la_chica_suerte85 BSN, RN

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Things they don't tell you in nursing school

la_chica_suerte85 replied to LondonLeprechaun's topic in Nursing Humor

Oh my gosh, I love this!
Patient Entitlement

la_chica_suerte85 replied to Joe V's topic in Nursing Humor

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!! People get peeved if they don't get super service at the grocery store. People get peeved if they don't get super service in freakin Big Lots....
Has anyone used this website

la_chica_suerte85 replied to MizMaverick's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

Just like everyone says with the textbooks, I'm always re-checking things in other websites and comparing the info when it seems suspect. I have to pay for enough things that have errors in them, I'm...
acidosis vs. alkalosis

la_chica_suerte85 replied to sonias's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

OMG Esme and pink magnolia thank you! We just started this topic this week, too, and it's always been a bit of a mystery to me especially when we start taking about partial compensation and what
Time management; class, family, exercise...etc

la_chica_suerte85 replied to Myoclonicjerk's topic in Male Nursing Students

I struggled a little bit at the start with balancing everything and it's really in the first fundamentals bit that you are consumed with school. Then, in the second qtr, I was like, eff this there is...
What a difference a year makes!!

la_chica_suerte85 replied to 16mm's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

Congratulations! In June I will be finishing my first year of the program and it has gone by so fast. Get ready for the ride of your
How old were you when you started nursing school?

la_chica_suerte85 replied to Joe V's topic in General Students

I was 27 when I started and will be 30 when I graduate. I was afraid my brain was getting too inflexible from my present job and felt maybe my window was closing for my brain to be doing anymore...
My first ever patient passed away..

la_chica_suerte85 replied to imaginations's topic in PICU, Pediatric

I had a prof who is a pediatric hem onc nurse and there is one story she always tells of a pt dying that still brings her to tears. She said, though it wasn't appropriate that she attend the funeral...
"Take the skin off the tape" advice given here

la_chica_suerte85 replied to 3aremyjoy's topic in General Nursing

And thank you for continuing to spread this tip! I really could have used this one back a few months ago taking tape off a pt's G tube dressing and will definitely try it going
Burned Bridges

la_chica_suerte85 replied to brown eyed girl's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

I have worked with people like this who were much worse off and without any modicum of a sense of their own responsibility for their situation so you have that working for you at a minimum. Like...
Today I made a big mistake.

la_chica_suerte85 replied to student-rn's topic in General Students

There are some very critical things people can do that can result in their dismissal from programs and administering meds without your instructor is a big no no. Though they were "simple" meds to...
Occurence reporting to punish other nurses

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

I wonder how normal it is for these nurses to have had previous work experience at anything. I'm only a student but I have worked since I was 16 and I know better than to go into a new environment...
The 12 mcg Fentanyl patch(vent)

la_chica_suerte85 replied to sistrmoon's topic in Patient Medications

I know you're venting and this doesn't directly help your situation but thank you for posting this. It's not something I would want to have to run into as a relatively new nursing student and I thank...
Having One of Those Days of Doubt Again....

la_chica_suerte85 replied to lmm76's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

Oh gosh I am right there with you. I am lucky that I have the opportunity to be currently enrolled in the nursing program and this is my second Bachelors (therefore, I am doubly lucky). I got my BA in...
What would you have done differently

la_chica_suerte85 replied to PaulBaxter's topic in General Students

I don't think I did this as much as others but don't freak out. Yes, there are some weeks where you have 40 chapters (or at least it seems that way) assigned and it is an impossible amount of reading...
Rancho Cucamonga?

la_chica_suerte85 replied to africanbelle's topic in California Nursing

It does not get quite as cold as some of the surrounding areas -- it seems to be a bit more temperate. Rancho Cucamonga is below the high desert, however, and some of those winds that come from the...
My shift haunts me

la_chica_suerte85 replied to NewRN089's topic in First Year After Licensure

As a student, I sometimes do this already -- I dream about clinical and administering meds and whether or not I did something to harm someone. Our instructors always tell us that every good nurse does...
CSUB Nursing Program for Fall 2014

la_chica_suerte85 replied to margaret94's topic in California Nursing

I used the ATI book. You will be using the ATI module curriculum during the program so you might as well get used to it now. I studied a little with it and got a
Rancho Cucamonga?

la_chica_suerte85 replied to africanbelle's topic in California Nursing

Well, unfortunately you can't avoid the wind in Rancho Cucamonga (CSUSB, the university down the road I am currently attending, is known to have to close due to wind conditions being so extreme)....
Why Do You Want To Be A Nurse?

la_chica_suerte85 replied to Joe V's topic in General Students

It's funny that you say it's not because I want to help people -- anyone who asks what I am doing tells me, "Oh that's great. You like to help people and are compassionate." Hahaha, nope. That's not...
Do I have the intelligent capability of becoming a nurse?

la_chica_suerte85 replied to Morganward5's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

Lol, wait until nursing school where you have a week to go over 25 chapters. Seriously, though, it's not the material you have to cover. It's how you cover it. Like everyone above said, you need to...
Memories & Insights of a 1974 Diploma RN Grad

la_chica_suerte85 replied to jewel53's topic in General Nursing

Yes, please post the next
Pet Peeve

la_chica_suerte85 replied to SleeepyRN's topic in Patient Medications

I think that a lot of it is the language -- it's forgetting that the nurse requires an actual SBAR/SOAP/SOAPIE (SOMETHING!) standard format of report regarding the situation, the CNA's attempts at...
Why do nurses "eat their young"?

la_chica_suerte85 replied to hope4ccns's topic in General Students

I don't know exactly what qualifies as bullying. Is it the eye rolls, snaking the med pass, not acknowledging the student directly? That's not bullying. For the love of god it is not bullying. We were...
Why do nurses "eat their young"?

la_chica_suerte85 replied to hope4ccns's topic in General Students

Even though I have had a scant few nurse preceptors blow me off, for every one who has done so, I've had 4 amazing ones excited to teach who were willing to engage me and show me the ropes. I don't...

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