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the way that problem was set up is really confusing. Just do your conversion one step at a time. Remember the unit you want should be on the top all the time I always start out with the weight conversion .. just my preference but you don't have to. 117 lbs * 1 kg/2.2 lbs = 53.18 kg (put this answer aside, we'll use it later on) Main problem: 30 ml/hr * 400 mg/500ml = 24 mg/hr (ml cancels out) at this point you can do two things.. you can convert your answer mg/hr to mcg/hr or into mg/min. Eventually you want your answer in mcg/min. 24 mg/hr * 1000 mcg/mg = 24,000 mcg/hr (mg cancels out) 24,000 mcg/hr * 1 min/60 mins(hr) = 400 mcg/min (hr cancels out) ** since you want your answer in mcg/kg/min, you'd want to divide 400 mcg/min by 53.18 kg to get the dose PER KG (The value 400 mcg/min does not factor in the weight of the the patient; you need to include the weight in order to give the pt the correct therapeutic dose) 400 mcg/min divided by 53.18 kg = 7.5 mcg/kg/min (compare the 400 mcg/min vs 7.5 mcg/kg/min. Notice that w/o the weight factor in, the patient will get an excessive amount of dopamine) Hope this helps.

wow that was rude. You should have told her to mind her own business. I'm on a quiet side as well. I like to listen/act rather than talk and socialized. Anyway, don't let her remarks discouraged you. Just finish nursing school and get your license. Being quiet does not make you a bad nurse. I know a nurse who is very quiet. She's very soft spoken and doesn't really socialize with her coworkers that much. She just goes to work and get her job done but guess what.. she's very excellent with patient and communicating pt's conditions to the doctors. she's also a charge nurse on a busy tele floor. She's a great charge nurse and everyone respects her. She's currently in the process of getting her PhD in nursing. anyway my advice to OP is you can be quiet but don't be shy. Speak up if you need to and speak confidently. You can do it!

No offense but do you live outside the US? It's hard to believe that you became a nurse at the age of 17 unless you live in a country with different educational system. I'm just curious.. I'm not trying to offend you or anything.

For all those students who are getting their FNPs at a young age ( I just turned 25 and just started my nursing career on a tele floor. I do want to go back for my masters eventually.. i just dont know if i should wait a couple of years or go back asap.

nothing will make you more confident than experience. I don't think i felt comfortable drawing blood until after a year. And during that one year, i felt incompetent, nervous, and even hated drawing blood at some point multiple times but you gotta stick through it. This is what they call growing pains and if you overcome this, you'll become competent and confident. Dont feel bad if you miss a vein. It happens to everyone. im sure after a couple of blood draws, the shaking wil go away. The nervousness will be there for a while but the more you repeat the same skill, the more you'll become cofident. good luck.

Hi guys, I have a bit of a dilemma here. I'm thinking about applying to these FNP programs. I'm gonna list the pros and cons and I hope you guys can help me decide which schools i should apply to. School #1 - takes 3 yrs full time to complete; 4 yrs part time - Well known state school - has their own preceptors - cost $11,000 FT/semester, $8000 PT/semester - not far from where I live; most likely will take public transport due to lack of parking - starts Fall 2014 if I get in **would love to go to this school because it has a good reputation and they have their own preceptors. However, program wont start until fall 2014 and there's no assurance I'd get in. This school is very competitive. School #2 - takes 2 1/2 yrs to complete - known as for profit school (Chamberlain) - mostly online; takes 2 classes every semester (program is designed as trimester) - will cost me approx $27000 (job discount) - not far from where I live; 20-30 mins drive - Have to find my own preceptors - Starts asap (Spring 2014) **I like the flexibility of this school but I'm a little bit hesitant due to its "for profit" reputation; I also have to find my own preceptors which I don't like. School #3 - takes 2-2 1/2 yrs to complete full time; part time can take as long as 5 yrs - really cheap = $279 per credit hr (state school) - will cost me approx $15000 for the program - far from where I live; campus is 37 miles away; takes 1 hr to drive on a good day (if there is snow, bad weather condition, or traffic, it can take up to 2 hrs drive) - have to go to campus once a week for the whole day (No online classes) - Have to find my own preceptors - Starts Spring 2014 if I get in ** I love the cheap tuition but its far from where i live and I have to find my own preceptors For me, it sounds like school #3 is a no brainer because the tuition is really cheap but the fact that its so far is making me rethink my decision. The thing i worry about is I live in Illinois and we get quite a lot of snow during winter. If there's a winter storm, it'd be hard to drive that far just to get to school. Also if i account the traffic, I might have to leave 2 hours before class starts just to get to the campus on time. PS: I'm not saying i'm going to get into these programs but you all know its costs a lot of money just to apply to these schools so if I can eliminate one school from this list, i'd be able to save some money. thank you so much.

awesome! good news! i passed too. I learned last night on my BON website.. i didnt have to pay for quick results lol. PVT works!

you passed! congrats. Thats all that matters :) now go celebrate haha Note: ive been reading alot of threads on allnurses.com about PVT and i dont think theres a single person who said he/she got the good pop up and ended up failing.

hey samantha.. how did you do? i ended up getting 75 questions with 17 sata, 2 questions where you have to put things in order, and 1 with picture choices. I got the good pop up on PVT too.. so happy!!! i felt confident throughout the exam. I knew i was doing good cuz i was getting the sata lol. just waiting til saturday to make it official yey!

