kimber1985

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1. Freaky IV Question

   kimber1985 replied to kimber1985's topic in Student Assist

   Ok, so to keep a line primed, I suck the air out of it and put in 45 mls? I am confused. You are saying that sucking the air out makes a vaccuum that will keep the pump from pushing out the last 5 mls? But the pump still knows not to suck out 5mls...

2. Freaky IV Question

   kimber1985 posted a topic in Student Assist

   You are hanging an IVPB 50 mls You lower the Primary. You only punch in 45 mls to keep the line primed. How does the Baxter pump stop pumping the IVPB with 5mls left over and convert to the primary if gravity has anything to do with it?

3. failed clincials...done for the semester (long post)

   kimber1985 replied to shining_star28463's topic in General Students

   In Ped's I forgot to unclamp my piggyback 2 times in a row, I did everything else perfect. "Are you forgetting something?" I just looked and got it, but did it again. Then, on the third piggyback for my patient in one day I go to unclamp it and ma...

4. Help!! Patho for a Multiple Stab Victim

   kimber1985 replied to kimber1985's topic in General Students

   I swear my instructor said, "Everything has a patho" after 6 hours of google-ing I found a site that had the patho of a stab wound and the patho of the healing process. Otherwise,I would have copied and pasted and sourced you. Thank you for answeri...

5. Tearing my hair out Postpartum Diagnosis

   kimber1985 replied to OnTheRoad's topic in General Students

   Ineffective coping Disturbed Body image In OB I would make up my own Dx and we were suppose to, because the book (Cox) is not directed at OB. I had a pt whose significant other was in prison at the time.... That was Interrupted Family Process. It i...

6. care plan need to personalize

   kimber1985 replied to RNmom08's topic in General Students

   If you talk to the patient you can usually find some sort of Ineffective Coping. That's pretty personalized.

7. Help!! Patho for a Multiple Stab Victim

   kimber1985 posted a topic in General Students

   I have no idea what to write as a patho for a Stab Wound??? There are a couple of complications such as a perforated intestine causing him to have a colostomy bag and one absess. Is there a patho for a stab wound????

8. pneumonia without data

   kimber1985 posted a topic in Student Assist

   Are doctors quick to diagnosis pneumonia without data. My asthma patient has had cold like symptoms for a week and is diagnosed with pneumonia. But I did not see a chest x-ray or a culture to diagnosis. It may be there tomorrow morning, but I thin...

9. When is a child an adult with meds?

   kimber1985 replied to kimber1985's topic in Student Assist

   100lbs sounds good to me, but I am seeing in peds rotation a 83lb getting adult doses. I have Solumedrol 25 mgs for a 34.8kg 10 year old, q 6 does - that sound high? Book says 835mcg/kg q 12-24 34.8 x 835 is 29mg. but what about the q 6 versus q 1...

10. When is a child an adult with meds?

    kimber1985 posted a topic in Student Assist

    I am in Peds and my 15 and 17 yo are on adult meds....is there some common age or weight in which a child is medicated like an adult.

11. Has anyone here had to do clinicals in OB

    kimber1985 replied to edsdcs's topic in Male Students

    I felt intimidated by OB, because I am a female who never had kids. I've had an equal amount of gyns that where male and female and it never bothered me what sex they were. Most of these women are so use to showing there gentials I don't think they...

12. Help I have an Instructor that doesn't teach!

    kimber1985 replied to Lovely_RN's topic in General Students

    Blow off class and spend the three useless hours of lecture reading the material. I had this sort of class and this sort of instructor. I don't need anyone to read my power point notes to me. I had the highest grade in the class and barely showed ...

13. Cerebral Palsey, Metal Retardation Care Plan

    kimber1985 replied to kimber1985's topic in Student Assist

    Thank You, you have me on the right track. His mental age is minimal but hard to really determine, since he doesn't speak, but will be helpful when changing his diaper or he may squeeze my hand during Physical Assessment. I like Deficient Diversio...

14. First test in nursing school and I'm bummed

    kimber1985 replied to shoegalRN's topic in General Students

    I use to get freaked out about my grade and kill myself studying. I have never failed a test and I probably never will. It took me over a year of nursing school to get over it. My Process II class, nobody made a B. I am over it and the college I ...

15. rationale problem

    kimber1985 replied to adamsmom's topic in General Students

    When you get down to two answers, reread the question. What is the question really asking you. Underline words like always, never, best, first. I have thought I have bombed test and have done well because I have learned to be a good test taker. P...