[Going2go]

Pete,
I've never heard the term "core weight" in R/T a drug....what does this mean? Does every drip medication have a core #? If so, where/how does one go about getting them? Thanks

Going2go

[sassyg0110]

Hi Pete495,

I would like to know your core numbers...thank you. We've become way too dependent on our pump calcs (me included). I noticed over the last few years that most of our newer grads don't do the math or utilize the monographs; they were taught to use pump calcs? I don't know. I do know I'd like a little cheat sheet in my handy dandy nurse-stuff bag

[RYNOBLASTER30]

As a nurse you should be able to figure out drug calcs, especially in an icu. I just finished up a travel contract in San Antonio, and they had pumps which you couldn't program. You wouldn't believe the number of nurses who could not figure this out. Unsafe for the patients. Really comes in handy during a code situation