bjwojcik

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    Master Your Drug Calculations BEFORE You Get to Nursing School

    bjwojcik posted a topic in General Students

    Keys to Success: Knowing what is happening in the calculation rather than blindly following a formula. Setting up your calculations mathematically correct. 5 g (1000 mg/g) = 5000 mg is...
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    drug calculations

    bjwojcik replied to ladyapj's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    You might want to look at this article I wrote awhile back. There is also a dosage calculation book attached.
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    Develop a Strong Memory

    bjwojcik posted a topic in Study Tips for Students's Share Tips

    Hi students. If you want to save yourself hours of study time, and impress your friends, develop a strong memory. When I was in high school I spent $20 on a memory book written by Harry Lorayne...
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    Med Math Help

    bjwojcik replied to jnicki08's topic in General Students

    You might want to check out this article. You can also download my dosage calculation book there.
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    Med Math Help

    bjwojcik replied to jnicki08's topic in General Students

    So just to be technically clear, you are starting with 150 mL/90 min and have to end up with mL/h. You will multiply by 60 min/h. Min will cancel out leaving 100
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    Med Math Help

    bjwojcik replied to jnicki08's topic in General Students

    The only thing that matters is the 150 mL over 90 minutes. See if you can change that to
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    medication calculations

    bjwojcik replied to blossomheart's topic in General Students

    Ok, great. It was written for pharmacy technicians, but the calculations are still the same. Most of the material you will need is in Chapter 2. Let me know if you have any
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    medication calculations

    bjwojcik replied to blossomheart's topic in General Students

    Well, the way I have always taught this stuff is to not use formulas. If you look at my article and download my book, I think it will help you. The article is in pre-nursing and called Master your...
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    medication calculations

    bjwojcik replied to blossomheart's topic in General Students

    There is 25,000 units in 50 mL, so that works out to 500 units/mL, which would be 250 units/0.5 mL. You are at 2 mL/h now, so you would have to increase it 0.5 mL per hour, bringing it 2.5 mL/h. Does...
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    medication calculations

    bjwojcik replied to blossomheart's topic in General Students

    There are a few ways of doing this. Probably the easiest way right now is to calculate the units of heparin/mL in the syringe. Then it will be pretty simple to see how much you have to increase the...
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    Med Math Question?

    bjwojcik replied to nrsgstudnet1's topic in General Students

    Hi Nrsgstudnet1, The way you set it is is called ratio proportion. I prefer a method called dimensional analysis. You are starting with 62.5 mcg and have to change that mL of the 0.5 mg/mL solution....
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    Master Your Drug Calculations BEFORE You Get to Nursing School

    bjwojcik replied to bjwojcik's topic in General Students

    I put together a pdf that goes into a little more detail regarding solving IV Flow Rate problems using dimensional analysis than my book does. I hope you find this helpful. Solving 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

    The Typical Thought Process of a Student Working an IV Flow Rate Problem using dimensional Analysis A 59 y.o. male weighing 80 kb has been admitted to the ED and placed on a dopamine infusion at...
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    Teaching yourself dosage calculations

    bjwojcik replied to NewNurs2020's topic in General Students

    Yes, that is the best method and how I teach
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    Teaching yourself dosage calculations

    bjwojcik replied to NewNurs2020's topic in General Students

    If you look at my article, Master Your Dosage Calculations Before you Get to Nursing School, you will see a lot of information there. There is a pdf in one of the comments which has all the...
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    Dosage calculation

    bjwojcik replied to Ava96's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    What is the drop factor on
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    Dosage calc for ATI testing

    bjwojcik replied to Ellie.D's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    It seems like your teacher is making it difficult for those students who use dimensional analysis and set the entire problem up before doing any
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    Older Student, Unprofessional Nurse During Clinical

    bjwojcik replied to Nurse Magnolia's topic in General Students

    Just curious, is 110 comments a
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    Medication doses

    bjwojcik replied to Jeannetteg's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Jean, since it says that 0.5 g = 2 mL, you can make a ratio out of that. 0.5 g/2 mL which can be flipped upside down giving you 2 mL/5 g. Since 0.5 g = 2 mL, both of those ratios equal 1. Since you...
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    Medication doses

    bjwojcik replied to Jeannetteg's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I think it is fine to help her understand the process, just as long as we don't do her homework without her learning anything. The way I like to explain it is that there are three parts to these...
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    What to study or know before nursing school?

    bjwojcik replied to Broadstreetbully24's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Thanks for the nice comments about my book. It makes me feel good that I stuck my nose into the nursing site. I usually stick to helping pharmacy students, but out of curiosity I looked at a dosage...
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    Need a bit of advice, please

    bjwojcik replied to ItsThatJenGirl's topic in General Students

    I am not sure what you should do, but congratulations on the job
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    Quick, what is the answer?

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    Quick, what is the answer?

    bjwojcik replied to bjwojcik's topic in General Students

    I bet you are an A
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    Quick, what is the answer?

    bjwojcik replied to bjwojcik's topic in General Students

    Yes! That is correct. It wouldn't let me just say