic in Disaster Preparation

    As long as the proper PPE were available, I would not have a problem with it. As it was mentioned before, it's really not that easy to catch. On the other hand, I don't know I could really deal with...
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    Need help with careplan

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to dovelove's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Well, he definitely is on the "less than body requirements" end of an imbalanced nutrition Dx. You would want a positive nitrogen balance in order to encourage his pressure ulcer and hip fx to heal....
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    Why is this question always asked?

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to RNsRWe's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I get what you're saying and it's true - it seems like someone is always looking for the "key," that magic "it" factor missing from their preparation. What about having permament thread topics for...