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  1. Aspirin overdose - study?

    combinate posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    This practice question appears on several web pages: A patient has taken an overdose of aspirin. Which of the following should a nurse most closely monitor for during acute management of this...

  2. A short PICC line ?

    combinate posted a topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    I once saw a nurse insert a PICC line that she intended to terminate in the subclavian vein. I thought she was calling it a "half-PICC line". Is that the proper term, and is it common? It ran up...

  3. Are You Nurse Jackie or Nurse Zoey?

    combinate replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    It's much more general than "blaming mommy". Dr. Mate has talked about his own struggle with ADD, compulsive working, and compulsive shopping, and how ADD/OCD may have come about: He posits that the...

  4. Are You Nurse Jackie or Nurse Zoey?

    combinate replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Discussion about the degree to which the Nurse Jackie characters reflect real medical personnel got me searching for a quote. I did not find it, but it goes something like this: "People write fiction...

  5. A nursing care abbrviation

    combinate posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I found this phrase in some online notes about care for patients with Addison's disease, and repeated for patients with Cushing's disease: "Importance of ffup care" It is probably so...

  6. dry erase board and marker at nclex

    combinate posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    They call the "marker" a pen; I hope it is not a fat-tipped marker, as I need a fine point if I get a long math problem (and preferred in general). A "Sharpie" is fat. Anyway, what is it at the...

  7. A nursing care abbrviation

    combinate replied to combinate's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Thank you both! "Frequent follow

  8. dry erase board and marker at nclex

    combinate replied to combinate's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    There is an AN post from a few years back, where the test taker was told they were using too many "boards" (during their test!) and the administrator was going to have to report an irregularity and...

  9. A nursing care abbrviation

    combinate replied to combinate's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    "abbreviation" Sorry; no edit

  10. Posture effect on ICP

    combinate posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    A study question rationale I am looking at says that brain tumor symptoms in a child are headache and morning vomiting related to getting out of bed. A sudden increase in ICP occurs with the...

  11. Posture effect on ICP

    combinate replied to combinate's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I can accept that ICP increases in upright posture compared with lying down. Now, can someone in the forum please explain the mechanism(s) causing this increase. I tried to explain a couple potential...

  12. Posture effect on ICP

    combinate replied to combinate's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Ok, the increase in ICP is not due to movement dynamics; even without movement, a strict position is prescribed. The four ventricles are connected to one another and to the space around the brain,...

  13. Posture effect on ICP

    combinate replied to combinate's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    It seems the "fluid shift" upon sitting upright might cause a pulse (slosh) or two (transient effect), but then, wouldn't gravity have the same old orthostatic effect to pull the fluid down along...

  14. Detect and stop sepsis

    combinate posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I'm studying some sepsis control plans and related literature for a school project and have some questions about a potential subset of patients. Do patients in med-surge (or other) units develop...

  15. Detect and stop sepsis

    combinate replied to combinate's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Thank you Lev, I'll list the continuum of sepsis: SIRS So, if a patient is septic, do we start the 30 ml/kg fluid resuscitation (and, blood culture and lactate, Abx, 3-hr bundle)? The 6-hour...

  16. What do you know/have you been taught about Sepsis?

    combinate replied to clemmm78's topic in General Nursing

    Hospital or unit performance: % Pts w trigger criteria that receive the complete sepsis treatment/care "bundles" in the respective time periods (3 and 6 hours). Would this make sense? Then; #...

  17. What do you know/have you been taught about Sepsis?

    combinate replied to clemmm78's topic in General Nursing

    How is hospital performance (early ID and Pt outcome) measured, and how are hospitals

  18. Interview Attire

    combinate replied to combinate's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you all. I chose the blue blazer (silk or light wool as per dress pants; dressy but subtle) and tie. I saw one other candidate at this "recruitment event" (also male). He wore similar...

  19. Interview Attire

    combinate posted a topic in General Nursing

    For a male entry level RN interview: I have appropriate dress shoes/belt and silk or light wool dress pants. Then, I have a one-tone, button-down, silk shirt with short sleeves and collar that goes...

  20. Objective vs. Subjective data (again)

    combinate posted a topic in General Students

    I did a search and read some but not all of the many discussions. It seems like there is a systemic problem with the use of these terms in nursing: Objective data is quantitative (and physically...

  21. pH changes w increasing saline conc.

    combinate posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    This is a part of a commonly used IV solutions table: [TABLE=align: center] [TR] [TD]Name of Solution [/TD] [TD]Type of Solution [/TD] [TD]Ingredients in 1-Liter [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]0.45% Sodium...

  22. AE of Mylanta

    combinate posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    The posted answer to this question from Abrams' contradicts the rational. I found in another source that diarrhea and constipation are listed as adverse effects. ? [h=3]A patient is started on...

  23. AE of Mylanta

    combinate replied to combinate's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Abrams’ Clinical Drug Therapy: Rationales for Nursing Practice A current Pharm text. Nursing authors are also sometimes

  24. AE of Mylanta

    combinate replied to combinate's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    "...contradicts the rationale". Forgive my misspelling; the rationale was after the answer. The Abrams' materials fail in many instances to explain the answers (and wrong answers) to the study...

  25. docusate sodium vs saline laxative

    combinate posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Docusate sodium works by osmosis to draw water into the colon. How are the mineral citrate solutions (stool softeners) not working by the same