welfaremedic13

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1. Diluting meds??

   welfaremedic13 replied to mamaRN-09's topic in Medications

   Yup absolutely. It's like diluting powder doses of some antibiotics into fluid. For example where I work we have the Add Vantage vial/bag system, the powdered antibiotic locks into a bag of fluid. So if I have to administer 1 gram of Ceftriaxone, it ...

2. Notes to Physicians

   welfaremedic13 replied to Tait's topic in General Nursing

   We use large 8.5 x 11 inch sheets of paper, paper clipped or taped to the front of the chart to leave notes. One nurse even writes it on our yellow blank progress note paper in big black marker. Seems to work nicely.

3. Fresh Grad, New Job...stressed out

   welfaremedic13 posted a topic in General Nursing

   So I'm in my 2nd month of orientation at my new job...a Cardiac Care unit at a hospital in Upstate NY...it's a pretty busy unit and one of the busiest in the hospital. So far things have been going very well...but over the past 2 days, something has ...

4. Not doing as well as I think I should...

   welfaremedic13 posted a topic in General Students

   Hey all, I'm new to this forum...in my 3rd semester of nursing school at the moment and well, things aren't going as well as I'd like them too... The first test of the semester was amazing, I got a 92...then on the last 2 tests I've gone downhill, 78...