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In a code do you generally filter trauma blood or just pull it up straight from the bag and hand push it?

How long does that generally take?

No, I've never seen BB prepared syringes for neonates anywhere I've worked. I filter the blood into a syringe and generally run it over a pump or hand push if needed. But lately since attending some deliveries I noticed people drawing straight up fr...

We have the smart pumps with the medication library in it, so it tells you the time/dose range for KG. We are required to use the med library rather then ML/HR on my unit. So My vent is this... nurses are putting up let's say a med that requires a ho...

Ive read about a TPN that actually has saved many short gut kids. It's not as harmful to the liver, but we dont really use it in the USA unless the doctors really make a effort to get it. There's a handful of hospitals that use it, I think it's calle...

We use jets but rarely. All the babies I've seen on them have been close to term or term kids and have PIE or PPHN. More often they use for the PPHN and they add nitric. You also have the use the convetional vent along with it to give that big breath...

Sometimes preceptors views are different from yours, no need to question yourself. My preceptor was horrible, so much so I had to ask to be switched half way in my training. Afterwards I found out I was the 4th person who asked to switch from her. So...

I had a very sweet little baby who was born with gastoschesis, unfortunately, surgery was unable to do anything, so we were doing just comfort measures. she had severe acidosis so I was ordered to give 20 ml bolus(no change), then bicarb(slight chang...

Thanks everybody, It makes more sense now.

Also, We were treating her just so she could get through the night so the family could see her in the AM. Fortunatly, she lasted untill the family got to say their goodbyes and then passed.

The Ph was changing from 7.0-7.1. She did have third spacing and she had no urine output. Her heart rate and blood pressure was fine. I just felt like, what is the point of filling this poor thing with more and more fluid. Not to mention she ordered ...

Just wondering how long it took everyone to feel they were ready to take the NCLEX. I have till the 15th of June when my first child is due to study and afterwards I would like to take the NCLEX quick while the info is still in my brain. However Im u...

During my first semester one of my peers was kicked out for not passing a calculations test. She already was working in home health and a high A on all of her test and did great in clinical. The only thing she failed was a single calculations test wh...

http://www1.us.elsevierhealth.com/MERLIN/Gulanick/Constructor/#New This website is highly recommended by all my friends if you have problems writing care plans. It is actually a care plan generator, all you do is pick what applies to your patient and...

Well I was kind of worried, all my friends had taken the Nclex months ago but I was focused on having my baby more than studying. An since I had my baby, and the cost of baby stuff, I was not able to afford to take a review course and three months ha...

Ok so I work on a mother/baby floor currently and have become increasingly bored with the work, this is the only nursing job I have ever had and have done it for a year and a half now. I applied at a different hospital that has a NICU internship prog...

Im a new nurse only three months exp on the floor of a low risk mother baby unit. I got a new admit to the floor a Csection mother and baby. Baby was checked out in NICU while mom came to me. After assessing mom I got baby from NICU, baby was pink, n...

Thanks for responding and explaining things to me, I feel much better now. Baby is still in the NICU but doing MUCH better and I saw mom who is doing well too. I check on him everyshift I work. At first he was on an oscillator, I think thats what the...

So I just got back from my NCLEX test and like everyone else I'm not feeling so good about the test and naturally trying to think of something to take up some time when I found myself cleaning everything. After I finished cleaning I thought wow, I'm ...

I had one question that was pretty much identical to one I studied in Saunders, I was so happy, wish they were all like that hehe.:wink2:

Today I found out I passed Nclex so it was a good day. What was NOT a good day were all the days I had morning sickness during two final semesters or when I went to the SNA convention vomitting everywhere. Being nine months pregnant and being asked t...

I agree I dont think its as hard as it's made out to be.. but pretty much everyone always thinks they failed cause we all question ourselves afterwards. Try not to stress and review the test taking techniques regaurding priority, delegation..ect rath...

I used the comprehensive review that had a cd with it, the CD has a couple thousand questions like the Q and A book. So I would just suggest getting the comprehensive review.

I agree, I studied for two weeks and I really dont think it made much of a difference and I passed, had a baby too so I was out of school for three months before taking mine two days ago. I would def study techniques of taking Nclex rather than massi...

Im in the same boat as you, just took it today. Mine shut off at 110, I thought I would have some clue if I passed of failed but after the test.. I have no idea, I'll pray for both of us!