jemray

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1. premixed lovenox question

   jemray posted a topic in Medications

   I had a pt on my last shift who was supposed to receive 100mg of lovenox. I couldn't remember where we keep the vials of lovenox, so I asked a nurse. As she was helping me, I asked her, hypothetically, if we could just give the premixed lovenox. In o...

2. Not excited to start nursing. :(

   jemray posted a topic in New Nurse

   So I'm graduating from nursing. And whenever anybody asks me if I am excited to start working as a nurse, I smile and answer "yes". But for the most part, I am lying through my teeth. I sometimes feel a rush of excitement, but I mostly don't feel any...

3. Frustrated With Inexperienced Preceptor

   jemray posted a topic in Relations

   I am currently nearing the end of the 1st week of my 1st clinical placement in year four, and I am so frustrated with my preceptor. I feel like a lot of the time I am left on my own to figure out what it is that I am supposed to be doing. I am her 1s...

4. Care Plan Nursing Diagnosis: Aspiration, potential for

   jemray posted a topic in Student Assist

   I'm having trouble with the nursing diagnosis part of a care plan. It's for a patient who has a tracheostomy and a PEG tube, and as such they have a potential for aspiration. I'm just having some trouble... This is what I have so far: Potential for a...