silvienurse

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1. Tips for nurses in their first year of nursing

   silvienurse replied to Brian's topic in New Nurse

   hi i'm feeling a lot like alluvme; i too graduated from rn school this past may (06') and waiting to take my nclex (very soon i hope); in our area we had a nursing fair for all soon to be nursing grads to come and meet with all the different dept mgr...

2. Need help in OB....Final is tomorrow...

   silvienurse replied to silvienurse's topic in General Students

   YAAAAAAAAAAH!!! I PASSED the OB final!!!!!!! now only have ERI'sssssssss and LOTS of them to do not to mention the terrible word of "remediation" with the ERI'sssss (YUCK!!!!!) LOTS of BUZZZZZZZZZZZY work...........but they say "it'll all be wort...

3. Need help in OB....Final is tomorrow...

   silvienurse replied to silvienurse's topic in General Students

   Thnaks Tina That really helps alot; yes it seems everyone in my class does the proportions as well but that only kept me soooo confused. I like your method much better (once I get it down pat).......do you write everything down at once then work it o...

4. Need help in OB....Final is tomorrow...

   silvienurse replied to silvienurse's topic in General Students

   Hi Need help with Pitocin calculations!!! Please advice how to calculate flow rate, drop factor etc. for pitocin since it's in mU's I know if the order calls for 4U (Pitocin) then you change that to 4,000mU's (I think) please correct me if that's ...

5. Need help in OB....Final is tomorrow...

   silvienurse posted a topic in General Students

   Hi If anyone has anything they'd like to share and feel it might help tomorrow when I take my OB final tomorrow; I'm open for ALL suggestions. advice, NOTES, ideas etc. etc. PLEASE feel free to post.....I'll be soooooooooo glad when all this is ove...

6. What is a "Code Black"?

   silvienurse replied to sugabuga's topic in General Nursing

   Hi then what is a code Brown???

7. grams to grains

   silvienurse replied to silvienurse's topic in General Students

   Thank you; thank you; thank you........that's my point too; but I guess they make you know it just in case you should ever encounter it....PLUS it's on our math test and believe it or not the instructor said there's still some of these type questions...

8. i passed i passed i passed i passed

   silvienurse replied to itsnowbegun's topic in New Nurse

   Way tah GOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

9. What is a "Code Black"?

   silvienurse replied to sugabuga's topic in General Nursing

   I thought it was "bad weather" tornado etc. etc.

10. grams to grains

    silvienurse replied to silvienurse's topic in General Students

    Thanks Pie123 I think I "might" have it......do you just take the 0.3grams and multiply that by 15 = 4.5grains????? please advise.....also if interested I have a really neat formula for temperature conversion; it works every time; much simplier to ...

11. Cardiac is stressing me out!! PLEASE help!

    silvienurse replied to mandymarie7791's topic in General Students

    My apologies....wish I could help you...gosh I remember stressing over this very same exam in RN school and sure wish I'd found this site MUCH sooner...this is really a GREAT site....everyone here seems all so happy to render their assistance, opinio...

12. grams to grains

    silvienurse replied to silvienurse's topic in General Students

    I figured it several different ways; that's why I wrote in for advice from everyone.........when I figured it I came up with all the different answers that everyone else has submitted.... First I came up with 50gr then :uhoh21: 5gr but just couldn...

13. grams to grains

    silvienurse replied to silvienurse's topic in General Students

    Thanks Pie123 for the conversion list; the minims is also on our test; do you ever use those?? Instructor said only reason they're on the exam is because the State Boards still use them as possible test question(s). Thanks

14. Medical Assistants are called "nurses"

    silvienurse replied to button2cute's topic in General Nursing

    As for my doctor's office; when I call and ask to speak to "the Nurse" they always put the MA on the line who then never states they're an MA; they give shots, meds, VS etc. etc. I've even asked over the phone before proceeding with my question etc. ...

15. Last semester advice...preparing for the NCLEX-RN

    silvienurse replied to AllisonRN's topic in NCLEX

    Yes; me too, I need this information as well......thanks to each and everyone for you time in answering this.....