Daytonite BSN, RN

med/surg, telemetry, IV therapy, mgmt

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    Math for nurses

    Daytonite replied to elacer08's topic in General Students

    On the job, 8th grade level math is pretty much all you need. However, each school is different and depending on their level of agony they want to inflict on students they may want to require as high...
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    more dosage help

    Daytonite replied to ajitamamasita's topic in General Students

    order: dynapen 100 mg every 6 hours orally. weight of child: 71 lbs. drug manufacturer recommendations: 12.5 mg/kg/day divided into 4 doses. supply: dynapen 62.5 mg/5 ml. how many ml will the nurse...
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    What are comorbidities?

    Daytonite replied to daz2009's topic in General Nursing

    comorbidity is a medical records term that medical coders and health information management professionals use in the billing of a medical record. it is defined as a pre-existing medical condition that...
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    dosage help

    Daytonite replied to ajitamamasita's topic in General Students

    recheck your
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    dosage help

    Daytonite replied to ajitamamasita's topic in General Students

    the physician orders vancomycin to infuse at 7.5 mg/kg/hr for a client weighing 50 kg. the pharmacy sends 750 mg/ 250 ml vancomycin in 0.9% normal saline. how long will this infusion last? dose...
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    Is there really NO need for Lvn's anymore?

    Daytonite replied to avidhunter3's topic in General Students

    It depends on the area of the country and the facility. LPNs are widely utilized in nursing homes, outpatient clinics, home health and some doctors
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    The Nursing Math Thread

    Daytonite replied to Tweety's topic in General Students

    it is success that helps people build confidence. have you checked with your community college math or counseling department? all 3 community colleges that i went to over the years required that...
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    need help with exams please!

    Daytonite replied to srleslie's topic in General Students

    it is really important going into a test that you know the subjects that you are being tested over. the questions should be about those subjects. you said, "another question asked us to choose 4...
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    OB diagnosis

    Daytonite replied to Laurinq's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    And I was a gal, never had a baby and never had thoughts about having one. After seeing a few born I definitely didn't want to have a baby! My class was 33% guys. Most OB docs are male. Don't paint...
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    Old books: useful?

    Daytonite replied to kittieai's topic in General Students

    Yes! Hold onto them! Yes, there is still relevant information in them. When I was in nursing school someone gave me nursing books that were 40 years old and another person gave me a 10-year old...
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    need help with exams please!

    Daytonite replied to srleslie's topic in General Students

    the multiple choice questions on nursing tests are called application questions. they require you to use critical thinking and reasoning skills. just knowing the information isn't enough to answer...
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    OB diagnosis

    Daytonite replied to Laurinq's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    why? think of it as just another system of the human body that you are studying. do not lose the momentum of how you have been studying medical diseases because it won't change. like studying any...
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    A&P 1 - central nervous system

    Daytonite replied to Phlavyah's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    There are instructors who have a negative bend and those who have a positive bend. I've had both. I think that the ones with a positive bend, by far, get a better response from students. As I said...
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    I HATE this Doctor! Caution: vent inside!

    Daytonite replied to Student4Now's topic in General Students

    http://www.peacehealth.org/kbase/mm-doc/zm616/zm6165.htm - inserting eardrops
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    help

    Daytonite replied to AngelTM50's topic in General Nursing

    This is a new development since your previous posts. See what the doctors want to do now. The docs at the Cleveland Clinic should have some good ideas. Did you read the information on the National...
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    What is the difference between a nursing diagnosis and a medical diagnosis?

    Daytonite replied to BoyRN2B's topic in General Nursing

    A diagnosis is the decision or opinion that is made after a process of examination or investigation of facts has been made. A number of professions engage in diagnosing problems of their clientele....
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    A&P 1 - central nervous system

    Daytonite replied to Phlavyah's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    not a very inspiring person, are they? the professor's opinion may be based on past experience and their knowledge and ability to have looked into the academic records of c students who have gone on...
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    I HATE this Doctor! Caution: vent inside!

    Daytonite replied to Student4Now's topic in General Students

    If the swelling and pain aren't better by tomorrow morning, go back to the clinic and take the bottle of ear drops with you so they can see what you have been taking. Consider seeing an ENT doc. They...
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    giving small amount of Morphine ??

    Daytonite replied to mamaRN-09's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    It is safer to draw up the 0.4 mL of the Morphine first and then mix it in whatever amount of NS you want to put it into and then give it as an IV push. One hospital that I worked in would not permit...
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    I HATE this Doctor! Caution: vent inside!

    Daytonite replied to Student4Now's topic in General Students

    i am an rn who was a telephonic nurse and earache was a common type of call that we got and i also suffered a lot of earaches in my younger days. i understand your anger at this doctor for not...
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    HELP! Care plan for bowel perforation

    Daytonite replied to RN2B73's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    you work on this some more and if you have more questions, ask. by the way, i've had a both a right hemicolectomy and a hysterectomy myself, so from a patient perspective i know first-hand what some...
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    Advice. I do not want to fail Nursing school!

    Daytonite replied to PopeJane3rd's topic in General Nursing

    if you want an idea of what students go through with care plan assignments look at this thread just posted this morning on the nursing student assistance forum:...
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    terminology

    Daytonite replied to jlynn2303's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    it is a good idea to begin your search by looking these things up in dictionaries. if you do not have your own you can access online ones at...
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    HELP! Care plan for bowel perforation

    Daytonite replied to RN2B73's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    the first direction i have for you is to set aside focusing so much on the medical diagnosis. you have to think more about how the patient is responding to the hysterectomy and bowel resection which...
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    Advice. I do not want to fail Nursing school!

    Daytonite replied to PopeJane3rd's topic in General Nursing

    i am a procrastinating student, but sometimes manage to cram and pass. procrastinate means to extremely go about putting off doing something. when it becomes a habit the person continually delays...