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Very confused student
Stroke volume is the volume of blood pumped out during each contraction by a ventricle. Heart rate simply put is the number of heart beats per minute. Cardiac output is the volume of blood pumped out per minute. The relationship mathematically is Cardiac Output = Stroke volume x Heart rate.
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New grad got fired, help
Outside this online world, unlike most of the people (I am not going to name) here who spend a lot of time here online bashing about people who come out to seek help and answers but instead gets bashed about their stories/situations.
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New grad got fired, help
If we take this discussion outside the online into a real world, I doubt half of these "honesty" will come out. When the OP is directly asking some questions, and the people instead start roaring about something else (although related, but not asked for) I call it judgemental. More bashing than answering the question. Who in the right mind will disclose his past mishap with jobs, especially in this economy. Those who say they will, I will :yeah:because you just lost your opportunity to get it and gave someone else a chance - others before self, indirectly done.
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New grad got fired, help
The world outside this online discussion thread will be more kind and less judgmental, imho. Because in a real world you will have variety of people, rather than people with same opinion. But it is always good idea to learn from the mistakes and listen to what everybody has to say, especially the harsh ones - some of them do help. We got two ears - to let things in and let things out.
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First day of NS, confused about homework... I need a little help
I am sorry, but I am bit confused about this homework. What's the question? Finding out what the Medical/Nursing Diagnosis or something?
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New grad got fired, help
i think the best thing is to move and learn from the mistakes. that aside, since you are a new grad maybe you could avoid mentioning your first job to start with. good luck. ---- i think a lot of people are missing the point - he or she is asking for - what should i say to prospective employers when they ask why i left? i dont want to say i got fired. can i just say it wasnt a good fit? also, on my resume, i didnt put an end date, it just says oct 2009-present. should i change it?
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PHARMacology questions
Are you sure the question reads Colace 20mg per teaspoon? ordered is 3/4 gr = 0.75 gr = 48.75 mg if 1 gr is 65 mg. available = 50 mg Amount = Desired (Ordered) / Available (On hand) X Quantity ( tabs in this case) =48.75 mg / 50 mg X Infatabs = 0.975 infatabs = 1 tab
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Emergency Nursing: Acute substernal chest pain
I can see why o2 sat will have higher priority over cardiac monitor even though the patients chief complaint has to do with the chest pain. For one breathing ces before circulation and secondly the patient was laboring at breathing at high rate.
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im Wrong? PLZ tell me
Man, I can see what exactly you are saying. But I can also see why your instructor's answer is more correct in a sense as well. I k For example, for the first problem both you and the instructor are correct - equally. from http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000165.htm digoxin toxicity Symptoms Confusion Irregular pulse Loss of appetite Nausea, vomiting, diarrhea Palpitations Visual changes (unusual) Blind spots in vision Blurred vision Changes in color perception Halos or rings of light around objects Seeing lights or bright spots for the second problem, yes inotropic - being positive agent as well as negative agent. But in this problem we are specificially referring to the digoxin - that doesn't specifically decrease the heart rate, but rather decrease the electrical impulses. Digoxin does increase/strengthen the contraction. it says halos of light around object, and yours around light? My suggestion is to talk with your instructor and go thruough each answer one by one. That way you will get a chance to see from your instructor's view point and give your rationale behind why your chosen answers are correct or more correct.
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Is this the right prioritization? help please!!
I think it is in the right order in general. But I think the order of priority can change very easily depending on the nursing dx (full 3 parts). For example if the patient is immuno suppressed, the priority for the risk for infection will rise. Similarly, if the pain we are referring here is an acute, at the moment, one then it will go higher in priority.
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Nursing Dx for atrial fibrillation
Here is an easy one Activity intolerance r/t sob and high bp secondary to afib aeb (any evidence u noticed during assesment/observation).
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help with diagnosis of "left septic knee"
Left knee infection - cause could range from knee surgery and acquiring an infection as it got expose to pathogens in the health facility to extoxins within the body.
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MATH>>Help please.. If i dont pass this class I wont get to start clinical!!!!!
i estimated 1 dram as 4 cc. that 250mg per dram is the drug available per volume and i used it as 250 mg/4cc - while doing calculations above.
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Care Plan help: Elder Skin integrity
I m not sure what we call this condition bit I hope u r not planning to add that to the nursing dx, because physician diagnoses the medical condition. It is not within nurse's scope of practice. Nurse does nursing diagnosis -- patients response to the medical condition/diagnosis.
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MATH>>Help please.. If i dont pass this class I wont get to start clinical!!!!!
I did like this ::: Drug available/volume available = drug ordered/volume to administer 120 mg/ 5 ml = 250 mg/ ml to admin ml to admin = 250 mg/ 120 mg X 5 ml ml to admin = 10 ml