bjwojcik

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    HELP WITH STATS PROJECT (poll)-please.

    bjwojcik replied to emmanna1001's topic in General Students

    I usually drink about 20 oz per day with some pseudoephedrine thrown in for good
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    Funniest Slips

    bjwojcik replied to Tootsboots's topic in General Nursing

    This isn't about something that I said, but about a prescription error I almost made. This happened back in the 70's, but I am still grateful that I caught the mistake before it went out to the...
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    I need help on a math problem!! Not making sense to me

    bjwojcik replied to Katieexi3's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I bet you remember Butazolidin Alka and APC c
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    Master Your Drug Calculations BEFORE You Get to Nursing School

    bjwojcik replied to bjwojcik's topic in General Students

    Let me know if you have any questions. I am retired and pretty much just ski, go to the gym and try to help students where I can. Once you realize that you are only changing the units by multiplying...
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    IM injection mistake

    bjwojcik replied to Roscoe95's topic in General Students

    My only suggestion is to drop the s from
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    Digoxin Therapeutic Range

    bjwojcik replied to m1ndovermatter's topic in General Students

    You might find this attachment helpful: Therapeutic Ranges of Serum Digoxin Concentrations in Patients With Heart Failure
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    Too old?

    bjwojcik replied to hpaige413's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    40 is young! The next few years will pass either way, so you might as well go for it.
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    Studying before Nursing school?

    bjwojcik replied to Timbo117's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I think it is great that you want to get a headstart on your course work. Learning some basic pharmacology would help. You can learn most everything you need to know about dosage and IV flow rate...
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    Master Your Drug Calculations BEFORE You Get to Nursing School

    bjwojcik replied to bjwojcik's topic in General Students

    It is refreshing to see that there are others who understand that dimensional analysis is the easiest, safest way to do these calculations. I have taught this subject and written a book on it. I have...
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    Calculation

    bjwojcik replied to Zerd Richard's topic in General Students

    Well, the dose was 2.5 mg which is 4167 units or 833 of the 5 unit "on hand" vials, which does not make sense. The correct answer is 'Find one dose my a**. I will find one dose when you learn to write...
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    Calculation

    bjwojcik replied to Zerd Richard's topic in General Students

    I don't think this brand is available in the US. It is available in 600 mg vials which is equivalent to 1,000,000 units. That dose would be maybe appropriate for a grasshopper. Also, you would need to...
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    Calculation

    bjwojcik replied to Zerd Richard's topic in General Students

    I am just curious who made up this
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    About to start nursing school-need advice

    bjwojcik replied to RapunzelStudentNurse's topic in General Students

    One very easy thing you can do now is to learn your dosage calculations, if you don't already know them. You can spend a couple of evenings now and get a leg up. If you look at my post in pre-nursing...
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    Is Pharmacy Tech course helpful to nursing students ?

    bjwojcik replied to Wannabenurseneko's topic in General Students

    I agree with meanmaryjean. I used to teach pharmacy technician classes and taking the whole course would be a waste of time. You can learn dosage calculations very easily if you go to the pre-nursing...
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    Master Your Drug Calculations BEFORE You Get to Nursing School

    bjwojcik replied to bjwojcik's topic in General Students

    If you look under the comments you will see a pdf called dosage calculations. I wrote it for pharmacy technician students, but chapter 2 is pretty much all you need. It will teach you how to do the...
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    Master Your Drug Calculations BEFORE You Get to Nursing School

    bjwojcik replied to bjwojcik's topic in General Students

    This is the way I like to set them up. You are starting with 30 mL/h and have to end up with gtt/min. Now you can see that you have to change mL to drops and h to min. The ratios of 20 gtt /mL and 60...
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    What was the first thing you learned in Nursing School?

    bjwojcik replied to Murse336's topic in General Students

    One of the first things I learned in pharmacy school was don't assume
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    What was the first thing you learned in Nursing School?

    bjwojcik replied to Murse336's topic in General Students

    If you don't know dosage calculations, you should learn this before you get to nursing school. You can learn pretty much everything you will need in a couple of evenings and then you will be done with...
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    IVPB help

    bjwojcik replied to linds89's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    If you are looking for drops per min, you are starting with 200 mL/h and have to end up with drops/min. You have to change mL to gtts and h to min. You will use the ratios 15 gtt/mL and 60 min/h to do...
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    IVPB help

    bjwojcik replied to linds89's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Are they asking for drops per
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    I need help on a math problem!! Not making sense to me

    bjwojcik replied to Katieexi3's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Grains need to go away like minims and
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    Verbal abuse ... what are my rights?

    bjwojcik replied to KHT's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not a nurse, but maybe a sock and duct tape would do the
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    Develop a Strong Memory

    bjwojcik replied to bjwojcik's topic in Study Tips for Students's Share Tips

    Hi mroman. It is on archive.org as a free download. Identifier HowToDevelopASUPERPOWERMEMORYHarryLorayne. This was his first book, written in 1957, so his later books may have a little more...
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    Advise needed

    bjwojcik replied to Twingirl_a's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Well, you have to call her today, if you haven't already. Before you call her you have to anticipate what she will ask you and how you will answer her in an assertive, professional manner. If you...
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    Advise needed

    bjwojcik replied to Twingirl_a's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    If it were me, I would start by reading the texts and go from