hope4thebest

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1. Daytonite, I aplogise!

   hope4thebest replied to gaajr1's topic in Student Assist

   seeing that the thread has been started, might as well add my own message:lol2:!! I remember when I was in school. I would get stuck, and post a desperate attempt to get some help. Daytonight WOULD ALWAYS respond to my post, with patience, understand...

2. Med/Surg Rotations

   hope4thebest replied to dmfisher86's topic in Student Assist

   med/surge you will adding to your knowledge (going from general to specific) EXAMPLE 1) you read the chart (important to know WHY are they in the hospital? what is their past medical Hx, what has happened in the last 24/72 hrs, lab values, test, resu...

3. calculation question (HELP!!)

   hope4thebest replied to hope4thebest's topic in Student Assist

   15 gtt I have been going over this in my mind and on paper for 3 days straight, none of the nurses know why or how they get 30 mins. And I have tried numerous ways of calculation and none of them come to 30 mins, so I guess pharmacy/MD just choose th...

4. calculation question (HELP!!)

   hope4thebest replied to hope4thebest's topic in Student Assist

   thats the answer I also go, but the nurse just basically said that it has to infused in 30minutes. completely forgot to add (it was hanged by gravity, if that makes any difference) How did he get the 30 mins? Thanks

5. calculation question (HELP!!)

   hope4thebest replied to hope4thebest's topic in Student Assist

   no, because the 10 ml was taken directly from the 100 ml back.!!

6. FAINTING...what made you drop?

   hope4thebest replied to Music_Box_Dancer's topic in Student Assist

   If nursing is truly something that you really want don't let anything stop you from achieving your goal (even yourself) There is always going to be that little voice of doubt in your mind, the key is NOT to let it overpower you. If any doubt ever sta...

7. calculation question (HELP!!)

   hope4thebest replied to hope4thebest's topic in Student Assist

   just to add on, didnt feel the need to start another NEW thread. 40mg (40mg|4ml) of lasix is in 50 ml bag the instruction says 4mg/min how do you calculate what rate to but for the IV?

8. calculation question (HELP!!)

   hope4thebest replied to hope4thebest's topic in Student Assist

   lol, YES!! thanks ALOT!!!:bowingpur

9. calculation question (HELP!!)

   hope4thebest replied to hope4thebest's topic in Student Assist

   um, still don't understand. It was a continuous pantaloc drip 40mg/10ml which was injected in a 100ml bag. and all that was written was 8mg/hr which equaled 20ml/hr? how did they get the rate of 20ml/hr?

10. calculation question (HELP!!)

    hope4thebest posted a topic in Student Assist

    today I had a pantoloc drip (8mg/hr) the nurse took one look at it and said the rate was 20ml/hr? I have been busting my brain in trying to figure out how she got that, but I still don't know how. If some one could PLEASE PLEASE explain how she got t...

11. Why nursing?

    hope4thebest replied to samantha18's topic in General Nursing

    I remember being asked this question and I my answer never reflected how I truly feel about nursing. The reasons why I came into nursing was a mixture of things 1. the satisfaction of helping others (yep..the one everyone says) 2. the stability it gi...

12. pain

    hope4thebest posted a topic in Student Assist

    there is a pt who was complaining of pain, so the nurse gave him a pain (oxycodone) med and with in 45 minutes he start complaining that the pain has gotten WORSE.. How is this possible?? has this ever happened with any of the pt's you've had? thanks

13. IV by gravity

    hope4thebest replied to hope4thebest's topic in Student Assist

    Daytonight; I was actually going to thank you. You posted a great link that lead to a video that showed be EXACTLY what to do step by step. :bowingpur AirforceRN: the way you did the calculation just saved me ALOT of time (doing it the long way, cros...

14. IV by gravity

    hope4thebest replied to hope4thebest's topic in Student Assist

    KVO= 30ml/hour So how exactly would I adjust the rate?? i.e how many gtts per minute would it have to be to equal 30ml/min??

15. IV by gravity

    hope4thebest posted a topic in Student Assist

    How do you set an IV by gravity? I know that you need to count the drops for a full 60 seconds but then what?? Ex: the order is KVO, what are the steps to setting the IV by gravity?? Thanks for the help