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    Help with dosage calculation

    beth66335 replied to Carla25's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Okay let's give this a try, first get kg from lbs 145/2.2=65.91kg 15ml X 1hr X 200mg X 1000mcg 3000000 1hr... 60min ..250ml.........
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    Help Dosage Calculation

    beth66335 replied to Neats's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Is the second one 10 grams in 10ml after reconstitution? If so it would be, 10g:10ml::3g:Xml 10g=30ml X=3ml I hope this makes sense! The second one is, 1000mg(1g):3.5ml::500mg:Xml 1000mg=1750ml...
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    What to brush up on before nursing school?

    beth66335 replied to Liz520's topic in General Students

    Find out what you can have before you buy. I love Crocs too but we aren't allowed to wear any kind of clog shoes. We have to wear all white and it has to cover the whole foot, front and back. I wear...
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    Help Dosage Calculation

    beth66335 replied to Neats's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Are you talking about meds that are added to water and then so many ml are given orally? The problems I have seen like this should give you a label to look at, or text of the info on the label. The...
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    Hi I need your help please:)

    beth66335 replied to tiffany311's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Pg 679 in P&P. Hold cane in hand on stronger side of the body, and I was always taught as a CNA to stand slightly behind on the affected side because that is the side that will give out first and...
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    100% dosage calculations?

    beth66335 replied to Coloradogrl's topic in General Students

    We take a math test mid way through first semester, we only get one chance at it and we have to make an 80% or better. If we fail we drop Pharm, but we get to finish Foundations, clinicals and lab. We...
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    STUDY strategies

    beth66335 replied to KEL2BanRN's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    One tip my Foundation teacher told us to try was to formulate a possible question from your notes," What could the teacher ask me about this?" Set up situation and critical thinking questions based on...
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    PRN -CNA, is it hard?

    beth66335 replied to wiSa's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    PRN means "as needed". It means they call you whenever they are short. It can end up being as many hours as a full time position... but no benefits.:angryfire Where I used to work, PRN got no...
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    Does anyone know where I can buy some dermablend?

    beth66335 replied to tiffany311's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I googled it and Macy's sells it. It might wash off but you don't really need to wash your wrists in medical hand washing so she probably would be okay. If you don't have a Macy's try Google and see...
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    Help! Doing drug research for next day patient care

    beth66335 replied to Sheagirl's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Have you tried looking at drug card in a bookstore, your school bookstore usually has them. They general have all the info you need organized neatly on the back and front of each card. I just pull...
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    subective/objective data

    beth66335 replied to NightOwl0624's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Not family, only the
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    75% on first pharmacology exam

    beth66335 replied to SA2BDOCTOR's topic in General Students

    I appreciate that, I do tend to be a glass is 1/2 full kind of
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    Time Orientation

    beth66335 replied to halo425's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I googled, "Patient Time Orientation" and found some info. It seems to be more about the meaning of words in different cultures. In some cultures they wouldn't understand our cliches' (sp?). Try...
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    75% on first pharmacology exam

    beth66335 replied to SA2BDOCTOR's topic in General Students

    I got 68% on our first Pharm test! I studied, but the test was confusing, it is the first test I've taken in the N-CLEX style. Good news is we were allowed a pre-test on the pass/fail math test today...
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    subective/objective data

    beth66335 replied to NightOwl0624's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    If the patients family tells you things about the patient it is still objective. There is no subjective data if it doesn't come from the patient them self. I think it is okay to say you have no...
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    Lack of Confidence, I don't think I can do this!!

    beth66335 replied to svno7659's topic in General Students

    It's the unknown you are afraid of......what will it really be like? You'll be fine, the girls I started with that had never set foot in a hospital were just like you, we have had 3 clinicals, and...
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    subective/objective data

    beth66335 replied to NightOwl0624's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    In our class we are taught that subjective is what the client tells you verbal or non-verbal. Objective is what other people tell you. If the patient is unconscious there is no subjective data, unless...
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    Taking tests in nursing classes

    beth66335 replied to fathertod's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    no patient with one arm restrained is going to stay restrained if they can get up, this answer is just
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    Anyone else with Acid Reflux?

    beth66335 replied to mgalloLPN's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Is your Dr a GI doctor? If he is maybe ask if there is surgery to correct a problem with the muscles at the top of your stomach, that is usually the problem with reflux no matter where it ends up...
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    What are the item(s) you need most for nursing school?

    beth66335 replied to rn2be2006's topic in General Students

    you might want to make this a thread of it's own, you will probably get better
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    Diuretics & heart failure

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

    They gave my son diuretics after surgery to keep the heart from having to pump so hard by reducing the amount to be pumped. Reduced stroke volume lets the heart heal, or stops it from fatiguing...
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    Will I be too old for nursing school?

    beth66335 replied to nrsbetsy's topic in General Students

    Never to old if you are healthy! I got accepted in January at 39 yrs., I turned 40 in June, and I will be 42 right after I graduate in May of 09'. I was not ready to give up my dream, age was never...
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    Hematoma vs. hyperemia vs. hemangioma

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

    http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=hyperemia&btnG=Google+Search Try this
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    Roane State Nursing Students?

    beth66335 replied to beth66335's topic in Tennessee Nursing

    Your welcome! I wish I had known someone before I started, it sure would have
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    Hematoma vs. hyperemia vs. hemangioma

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

    Everything you ever wanted to know about Hemangiomas;