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Hey everyone! Anyone who can help will be GREATLY appreciated! I have my last semester Respiratory test on Monday and am still trying to understand a few things. 1) Need explanation on interventions for right & left shift of oxyhemoglobin curv...

Thanks! You've helped a lot! I think you're right on with the diffusion limitation...pretty sure that's what it's talking about!

I am answering questions re: a case study on fluid & electrolyte imbalances and I was wondering if these ND were written correctly?? Any help would be greatly appreciated!!! Thx! Impaired Oral Mucous Membranes related to chemotherapy, dehydrati...

My school took the pharmacology class out of the program and is only "incorporating" some meds into each unit. To compensate for this bad decision of theirs...I was wondering if anyone had any advice on a REALLY GOOD Pharmacology book to help me lea...

Dang! Sounds like a book I might need to invest in! Thanks guys!

Thanks for sharing that pharm book, but I was looking for more of a study guide-type pharm book for quick & easy learning.

I am a nursing student (about to start OB/Peds this summer) and I am starting a Nurse Tech job in May in L&D. Does anyone have any advice for me?? Thanks!

Med-Surg Success: A Course Review Applying Critical Thinking to Test Taking by Kathryn Cadenhead Colgrove & Judy Callicoatt This is the BEST book I have come across! It is not a "review" book per say, but is more of a book of NCLEX-type questions...

I appreciate you guys' advice! Thanks so much!

Hey everyone! I am having the hardest time organizing the care for 2 patients. A majority of the people in my class have experienced taking care of 2 patients (it all depends on the clinical instructor & I've just now gotten one that assigns 2)....

Unfortunately I haven't gotten that far yet! I've only taken care of 2 patients one time and that was last Saturday and my 2nd patient was discharged early in the day. My instructor has to be with us when we give meds and everyone doesn't give med...

I'm in Med-Surg I and we started with 65 at the beginning of the semester...we've lost just over half now!!

Septicemia COPD Esophagitis Anemia Thank you so much!!!

Have you thought about doing RN to MSN??

My drug book says that it's an Off Market Drug...no longer available in the US. That may be why you can't find it. Do you still need the info on it anyway??

Does anyone know of a good way to learn the best SOURCES of carbs, proteins, and each of the vitamins?? We are doing the nutrition unit in my class right now and I just feel overwhelmed with figuring out how I'm going to learn/remember the best sou...

Our teachers gave us 5 formulas (EASY formulas) and they said that if you learn those 5 formulas you can pretty much work any medical math problems that nurses come across. Granted they are tweaked a bit when you get to OB/Peds, but for the most par...

2nd problem: formula V x DF (drop factor) = gtts/min T Fill in formula with info you already have, like this: 500 ml x 20 gtts/ml = 10 gtts/min T In order to ISOLATE the "T" which stands for Time, you need to multiply both sides ...

Ha, ha! Yeah, seriously! But, hey, thanks again for all of your instruction and advice. I'm sure this won't be the last time I elicit your help! I like the rewording...I think it will work better. Gotta get busy now! Thanks so much! :thankya:

Thanks for explaining all of this to me...it sure helps a lot! I have one question though...I was reading in my textbook and it said that a medical diagnosis cannot be the etiology for a ND statement. It has to be something that responds to nursing...

Once again, you are a life saver! And I hate to keep bugging you about this...but I have looked in my textbooks, online, my ND handbook, etc and they just aren't giving me the info I need/aren't answering the questions I have. I need a Q&A sess...

Hi Daytonite! As usual, your posts help me out a lot! Here is what I have so far. This is the case study in my Fluid & Electrolyte Imbalance chapter... Patient has lung cancer, had chemotherapy 5 days ago, but has been having N/V the last 2 day...

*sigh* I just took my 1st Med-Surg I exam and I made an 80. I am so upset about it. That may sound stupid, but I have made all A's and high B's on every test up to this point (A&P's, Micro, & Fundamentals included) and this is the lowest g...

You guys are the absolute best! With every one of your replies that I read, I can feel my confidence getting higher and higher. And I think you guys are right...the grades don't matter, it's what you take from the class that matters - as long as yo...

Thank you all so much for the good advice and pep talks! I realize that I need to keep my chin up and move on. I think one of the main reasons I put so much pressure on myself is that my sister-in-law went thru the same program (AD) with all A's an...