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  1. prayers!

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

    Thanks:) Good luck to you, I'll be sending good thoughts your way! I graduated May 5th...I was either going to test on June 8th or thr 14th, but I'm leaving for Spain for 2 weeks on June 14th at...

  2. Yup - another NCLEX inquiry from a new grad!

    sweetieann replied to Vektor's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    well, for what it's worth: I'm taking my Nclex June 14th. I also took Kaplan, and I know they say to get around 65% on their Question Trainer tests as an indicator of being "ready" for nclex (is...

  3. blood

    sweetieann posted a topic in General Nursing

    Just a quick question: I know you have to use a filter and all of that...but can PRBC and plates be given through a peripheral IV, or must it always be a central line?

  4. last question! (i promise!) everyone is just so helpful :)

    sweetieann posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Thanks to replies to my past entries. I don't know what I would do without this board! Good luck to everyone in their studies. That being said....I have something I get very confused/frustrated with....

  5. HELP with this question, please!

    sweetieann posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    "A 39 year old man is admitted wit ha diagnosis of AIDS. Lab results" Hgb 9.3, Hct 25%, plates 100,000, WBC 1,500. Which of the following should the nurse implement FIRST?: a)Infuse 2 units PRBC...

  6. seizures (student)

    sweetieann posted a topic in General Nursing

    What would be the FIRST priority to a pt havign a seizure: administering O2 or giving seizure med?'

  7. question

    sweetieann posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    I'm studying for the NCLEX and I came across an LD concept I'm not sure about, and was hoping someone could help me:) I know you can only use internal fetal heart rate montoring once the membranes...

  8. silly little question

    sweetieann posted a topic in General Nursing

    I know there's a few different variables to consider (age, baseline, etc).....but what temperature were you taught constitutes a fever? We were taught in school that, generally, a "fever" is...

  9. questions!! hopefully, someone can help :)

    sweetieann posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I am looking for clarification on a few things before I take the test: 1)can a family member give consent for organ donation after their family member dies if there was no prior record that the pt...

  10. student-NG tube question

    sweetieann posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello all- I was reading in my NCLEX review book about how you need an order to irrigate an NG tube. However, I always thought this was part of routine care to check patency. Which is correct? Thanks...

  11. student-NG tube question

    sweetieann replied to sweetieann's topic in General Nursing

    thanks!i understand that you can use air to check placement, but I am saying that don't you normally "flush the line" (irrigate) so that the tube doesn't get clogged? And isn't that just normal...

  12. clinical question

    sweetieann posted a topic in General Nursing

    Everyone on here is always so helpful, I thought I'd give this a go : 1) An ABX is piggybacked to NSS going through one of the lumens on a triple lumen catheter. In my other clinicals, it always...

  13. TPN and ABX

    sweetieann posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hey all~ Today I saw a pt with TPN running and Lipids who had a bag of NS piggybacked and connected at the Y-site on the NS bag was the antibiotic. The pump it was on had room for 3 lines. My question...

  14. TPN and ABX

    sweetieann replied to sweetieann's topic in General Nursing

    so if one lumen has TPN going through it, one has lipids running through it, then the other can have a bag of NS with piggybacked meds as precribed running through it? That would be ok even though as...

  15. TPN and ABX

    sweetieann replied to sweetieann's topic in General Nursing

    One last question, if you have time (I promise). If it is going into a triple lumen catheter (3 small, seperate tubes), why couldn't the lipids go through one port, TPN through another, and the ABX...

  16. congential heart defects question

    sweetieann posted a topic in PICU, Pediatric

    Hello PICU nurses! I have a question. I am currently in a Peds class and we are learning about CHD's. I know with, for example, hypoplastic left heart syndrome you do not want to give supplemental...

  17. jobs

    sweetieann posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm graduating in May this year and then going to Spain for about 15 days in June. Basically, my start date when applying for jobs would be July 1st. My question is: is it too early to start applying...

  18. tubes--please help!

    sweetieann posted a topic in General Nursing

    I know you can assess placement of an NG tube by testing the pH of gastric residuals and by injecting 30cc of air into tube and aucultating over abdomen. However, I am a little confused about small...

  19. quick question

    sweetieann posted a topic in General Nursing

    Meds that would be rough on veins (irritating if given through peripheral IV) can be given through a central line

  20. graduating...

    sweetieann posted a topic in General Nursing

    I was just wondering about something. I am going to be a senior this year in a BSN program. I know that even as early as November, hospitals are going to be sending nursing recruiters our way to try...

  21. is this correct? input please:)

    sweetieann posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am a nursing student and I was wondering what the seasoned nurses would do in this situation. My friend just got her tonsils out and shared a room with another patient. The other patient complained...

  22. Di

    sweetieann posted a topic in General Nursing

    Quick question about diabetes insipidus. I understand that in this condition, the person urinates alot, and thus loses alot of fluid relative to amount of sodium electrolyte in the body (and thus ends...

  23. IV push ativan...please help this student!:)

    sweetieann posted a topic in General Nursing

    This sounds kind of stupid (I know, I know--there are no stupid questions...only stupid people =X), but I was just wondering: Say you were ordered to give a small dose of IV push Ativan (say 2 mg and...

  24. backpriming/backflushing (student)

    sweetieann posted a topic in General Nursing

    When is this done exactly? I came across this: http://teach.lanecc.edu/nursingskills/ivmed/IVck2.htm that explains it. Do you guys generally use this method when say for instance, one med was...

  25. doubts...

    sweetieann posted a topic in General Nursing

    This might not flow well, but I am just going to vent and type what comes to mind... I am a 3rd year student in a BSN program and have been having major doubts about nursing:uhoh21: ... I was on a...