You can still assess bowel sounds. His clinical pathway is GI so that should be your point of care. If he is NPO he will have things such as altered nutrition intake, dry mucous membranes, you would...
Continue to monitor the patient for 8hrs. Monitor I&Os , continue to encourage the patient to void (run warm water over the perineal area, run water in the sink as sometimes this triggers the...
2bmalenurse23 replied to Live.&.Learn's topic in General Students
That's rediculous, but a girl in my class also failed due to her blood pressure being off. It's unfortunate but don't be discouraged, the next time u should inform the patient that you need to take...
I am about to begin Pharmacology and Medical Surgical Nursing. I finished the first session of nursing school , Fundamentals, Health Assessment,Dosage ,and etc. I want to be well prepared for what's...
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Nothing! Enjoy the summer, once u begin the program it gets busy. From my experience the first semester doesn't touch basis with the science prerequisites but more of your psychology and sociology...
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In my program we also had to brush our classmates teeth and vice versa. It sounds weird but its not that bad , its to get you prepared to do the skill in a clinical
So the reality of nursing school has set in. There is sooo much todo in so little time not to mention constantly being pounded with exams almost every other week. My school has 5hour lecure twice a...
Hopefully Land a job in a Hospital ER and gain an abundance of skills/experience. Then Work as a Travel Nurse for about 5 years and live in cities such as Miami, Chicago, Los Angelos and maybe do some...
Orderd: 0.1mcg/100mL Have: 25mg/hour You need to convert Micrograms to Milligrams, so you Multiply by 1000. 0.1x1000= 100mg (Conversion Factor) 100mg x 100mL= 10,000 10,000 (divided by) 25mg= 400 Thus...
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Thanks everyone for all the great advice!!. I will certainly be buying an NCLEX review book and also a Pathophysiology (made easy) book for better understanding. I wanna be prepared early so that when...
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LeighaChristineSN, Thats sounds about right, i hear so many folks say they fail off @ med/surg. I actually like studying the pathology of the disease process. I guess i just need to prepare my self...