hope4thebest

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1. Daytonite, I aplogise!

   hope4thebest replied to gaajr1's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

   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...

2. Med/Surg Rotations

   hope4thebest replied to dmfisher86's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

   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...

3. calculation question (HELP!!)

   hope4thebest replied to hope4thebest's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

   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...

4. calculation question (HELP!!)

   hope4thebest replied to hope4thebest's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

   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...

5. calculation question (HELP!!)

   hope4thebest replied to hope4thebest's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

   no, because the 10 ml was taken directly from the 100 ml

6. FAINTING...what made you drop?

   hope4thebest replied to Music_Box_Dancer's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

   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...

7. calculation question (HELP!!)

   hope4thebest replied to hope4thebest's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

   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

8. calculation question (HELP!!)

   hope4thebest replied to hope4thebest's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

   lol, YES!! thanks

9. calculation question (HELP!!)

   hope4thebest replied to hope4thebest's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

   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...

10. calculation question (HELP!!)

    hope4thebest posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    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...

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...

12. pain

    hope4thebest posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    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...

13. IV by gravity

    hope4thebest replied to hope4thebest's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    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...

14. IV by gravity

    hope4thebest replied to hope4thebest's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    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

15. IV by gravity

    hope4thebest posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    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...