I really need help with Nursing school questions

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I live in Memphis, Tennessee and I am soo lost! I am currently going back to school (U of M) to become a nurse. I am soo lost I know that I have to finish my pre-reqs but I will like to know what do the nursing classes and clinicals consists of? How many classes do you take,can you take these classes part-time, what year does clinicals start? Someone please help and inform because it seem that the advisor that I have is little help.

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I can't speak for U of M, but my school (ASU, across the river from you) has a semester of lab work and theory, then we begin clinicals once a week this term (spring). Next year, we'll have 2 days a week of clinical, and 2 days of lecture. I've yet to take over 12 hrs and won't need to take more than 16 a term, but ALL my pre reqs will be done by this summer. If you have questions, email me.

Richard

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At my school (back in the dinosaur days) the nursing courses were full time (12 units or more) and we spent two days a week in clinical. Between didactic and clinical I was in school 4 days a week.

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Q.A 40 pound Client is to receive Monistat 20 mg/kg IV in 4 divided doses. The Monistat comes in vials containing 200g/20mL. How much solution should be in each dose? the book says 9.1 but I think they made a mistake in thier conversion which looks like this in the back.

A.Client weights 18.18 kg X 20mg=363.6 total mg/4 doses= 90.9 mg per dose.

200/20=90.9/x=200x=1818 or x= 9.09 rouonded to 9.1 mL per dose.

?How did they get this answer and cause you would have to convert mg to g wouldn't you? I am studying for my NCLEX-RN thanks for your help

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the KEY WORD in the problem is solution, not solute. There are 1000 mg. to 1 Gm so its not a problem of a decimal. The answer lies in how much of the solute in the solution do u administer. meds that come in powdered form must be reconstituted and then drawn up in a syringe, the question is asking you how much do you draw up in the syringe.

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Well when I worked the problem out I came up with .00909ml to be drawn up. Because in the answer in the book they never converted the 200g to mg or the 90.9 to g

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ok, 200g/20ml translates to 1000mg to 1ml which means 1ml is equal to 1gm

1000mg:1ml=90.9:x 90.0=1000x 90.09/1000=9.09 rounded to 9.1ml

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9.1 it is.

40lbs = 18.18kg.

18.18kgx20mg=363.6mg

363.6mg devided by 4 doses =90.9mg per dose

200mg:20Ml::91mg:X

200X=1820

9.1

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My school is 6 quaters long 12 credit hours a quater. The first 3 weeks of quaters 1-5 are 4 days a week 8 hour days. then the 4-9 week is 2 days lecture for 6 hours 2 days clinicals for 8 hours a day. The 6th quater is 3 weeks of lecutre followed by full time clinicals for the last 7 weeks shadowing a Rn. Hope that helps

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