Goodluck OP! I'm taking mine on Thursday too and like you I'm feeling super confident. I feel like i should be nervous or scared but for some reason, i feel so confident. I only studied for a week using kaplan. My qtrainers scores 1. 69% 2. 69% 3. 60% 4. 62% 5. 60.5% 6. 60% 7. 67.17% I haven't done any qbank questions. For diagnostic and readiness, i scored 59% but i didn't really take those seriously. We were required to attend kaplan class 4 days after graduation (didn't have the motivation to do kaplan at that time lol) anyway, good luck OP and give us an update after you take the nclex!

OP i'm just wondering.. do you practice taking nclex questions? I find that practicing taking nclex questions really helped me improved my test taking skills. If you have the money, try to get the success series books (fundamentals success, med surg success, ob success etc etc). These books are life saver. Also try to get an nclex review book like saunders. I used saunders not to practice questions but to read the info for each diseases. The info is really succinct and straight to the point Make sure to read the rationales when you practice taking nclex questions. Also dont worry too much about your grade when you do these practice questions.. just concentrate on the rationales. good luck!

You can definintely do that and its more common than you think. You should apply for CNA or PCT "Registry" position. Registry basically means they give you a required number of days that you have to work per week (or 2 weeks). I currently go to school full time and work once a week. That's the number of days im required to work in order to keep my job but during the summer or whenever i have time, i can work more hours if i want to. It's very flexible and the perfect job for people going to school. And yes you can choose the days you want to work. btw when you get hired, you're going to be trained so initially you might not be able to work your desired scheduled. good luck

Hi does anyone know how long it's gonna take for a US citizen with no previous degree to finish a BSN in the Philippines? is it gonna take 4 years? what if he already took a bunch of pre-reqs in the states such as AP, micro, english, etc etc.. are those classes gonna be credited?

Hi OP I agree with bosslady. Buy the success series books. They are helpful. I just finished my first semester and the fundamentals success book helped me tremendously. I did bad on my first two exams but after incorporating the sucess book, my grades improved dramatically. Basically these books contain nclex questions with answers and rationales. They are divided into sections. For example the fundamental success is divided into hygiene, circulation, oxygenation, etc. So when you guys are learning about hygiene, you can practice nclex questions about that particular subject. Also like not.done.yet said, buy saunders. There's a newer edition of this book but the older edition should be enough for nursing exams and it only costs about 4 bucks on amazon http://www.amazon.com/Saunders-Comprehensive-NCLEX-RN%C2%AE-Examination-Nclex-Rn/dp/141603708X/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1323799773&sr=1-3 make sure to read the first part of this book. It teaches you how to answer nclex style questions. for example, always keep in mind ABC when answering nclex questions. Also safety, maslows heirachy, and when you answer psych questions, patient's needs come first. If you have a smartphone, you can also download nclex apps. I have an ipod touch and i have a bunch of nclex apps on it. I practice them when i'm on my way to school, at work, or whenever i have free time. Make sure to read the rationales really nursing questions feel like its 60% test taking skill, 40% knowledge because even though you know the answer, there's still a likelihood you can get the question wrong. You just have to pick the best answers. Good luck. It's good to be a little freak out than being overconfident.

question.. did you read the whole book and then practiced answering ati questions? or you just took the practice tests?

interesting question crazierthanyou. My first choice was D too but after reading the responses, C made more sense. Afterall, D didnt say apply prb or nonbreather mask and increase O2 to 10 liters.. it just said increase O2 to 10 liters. Anyway, about "nurses shouldn't adjust O2 rate" part.. i just wanna share my experience because I've seen this scenario at work. I work as a pct at a hospital and one day we had a patient that was desating @ 77 .. it even went down to 56%. The nurse quickly put the patient on nonrebreather mask and increased the O2 to 15 liters. The pt's O2 sat quickly came up to 92-93%. He then called the doctor afterwards. my question to RNs, is this action (increasing O2 because O2 sat is low then calling the doctor afterwards) an acceptable intervention or does it depend on your hospitals policy? do certain hospitals don't allow this? (ie. you have to get an order from the doctor first no matter what). I understand that O2 is a medication and you need an order for it but If it's an emergency, you have to do what's best for the client?

