la_chica_suerte85 BSN, RN

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    Opioid Side Effects

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to cmar13's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Medscape is the best. Medscape: Medscape
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    Low Q bank Scores

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

    Are you reviewing your questions after or just taking Q bank tests over and over? The good news is you still have plenty of time to get things in order. The hard part will be figuring out why you're...
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    Did You Know the Specialty You Wanted to Work In Before Clinicals?

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to Shookclays's topic in General Nursing

    No and I definitely had no idea it would actually end up being pediatric hematology/oncology. I figured I would just be working with a more geriatric population in acute care but once I figured out...
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    Anxiety following patient death

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to Hockeynursing's topic in General Nursing

    Indeed. There is a school of thought that concerns undermedicating and actually prolonging suffering -- that the person isn't able to let go and die because the pain is so severe and keeping the...
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    Domestic Violence: Why Should SHE Leave?

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    Yep, that's pretty much the reason why. He knows and so do all the people he enlists to try and make her life hell for giving him the boot. Even if he gets hooked and locked up, it doesn't mean it's...
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    Attention nurse bullies... and victims!!

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to Xtina, BSN, RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I haven't been bullied (yet) or been accused of being a bully (yet) but at my hospital, there are subtle (no, not really subtle) classes we take that are mandatory that are clearly intended to reduce...
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    Nursing Admissions: A Frustrated Student's Manifesto

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to medicapoetica's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sorry but why is this an article??? As it has already been pointed out, your experience at this one school seems fairly unusual and is not at all able to generalized to all schools. What kind of...
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    Not good at change

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

    I think that, like others have said, change is just so hard. I am extremely resistant to change. I am trying to acclimate to my unit as a new grad and it really sucks not having already achieved a...
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    To those who recently took the nclex exam... drug questions!

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to mloc_21's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I took mine on 8/11, passed in 75 questions. From what I recall, I only had about 2 questions truly related to pharmacology knowledge (maybe 2 more, but neither had anything to do with the drug...
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    Vaccinations

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to sbarber74's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    If, where you are, the chest xray is good for 2 years then you really should rethink getting chest xrays done annually. Based on what vaccines are required, the school you apply to may have you get...
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    Do grades mean much?

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to Zooey72's topic in General Students

    Also, grades are not the only thing (and, if your school is doing it right, Cs are sometimes the new As and that's okay). Leadership, volunteering and networking are truly the cornerstone to making...
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    Do grades mean much?

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to Zooey72's topic in General Students

    Some places have a GPA requirement of their new grads if you are looking to get into a new grad program. So, it does matter. If you don't want to do a new grad program then it
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    Wearing Scrubs Outside of the Workplace

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to NewGradRN114's topic in General Nursing

    There have been some articles recently about why healthcare workers shouldn't wear their scrubs outside of work. I don't really mind. I don't work in a locked down infectious disease unit and I have...
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    Coming Soon? Will Nurses be Taking Over the Lab?

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to Nerd eNurse's topic in General Nursing

    The only thing I'm aware of is, at my facility, they are relying less and less on lab for bedside draws. We also had something implemented in terms of being survey-ready that our state's regulatory...
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    The "How was your day" question

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to dma13's topic in General Nursing

    I'm lucky my significant other is a LEO -- I feel like sometimes cops are the only people who understand nurses (sometimes). I can usually tell her everything that went on in my day without feeling...
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    suicide? Is this a trend with new nurses that can not cope?

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to elysRN's topic in General Nursing

    And resilience is sacrificed as a
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    Why are nurses sexualized?

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to Sykadia's topic in General Nursing

    Though this isn't the most academically written article, it has a very interesting history of how nurses got their sexy stereotype. History of the Sexy Nurse - Thrillist There was something very...
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    Do you think I have a chance at a residency?

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to sstei5988's topic in General Students

    In looking at their requirements, if you want to do ICU, they require you have work experience (such as you already have) in ICU. So, you're at least set for that. It is really up to what is important...
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    suicide? Is this a trend with new nurses that can not cope?

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to elysRN's topic in General Nursing

    In a cursory search on the subject, healthcare is kinda, sorta, a little bit up there in terms of the number of suicides per 100,000 but it's healthcare workers in general. In other words, there's...
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    Cold IV fluid through Picc line..?

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to pookiesmom's topic in Patient Medications

    This is mostly a concern of trauma patients receiving massive transfusions of cold blood (and by massive, that's defined as your total blood volume being transfused in 24 hours or more than half of...
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    Cold IV fluid through Picc line..?

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to pookiesmom's topic in Patient Medications

    I work with kids and they feel the PIV flushes as cold, too, and some complain of it as pain, especially when they're new and haven't gotten their central lines put in yet. Even if it's room...
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    Tips for Specialty

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to rachiebee's topic in General Students

    What I did first was decide what type of hospital I wanted to work at. Then, I decided what type of residency I wanted to train in. It happened by sheer luck that one of the clinical instructors...
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    Help me with vital please..

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to sok92's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Your pay isn't great but it's not abnormally low in California, at least until the $15/hr minimum wage becomes a thing across the board. When I was per diem, I made upwards of $18/hr. When I was full...
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    How did you spend your first nursing paycheck?

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to NewGradRN114's topic in General Nursing

    That's so sweet!!! I would really like to start saving for a new car and a gift for my SO who so faithfully supported me through all of the nonsense with nursing school. She deserves something truly...
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    How did you spend your first nursing paycheck?

    la_chica_suerte85 replied to NewGradRN114's topic in General Nursing

    Bills, bills, bills. One of the nurses at work must think I'm like 17 and still live with my parents because she didn't believe me when I said that I was going to be contributing fully to household...