life_student replied to Dramaangel621's topic in New Nurse
Wow! Congrats on getting the job, I too would love some guidance on what type of questions were asked, what they were looking for etc., Did you just email the recruiter your resume and call her repeatedly to ask if she had a job opening? curious as t...
I'm trying to round up the links to the Houston areas summer externships for those in their last year of nursing school, so far I have only found the ones for St. Lukes and M.D. Anderson. --anyone know of others?
life_student replied to busybee88's topic in Student Assist
?? you wouldn't give 1mg/0.5ml of dilaudid? we regularly give 2mg/1ml ivp dilaudid, were you referring to something else? as a side note, another thing i've learned with giving this is to pull up the dilaudid into a syringe containing 8ml or so of ns...
Patient has had bilateral mastectomy, was discharged home and came back 2days later when one of the drainage tubes came out by accident. In pain with swelling on R side which MDs are assessing for necrotized tissue. I have put "Acute pain R/T invasiv...
working on my first care plan and thought I'd throw it out there to get any feedback on improvements needed, items lacking, clarification etc., etc., Pt. is 89yr old female admitted for dehydration, Hx of cervical cancer (receiving radiation therapy)...
life_student replied to life_student's topic in General Students
That totally makes sense now, Thanks!! In my head I was thinking "hypovolemia" which would be a loss of fluids right? and you would want fluid along with the blood cells, but as you explained it "hypovolemic shock" is different in that it is a loss o...
Can anyone explain to me the rationale behind giving Packed Red blood cells to a patient with Hypovolemic shock? this is a question from our patho/pharm class and I am having a hard time understanding why, in my head I am thinking you would want to ...
life_student replied to life_student's topic in General Students
THanks!! I will try and break up what you've laid out and see if I can get it in a DA format, that way it will register in my mind since that's what I'm used to using, LOL,
i need some help in figuring out calculation problems that involve weight and dosage, i use dimensional analysis for all other calculations and have no problem, but don't quite get the g/kg/day ones! example 1: pt weighs 220 lbs. administer digoxin ...