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Yup absolutely. It's like diluting powder doses of some antibiotics into fluid. For example where I work we have the Add Vantage vial/bag system, the powdered antibiotic locks into a bag of fluid. So if I have to administer 1 gram of Ceftriaxone, it is to be diluted in 50 mL of normal saline. Once the medication is mixed you have a solution of 1gram/50mL of Ceftriaxone.

We use large 8.5 x 11 inch sheets of paper, paper clipped or taped to the front of the chart to leave notes. One nurse even writes it on our yellow blank progress note paper in big black marker. Seems to work nicely.

So I'm in my 2nd month of orientation at my new job...a Cardiac Care unit at a hospital in Upstate NY...it's a pretty busy unit and one of the busiest in the hospital. So far things have been going very well...but over the past 2 days, something has happened... I'm taking longer to get things done, I'm making silly mistakes...today I forgot to sign for a potassium run on one patient, missed 2 meds, d/c' d a cardizem too early, had a patient grab me, and had a patient wet the sheets because she fell asleep after getting her lasix... My preceptor told me not to worry, to learn from my mistakes and move on....but all of this just seemed to add up and I had a major break down... Please tell me things will get better. I love my job, I love the floor where I work...i just don't know what I'm doing wrong.

Hey all, I'm new to this forum...in my 3rd semester of nursing school at the moment and well, things aren't going as well as I'd like them too... The first test of the semester was amazing, I got a 92...then on the last 2 tests I've gone downhill, 78 and 79 respectively. I studied very hard for the last one, maybe too hard, but I feel like I'm getting burnt out!! I have 2 part time jobs and my wife and I are expecting our first baby in about 1 month, so things have been extremely hectic. Anybody have some tips for me?