203bravo

203bravo MSN, APRN

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  1. Blood transfusions

    203bravo replied to seipfamily's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Generally accepted measurements --- but they do vary from lab to lab: Packed red blood cells (PRBCs): 300 mL/unit Whole blood: 450–500 mL/unit fresh frozen plasma (FFP): 250–300 mL/unit Platelets:...

  2. Older Student - And So It Begins

    203bravo replied to HealingThoughts's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Yep --- will be 46 in a few days in am 3rd semester of a 5 semester BSN program... has been very

  3. Early signs of respiratory distress in pediatrics

    203bravo replied to your_persephone's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I would be careful about wheezing since someone could be wheezing and NOT be in respiratory distress --- wheezing comes from constriction and the amount of constriction could be mild enough to allow...

  4. A&P 1 with microbiology

    203bravo replied to Mami.RN's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I took A&P I with Micro and intro to psych as well as Lit in one semester -- all As.. it can be done.. but it is a

  5. Help with IV regulating infusion flow rate by gravity drip

    203bravo replied to MThomas92's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    When I'm setting IV rate -- I place my watch behind the drip chamber so that I can count the drops and see the second hand at the same time.. And when you have your gtts/min.. just break it down one...

  6. Paper (Yes, I know I shouldn't sweat the small stuff...)

    203bravo replied to TheCommuter's topic in General Students

    was at walmart yesterday and here they are putting excess supplies on clearance - lose leaf paper packs 50cents and 1 subject notebooks 25cents.. l loaded

  7. Nutrition Prerequisite Course

    203bravo replied to swimmingfever00's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I have to advise to talk to the nursing program and ask if that nutrition program would meet the requirement.. Most of the course descriptions that I've seen are a little more specific for example:...

  8. Already got hw!!!

    203bravo replied to KStudentNurse70's topic in General Students

    We started Monday and have already had 2 pop quizzes, an online quiz, and have graded homework that was due about an hour ago... This first week has felt like a month already

  9. Help with what program is best for me!

    203bravo replied to MallorieEstrada's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    consider applying to all programs that are reasonable for you to attend.. if you get get multiple admissions then think what is right for you and you life situation such as finances, time commitments,...

  10. pharmacology class question.

    203bravo replied to rapertchristom's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I personally would not take Pharm during the short summer session -- there is too much information and it too important to try to learn everything in only 8

  11. Help with primary, secondary and tertiary prevention

    203bravo replied to jennaroo's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Primary prevention seeks to prevent someone from getting a disease - could include education, life style modification, vaccinations, etc Secondary - once someone has a disease it seeks to cure or...

  12. How to pay for BSN & CRNA School

    203bravo replied to bailey1769's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    as a 2nd degree student you will be eligable for federal loans but there are caps on the amount you can borrow per year.. for the undergrad level it somewhere around 10.5k per year.. so you would then...

  13. I was able to register!!!

    203bravo replied to mag426's topic in General Students

    starting 3rd semester this morning... MedSurg 2, Psych, and Nursing Research/EBP Congrats to you and best of luck

  14. Vitals

    203bravo replied to ahughes821's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    practice practice practice --- take the vitals of family members, neighbors, students in other classes, friends, anyone and everyone that will let you :) best of

  15. Hep B Booster

    203bravo replied to len1011's topic in General Students

    There is a certain portion of the population that never converts and thus never show antibodies --- surely there are other options in your program than a requiring a positive

  16. I&O...

    203bravo replied to loving2024's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    plain water expands when it freezes... the other ingredients added to popsicles help to prevent most of the expansion thus it's actually closer to being mL for mL frozen and melted.. Would be...

  17. post your fall class schedule

    203bravo replied to reka2014's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    3rd semester of a 5 semester BSN program. Med Surg II with clinical Psych with clinical Nursing research 14 credit

  18. Calculating concentration

    203bravo replied to OutdoorEd's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    you're 1st thought was on the right track --- would still be 500mg of the medication but the volume has changed. For the purpose of this calculation that fact that it's going into D5W doesn't

  19. Reconstitution dosage problem

    203bravo replied to Mursely's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    the real secret to medical math is do not make it harder than it needs to be

  20. Reconstitution dosage problem

    203bravo replied to Mursely's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    1 g = 1000 mg so 1000 mg / 3.5 mL = 286 mg per Ml 500 / 286 = 1.75 mL which makes perfect sense --> 500 mg is 1/2 of 1 g... so we know before we start the problem that we are going to give half...

  21. Pathophysiology

    203bravo replied to guest798886's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

  22. Reconstitution dosage problem

    203bravo replied to Mursely's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Think it out a little. you want to give 250 mg and every mL has 330 mg right? so without any math at all you should know that you are going to give less than 1 mL. I can't even attempt to figure out...

  23. Pathophysiology

    203bravo replied to guest798886's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Took Patho last fall and my experience was that it was the 3rd foundation course for nursing just after a&p 1 and 2. Where a&p you learn what is normal, patho is the next logical step as in...

  24. Anyone have experience taking online nursing prerequisites? Specially at MGCCC?

    203bravo replied to spellma's topic in General Nursing

    i took both a&p's online thru the MS Community College network... the lab portion is a separate course number.. so it would be possible to take the lecture portion without the lab.. but nursing...

  25. going back to school and nursing... stressed out

    203bravo replied to HighHealz's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Most schools are different -- I've attended a total of 3 now and every course and every grade is currently factored into my GPA... If the grade of F and WF are going to transfer, I would think about...