mamaRN-09

Thank you for your reply. I am working in a same day surgery center. I would agree with you. I usually draw the dosage amount up first, then add it to the NS. A nurse had drawn up the full 1 ml of the med and added it to the 9mls of NS. I just wanted to know if this was done and if I calculated it right.

Thanks for your reply. I understand what you are saying. I would be giving the full 10ml's. Sorry to be soo confusing. My thinking was if I draw up the full 10mg(1ml) and add to the 9ml of NS I would have 10mg/10ml. Then I would calculate: 4mg/10mg X 10ml= 4ml. If this is just too confusing please let it go. P.S. love your user name.

Just want to make sure my thinking is correct. Order 4mg IV push On Hand 10mg/ml Dosage 0.4ml To make it easier to push slowly. I can take a 10cc NS syringe - waste 1cc then draw up 1cc of med. Which will give 10mg/10ml. Dosage will then be 4ml. Is this correct. I am using the D/H X V formula. I know there are many different ways to IV push small dosages. I just want to know if this method is one of them and that I am calculating it correctly. Thanks for any reply's - new grad - second guessing myself.

Hi all, I just have a quick question. I want to make sure my thinking is correct. Here is the example: Order 4mg IV. On hand 10mg/ml. Which would make it .4cc's. To make it easier to give, I could take a 10cc NS and waste 1cc of NS and draw up the 1cc of med, I will then give 4cc's of the med. The formula I am using is D/H X V. I know that there are several ways to give small amounts of med but I just want to know if this method is correct. Thanks ahead for your reply's.

Thanks for all of your reply's. I had my moment of DUH. But now it is over.

I have posted in the student post but no answer. Hopefully get an answer here. This might seem like a "you should know the answer" but I have gotten myself confused. My question is for example: order Ranitidine 50mg IV. In the drug book states dilute in 20cc of NS. The pt has an IV TKO of LR running. If you dilute the med does it change the dosage. For example you would give 2.5cc because it is diluted in 20cc or the full 20cc? Also if you are going to give an IV med with fluid running do you always have to dilute the med? Please help I can't believe that I don't know this answer.

I have a quick question that is driving me crazy. Please help. It is regarding diluting meds. For example order: Ranitidine 50mg ivp. The patient has LR TKO. In the med book it states to dilute 50mg in 20 mls of NS. After dilution, does this change the dosage? For example, would you give 2.5 ml because when the med is diluted it changes the dosage or the full 20 ml? Hope this is not confusing some. Is there some dosage calculation for diluted meds? Any help will be appreciated.

Hello fellow nurses, I am a new grad. I will start working soon and I am trying to prepare myself. I know that once I do this over and over again I will have it down but at this point I am getting myself confused with diluting. My question is: if I have a med that is supplied for ex. 50mg/ml. If I dilute it in 10cc, will the diluted dosage be 5mg/ml? I am getting myself soo confused. Also If I have a med that states to dilute 50mg in 20ml and the order to give is 50mg. After I dilute it I am to give 2.5cc. Is this correct or am I going crazy. Is there a calculation for this? It seems if you divide the dosage by the dilution amount you will get the cc amount. Sorry if this is confusing. I tried to look this up in a book and am having a hard time finding it. Thanks ahead for all of your advice. Where was I when this was taught in nursing school??

Hello fellow nurses, I am a new grad RN with 7 years experience as an LVN in a same day surgery center. I have recently been offered a job at a center as an RN in Northern CA. I am in the process of negotiating my pay. I don't know if the offer is too low or right on the mark. If anyone can give me advice on their salary, I would greatly appreciate it. I am having a hard time finding out this info. A lot of facilities dont post salaries. Any advice would be great even advice on how to find this type of info. Thanks in advance.

Rianna 1 CONGRATS!! That's "THE" message. I am in CA also. I was able to find my name on the RN boards license verification site on Fri. of the same week. That was 3 days after I took the exam. I received my actual license in the mail a few days after my license was posted. GOOD LUCK. Keep us posted.

Wait till your status states delivery successful. I think it states that at the bottom right. I took my exam at 1230 and tried the trick several times and did not receive the message until my status changed. My status changed around 2 then I received the whole "contact the boards message". Good luck.

CONGRATS!!! Now you can go and conquer the nursing world.

No math seems to be a good thing. I too also stopped at 75, I had 9 SATA's, no math, tons of prio and delegation and meds that I have never seen before and still managed to pass. Good luck to both of you.

Good luck with your studying and exam. Keep us posted.

I've seen some posts here that stated they sat for the NCLEX on a Sat. I don't know where they took the exam though. I would call Pearson Vue or go onto their website to check out the schedules. When you schedule your exam you will be given options on which day and time is available. Good luck with your exam.