Bluecap

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1. Calculation problem

   Bluecap replied to Bluecap's topic in Student Assist

   Thank you for trying and I got stuck on the same issues. Cheers

2. Calculation problem

   Bluecap posted a topic in Student Assist

   Could someone please tell me how to do this calculation. "A resident is ordered 15mg/ml of morphine, 10mg/ml of maxalon and normal saline, to be made up in 10ml syringe over a 24 hour period. Calculate the amount of drug and normal saline that would ...

3. When to give meds

   Bluecap replied to Bluecap's topic in General Nursing

   In Australia TDS is used all the time. It means three times a day.

4. When to give meds

   Bluecap posted a topic in General Nursing

   If a patient requires a medication TDS (AC) what times should be written on the med chart to show when nures should give the med? (No idea what the med is..this is the only info provided - (med calculations revision question for student). Hope someo...

5. BSL low - do you still give insulin?

   Bluecap posted a topic in Endocrine

   If a patient normally has actrapid and protophane insulin - and her blood sugar levels are often unstable - and her reading is 1.3 mmols, what's the most appropriate response... give the insulin, if so which one or both or don't give any? (hypothetic...

6. Brisbane RN's

   Bluecap replied to bunnymolly's topic in International

   I'm not working as an RN yet - as I am doing a re-entry course, but when I'm finished I plan to return to aged care where I spent my nursing days many years ago. I would love to hear about your experiences, where you work, what you do etc, what the ...

7. Ethical question

   Bluecap posted a topic in International

   If a patient is admited to hospital and indicates to the RN that they are HIV positive - but it is not recorded in the patient's charts and the patient asks the RN not to disclose this information to anyone (because of previous discriminatory practic...