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  1. Use of Burette

    Help! In peds and totally do not understand the use of a burrette. How would you administer Solumedrol 4mg or Rocephin 385mg via a
  2. Hi! I will be in Nursing 4 when school resumes. I was wondering what to focus for this semester. I know we will be doing peds, ICU, psych..............................any
  3. Icu

    Hello to everyone! I will be in Nursing IV (yeah last semester!!!) when I go back in January. The first thing we will be studying is ICU. Past students have all said this is the hardest part of...
  4. I'm feeling very low right now.

    Hey, I also am in 3. I think we all worry....especially once we have gotten this far. I had an instructor put it into perspective last week. He said,"You are all intelligent or you would not have made...
  5. rounding

    I am confused about the rounding for med math. Would 0.6666666 mL always be rounded to 0.7 or does it depend on if it is mg, mL , etc? What about
  6. Care Plans

    Can anyone tell me what I might can use for 2 care plans for a patient in preop? She had a LAVH with left salpingo-oophorectomy due to uterine prolapse. Only other medical problems are HTN and...
  7. IV Push

    Thank you for saying that. I was thinking the same
  8. IV Push

    We gave our first IV push med today....I used a formula and my calculator to figure the IV push rate and it was correct. However, our instructor wanted us to figure it in our head using the marks on...
  9. IV Push

    Is there a quick way to figure IV Push meds in your head???? Such as Demerol or Morphine when diluted with 5 or 10 mL of
  10. totally confused

    We have checkoffs tommorrow and have this pacu scenerio. Pain wakes up in pain. MD orderes 6.25mg of Demerol for pain. Available in 25mg/mL. Is this correct 6.25mg ______ X...
  11. Can anyone provide help with the following med math problem? Client is admitted to labor and delivery for a trial induction. Order reads: Begin Pitocin at 2 milliunits per minute and...
  12. math help

    Need help with this problem: Order reads: Ancef 1 gram in 50 mL IV piggyback give over 30 minutes. What rate (mL/hr) should be set on the infusion pump to deliver the correct amount? Thanks for...
  13. Need ideas for teaching...

    What is a
  14. cluster sheet

    Thanks!
  15. cluster sheet

    I am a first semester nursing student. We are required to fill out a cluster sheet on a client that has two columns. One is signs/symptoms and the other is risk factors. I am having a hard time...