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You have to jump in there and ask other nurses for help or to show you things. If you feel that your instructor is not teaching you things you should confront her and ask her to show you. It was required that every patient we had in medsurg had a hea...

After taking the patient's pulse, you can act like you are still taking the pulse but actually count the respirations. This way the patient doesn't know your taking his/her respirations (like the other response said, they will change their rate if th...

I am having a hard time grasping the whole IVPB thing. I understand what to do when NOT using a pump (hang the IVPB higher) but my question is: 1) When using a pump, do I put the primary tubing in the pump or the IVPB tubing into the pump. I am assum...

Hi!! I am trying to come up with a nsg dx for a patient with hypertension. Could I do "risk for injury r/t increased peripheral vascular resistance secondary to htn. Or "Decreased cardiac output rt increased peripheral vascular resistance secondary t...

Thank you for your help!! My patient went home before I got to clinical today so I didn't have to give it anyways. Thanks again, I will keep that in mind for next time!! :wink2:

Hi everyone! I am currently doing my pediatric clinical and I have a dosage calculation that is driving me crazy. I have clinical tomorrow and if I dont have this correct, my instructor will send me home with a zero! My patient is a 12 yr old with ...

Hi everyone! I am currently doing my pediatric clinical and I have a dosage calculation that is driving me crazy. I have clinical tomorrow and if I dont have this correct, my instructor will send me home with a zero! My patient is a 12 yr old with ...

Thank you soooooo much Daytonite!!!!!! You are a life saver!!!! :yeah:

Thank you anyways!

I have no idea. That is why im confused. In the chart from today it showed where they flushed after the infusion was over with 20 mL. Im so confused!!!!!