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    I'm having a really sped moment...Help?

    beth66335 replied to david.cummiskey's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    If memory serve from my peds class, babies bodies have a higher % of water so a lose causes dehydration quickly. The elderly have less water than a younger adult so they get dehydrated because the...
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    Is it possible to successful in nursing school.....

    beth66335 replied to lala2287's topic in General Students

    I had a 2.75 when I applied for my program and at the end of first year I had a 2.9 I am hoping to finish with a 3.5 at least...we shall see. Nursing school is just a lot of paperwork and reading and...
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    The Nursing Math Thread

    beth66335 replied to Tweety's topic in General Students

    Just do what I have done/am doing...get on the math calc thread on here and visit the sites they recommend for practice; do all the problems they have then get a med math book and do all those...
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    dosage help

    beth66335 replied to ajitamamasita's topic in General Students

    Thanks Daytonite! I got the wrong answer on my calculator on that first step...whoops! Sometimes calculators aren't so
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    dosage help

    beth66335 replied to ajitamamasita's topic in General Students

    First, figure your mg/kg/hr 7.5mg x 50kg=375mg/hr 750mg x 375mg 250ml.....x ml 750x = 93,750 x= 116.67ml/hr 125ml x 250ml ....1hr..........x 125x = 250 x=2 hr to
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    I HATE this Doctor! Caution: vent inside!

    beth66335 replied to Student4Now's topic in General Students

    My heat source of choice is actually a sock with uncooked rice in it warmed in the microwave for a minute. It conforms to the shape of the painful body part better than a heating pad and it holds it's...
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    Have to pass class or will fail out of program

    beth66335 replied to burgh77's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I'm starting back this Fall to finish my last year of school for my AAS in nursing and I'm going to focus on this being a 2nd chance, not my last chance. We have to think positive, they let me in the...
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    To Have a Roomate or To Not Have a Roomate...

    beth66335 replied to SnowRain7489's topic in General Students

    just a thought...if he sees you in the library all the time, then he's in the library all the time too! nothing wrong with being a studious person as far as i can see, lol! i'm married with 3 kids...
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    Daytonite, I aplogise!

    beth66335 replied to gaajr1's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    :yeahthat:
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    Do I have to take off my clothes?

    beth66335 replied to Yossy's topic in General Students

    I can't imagine this! That is what clinicals are for! At my school we have dummies for everything including arms to stick and start IV's on. We don't practice baths and beds at all. They show us on a...
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    Parents at Orientation

    beth66335 replied to lak20019's topic in General Students

    At our school we have 2 orientations for incoming students also and the first includes "support people" if they want to come. As a previous poster stated it gives those people a taste of how hard you...
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    WANTED: Nursing student tidbits of advice

    beth66335 replied to KellRrn2b's topic in General Students

    Yeah, they basically chop off the cover at the spine of the book and then three hole punch the pages for you. They look like they were never in a book when there
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    WANTED: Nursing student tidbits of advice

    beth66335 replied to KellRrn2b's topic in General Students

    People who debind their books do it because they are very large and heavy. My Med/Surg book is large and weighs about 5-6 lbs, so after a day in my backpack my muscles are sore! If you do take the...
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    Oy, the kvetching!

    beth66335 replied to madnurse2b's topic in General Students

    I love my nursing school friends and teachers. My teachers are kind and helpful and truly celebrate our victories with us. My Med/Surg 1 instructor actually cried happy tears for all of us when we...
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    Home/Study Schedule (with family)

    beth66335 replied to MystyqueOne's topic in General Students

    My kids are older, 16, 15, and 12 and this year they will all get home from school at 4:00. I have class at 9 on M & T, so I will get up and study after they are on the bus at 7:45 til 8:45; I...
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    WANTED: Nursing student tidbits of advice

    beth66335 replied to KellRrn2b's topic in General Students

    Yeah, I wish I had done Algebra in Jr. High or even HS...my guidance counselor stunk back then! He probably thought I would never go to College, nice guy huh? That is why formulas confuse me, but I'm...
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    WANTED: Nursing student tidbits of advice

    beth66335 replied to KellRrn2b's topic in General Students

    I have 2 books, Clinical Calculations, 5th ed. Kee, and Med Math, 3rd ed., Henke. Yes, the math uses basic concepts, but it is still hard for some of us to get the formulas straight (btw, solving for...
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    WANTED: Nursing student tidbits of advice

    beth66335 replied to KellRrn2b's topic in General Students

    Yes, that is what I was getting at, learning the makeup of a nursing test question. Math wouldn't be a bad idea this Summer. I really have struggled with the math and even though my school seems to...
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    WANTED: Nursing student tidbits of advice

    beth66335 replied to KellRrn2b's topic in General Students

    Actually I was referring to this
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    WANTED: Nursing student tidbits of advice

    beth66335 replied to KellRrn2b's topic in General Students

    While I agree that doing NCLEX questions before starting school might be to hard and confusing, I do not agree with waiting until you graduate to start doing them. Nursing tests are written like the...
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    First day of nursing School *unleashed* post yours

    beth66335 replied to 9livesRN's topic in General Students

    If this is your very first cal test you shouldn't have IV problems on it. Our first semester we didn't do IV stuff in clinicals, so we were not taught drip rates at first. Just oral meds; pills or...
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    Problem with prioritizing

    beth66335 replied to NiesyLuv0o's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Keep in mind your ABC's. The patients airway is compromised and nurses don't intubated people, so calling for help is your next step. ABC's and scope of
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    calculation question (HELP!!)

    beth66335 replied to hope4thebest's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Most of the time Dr write orders for dose and time for IV meds, then the pharmacy sends up the med mixed for that dose. The nurse then figures ml/hr on an infusion pump or gtts/min for gravity based...
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    calculation question (HELP!!)

    beth66335 replied to hope4thebest's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Alright, here's what I got. The 4mg/min is in my drug book. It states not to exceed this dose in renal impaired pts, so I don't think it factors into the calculation except as a safe dose range piece...
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    WANTED: Nursing student tidbits of advice

    beth66335 replied to KellRrn2b's topic in General Students

    This is funny...but true! I knew nurses that kept lysol in their cars and took off their shoes sprayed them and put them in the trunk to dry after work each day. I kept slippers in my car to put on to...