Blackbuttafly

Hello to all, I have a question which some may find silly but i will ask anyway. When you are wasting a med in the accu dose is there some sort of calculation that you do? I have been on the floor for two month, and believe it or not I have only had to waste two drugs. They were both the same medication, but I am confused on how much i am suppose to waste. for example phenergan ordered 12.5mg. on hand 25mg/ml. I know that I am only to give 0.5ml. My question is how do you come up with the number to waste. The preceptor put in 0.5ml to waste, but did not exactly explain how she came up with that number, because after the waste was finished another nurses pt coded. Sorry if this seems like a dumb question, but i am a new nurse and just want to do things correctly. Otherwise, my orientation is going well. Thanks for your help

Thanks to all who have replied.

yeah that is what i thought but the lady was like you multiply by eight because it was an eight hour shift. She would not work it out, so I just figured add them all together for whatever you record on that shift. .

sorry. ex: pt had 150ml of h2o, 200cc of IV, 60ml of grape juice all for eight hours. we want to know the total?

we had a new hire pharmacology test today. more than half of the class failed it today. I feel really bad about it but what can you do but review what you missed, and try again. We could not remember how calculate fluid intake for eight hours. I did not dawn on me until I walked out of the building. All I am looking for is an example of a calculation. So if someone could come up with a some sort of pt with fluid intake for eight hours. and the steps to get to the answer it will be appreciated. we are all getting together tomorrow to go over the ones we missed. thanks.

no, this was my first time taking the nclex. I was just stating that it is possible to pass at 265.

hey all, i just wanted to be an encouragement to the people that just the nclex rn. i took the nclex rn on jan 22, 09. i took whole test all 265 questions. i walked out of the testing center knowing that i failed. i cried on the way home, i cried when i called my husband at work to tell him i was finished with the test. after i finished crying i remebered who my father is, and that god is in charge of everything.:wink2: to make a long story short i passed the test at 265. remeber that god is faithful, and he knows what is best. my prayers to all.