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Ok, I am a RN student and I have a question. I had a question that involved fluid balance for a burn patient that was receiving IV fluids. How do you know this patient is maintaining fluid balance? I can only remember 3 of the choices. They were... ...

I must agree with BlurgrassRN. Although you are a new nurse, it will seem that you always have the worst team of patients. The hospital when I worked, the nurses at night sometimes had up to 10 patients depending on staffing. And there was always tha...

That is what I put for my answer. UO 40ml/hr. I just don't know if it was right! Thanks for your input!!!

that is what I was thinking when I was reading my options. Like I said, I do not know the right answer because it was a online test. But one of them was correct. Or maybe the one option I forgot!! But I was wondering how you would be able to calcula...

If you are new to the medical field get used to the TB tests (PPDs). You will probably have to get one annually as well if you get the job. It's all part of life! Good Luck!

very nice!

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What I did was labeled a blank page, say of the femur, with a,b,c,etc with the answers on it and gave it to my husband and I had the one with just the letters and he would quiz me. I remember having to memorize every notch, line, suture, etc. He woul...

I have been a LPN for 13 years and I an doing a LPN bridge to ADN. I do not care to ever be in management so an ADN is good enough for me because the pay difference between ADN and BSN is minimal. Hospitals pretty much just look at "RN". That has bee...

When I used to take care for thoracic surgeons all we used was ABD pads and 4x4s. The surgeons said there was no need for xeroform.

I am a LPN, have been for 13 years. I have worked in MD offices and the hospital. I Loved, LOVED, the hospital. At first I was leary of the hospital too, but once I learned everything and got comfortable, I fell in love with it. I am now back in scho...

Agree, the rubber stopper dulls the needle. I have always changed the needle. And I too usually use a larger gauge to draw up the med. It's just easier and quicker!

I feel your pain. I am a LPN too, and I have had many patients and more than that, their families, question my abilities as a nurse. With 1 year experience or 13 years experience (as I have) it does not matter, we are nurses! And we are shuned upon ...

I was taught to always use a filter needle. Unfortunately with cutbacks in hospitals, this is where it hits.....But I do not think it is safe and I do believe it is a liability. It only takes one time.

all I can say is...WOW....What a shame, the patient was judged before the facts were known. Unfortunately, this happens more often than we would like to think.

You probably could check with the state board of nursing.

When we give "bedside" report we give report outside the door at the chart pulldown and if there is any significant thing that we needed the oncoming nurse to see we just walked in and introduced the oncoming nurse to the patient and continued with t...

Condition change or not, you must chart on a patient every shift.

Sounds like to me she was pre-charting before seeing the patient, even though she thought the "condition" would be the same. It is illegal to pre-chart before doing an assessment on a patient. It would be ok if it were just her own "notes" on her cli...

That is exactly what I was going to say!!!!!

Just remember when giving medication, you want to give the most accurate dose, without rounding up. Rounding up just 0.1, can make a major difference.

Again, I was taught to wear beige, same color as you skin...

RN! I have been an LPN (same as LVN) for 13 years and now I am in school for my ADN. I wish I had of just went for my RN to begin with, although I would not trade my experience as an LPN for nothing. I fortunately was able to work in a hospital for t...

good greif...this is just nurses helping nurses......

I felt the same way, but I passes.....good luck.