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    HELP!!!!! ASAP

    Think about what you are being asked to do: calculate a weight based heparin infusion. Yoi have been provided all of the information that you need. Of the informtion provided, what do think you need...
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    Weight-based dosing question

    They might be using dry weight if the patient is fluid overloaded, or odeal bodyweight. Or, the may have not adjsted the doding weight for current
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    HELP!!!!! ASAP

    Why don't you show us what you've done so
  4. I agree with Klone, NC will require this regardless of whether you apply for licensure by endorsement or examination. And you don't need to be licensed to apply for a position, particularly if you...
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    New Nurse ICU Math Help!

    Why don't you provide an example, and show us how you would solve it. This will better help us to understand what you are doing and where you might be having difficulty; this will better help us to...
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    Prewritten Photocopies of CII Forms

    I'm surprised that the physician does this to begin with. After that, I'm surprised that any pharmacy would fill
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    religion and interviews

    If you aren't offered a position, the fact that you are a religious Jew” had nothing to do with it. The fact that you stated, in no uncertain terms during the interview that you couldn't work...
  8. It sounds to me like your facility's core course program for nee ICU nurses. While it might better prepare you to write the CCRN, I doubt that there are any certifications will be granted upon...
  9. If you search the internet for "master's entry program in nursing" you will find several entry programs; many of which include an NP
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    Dosage calculation help?

    It seems as if the instructor is creating random, and atypical doses and concentrations. Not only is the dose incorrect, the concentration provided, 0.004 kg/11 mL (363.63 mg/mL) isn't a standard...
  11. Oops! Don't know what I was
  12. A round of CPR would be 4 cycles of 30 compressions/2 ventilations, or about 2 minutes. A round of epinephrine eould be one dose, or 3 to 5 minutes. You could apply this to pulse checks, other...
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    Nursing ideologies

    The article was published in 1974. In addition to Google, I also searched Google Scholar; the only direct result from both searches wass the following PubMed page: Ideologies of nursing: their...
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    reported to board for HIPAA violation

    As to what the results of the BON investigation will be, or what information they might provide to a prospective employer, no one can say for certain. Have you discussed your situation with a lawyer,...
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    Spouse vs. MPOA and feeding tubes

    Which state, and which
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    No job post ER internship

    And this advice is going to ensure that he doesn't get that job either. OP, never, never, never bad mouth your previous employer, no matter how true or how much you really want to; it will only end...
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    Pediatric rounding rules

    At my facility, all 1 mL oral/enteral syringes are indexed with 0.1, 0.05, and 0.01 mL index
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    Compatibility

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    Pediatric rounding rules

    In practice, I complete all calculations and then round the final result. If I am only calculating the weight, I round based on the following: >5 kg: 1 decimal place 1 – 5 kg: 2 decimal...
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    Need license help!!

    Perhaps if you were to copy and post the exact quote from the Colorado BON or provide a link to where you read this, you might receive a more helpful and informed
  21. Agreed. I particularly took exception with the "I believe I am officially fed up with everyone who puts on a volunteer fire fighter costume getting respect they have not earned"
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    Is There EBP Behind Two-Step Blood Pressures?

    Yes, I can. There is a very good reason for using what you refer to as the two step” method when obtaining a manual blood pressure; the auscultatory gap. The auscultatory gap is a period when...
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    What order to give MONA?

    You might find the following helpful. 2010 AHA guidelines for CPR & ECC Part 10: Acute Coronary Syndromes. 2015 AHA guidelines for CPR & ECC Part 9: Acute Coronary
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    Is working as nursing intern worth it?

    And you are learning nursing skills. While not glamorous, and typically delegated to unlicensed assistive personnel, bathing and cleaning, as well as the other tech” skills are definitely...
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    ROOT RULE

    Run-out-of-time (R.O.O.T.) Rule |