mamaRN-09

mamaRN-09 specializes in PACU.

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1. giving small amount of Morphine ??

   mamaRN-09 replied to mamaRN-09's topic in Student Assist

   Thank you for your reply. I am working in a same day surgery center. I would agree with you. I usually draw the dosage amount up first, then add it to the NS. A nurse had drawn up the full 1 ml of the med and added it to the 9mls of NS. I just wanted...

2. ? giving small amount of Morphine

   mamaRN-09 replied to mamaRN-09's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks for your reply. I understand what you are saying. I would be giving the full 10ml's. Sorry to be soo confusing. My thinking was if I draw up the full 10mg(1ml) and add to the 9ml of NS I would have 10mg/10ml. Then I would calculate: 4mg/10mg X...

3. ? giving small amount of Morphine

   mamaRN-09 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Just want to make sure my thinking is correct. Order 4mg IV push On Hand 10mg/ml Dosage 0.4ml To make it easier to push slowly. I can take a 10cc NS syringe - waste 1cc then draw up 1cc of med. Which will give 10mg/10ml. Dosage will then b...

4. giving small amount of Morphine ??

   mamaRN-09 posted a topic in Student Assist

   Hi all, I just have a quick question. I want to make sure my thinking is correct. Here is the example: Order 4mg IV. On hand 10mg/ml. Which would make it .4cc's. To make it easier to give, I could take a 10cc NS and waste 1cc of NS and draw up the 1c...

5. Ivp/ diluting med

   mamaRN-09 replied to mamaRN-09's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks for all of your reply's. I had my moment of DUH. But now it is over.

6. Ivp/ diluting med

   mamaRN-09 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I have posted in the student post but no answer. Hopefully get an answer here. This might seem like a "you should know the answer" but I have gotten myself confused. My question is for example: order Ranitidine 50mg IV. In the drug book states dilute...

7. diluting meds??

   mamaRN-09 posted a topic in General Students

   I have a quick question that is driving me crazy. Please help. It is regarding diluting meds. For example order: Ranitidine 50mg ivp. The patient has LR TKO. In the med book it states to dilute 50mg in 20 mls of NS. After dilution, does this change t...

8. Diluting meds??

   mamaRN-09 posted a topic in Medications

   Hello fellow nurses, I am a new grad. I will start working soon and I am trying to prepare myself. I know that once I do this over and over again I will have it down but at this point I am getting myself confused with diluting. My question is: if I h...

9. ? average salary in same day surgery center

   mamaRN-09 posted a topic in California

   Hello fellow nurses, I am a new grad RN with 7 years experience as an LVN in a same day surgery center. I have recently been offered a job at a center as an RN in Northern CA. I am in the process of negotiating my pay. I don't know if the offer is to...

10. Pearsonvue Trick Is this TRUE? Does it work every time?

    mamaRN-09 replied to brichielpn08's topic in NCLEX

    Rianna 1 CONGRATS!! That's "THE" message. I am in CA also. I was able to find my name on the RN boards license verification site on Fri. of the same week. That was 3 days after I took the exam. I received my actual license in the mail a few days aft...

11. Pearsonvue Trick Is this TRUE? Does it work every time?

    mamaRN-09 replied to brichielpn08's topic in NCLEX

    Wait till your status states delivery successful. I think it states that at the bottom right. I took my exam at 1230 and tried the trick several times and did not receive the message until my status changed. My status changed around 2 then I received...

12. Pearsonvue Trick Is this TRUE? Does it work every time?

    mamaRN-09 replied to brichielpn08's topic in NCLEX

    CONGRATS!!! Now you can go and conquer the nursing world.

13. NCLEX question, your experience PLEASE?

    mamaRN-09 replied to redhead09's topic in NCLEX

    No math seems to be a good thing. I too also stopped at 75, I had 9 SATA's, no math, tons of prio and delegation and meds that I have never seen before and still managed to pass. Good luck to both of you.

14. 75 Questions on NCLEX, pass or fail?

    mamaRN-09 replied to Lurksalot's topic in NCLEX

    Good luck with your studying and exam. Keep us posted.

15. Silly question about scheduling NCLEX

    mamaRN-09 replied to Guest321574's topic in NCLEX

    I've seen some posts here that stated they sat for the NCLEX on a Sat. I don't know where they took the exam though. I would call Pearson Vue or go onto their website to check out the schedules. When you schedule your exam you will be given options o...