la_chica_suerte85 BSN, RN

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    Need help with careplan

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to dovelove's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I agree with Esme. We are told constantly in our program that when it comes to the older pts, dehydration is very likely the culprit for the confused mental status, especially since he was down for so...
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    Critique of Nursing School

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to NormaSaline's topic in General Students

    One thing that jumped out to me the most from this article that did not occur to me until now is the 2.5 hour lectures that are given weekly and must cover an obscene amount of material. While our...
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    Trouble with relating medical dx to nursing dx

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to AQEELSMOM's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Eliminate labs??? Why???? I have seen the single-paragraph patho but not completely getting rid of labs. We have labs constantly drilled into everything we do. That is really unusual. But, it's good...
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    Trouble with relating medical dx to nursing dx

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to AQEELSMOM's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I'm not quite sure that the instructor is just telling the student to spoof the info. In my last care plan format, if, for whatever reason (i.e. the pt was a new admit and we didn't get to see the...
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    The Worst Hospital Visitor I've Ever Seen

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Right?? What about that pt's satisfaction? "Umm...the food was as expected but negative 10000 points for letting the the patient in the bed next to mine have sex with her gross, demanding b/f all...
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    Advice concerning learning Spanish

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

    I have been using Duolingo (it's an app-based learning system but if you don't have an iPad or iPhone they still have a fantastic website you can use -- it's actually more rigorous than the apps) to...
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    Trying to get into Nursing School

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

    Sometimes it's the *time* that you get into that can help sway things in your favor. At my school (a cal-state), the fall qtr is exceptionally competetitve as we have people not only in the school...
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    Proper undergarments under WHITE PANTS

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to Purple Lady's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Our white school uniforms are so unbearably, unreasonably thick that I can wear pretty much anything under them and no one would see, especially since the tops are so long they cover almost past the...
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    ATI Fundamentals 2013 Proctor

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to cayleebu's topic in General Students

    Do you also have the module books and take the practice tests for ATI? The way we're set up is we take Fundamentals A & B as practice with the 3 hours focused review and then take the proctored...
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    Walked in on a pt rolling a joint

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to Anonymous666's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    LolZ! I think the reason why others might take exception to your description is that you mentioned the pt's "fondness" for pain medications and the pt's tendency to "watch the clock." It does come...
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    enjoying religion without actually being religious yourself?

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to ceccia's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    It sounds like you have a very open minded attitude which is great from the usual knee-jerk "no religion whatsoever...hmph!" I appreciate coworkers who are positive and promote their beliefs through...
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    Top challenges of being a nursing student!

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to dotdotcurve33's topic in General Students

    My biggest challenge so far has been having to deal with randomly assigned clinical sites -- so, scheduling and trying to function as an officer of our student association has been very challenging...
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    Nursing tougher for guys than girls

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to Nursing pursuit's topic in Men in Nursing

    I don't get it. Why are the girls somehow more motivated than the guys? If that's the case, why are you guys there at all? And, why does their "whispering" further diminish your motivation? Are you...
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    Any Advice for New Nursing Students?

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to jrabbit0811's topic in General Students

    I read I Wasn't Strong Like This When I Started Out: True Stories of Becoming a Nurse and it really helped me appreciate the vastness of how you will be changed by this program. So far, my program has...
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    Taking Pharm before Patho?

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to phiaflyy's topic in General Students

    Our program is set up such that pharm comes before patho. You'll be fine. It's not so much being concerned about the disease processes but more how the drugs affect system functions. Many drugs can be...
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    Scared of 2nd Year Now :(

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to USMCRN2015's topic in General Students

    Psych is supposedly one of the more challenging quarters (aside from our 1st med surg -- which, honestly for me, was not hard) because it's a topic that is not something everyone is so interested in...
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    Summers upon us!

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to Brian's topic in General Students

    Hmmm....I haven't really thought about this too much. I still work so I'll be reviewing this past year during my breaks and when my SO goes to work in the AM (after she switches back from PM shift --...
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    What Do You Eat?

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to tbbtpeach's topic in General Students

    I force myself to eat a humongous amount of food in the AM -- oatmeal or egg burritos, some kind of fruit, yogurt with cereal mixed in, a ton of water and juice if it's handy. I try to avoid...
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    SO sick

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to RookieRoo's topic in General Students

    Yes, this is all in your head. If you are really concerned about this then do your best to stay on top of the material, be prepared to meet with your profs to clarify topics in a thoughtful and...
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    objective data and subjective data

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to DaphneHiggins's topic in General Students

    No, revisit the definition of objective data (and then compare it to subjective). In gathering objective data for this situation, it would only be what you observe (i.e. she has difficulty or is...
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    Medical Student to Nursing Student

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to thatguy777's topic in General Students

    If I had stayed exclusively pre-med I would be taking pre-reqs when I transitioned to nursing, too so I do imagine that's what the OP meant. Obviously he was preparing to become a med student but now...
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    Not just another NETY thread....

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to AmyRN303's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I do wonder, too, about whether or not age is a factor in so many of the newer nurses complaining about their preceptors engaging in "NETY" and being tough on new grads because they don't present...
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    3.9 GPA, cant pass Nursing school tests!???

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to fleurafor's topic in General Students

    If it helps to think of it this way in terms of how to curb your over-analytical nature, then consider this: in the nursing situation, you can really only consider the facts. You cannot add to...
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    math help

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to t2nrock's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Oh, don't get me wrong, I totally get that it is possible that in some places without such facilities nurses do these things on the regular. I just said that after watching my preceptor try to squeeze...
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    Centimeters Away From Brain Death

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to nursey246's topic in Nurses Rock

    ::applause!::