sdjohnso

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1. Venting about classmates with families...

   sdjohnso replied to moncj66's topic in General Students

   Seems to me they may be trying to live vicariously through you. Just like high school where kids would pick on you because they're jealous. It's aggravating, but you've got it wherever you go. High school "never" ends.

2. nursing diagnosis?? please help!

   sdjohnso replied to Starfish1's topic in General Students

   Here's how I perceive it: The patient cannot breathe effectively due to the effects that anesthesia has on them. They came to this conclusion by taking the pt's SpO2, and seeing it was The interventions are just watching the characteristics of the b...

3. Grading scale

   sdjohnso replied to THAT Nurse.'s topic in General Students

   I'm in the ADN Program at the local community college, and it's a 7 point scale as well (78=C). But this is a very highly thought of school too. Reminds me of the good'ol high school days

4. Dosage Calc

   sdjohnso replied to montinurse's topic in LPN-RN

   Thanks, will do. And good luck on your test tomarrow ^^ We just had our basic calc test for oral meds. I bombed the mg in a grain questions, but still managed to pull through with a 90%. Yea I was dumbfounded when I looked at those formulas for #2. I...

5. focus assessment/prioritizing

   sdjohnso replied to trayyhawk03's topic in Student Assist

   Great Prioritizing! That never occured to me that they wouldn't be yelling if they couldn't breath, lol, but it makes so much sense.

6. Dosage Calc

   sdjohnso replied to montinurse's topic in LPN-RN

   I love it when you guys post Med math stuff! It gets me thinking Now, this is coming from a Freshman Nursing Student, but I'm pretty sure I'm right. Here's the site to check out: http://www.manuelsweb.com/DoseMcgKgMin.htm Practice the formulas, on t...

7. Wondering if 50 is too old to go to RN school

   sdjohnso replied to fancyme50's topic in LPN-RN

   Dude, I've got classmates that are 52+ right now, trust me it's not a problem! Especially since you've already gotten your LPN (Congratulations! ). I'm not sure about other states, but I believe here in NC you just have to take the last couple semest...