jorla9903

ME TOOO!!!! I wrote you on the other thread too CONGRATSSSS!!!!!!

I passed!!!!!!! Unofficially but got the good pop-up!!! I'm not paying to see my results because I've already paid pearsonvue enough!!! hahaha:lol2: Thank you for your prayers and kind words! And hoping @sooon2bRN passed as well.

Thank you. :) Yes we will pass!

I'll say a prayer for you as well. Glad I finally don't feel so alone. I'll be back tomorrow do the pvt and let you both know. Sending luck and prayers

Just want you to know that I will be right there with you. I take mine tomorrow.....for the 2nd time......at 8am. I am soo very nervous. I will send a little prayer for you and will be thinking of you as well. I hope more than anything we both do well.

Hello I'm hoping for some advice! I just got out of nursing school in May and FINALLY have my first job interview on Thursday....unfortunately for me, I haven't had a job since I was like 19 which was 10 years ago and I'm super nervous about the interview :uhoh21: I'm hoping that I can get some tips and pointers to help ease my fears alittle bit! Anything would be helpful!

Thank you! The diet I never even thought of because i was so hung up trying to figure out the meds! :)

Thank you. I have Pearson 2010 and 2009, both of them do have it under cautious use but just the word, it doesn't tell me why so I figured that it couldn't be that. Thank you that helps:)

Thank you for the reply but believe me, I've been in 3 of my different drug books and maybe I'm just not seeing it but I do not see any reason. They all would be ordered with suspecting and trying to prevent thyroid storm.......

i know that everyone dreads case studies but i am hoping that i can find some help. i have a case study that i am working on and i've been able to answer to every question, pretty well, but i have absolutely no idea on this question. the overview is that the patient is going into thyroid storm. here is the scenario k.b is an 80 year old man admitted to the hospital following a 5 day "flu" with complaints of dyspnea, palpitations, chest pain, insomnia, and fatigue. his pmh includes hf, htn, requiring anti hypertensive meds that he states he has not been taking on reg. basis. k.b was diagnosed with graves disease 6 months ago and placed on methimazole 15mg/day po. height 5 8 weight 130 appears anxious and restless, loud heart sounds, vs 150/90 104 ireg. 20, 100.2f 1+ pitting edema on lower extremities bilateral, diminished breath sounds with fine crackles. lab findings---- hgb 11.8 hct 36% esr 48 na 141 k+ 4.7 bun 33 creatinine 1.9 t4 14 t3 230. after morning rounds, the physician leaves the following orders- propranolol inderal 20mg po q6h, dexamethasone decadron 10mg iv q6h, verapamil calan sr 120mg/day po, diet as tolerated, stat ecg, up ad lib. the question that i can not figure out is: which of these orders would you question and why? i hope that someone will be able to help me because i have looked everywhere and i can not figure out why you would question any of these orders.......

i know that everyone dreads case studies but i am hoping that i can find some help. i have a case study that i am working on and i've been able to answer to every question, pretty well, but i have absolutely no idea on this question. the overview is that the patient is going into thyroid storm. here is the scenario k.b is an 80 year old man admitted to the hospital following a 5 day "flu" with complaints of dyspnea, palpitations, chest pain, insomnia, and fatigue. his pmh includes hf, htn, requiring anti hypertensive meds that he states he has not been taking on reg. basis. k.b was diagnosed with graves disease 6 months ago and placed on methimazole 15mg/day po. height 5 8 weight 130 appears anxious and restless, loud heart sounds, vs 150/90 104 ireg. 20, 100.2f 1+ pitting edema on lower extremities bilateral, diminished breath sounds with fine crackles. lab findings---- hgb 11.8 hct 36% esr 48 na 141 k+ 4.7 bun 33 creatinine 1.9 t4 14 t3 230. after morning rounds, the physician leaves the following orders- propranolol inderal 20mg po q6h, dexamethasone decadron 10mg iv q6h, verapamil calan sr 120mg/day po, diet as tolerated, stat ecg, up ad lib. the question that i can not figure out is: which of these orders would you question and why? i hope that someone will be able to help me because i have looked everywhere and i can not figure out why you would question any of these orders.......

hi, i'm a recent graduate nurse :)) and i have a question....if a patient asks my opinion on treatment how do i go about giving it?? such as if they have a choice between surgery or hardcore meds and they ask my opinion....what is the right way to answer? thanks in advance~!

Not homework, just something that was thrown around in class the other day that I wasn't exactly clear on. Thanks for the reply.

Thank you! I agree worded very weird!

what are the key differences in patient triage in a disaster situation vs. within a medical facility under normal operations?