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    Tips for first semester finals?

    beth66335 replied to StudentNurzNK's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    When we had finals in first year we got to come in and look at our semester tests the day before and tune in on where we did poorly. Then I would just go home and study those parts of my notes and/or...
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    Med Math Help. mcg/min

    beth66335 replied to RNShenanigator's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    The information you pick out to put above and below in a dimensional analysis problem like how many mg of medicine are in the mL of fluid in the IV bag and your conversion
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    Med Math Help. mcg/min

    beth66335 replied to RNShenanigator's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I don't know of a book, but I always go through the problem and underline my "pairs" to set up my problem...that general shows you what is extra unnecessary
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    penlights always letting me down

    beth66335 replied to larien37's topic in General Students

    Do they make a stethascope light to fit a single sided cardio
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    Any Nursing students out there who's had difficulty?

    beth66335 replied to healthcare4life's topic in General Students

    Any NCLEX book will help you, but make sure it is divide by body system and gives a synopsis of the material before the questions, also get a really current
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    4th semester

    beth66335 replied to mRpeNa's topic in General Students

    Congrats! :up:I am about 3 days from being where you are. I have a test Monday, our 5th one this semester and then our Final is on Wednesday morning! In our last semester we will have Transitions to...
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    Mnemonics and Memory Aids

    beth66335 replied to VickyRN's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I like the birth control one! my A&P teacher taught us fat soluble with " a fat dek of cards" for the leads we learned clouds over grass, but the chocolate over the heart is one I've never...
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    Which comes first?

    beth66335 replied to Nightingale11's topic in General Students

    Depends on the school. My degree is an A.A.S. so I will graduate on a Friday night with the others getting that degree and the certificate programs. Our pinning will be the next afternoon off campus...
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    WANTED: Nursing student tidbits of advice

    beth66335 replied to KellRrn2b's topic in General Students

    My first week started out really weird! 2 days of class and after the first afternoon I started passing a kidney stone! I went to the ER and got pain meds so I went to class the next day and thought I...
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    WANTED: Nursing student tidbits of advice

    beth66335 replied to KellRrn2b's topic in General Students

    Only 1 more day after today until my orientation! I'm so ready to get back in there, I have been waiting a whole year to finish 2nd year! I also got a great job as an SNA on a cardiopulmonary unit...
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    working while being a student

    beth66335 replied to miche4's topic in General Students

    I am starting 2nd year this Fall and I just got a job on a CPU that is PRN to PT, and I plan to work a couple of 8hour shifts a week. It is a floor with self-scheduling, so I can pick my shifts/days....
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    Dosages

    beth66335 replied to MegoEgo's topic in General Students

    We have a test at the beginning of every semester and we get to use a very simple calculator, but they don't put any math on our regular tests. Med math is challenging, but I just do problems over and...
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    Why is LVN to RN a waste of time?

    beth66335 replied to Divest's topic in General Students

    :deadhorse LPN/LVN and RN is different....let it go guys! This not what the OP was asking about...if they were that similar LPNs wouldn't need to go for their RN, they would just stay were they were....
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    WANTED: Nursing student tidbits of advice

    beth66335 replied to KellRrn2b's topic in General Students

    Yeah it was before 1998, glad to know they have improved the
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    WANTED: Nursing student tidbits of advice

    beth66335 replied to KellRrn2b's topic in General Students

    That's not necessarily true...my husband tested positive years ago when getting his Q clearance and he had eaten poppy seeds on a bagel the day before. He has never done opiates or any other illegal...
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    Why is LVN to RN a waste of time?

    beth66335 replied to Divest's topic in General Students

    Sounds to me like that is only their opinion and nothing more. Do what makes sense to you, not what others think is the best
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    3rd Semester Apprehension

    beth66335 replied to wesmom's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Most of your experience will be gained during your first year as a nurse. Stay the course, lots of people graduate from nursing school with out a lot or any experience on a hospital floor and they do...
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    Which of the following nursing diagnoses is correct for a client with a three cm red

    beth66335 replied to eas78's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I agree, skin integrity is already impaired and it is not cause by a patients level of consciousness, skin integrity impairment is caused by poor patient care and poor nutrition
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    WANTED: Nursing student tidbits of advice

    beth66335 replied to KellRrn2b's topic in General Students

    Try to get a carb/protein mix for breakfast. The carbs for brain fuel and the protein for staying power. I like to microwave 2 egg whites and one yolk scrambled in a bowl sprayed with Pam for...
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    The Nursing Math Thread

    beth66335 replied to Tweety's topic in General Students

    I see, but are you sure it's .5 for 1/2 NS? On IV bags it says .45% for 1/2 NS. Is that what the site says? It would be 50% of the original amount, but .45% of solution. I was taking amount in the...
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    The Nursing Math Thread

    beth66335 replied to Tweety's topic in General Students

    I'm really not sure why you keep trying to put the % in the problem, if you know how many grams you add to get a solution of 0.9% NaCl you use the grams. I have never done a DA problem with %. The...
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    The Nursing Math Thread

    beth66335 replied to Tweety's topic in General Students

    You'll get it...DA still trips me up too sometimes:lol2: that's the great thing about this site you can usually find someone who can see the way it fits, if it's unclear! I am using this as practice...
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    The Nursing Math Thread

    beth66335 replied to Tweety's topic in General Students

    All I can say is on a bag of 1/2 normal saline it says 0.45% so yeah it's half of 0.9%. Still in DA you cancel terms so the answer can only be % or mL if you set it up with those terms. So if 0.9% is...
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    The Nursing Math Thread

    beth66335 replied to Tweety's topic in General Students

    Okay, I looked up NS for the amount of saline and it says 200mg/L, so 1/2NS should have 100mg/L 100mg x 700mL = 70000 = 70mg/0.7L ( or 700mL) 1000mL....1.........1000 you can only get grams in your...
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    Math help pleeeze

    beth66335 replied to youcandoit's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    yes, if the problem doesn't have the mg in the Dr order it's extra