CharlieT

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  1. G to MG to MCG? Is there a easy way to remember?

    CharlieT replied to amy0123's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Ok, I use really stupid things to help me remember stuff like this. The dumber, the better. mcg is like a gallon of gasoline. mg is like a can of gasoline. g is like a tank of gasoline (Don't see many...

  2. I hate when my school ______

    CharlieT replied to guiltysins's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I hate it when my school has teachers "tag teaming" my class. This is the third week of the semester and we have heard five different teachers lecture. None of them are the teacher listed as the...

  3. I hate when my school ______

    CharlieT replied to guiltysins's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I hate it when my school makes my classmates and I give bedbaths at clinical ad nasuem. I am paying to go to NURSING school. Let me practice nursing skills, not nursing aid skills. Disclaimer: I hold...

  4. What do your school uniforms look like?

    CharlieT replied to TheCommuter's topic in LPN to RN

    My school had white pants and blue top. Changed it due to the white being see

  5. Dosage calc! Help!

    CharlieT replied to wifeandmomoftwo's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Excellent!

  6. What do your school uniforms look like?

    CharlieT replied to TheCommuter's topic in LPN to RN

    Landau steel gray scrubs with black warm up

  7. I'm a smidge guilty

    CharlieT replied to thenameismac's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I am with the OP. I don't understand when others say that the current wave of nursing students are in it for the "quick" money. I have spent the last year and a half of my life in school. I have a...

  8. Factory worker one day ... nurse the next?

    CharlieT replied to helikias's topic in General Nursing

    Landslide, Thx for the kudos and the hug. I enjoyed your post about brown printing as well. I can tell that we see eye to eye on most of this topic. I can only hope that everyone catches the...

  9. Factory worker one day ... nurse the next?

    CharlieT replied to helikias's topic in General Nursing

    Ok, this is difficult to write, but I must. Every word is true and comes from the heart. Sorry for the long post. Hi, its me. I am the guy in the photo that the OP described. No, really, my school...

  10. Tattoos

    CharlieT replied to fyrmed511's topic in Men in Nursing

    Some places require all tats to be covered. Some places require tats that could be considered offensive (whatever that means???) to be

  11. Drip calculations

    CharlieT replied to omp18's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I try to avoid the formula way of calculating. I take it one step at a time and am less likely to confuse myself. If using some big long formula I am more likely to missmash a button or get

  12. Drip calculations

    CharlieT replied to omp18's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    100mg in 250cc at 12cc per hour gives me 4.8mg per hour 4.8mg = 4800mcg 4800mcg / 75kg = 64mcg per kg per hour 64mcg per hour / 60 minutes = 1.06666666666666.... mcg per kg I agree with

  13. thug got shot and crying

    CharlieT replied to C-DIFF PHIL RN's topic in Emergency

    I try to treat all of my patients with dignity and compassion. I try to treat them as I would like to be treated. Its not my place to judge someone else's choices in life, I mean, gee whiz, I have...

  14. Dosage calc! Help!

    CharlieT replied to wifeandmomoftwo's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    No prob. I recommend that you go teach it to a few of your classmates to really fix this in your mind. The more questions they ask and you answer will serve to make this easy for

  15. Dosage calc! Help!

    CharlieT replied to wifeandmomoftwo's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    A 60 drop set means that there are 60 drops in 1 mL. These are tiny, tiny drops in a 60 drop set. I would use this set in ped patients or for a CHF patient. For a trauma patient that is bleeding out,...

  16. Dosage calc! Help!

    CharlieT replied to wifeandmomoftwo's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Wife, Ok here we go. You are giving 90mL, you are using a 60 drop set which means there are 60 drops in 1mL. You can also have 10, 15, 20, or 60 drop set, but for this problem you are told to use a...

  17. I hate when my school ______

    CharlieT replied to guiltysins's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    #1 I hate it when my school cancels a class that I paid for then dosen't refund my money. They told me " we will send a refund in the next two weeks." They held it until the next semester and used it...

  18. Complaints You've Heard During Nursing School

    CharlieT replied to guiltysins's topic in General Students

    "Well they never showed us how to work the kind of problems that were on today's test." I say BS. The teachers spent plenty of time on exactly that type of problem two days ago. They asked if anyone...

  19. Please Help With a Math Problem

    CharlieT replied to Quietstorm10's topic in General Nursing

    3/4 strength means that it will be 3 parts formula and one part water. Take the 240mL and divide it by three to give you 80mL. Add 80mL of H2O to the 240mL of formula to make 3/4

  20. New To allnurses.com... looking for some real guidance!

    CharlieT replied to MrsBabs's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Go to the school and talk to one of the nursing instructors. Do you have any college credit. Pick up a copy of the schools catalog and find out the general education classes. Many gen. ed. classes can...

  21. nursing student confused

    CharlieT replied to G2o14's topic in General Students

    I applied to both programs at my school and was offered a seat in both programs at the same time. I took the ADN seat, but the LPN route is a quicker path to a paycheck. Neither choice is bad or...

  22. Freaking out soon-to-be first semester nursing student

    CharlieT replied to ajulian87's topic in General Students

    Amy, Take a deep breath and relax. I am starting my second semester next week. My program required a pile of books for the first semester, no additional to buy for the second. There will be a lot of...

  23. Any Nursing students for January '10 ?? Need some friends!

    CharlieT replied to avidhunter3's topic in General Students

    I started Fall of '09, having a great time so far in nursing school. I am making new friends and learning so much. It keeps me busy but I am enjoying it. Clinical experience is the best. Study those...

  24. Complaints You've Heard During Nursing School

    CharlieT replied to guiltysins's topic in General Students

    Dumbest thing I ever heard a classmate say: "You mean I am going to have to go see my patient the day before clinicals, that means I will have to drive to the hospital TWICE." What an idiot, this is a...

  25. Curious..What classes were in everyone's first semester?

    CharlieT replied to CBsMommy's topic in General Students

    The first semester I had fundamentals and p'cology. I thing the biggest challange for many students was drug calculations. Those that struggle with calculations normally do not have a math problem,...