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1. Help needed on a med math question, please!

   CareGiving replied to CareGiving's topic in General Students

   ambgirl2nurse, thank you so much! It makes total sense now. I just had to see it worked out, but I will know how to work a problem like this if I see it again! Once more, thanks!

2. Help needed on a med math question, please!

   CareGiving posted a topic in General Students

   I am hoping there is a smart "mathy" person out there who could help me with this problem: The physician has written an order for Dobutrex 500 mg in 250 mL of D5W to infuse at 10 mL/hr. The pt weighs 90 kg. How many mcg/kg/min will the pt be rec...

3. Is it really "alternative"??

   CareGiving replied to CareGiving's topic in General Nursing

   So far it seems like the answer to my question is divided down the middle. I appreciate your honest answers (I would expect nothing less here! :)). It's on the west side of the city, off of 38th street. Indy thanks you for the compliment, btw! I ...

4. Is it really "alternative"??

   CareGiving replied to CareGiving's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you for your comments! Keep 'em coming! :) I guess I assumed most large cities would have a D.O. hospital or perhaps a larger D.O.-run facility, but I can see by the question marks that this is not the case. In Indianapolis where I live, th...

5. Is it really "alternative"??

   CareGiving posted a topic in General Nursing

   I am very interested in hearing anybody's thoughts on nursing in a D.O. hospital. I'm attracted to the philosophy of osteopathic medicine, as it claims to support the body's natural ability to heal, uses non-pharm methods along with pharm, looks at ...

6. Just for fun; Quotes you use for encourgement

   CareGiving replied to havehope's topic in General Students

   This is a great thread! How fun to read everybody's inspirational thoughts! I just finished my first year of nursing school (yesterday!!). I guess the quote that has run through my mind a lot is, "This too shall pass," in the sense that nursing s...

7. Alternative uses for Synthroid?

   CareGiving replied to CareGiving's topic in General Nursing

   All your thoughts are much appreciated, thank you! It's pretty amazing to have this community of nurses to be able to glean knowledge from. Since my patient is not on lithium, the question still remains, why was he being given Synthroid?? The p...

8. Alternative uses for Synthroid?

   CareGiving replied to CareGiving's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks for your reply, PacificNWNurse. No, the pt wasn't overweight at all, and was in quite good health prior to this hospital visit. I definitely understand the importance of knowing why a patient is receiving a med if I am giving it. I was not ...

9. Alternative uses for Synthroid?

   CareGiving replied to CareGiving's topic in General Nursing

   Oddly, I could not find thyroid function labs in the chart anywhere, and I scoured the Labs tab and the pt's history!

10. Alternative uses for Synthroid?

    CareGiving posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi AllNurses, I just had my second day of clinicals on the med surg unit and my patient had been in for 11 days. Pt was admitted to have a rectal mass removed, and received a new ileostomy. The surgical wound became infected by a leaking ostomy app...