grambograham

agreed... answer is D

Heart rates, if regular can be counted for 30 seconds or maybe 15 seconds. Newborns need a full minute at all times. They do not breathe or have a heart rate which is regular. They change second by second.

Hi, I'm a degreed nurse. I believe LPNs are nurses and I believe the CLPNA states the same. The LPNs are a great help and definately lighten the workload. Most are clever and perfectly capable of caring for semi-complex patients. To avoid stuffing my foot in my mouth, I will stop there.

I wrote mine in June and didn't study. The questions are very specific to different areas ranging from ICU to STD nursing. Different than what I was told. It is not a general knowledge test. I'm not sure if studying will do that much.

Look at it this way. You have a patient running 50mcg/hour of fentanyl which equates to 10cc/h. The next nurse you take report from says that the patients rate is now 5cc/h. What she hadn't told you is that she double strengthed the bag to lower the rate. The dose didn't change but the rate did. Dosage titrations are more exact.

I'd probably say 3rd degree AV block.

There is a notable difference between the Littmann Cardiology Master and the Cardiology III. I owned a master and now a cardiology III. I find the cardiology III is good but find the difficult quieter sounds harder to hear.

The verbal portion of this must be left out and therefore be out of 10. Assume a patient is A/O x 3 and is mumbling answers, but can write them down. GCS would not be 15. Verbal means Verbal. If the patient cannot verbalize, eg. dumb, or intubated, the 5 points are excluded and a "T" takes it's place.

D is what I would choose.

I don't where them as I am a man. I have heard nothing but good things about them. The one thing to be careful with is that dress protocol in hospitals often calls for a full heal and closed toe... Crocs often don't have these features.

I work 0700-1900 or 1900-0700 in an ICU setting. I don't mind either. If I was in your situation, the 11-7 would be ideal.

We use NS for our Swan.

We use dose rate calculators. They are easier to adjust safely and can save a lot of time. This also allows you to "double strength" some medications to easily lower your fluid intake. It is important to be able to use dosages.

It was a great program. Sadly my region never kept up payments and I never got to finish.

ICU generally does not help with IV insertions. We rarely start them as most are given central lines when they get to the ICU or have numerous IVs when we admit them.