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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...