Nrs_angie BSN, RN

Med-Surg, Tele, Vascular, Plastics

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    Nursing Dx For Hypertension Asap

    Nrs_angie replied to lilrednurse's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    My Nsg Dx book also has: ( these are really good Dx to do patient teaching ) Ineffective Health maintenance r/t deficient knowledge regarding treatment and control of disease process Noncompliance r/t...
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    BP question

    Nrs_angie replied to rebelmama7's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I just saw your post, and I have to agree with Angie O plasty. It is most likely rebound pehnomenon. ( Withdrawl phenomenon ) The widening pulse pressure is suspicious but probably wouldnt be a...
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    Dosage Calculations

    Nrs_angie replied to minnielynn's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Hello, Usually you round when doing mL/Hr to nearest whole one's. Cuz you couldnt program a pump to do 125.2 ml/hr so it would have to be 125 ml/Hr. And when you are doing gtt/min you have to round...
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    Dosage Calculations

    Nrs_angie replied to minnielynn's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Hello, I read your post and I am pretty sure that you should not round that up. You should keep your final answer at 1.75 mL. Because, if you are going to use a 3 mL syringe then you can easily draw...
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    Dosage Calculations

    Nrs_angie replied to minnielynn's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Hello, I can teach you both ways. Proportions are bullcrap. They take too much time. Alot of times you can simply figure it out in your head if you know what the conversion is. But if your school is...
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    Need Help with Abbreviations, Medical Terminology

    Nrs_angie replied to sleepymom's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Hello, Yes... "et" is commonly used especially with "et all". Refer to the APA manual which stands for American Psychological Association Publication Manual. It is basically a manual for professional...
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    counting respirations

    Nrs_angie replied to keishapound's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Hi Keisha, At my school they taught us from the beginning, to count resps while you are taking the pulse. You count the pulse for 30 (unless it is irreg of course), then you go right into counting the...