SierraBravo

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  1. Help with Dosage Calculations!

    SierraBravo replied to kmek30's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    The OP said she is able to set up the formula (which I'll assume means that she can set up the ratios/dimensional analysis) but is struggling with the basic

  2. Suggestions for appeal letter

    SierraBravo replied to Misrak Bereka's topic in General Students

    I just can't... Beyond the copious and obvious grammatical issues here, I'm so confused. Are you currently a student? Are you on probation or something because you didn't pass a class? Did you get...

  3. Help with Dosage Calculations!

    SierraBravo replied to kmek30's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Don't take this the wrong way, but if you're having trouble doing basic math at this stage of the game, you are in for a long, bumpy ride. You need to sit down with someone who can determine where...

  4. NCLEX

    SierraBravo replied to Tina_kh's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    If you just graduated you should not be spending more than a few minutes here and there on content. You should be doing questions and reading every rationale, even the ones you got right. This is...

  5. Psych nurse cross training to MS

    SierraBravo replied to Isitpossible's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I can totally appreciate your concern. And I agree with you, yes you are a nurse, but psych nursing is very specialized. Let's face it, depending on the area you work in you probably don't do much,...

  6. New Grad - BMT

    SierraBravo replied to seasidesoul's topic in Oncology

    https://allnurses.com/oncology-nursing/bmt-nursing-questions-824767.html

  7. Heparin

    SierraBravo replied to bear14's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I would ask the provider to add a hold parameter to the order. For example, hold if

  8. Shift change rant

    SierraBravo replied to Nurse Molly's topic in General Nursing

    I didn't advise the OP to be rude or disrespectful (like her co-workers are treating her). I'm simply saying that I wouldn't go up to these people in a "rainbows and bubble gum" type of way and ask...

  9. I don't know if I want to be a nurse anymore

    SierraBravo replied to RelleyRN's topic in General Nursing

    Good advice from the previous posters. Now here's the reality of the matter. You would serve yourself well to figure out what area you want to work in rather quickly. If I were interviewing you and...

  10. Shift change rant

    SierraBravo replied to Nurse Molly's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with this, except for the doing it nicely part. If they are gossiping and wasting time when they know that report it as 6am, then they are being disrespectful to you, plain and simple. I...

  11. Nursing School

    SierraBravo replied to eris08's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    There is no shortcut to learning pharmacology. You simply have to put in the time and there will be plenty of memorization, too. I know some people suggest flash cards, etc... If that works for...

  12. Dried blood

    SierraBravo replied to yeezimiller's topic in General Nursing

    OP - do you think that pancreatitis is

  13. What changes would you like to see from administration?

    SierraBravo replied to kbakrevs's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Can I like this X 1 million

  14. Precepting not even 2 years exp

    SierraBravo replied to hh6RN's topic in General Nursing

    Well, if you have a year and a half of experience then you are certainly not a novice nurse anymore. And you definitely shouldn't feel that way either. If you do, there's something

  15. It can be done! (BSN straight to PMHNP)

    SierraBravo replied to hakhama's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    THIS!!!

  16. It can be done! (BSN straight to PMHNP)

    SierraBravo replied to hakhama's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    That argument takes into account that the education and clinical experience you get in nursing (and NP) school is VASTLY different than what PA's, DO's, and MD's get in school. For what it's worth,...

  17. In need of advice

    SierraBravo replied to Britt252009's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    That's a good point. The OP could definitely benefit from a refresher

  18. In need of advice

    SierraBravo replied to Britt252009's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I agree that people should not be allowed to keep taking the exam until they pass, there should be a limit on the number of times that someone can take it. However, I couldn't disagree more about what...

  19. In need of advice

    SierraBravo replied to Britt252009's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Wow. I really want to be supportive here, but in the same breath I'm going to be very candid with you. Of course you can find stories of people who failed the NCLEX an inordinate number of times and...

  20. Break away valve for central IV lines

    SierraBravo replied to nightnurse93's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Another con would be if the patient has chemo infusing and they decide to pull the line and it "breaks away". And now, you have yourself a chemo spill as well as possible chemo on the skin of the...

  21. Medication Administration Query

    SierraBravo replied to kenyon's topic in Patient Medications

    All of the resources that we have at our hospital state that 20mg/minute of furosemide IVP is the maximum rate, or else you can cause ototoxicity to the patient. I would be very cautious about...

  22. Need Some Opinions . . .

    SierraBravo replied to Jordan1927's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    In my opinion, you are premature in trying to decide what area of nursing/medicine you want to work in, you're not even in nursing school yet. Once you start clinicals, you will be exposed to a...

  23. Does the Shadow know anything about nursing?

    SierraBravo replied to Mavrick's topic in General Nursing

    The only people that are allowed to shadow at my Institution are nursing students and nurses. A complete stranger off the street is not allowed to

  24. Sepsis Screening?

    SierraBravo replied to annie.rn's topic in General Nursing

    Actually, for complicated intra-abdominal infections, unless the kid had an allergy to it, metronidazole would usually be ordered along with the cefepime. Vancomycin would have made more sense to add...

  25. Sepsis Screening?

    SierraBravo replied to annie.rn's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with pedsRN, this patient doesn't sound septic, although it's hard to say that positively without actually seeing the patient. Sounds like a pretty normal post-op patient, though. With...