Talk with your financial aid adviser. I don't understand how you're only getting 3000 dollars per year with loans included. I'm in the same situation as you. 23 yrs old and not qualified for any grants because my parents earn too much (yea right) so I have to pay my tuition out of pocket. Anyway, this year i didn't get any grant but I did qualify for loans (subsidized, unsubsidized, and parents loan). If I wanted to, i could have paid my whole tuition with just the loans. Also i go to a state uni so my tuition is about the same as yours. i hope your school doesnt require you to buy a computer from them for 2k. That's just ridiculous. You can get a cheap one for 500 bucks Books won't cost you 1200 either. Chegg, amazon, ebay, and your school library are going to be your friends. This semester I spent 20 bucks for a lab book that I bought from amazon. The rest of my books I borrowed from the library.. haha you might also want to consider taking a year off from school and just work full time to save money. This way when you get into nursing school, you don't have to work and you can just concentrate on school full time.

I agree with the rest of your post except for this part. If a person is shy and lacked confidence and you pair him/her up with a very confident and outspoken student, that's only going to intimidate the shy person even more. A shy person is not going to change into a confident, outspoken person overnight. In my opinion, the best thing you can do is pair a shy student to another quiet student who is very confident. By doing this the shy student can relate to his/her partner because they have something in common and hopefully the shy student will start to pick up the "confident" quality of his/her partner. Just a suggestion coming from an introvert. To the OP. I can feel your pain. As an introvert, clinicals can be hard especially when English is your second language. It seems like you and your professor started off on the wrong foot when he mentioned to your clinical group that you needed to work on your communication skill. I can understand why you were embarrassed. My advice to you is have a thick skin. I know that's hard to do but you have to do it. Don't dwell on the past. It's not that your clinical instructor doesn't trust you. It's just that he can see your weaknesses and he wanted to address it. What you need to do is work on these weaknesses. Nursing school is very stressful for someone who does not have a hospital background. Why? because you don't know even the most basic things and how things run are in the hospital. It can definitely cause alot of anxiety to the student and to top it all sometimes clinical instructors forget about this. This is why i always advice my fellow nursing students to work as a CNA before they enter nursing school so when they get to clinicals, they are more comfortable and they have an idea of how things are run in the hospital. This way there will be no barrier to learning such as nervousness or anxiety. However, it seems thats too late now. My advice is that you follow arte_suave's advice .. "Fake it til you make it." Also when you're in clinical, try to absorb as much information/experience as you can. Ask a lot of questions to your classmates who are more experienced than you and to your clinical instructor most especially. Don't try to avoid your CI. I know you said you feel intimidated talking to him but you have to overcome this. The worst thing you can do is to avoid him during clinical. Show him that you're willing to learn and that you want to be a nurse. Also practice your skills until you master it. For example, vital signs, you have to practice it over and over again until you feel comfortable doing it. This is true for other skills as well. So when your CI sees you performing these skills in the clinical setting, you won't feel nervous. As for patient contact, just interact with them like you're talking to a friend. Obviously you have to be professional.. but just be confident. They dont bite haha and do not be scared to touch a patient. Lastly, be a leader. When you take care of a patient, your patient expects you to lead them. For example, when you're giving a bath or you're transferring a patient, always give your patient instructions on what they're supposed to do. Don't just stand there and not say anything. Give them instructions step by step so your patient will feel comfortable.. Remember as you gain more experience, the more comfortable you will be in a clinical setting. Feel free to pm me if you have any questions. Trust me i can understand where you're coming from.

unit secretary - get used to reading orders and talking to doctors, supervisors, nurses etc transporter maybe?

My advice is that you admit to the teacher that you were wrong and ask for a second chance. I think that's your best option. :) Arguing with the teacher won't do you any good. The teacher gave you a lot of time to prepare which means an impromptu speech was the last thing he expected. If he wanted you to do an impromptu speech, he wouldn't give you time to prepare. Also i suggest you don't mention the vague instructions. The prof would just question you as to why you didn't ask him for clarification. btw how to make a chip dip is an example of demonstrative speech. Good luck. I hope they give you another chance.

Hi, I'm a nursing student and one of my assignments is to interview a practicing nurse. I hope someone can help me.. thank you so much. If you can pm me your first name and answers, that'd be great. Here are the questions 1. What is your definition of nursing? 2. What do you think is the role of nursing? 3. Is your agency using one of the nursing theories. If so, which one and what do you think or feel the usefulness of theory in your practice thanks in advance

OP Show her this thread. Im a PCT and no PCT is not equal to an RN. PCT is basically a CNA. Also spending 14k to become a PCT is ridiculous. She could have used that money to enroll in a BSN program. Also tell her in my area PCT gets paid around $9-13 an hour.

ive never heard of a hospital that will pay for a CNA to go to school to become an LPN or even an agency that pays for tuition, rent, and utilities. Thats awesome. You know any other hospitals that offer the same benefits? hhehe:yeah:

It's not a bad idea to get a part time job as long as you know that you can manage your time effectively and you won't let it affect your study habits. Working as a CNA would definitely help you in your clinical rotation. It will make you more comfortable especially when talking to patients. It will also hone your basic skills such as bathing, taking vitals, etc. You mentioned that you just started doing your clinicals and the job opening is for CNA/PCT Do you have your certification as a CNA? Because I know in some schools, you have to finish the 1 semester of clinical before you can take the test for CNA license.

try reading the questions first before you read the passage.