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    MedMath answer a med error?

    beth66335 replied to jackson145's topic in General Nursing

    In a medical math question you have to eliminated useless info and plug the necessary data into your equation. The parts of this problem you need are 125ml/hr and 24 hrs the 1000ml bag is useless...
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    What length and gauge needle for Rh Immune globulin

    beth66335 replied to pharho's topic in General Students

    All I know about this injection is it is thick and it hurts! Use a large gauge needle and push
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    2nd semester and has failed first two tests!

    beth66335 replied to jillk5455's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I was going to suggest this too. It really helps to see the rationales in the NCLEX book so you learn why the right answer is right and why the others are wrong or not the best answer. It helps...
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    NCLEX book?

    beth66335 posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    My last CI said an excellent way to enhance my studying would be to get an NCLEX book that is broken down in categories or body systems. Anybody know a really good one? I have an old Lippincott's...
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    "I have kids! I need to come in late, need more sick time, etc."

    beth66335 replied to Plagueis's topic in General Nursing

    :deadhorse
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    Has anyone had any trouble is their marriage?

    beth66335 replied to bsugar888's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I'm sorry you are going through this, but I have to say IMHO your husband is very selfish! I always support my husband in his endevours and he in mine. That is marriage, you want what the other person...
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    No Longer a Student :(

    beth66335 replied to student1000's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    What do you mean you have the majority of the classes done? How many years/semesters of NS do you have completed? You may be able to sit for the LPN exam if you have enough NS done, some of the folks...
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    NCLEX book?

    beth66335 replied to beth66335's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Hey guys, I just went book browsing at B&N and found a NCLEX-RN Illustrated review I think I will like! It is by Zerwekh and Claborn 6th edition published by Mosby/Elsevier. It has questions by...
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    Grad gifts for fellow grads....

    beth66335 replied to WDWpixieRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Yeah, as far as my rear is concerned the less attention the
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    Second Degree Heart Block Pathophysiology????

    beth66335 replied to kel879's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Can you do Patho on Decreased cardiac output? That is what this causes isn't it? I would think this would be easier to
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    Prioritization

    beth66335 replied to kel879's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I would put pain before impaired mobility, and based on the ABC's of assessment, breathing before circulation the last one is fine because it is a risk for at this
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    "I have kids! I need to come in late, need more sick time, etc."

    beth66335 replied to Plagueis's topic in General Nursing

    When I was a CNA at my 1st job in 2003, I got permission from my boss before she hired me to be 15 min late in the morning because of when my kids got on the bus. They were 5, 8, and 9 then. She was...
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    Question About Positioning (probably a dumb question)

    beth66335 replied to Jedi of Zen's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Just means to elevate it. Dependent edema goes to the lowest parts of your body when you are standing or sitting. A body part is nondependent when it is higher than it usually is, like up on pillows...
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    Is this a "no-no"?

    beth66335 replied to beachbum3's topic in Emergency

    "Acute otitis media (AOM) is the most common bacterial illness in children and the one most commonly treated with antibiotics." quoted from AAP.org. My kids ( 3 of them) had chronic ear...
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    subective/objective data

    beth66335 replied to NightOwl0624's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I have to go with what my teacher says since her questions are the ones I am tested on, so I will agree to disagree..enough
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    subective/objective data

    beth66335 replied to NightOwl0624's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    This is quoted from Basic Nursing, Perry and Potter, 6th edition and this is the answer expected on my tests and told to me by my teachers. Other people may have been taught differently, but you all...
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    No Pharmacology class!!!!

    beth66335 replied to nursekrys's topic in General Students

    Check out the "Incredibly Easy series" they have a book on Pharm that is very simple and easy to follow. We had a Pharm course 1st semester and this helped a lot! It is also a great reference
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    "Too smart" to be a nurse

    beth66335 replied to may8755's topic in General Students

    Just tell them that if they think you are so smart, they should know you are smart enough to know what you want to do with the rest of your life....but you appreciate the
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    at what age did you start studying nursing?

    beth66335 replied to cksl's topic in General Students

    I don't remember exactly how old I started prereq's, but I am a 1st year nursing student and I turned 40 last Summer, right before I started NS . If all goes well I will finish 1 month before my 42...
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    Is a Nurse Extern position helpful for a students?

    beth66335 replied to rn2bn07's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I am in an Associate of Applied Science at a CC for my RN and the major Healthcare company that owns about 7 hospitals and rehabs near me does a Summer Extern program that we are allowed to...
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    Nursing Diagnosis - Psychosocial

    beth66335 replied to Lemetria Whitehurst's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Thanks! I knew you would have a nice organized and very informative way to explain this as always! I have both a Med/Surg Care Plan book and a Sparks and Taylor's Nursing Diagnoses reference manual,...
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    Nursing Diagnosis - Psychosocial

    beth66335 replied to Lemetria Whitehurst's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Hey guys, I have a question. Next week we start clinicals on a respiratory floor and we have to come with 2 physical nursing dx. While we are there we have to do a psychosocial nursing dx after...
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    Dosage Calculations

    beth66335 replied to minnielynn's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Actually the 5000 is units of Heparin in the 500ml of D5W,so all you have to do is divide 5000/500 and you get 10u per ml. You need to give 800u in 1 hr which will be in 80ml of solution. So to get...
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    100% calculation exam/pass/fail

    beth66335 replied to angel97's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Yes, you want a good nurse in the real world, but having worked with real world nurses I know that they ask someone to check their work to be sure...you can't do that on a test! Besides you can get...
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    Teas advice?

    beth66335 replied to Nervous Nursey2b's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    This test is not that bad. It has Math, English, HS Science, some Chem, and some A&P. Go to a bookstore and look at a SG for it, they usually have them with the NCLEX stuff, it will give you an...