Corlee

This is awesome, I wish I had had it back during my first clinicals!! I think all freshman students or first semester students just starting clinicals should give it a try. Our school has something similar to this for the 1st semester in the form of a 12 page packet you had to fill out...now we are charting for real...Just so everyone knows the more you do it the easier it gets!!

OK...so correct me if I am wrong...but I think the answer to #1 is not a safe dose. They said it was 25-50mg/kg/hr (I think this hour should actually be per day) divided into 4 doses (q6h) 21 Lbs = 9.5 kg 50mg(50kg)=475mg (per day) 475mg/4(divided doses) = 118.8mg Q6H is the max per dose. I am pretty sure sure we need more info to answer questions 2 &3. Just my thoughts... :-):)

It is an obstruction of the frontal sinuses. it causes bones to remodel and become enlarged which causes the blockage, as far as I understand it. This is the first time I have heard of it when my instructor assigned this to me.

I agree with the self image and pain. I can not use a "risk for" diagnosis, my instructors do not like those. This is not his first craniotomy, he had one about 10 years ago after the initial pedestrian vs car accident. I believe his pain is under control because they have taken him off of morphine and he is only getting PO tylenol now. I will see what I can find about the self image and I am sure he has to still be in pain so that one should be able to fit in as well! Thanks for your help!

I am working on my clinical write up for a patient with Mucocele. He has no co-morbidities and had a craniotomy a few days ago to correct the mucocele cysts. I am having a hard time finding a nursing diagnosis to go with such. Mucocele is not listed in my Nursing Diagnosis Handbook (Ackley) and I am not for sure what other route to go down seeing as to how he does not have any co-morbidities to concentrate on. PLEASE HELP!!!

Does anyone know what the easiest way to solve this problem is? Thank you! Your client ate 60% of a 16 oz steak. The steak is 45% protein. How many grams of protein did your client eat?

Well, I am already starting to CSON this Fall, actually in a little over 2 weeks so really it is to late to try to go anywhere else. I have several friends that have graduated from CSON and gone on to TTU and or LCU and received their BSn with no problems. it is most liekly that covenant will be accredited by LCU before my class graduates...at least that is what the CEO of Covenant has told us, as employees. I am an employee at Covenant already and have been for several years. I have been witness to the layoffs here, it is very rarely that they were nurses. I think CSON is a good fit for me and I do not plan to stay in Lubbock much longer after I finish nursing school. Good luck to you! :-)

My boss too!! Any of the pharmacists i have talked to are like, WHAT??? lol. Glad to see another pharm tech/nursing student in the mix!!

I have heard that they are trying to become affiliated with LCU as well. One of the ladies that I work with said that in the Covenant town hall meeting (for covenant employees) to meet the new CEO of the hospital, the new CEO was asked about this and he said that they were in fact working on it and it would be in the next year or so....IDK. That would be really nice to be able to just get the BSN thru CSON/LCU. Are you going to CSON this fall as well??

The biggest reason that ampules are used is that it is cheaper for the pharmacy department to purchase an ampule over a vial, as well as for Hospira to manufacturer the drugs in teh amps as well.

I always say what I need over what I have. You need 200mg of medication and what you have is a concentration of 100mg/ml. So 200mg/100mg= 2ml Hope that helps!

I think they are absolutely necessary as well. I am just starting nursing school this Fall but have been a Pharmacy IV Technician for over 5 years and we always filter anything that comes out of a glass ampule prior to being injected into the IV bag. We also filter anything that is going to be used intrathecally, I.E. a Methotrexate IT, ARC IT, etc. I guess its just a better safe than sorry thing in my book. I did work with a man who was a pharmacist in India (technician in America) and he had another technique he thought worked just as well as a filter needle. He always got in trouble for using it though.

I graudated at 23 with my first B.S. degree in another field, Will be starting the nursing program this fall and will be 26 (27 in October). I know of one other guy that will be in my nursing class. Who knows, there may be more when we get to orientation.

WAY TO GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WHEW HEW...I found out that I got into both ADN schools I applied to!!! Naturally I chose the one closest to where I live! I am soo excited to get started...ordered all of my books on Amazon the other day...now just waiting for August 2nd to get here so I can get started!! CONGRATULATIONS EVERYONE WHO HAS BEEN ACCEPTED and GOOD LUCK TO THOSE STILL WAITING!!!

San Antonio Baptist has night classes, but i am not certain they are for LVN. But for sure RN. You might check at the university in San Marcos as well. Sorry I am not much help, just wanted to make sure you had looked into those 2 places. Did you check out ACC in Austin?

Only 1 1/2 more weeks and 2 more tests and I will be done with both I&II!!! I hope I can keep my sanity for at least that much longer, it is questionable though! Congrats to you!!!

I am trying to figure out how to PM but not sure if we can or not.

Ohh, yeah I went and turned my deposit in on Tuesday morning but did not get the chance to ask any questions. I really hope to get in at Covenant...I still have to take nutrition this summer though, have you finished all of the pre reqs?

Thanks! I accepted the SPC admission but am still waiting because I would rather goto Covenant seeing as to how I live in LBK and would rather not drive back and forth. I am curious as to how many alternates CSON has as well, I heard that last year (number unknown as well) that all of the alternates were admitted. I did not apply to TTU though. Are you able to PM on here?

Hey! I did hear back from CSON and am on the alternate list. I did get in at South Plains SON though. What about you?

I am starting an RN program this Fall and according to this post it seems that everyone thinks Pharm is the hardest class they have taken so far. I have worked as a pharmacy technician for almost 10 years now, 4 of which have been in hospital pharmacy, I sure hope that this experience will help me once I start pharmacology! AHHH!!! Already getting nervous and I do not start for 4 more months!! :-)

Thanks!! Are you doing a 2 year ADN or a BSN program?

Congrats! I found out last Monday that I got into my 2nd choice nursing school, now waiting for April 26th to see if I got into my 1st choice school. But I am very relieved to know that I at least got into a school somewhere! Good luck!!

Araks, I would not sweat it to too much. If this is your first offense then they will usually just chalk it up to a mistake, make note of it and go on. I think if it happens again then you might be in for it, but here in Texas they would just maybe fine your license and make you attend AA meetings and possibly some kind of OP rehab. I would talk to my lawyer about what needs to be done with the board, he might know or at least know of someone who can help you out when dealing with the board. Good luck to you!