RN BSN 2009

RN BSN 2009

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  1. Gay Boomers and nursing attitudes

    RN BSN 2009 replied to woody62's topic in General Nursing

    :lol2::lol2:

  2. Tips for Student dealing w/ Patient

    RN BSN 2009 replied to imenid37's topic in Psychiatric

    yes its true we are never given high acuity

  3. I need your opinion

    RN BSN 2009 replied to nightingale99's topic in General Nursing

    EOE my

  4. Thinking about leaving nursing school....what should I do?

    RN BSN 2009 replied to ALMH85's topic in General Nursing

    I'd rather sacrifice 2 more years and be happy with whatever I'm doing, but that's just

  5. My mother is embarassed that I'm going to be a nurse...

    RN BSN 2009 replied to iriska_meller's topic in General Nursing

    :angryfirePlease tell me which program is an RN or BSN where the only thing you learn is how to clean a

  6. 7 months to graduation and I fail a nursing course d/t my careplans

    RN BSN 2009 replied to lashawn04's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    So... now here's the question, what nursing diagnosis do we use for patients that have

  7. Abnormal Labs?

    RN BSN 2009 posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Hi My instructor did not give out lab sheets until late in our clinical so I did not get a chance to question my RN about my patient's abnormal labs. Instructor gave me labs at 1945 and I had a 2000...

  8. Sliding Scale Insulin

    RN BSN 2009 replied to RN BSN 2009's topic in General Nursing

    That's exactly what I was thinking! Patient acting strange? do a chemstick and check the blood sugar and then decide if it is too low/too high. You don't need a prescription for grape juice

  9. Sliding Scale Insulin

    RN BSN 2009 replied to RN BSN 2009's topic in General Nursing

    Hi Tweety, the patient is not on oral medications and she wasn't at home. She was on Novolin at

  10. Anyone working for WIC?

    RN BSN 2009 replied to nurseaboveboard's topic in General Nursing

    What is "anchor babies"

  11. Abnormal Labs?

    RN BSN 2009 replied to RN BSN 2009's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Hi Yes it was an elective hip replacement. She is not being monitored on telemetry. This is an orthopedics floor. Her chemstick was 148 but she is on SS insulin so if her chemstick is 200 or over...

  12. I don't know if you are here or not

    RN BSN 2009 replied to msdr's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for letting us know there are still some out there who appreciate us

  13. Abnormal Labs?

    RN BSN 2009 replied to RN BSN 2009's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I am thinking she has some renal insuifficiency because she is a 20 year diabetic and she is elderly her renal labs were on the borderline

  14. Are these feelings normal?

    RN BSN 2009 replied to HopeJade's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Questioning yourself is a good thing. Some people don't question themselves, and they end up some years later that they aren't happy, and 20k in the

  15. Medication Administration 3 checks

    RN BSN 2009 replied to Kellicyrist's topic in General Students

    yes i'd like to know

  16. Abnormal Labs?

    RN BSN 2009 replied to RN BSN 2009's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Hi. Thanks for your responses. I searched her chart all over and there is no indication of renal problems, BUT she has been a type 2 diabetic for many years, some of those years uncontrolled. Could...

  17. Abnormal Labs?

    RN BSN 2009 replied to RN BSN 2009's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Hi, sorry. We have to account for each abnormal lab and explain why they are abnormal. There were a couple labs that I was able to explain, but these ones that I have listed are troubling

  18. Sliding Scale Insulin

    RN BSN 2009 replied to RN BSN 2009's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks so much for your

  19. Sliding Scale Insulin

    RN BSN 2009 replied to RN BSN 2009's topic in General Nursing

    Hi. I'm not sure which insulin this particular unit uses because I haven't had a diabetic patient as of yet. Well, that is until today. She was not on oral hypoglycemics, even before her hip...

  20. NCLEX pass rates for your school?

    RN BSN 2009 replied to Robin61970's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    99.6%

  21. hahaha, I hate test. Dropped off at 215 today

    RN BSN 2009 replied to ltmja's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Let us know the

  22. medication dosage question

    RN BSN 2009 replied to tequilaseay13's topic in General Students

    Oops, Sorry, I should have double checked that! I think it's time to go to bed

  23. skills for physical assessment

    RN BSN 2009 replied to tequilaseay13's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Which book are you using? Mine has as CD that comes with the book and has the entire H2T assessment split up into 2 or 3

  24. I feel like a total moron, today in a lecture at school I heard the word holistic,

    RN BSN 2009 replied to tiffany311's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Holistic was a new one for me, too!

  25. medication dosage question

    RN BSN 2009 replied to tequilaseay13's topic in General Students

    I multiplied the dose ranges by the patient's weight to get minimum and the maximum dosages. The patient's dose is 45 mg/hr, so, since the minimum dose is 44.8 mg and the maximum dose is 51.2 mg, the...