Jonathank

Jonathank

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  1. Netbooks for NS?

    Jonathank replied to kk83's topic in General Students

    Go on the websites of any of those retailers, and you can order the model/color of your choice. Have it shipped to a store near you if you can't get free

  2. CONFUSED...I thought 1 yr into a 2yr RN program, you can b LPN???

    Jonathank replied to fleurafor's topic in General Students

    I'd bet it has even more to do with the laws/rules/regs of the

  3. Help with Dosage Calculations

    Jonathank replied to 2bnurseforce1's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    And now I see the desired answer is in mcg. Looks like we got the same

  4. Reconstitution Drug Calculation Problems

    Jonathank replied to jessicalane's topic in General Students

    The way those are worded makes it pretty simple. Ignore how much you add to dilute, and just worry about the final mg/mL concentrations that follow "to yield" or "to provide". It gets trickier when...

  5. Help with Dosage Calculations

    Jonathank replied to 2bnurseforce1's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I'm getting 0.0012 200 mg/250 mL = 7.2 mg/9 mL 7.2 mg/100 kg = 0.072 mg/1 kg 0.072 mg/60 min = 0.0012 mg/1 min final answer: 0.0012 mg per 1 kg per 1

  6. does the body store potassium or not?

    Jonathank replied to maybug's topic in General Students

    That was my point. While the verb "store" usually means to hold surplus in reserve, it can also simply mean to

  7. "Bait and Switch" and "Social Experiment" thread titles

    Jonathank replied to nursel56's topic in General Nursing

    "My favorite posts with the ones who need help answering test quetions or coming up with nursing diagnoses (it's called a book, open it up)." I actually use these posts as a chance for ME to review....

  8. Assigned to patients with conditions VERY unfamiliar to you

    Jonathank replied to winzer's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    If you're going to use wikipedia, just use it as a starting point. If you're reading a page and you see an edit button, think about it: any clown on the whole planet could have just inserted factual...

  9. Question about Nursing Care Plan

    Jonathank replied to Shanna M's topic in General Students

    You seemed to have missed where the other poster was giving you the hint that paraplegia is probably a much bigger short term issue relating to skin integrity than

  10. Question about Nursing Care Plan

    Jonathank replied to Shanna M's topic in General Students

    r/t an NDX (mandatory) s/t a MDX

  11. What would you like more training on?

    Jonathank replied to HayleyHunter's topic in General Students

    100% co-sign this post. Clinical skills hands down. Not just "open lab" either, instruction followed by supervised practice

  12. Impaired Gas Exchange Care Plan

    Jonathank replied to RN_Pink's topic in General Students

    because she was anemic r/t ventilation-perfusion imbalance s/t anemia aeb hypoxemia she would not keep her oxygen on noncompliance is a low priority NDX,

  13. CNA Challenging/Questions

    Jonathank replied to EMEddie's topic in General Students

    I checked the big google machine, and I found another thread on allnurses where someone referred specifically to challenging the CNA exam in Cali: I need California CNA Advice - Nursing for Nurses

  14. Enodcrine System - Help!

    Jonathank replied to lilmrsnurse's topic in General Students

    That's the beginning of the hormonal part of the signal pathway in a nutshell. All the other exocrine glands are downstream. The nervous system is upstream. This guy is great at explaining things:...

  15. Lots of FREE medical, etc. books on Kindle today!!

    Jonathank replied to RileyPuggle's topic in General Students

    Already been posted. Here's the direct link: Free Books for Your

  16. abg values

    Jonathank replied to mickeyfan's topic in General Students

    Just to nitpick: CO2 is NOT an acid. It's just easily transformed into H2CO3 (carbonic acid). One of my instructors referred to it as an electrolyte. It's not that, either. It's just also easily...

  17. Preparing for nursing school during prereq's ...

    Jonathank replied to dreamer827's topic in General Students

    Build the foundation

  18. I Hate A&P1! Had so much trouble...Need Study tips! HELP!!!

    Jonathank replied to TrinaCNA's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    His cellular respiration videos are the best. I just wish he covered more topics. Also great for basic Bio topics (which has considerable overlap with A&P)- George Wolfe: george wolfe biology -...

  19. Pneumonia and PaCO2

    Jonathank replied to NurseGuy30's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    As long as we're just throwing out guesses: Reduced motor

  20. Preparing for nursing school during prereq's ...

    Jonathank replied to dreamer827's topic in General Students

    Biology, A&P, Micro, Psych, etc. IS preparing for

  21. "Bait and Switch" and "Social Experiment" thread titles

    Jonathank replied to nursel56's topic in General Nursing

    Co-sign 100%. It's basic message board etiquette. Thread titles should be about a topic, so that potential readers can choose what they want to read. Thread titles like "I'm desperate- please help"...

  22. does the body store potassium or not?

    Jonathank replied to maybug's topic in General Students

    i guess it depends on your definition of "storage". k+ is the most abundant cation in intracellular

  23. Remembering Lab Values!

    Jonathank replied to jellybeany's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Got it. Copied & pasted into a word .doc for future reference.

  24. Remembering Lab Values!

    Jonathank replied to jellybeany's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    No, seriously post up more. I wasn't joking. It looks really well-prepared. There's no better way of learning the values I know of than looking at stuff like this. But I have to admit I haven't...

  25. Teaching Infection Control to Preschoolers

    Jonathank replied to chinacatSN's topic in General Students

    My 2¢: -Make the coloring pages about the whole chain of infection, not just the microbes. It's not that difficult a topic if you use simple terms and examples....