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    Priority Nursing Diagnosis

    emtb2rn replied to LilyNHRN's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I get it now. Our schools simply have different approaches. My school wants us to create the careplan before we actually take physical care of the patient. Our 1st semester is pretty mellow, we're...
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    Priority Nursing Diagnosis

    emtb2rn replied to LilyNHRN's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I'm a little baffled here. Not about prioritization but about the how long the OP gets to develop the care plan. F'rinstance, I just got home from doing my chart research/talk to the RN/say hi to to...
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    ABGs and Heart Failure

    emtb2rn replied to Megsd's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    You're not missing anything. Pulse ox's are contraindicated in smokers (O2 levels can be falsely elevated) and can return incorrect readings in folks with anemia and impaired cardiopulmonary...
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    Help w. Altered Mental Status Care Plan

    emtb2rn replied to Blessone's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    What're the s/s for this pt? The dx of altered mental (that's the medical dx, right?) opens up the door for safety, respiratory, neurosensory, ego integrity and teaching/learning nursing dx's off the...
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    What am I doing wrong?

    emtb2rn replied to shining_star28463's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Ayup to all the advice above. I never scored below a 95 on pre-req tests. I've taken 3 tests in nursing school and scored 97 on a 100 question test (3 wrong and got an A), 93 on a 55 question test...
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    What does this mean?

    emtb2rn replied to NY Nurse's topic in General Students

    Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) is right side pump failure. Basically, the heart can't pump enough blood out to the body to meet normal demands. S&S may include peripheral edema, diff breathing,...
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    Can someone help me

    emtb2rn replied to LIZ07's topic in General Students

    pn can present as referred pn in left shoulder, but not always. Ruptured spleen is gonna show as LUQ tender /c possible belly distension, rigidity and LUQ guarding. Expect and treat for shock...
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    Can someone help me

    emtb2rn replied to LIZ07's topic in General Students

    1.Stomach Ulcer=Left upper, also crosses into right upper 2.Appendicitis=right lower (pt may need hot lights/cold steel quickly) 3.Bowel sounds=can be heard in all 4 quadrants but more likely the...
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    I had an MI on Tuesday

    emtb2rn replied to husker-nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Glad to hear that all worked out. Your comments are a good reminder not to get tunnel vision when checking
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    Understanding EKGs?

    emtb2rn replied to kimber3ks's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    P = atrial depolarization QRS complex = ventricular depolarization T = ventricular repolarization Check out this site for learning rhythms,
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    Dosage Calc---please help!

    emtb2rn replied to Nikkik163's topic in General Students

    "400 mL divided by 25 mL/hr = 16 hours to complete the amount of fluid in the bag. Since 2300 hours is 11pm at night, 11pm + 16 hours = 2pm the next day" With all due respect, I believe the completion...
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    dimensional analysis vs. ratio/proportion

    emtb2rn posted a topic in General Students

    I did a search but couldn't find a discussion on this exact subject, so here goes: Is one method truly better than the other or is it (like most things) a matter of personal preference? I've been...
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    dimensional analysis vs. ratio/proportion

    emtb2rn replied to emtb2rn's topic in General Students

    ahhh, so if I divide what I desire by what I have, I'll know what I need. Yeesh, the story of my
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    Dosage Calculations

    emtb2rn replied to minnielynn's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Here's a really good Dimensional Analysis website:
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    A three ambulance wedding...

    emtb2rn replied to Adam D. RN2005's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I gotta tell ya, I spent a day last month with Adam on a clinical rotation during my schools Intro to Nursing CNA program and he was
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    Can someone help with these drug calculations?

    emtb2rn replied to Bonny619's topic in General Students

    We need to get 100%. 3 shots at it. Calculators
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    Ooooooooh, I am SO ticked off right now!!!

    emtb2rn replied to LoriAlabamaRN's topic in General Nursing

    You were totally correct in notifying your admin and your admin did the right thing by you. Our EMS protocols are the same as what Empress noted, if the pt is in resp distress, they're getting high...
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    Celebrate With Me Today! I'm an RN!

    emtb2rn replied to Blueskies's topic in Men in Nursing

    Mazel Tov! Good luck going
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    Dosage Calculations

    emtb2rn replied to minnielynn's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Yeah, my school wants me to get Calulate with Confidence too. I already picked up Pickar's Dosage Calculations based comments here, so I'm gonna just use that for now. We'll see what
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    Drip rate vs Flow rate?

    emtb2rn replied to Osborne55's topic in General Students

    The 1000 mL over 8 hour flow rates were calculated as: 1000 mL/8 hrs = 125 mL/hr 8 hrs * 60 minutes in an hr = 480 minutes -> 1000 mL/480 minutes = 2.083 mL per minute OR 125 mL/hr/60 minutes =...
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    Anyone find that taking an EMT course was helpful?

    emtb2rn replied to dano's topic in General Nursing

    Not sure what you mean by "a few lower level EMT courses". The basic course is 3 months. Continuing education courses are available but the assumption for those is that you already are an EMT (B, I...
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    Best watch for clinicals?

    emtb2rn replied to moonischasingme1's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    CVS has assorted Sharp analog watches with large faces, easy to see second hands and nylon straps for
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    Scared of nursing school...please help!

    emtb2rn replied to Finallyy's topic in General Nursing

    You're already applying critical thinking skills - "I almost felt as if she were jealous that I was considering such a profession.". Your "friend" isn't in nursing, but she "heard" bad things from her...
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    just starting...

    emtb2rn replied to nrm51's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    I was able to transfer all except science as well, although I was able to get A&P I & II out of the way before NS started. I have to take chemistry this fall along w/nursing 1 and micro next...
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    abnormal labs

    emtb2rn replied to TSHELTON2005's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Try this: http://www.dalesplace.net/lab_values.php. Do you have RNotes? I downloaded it to my PDA and have found it very useful in clinicals. Among many other things, it has normal lab