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1. renal pts and dark liquids

   milicarr replied to milicarr's topic in Urology

   today i had a pt who is on dyalisis. the wife was at the bedside when the pt who is on a 1800 cc fluid retriction asked for a soda. i notified the pt t hat i would substitue the amout from his fluid allowance and thatvit would be a diet soda. he agre...

2. renal pts and dark liquids

   milicarr posted a topic in Urology

   today i had a pt who is on dyalisis. the wife was at the bedside when the pt who is on a 1800 cc fluid retriction asked for a soda. i notified the pt t hat i would substitue the amout from his fluid allowance and thatvit would be a diet soda. he agre...

3. challenging the rn board

   milicarr replied to milicarr's topic in Med-Surg

   i know that the lvn board (n-clex) can be challenged. i've seen it done...i know that pharmacology has to be taken. so i just wondered if the rn boards could be challenged. by the way, my graduation today went great...although it kinda felt like a se...

4. challenging the rn board

   milicarr posted a topic in Med-Surg

   undefinedundefinedundefined i will be graduating today as an rn..afteri am off paying my dues as an lvn. although i am excited i can't help to feel a little bummed out, since my friends did not "make it" she got 73% on her final.. granted passing is...

5. covering a npo pt

   milicarr replied to milicarr's topic in Med-Surg

   thanks for the replies. i have been more actively pursuing to have an endocrinologist to see diabetic patients at the hospital where i work. i have been working in this hospital for 6 months, and since i am a new lvn and an rn student; sometimes my ...

6. covering an npo pt

   milicarr replied to milicarr's topic in Ob/Gyn

   thanks for the replies. i have been more actively pursuing to have an endocrinologist to see diabetic patients at the hospital where i work. i have been working in this hospital for 6 months, and since i am a new lvn and an rn student; sometimes my ...

7. covering a npo pt

   milicarr posted a topic in Med-Surg

   i have a question... if i have a diabetic on a sliding scale who is npo for surgery, and the 11 am bs is 300. do i cover with insulin? i was under the impresion that you do not cover them. but there is another nurse who said that i should. i have tr...

8. covering an npo pt

   milicarr posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   i have a question... if i have a diabetic on a sliding scale who is npo for surgery, and the 11 am bs is 300. do i cover with insulin? i was under the impresion that you do not cover them. but there is another nurse who said that i should. i have tri...