NCH, RN

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1. How was nursing school?

   NCH, RN replied to Ruth V.'s topic in General Nursing

   "What was a typical week like when you started clinicals, schedule wise? Is it like having a full time job?" Nursing school itself was like having a full time job, being married and having two kids made it that much harder, more on this at the end. C...

2. The Patient's "Guests"

   NCH, RN replied to rnsheri's topic in Humor

   My favorite guest was the sister of a patient on neutropenic precautions, WBC was 0.2 due to chemotherapy. The sister was educated on the precautions, including the one that all visitors must wear masks and why this is important. I walked into the r...

3. Hardly any SATA, mostly multiple choice, Did I fail?

   NCH, RN replied to sagittarius94's topic in NCLEX

   I'll reiterate this as well, I finished with 75 questions, had roughly 5-8 SATA and passed, I did have a ton of priority questions to make up for that though.

4. Nursing is the Biggest Mistake of My Life

   NCH, RN replied to almost_nurse's topic in General Nursing

   This is exactly what I did, during my preceptorship in my last semester I worked extremely hard and pushed myself to show initiative. I got to know every nurse on the floor and would be excited and motivated to jump in and perform tasks, even going a...

5. Aiken Tech Spring 2015

   NCH, RN replied to cakers45's topic in South Carolina

   Minute Clinic at CVS does Hep B vaccinations, at least their website says they do, but they are expensive, $140 for adults. And just a quick hint, you can get your flu shot at Sams for $14. Just make sure that you have titers drawn before you get any...

6. Aiken Tech Spring 2015

   NCH, RN replied to cakers45's topic in South Carolina

   I had my physical done at CVS for $80, I couldn't get an appointment at my doctors office in time. They accept insurance, but they didn't take mine. I got my titers done from an online place, and they sent me to get my blood drawn at a local lab, I h...

7. Aiken Tech Spring 2015

   NCH, RN replied to cakers45's topic in South Carolina

   It's a lot of work, but I am enjoying it so far.

8. Aiken Tech Spring 2015

   NCH, RN replied to cakers45's topic in South Carolina

   Congrats to everyone that was accepted, I'm glad to see that you got in cakers45, and I'm sure tmorris52 got in too since she has the same points that you do. Enjoy your first semester, I'm sure that I'll see you around.

9. Microbiology unknowns

   NCH, RN replied to LPN709's topic in Pre-Nursing

   My class went through the same thing, we learned all of the test plates and tubes during our unknown. It's really not that bad, you just perform transfers, streaks and stains, then identify the changes in appearance or mobility in the different plat...

10. minims problem

    NCH, RN replied to yeli14's topic in Student Assist

    Minim is an apothecary measure, we only covered it on the off chance that we may see it on some measuring cups, in home care for instance.

11. minims problem

    NCH, RN replied to yeli14's topic in Student Assist

    I believe that a minim is 0.06 mL, so take it from there. *yes, a minim is 0.06 mL.

12. Pharm math and Syringes

    NCH, RN replied to Unequaledbeauty_30's topic in Student Assist

    What I have learned is, if it's less than 1 mL or mg, then you round to the hundredths decimal place, if it's 1 mL or mg and higher, then you round to the tenths decimal place. The only time that you round to a whole number is when it's gtts.

13. Are my dosage reconstitution problems correct?

    NCH, RN replied to Mursely's topic in Student Assist

    The op's

14. Are my dosage reconstitution problems correct?

    NCH, RN replied to Mursely's topic in Student Assist

    Your method confused me, but I came up with the same answers, so it looks good to me.

15. Iv medication question

    NCH, RN replied to J3wl5's topic in Student Assist

    Wait, aren't we supposed to round to the nearest 10th in this situation? I learned that for a number above 1 mL or mg to round to the nearest 10th, and for numbers less than to round to the 100th. Isn't rounding to the whole number only applicable to...