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  1. Hydration!

    glovedgoddess posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    hi all! in the hospital hydration is obviously one of the keys to healing and good health! so i have looked this up in textbooks, but i would appreciate nursing answers on this one... why is hydration...

  2. Please, please set me straight!

    glovedgoddess posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Hi all! This is something that I have just not been able to get straight in my mind!!.... The best practice ways of giving IV PUSH? To stop the pump? To leave the Infusion solution running? to kink...

  3. Any words of wisdom for a struggling almost-RN?

    glovedgoddess posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    HI all nurses, I am finishing my final practicum of nursing school, I graduate at the end of May. The thought of graduating was really exciting a couple months ago, but now that I have only a couple...

  4. Post-op ortho patient case

    glovedgoddess posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    A patient on my team was a fresh hip replacement post-op from the afternoon and it was now the evening. He was running a bit of a low BP (80/50) He hadn't voided post-op yet and had >900ml in his...

  5. Overlapping meds & vaso-questions

    glovedgoddess posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Hi all you fabulous nurses out there! I have frustration built up and I would be so grateful to get some help on this stuff.... I have a couple questions: 1) Ex. A patient has Gravol ordered IV q4h...

  6. Overlapping meds & vaso-questions

    glovedgoddess replied to glovedgoddess's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    yup makes sense! Thanks for taking the time to answer my questions

  7. Overlapping meds & vaso-questions

    glovedgoddess replied to glovedgoddess's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Thanks for your reply! I'm just still a little bit stuck on the vasodilation/vasoconstriction...Your example of holding the brachial artery and witnessing vasodilation, I'm confused why it would...

  8. Clinical Questions from a Nursing Student

    glovedgoddess posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    hi all nurses! i have many questions that i have compiled during my time working as an undergrad nurse. these are questions that i think about lying in bed at night after a day of work! so i apologize...

  9. Clinical Questions from a Nursing Student

    glovedgoddess replied to glovedgoddess's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    thank you jra2127, i appreciate it!

  10. Clinical Questions from a Nursing Student

    glovedgoddess replied to glovedgoddess's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Thanks for your answers anyways! Many of these questions I had asked during clinical but didn't always get a clear answer so I figured this site is a good resource

  11. How to approach the beginning of shift?

    glovedgoddess posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Hi there I am a student nurse and I was hoping someone could help me out with organization and time managment ideas for typical shift on a heavy medical unit, The part that I have a hard time with is...

  12. How to approach the beginning of shift?

    glovedgoddess replied to glovedgoddess's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Thanks for everyones

  13. Questions from shift...

    glovedgoddess posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Hello nurses! Here are some more of my usual random questions...Thank ahead of time for your help it means a lot! 1) How do you obtain a CDiff/stool sample from a total care patient?? Sounds silly...

  14. Doctors?

    glovedgoddess posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi there, this sounds silly to me too but I can honestly say I have never been taught about this.. Who are the doctors in a hosptial? Are the doctors that work in the hospital, only hospital doctors?...

  15. IV infusion confusion

    glovedgoddess replied to glovedgoddess's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Thank

  16. IV infusion confusion

    glovedgoddess posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    hi there allnurses community! i have some questions for you lovely helpful nurses! i suffer from a lot of confusion regarding iv infusions! questions: 1) patient has a continous infusion of ns going...

  17. IV infusion confusion

    glovedgoddess replied to glovedgoddess's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Okay, I had the read the responses super slowly and I kind of understand. So this is my understanding...You cannot attach two different solutions by y-site using the same pump if they are going at...

  18. Random questions

    glovedgoddess posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    questions: 1) when can nurses make referrals without a doctors order? or in other words what kinds of referrals need a drs order? who does a nurse need to talk to, to make a referral? for ex, if pt is...

  19. Help with Assessments!

    glovedgoddess posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    What are some good mneumonics for ASSESSMENT of CHEST PAIN and ASSESSMENT of ABDOMINAL PAIN? I have an interview in a couple weeks at the hosptial to work as a student nurse and I'm guessing that they...

  20. gray areas of nursing...

    glovedgoddess posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    things i haven't gotten straight! (thread #1...): 1) do doctors make rounds every single day? say a patient is in the hospital for 3 days only, is the doctor going to come see this patient each day?...

  21. gray areas of nursing...

    glovedgoddess replied to glovedgoddess's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Thx! MUCH appreciated, both of you!!

  22. Hydration!

    glovedgoddess replied to glovedgoddess's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Thanks that helps to put it into

  23. Hydration!

    glovedgoddess replied to glovedgoddess's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Thank you Esme12! Very helpful

  24. Hydration!

    glovedgoddess replied to glovedgoddess's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    for example, why is so important that a patient with a respiratory infection or tonsillitis is drinking a lot of fluids? -for the resp infection patient, is the main concern to help loosen secretions...

  25. Please, please set me straight!

    glovedgoddess replied to glovedgoddess's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    " I agree with Murphyle. I always stop it if it's not NSS, flush, push, flush. I also disconnect the tubing, as I will not put another med in tubing with something other than saline. " smikya- So...