ANRN2B

Central Pa diploma program person here. Almost all grads are offered positions at the hospital, and the local Penn State campus is where we complete our 1 year RN to BSN program. Starting rate is fantastic considering the low cost of living. Unfor...

I'm having a problem with the following question: Order: Pepcid (famotidine) 20mg IVPB q. 12h. The label on the 4ml. vial reads 10mg/mL. The manufacturer recommends adding the famotidine to 50mL of D5W and infusing the medication over 60 minutes. A...

Thanks, Don! You hit on what I did eventually figure out, that your total mL will be 52, not 54 because the order is for 20mg, not 40mg. I knew there was something I was missing at first, it just took me a few extra minutes to figure out what it wa...

Ok, I think I may have figured it out. A microdrop set equals 60gtt/min. So I have taken 54ml x 60gtt/min and divided that by 60 min. to come with an answer of 54gtt/min. I'm still not 100% sure I'm correct because I'm thinking there is still more...

Stargazer, if I was assigned as your student nurse I would consider myself very fortunate indeed. You really seem to get where us students are coming from. It's not a matter of laziness, or unwillingness to help. I'm simply following the rules of m...

Is this thread seriously for real? Nurses getting upset over the fact that students won't break the rules?? Wow... This has nothing to do with not being motivated, not wanting to take charge of my education, or stepping up to the plate, or being "b...

We risk the same fate. For as much as I would love to assist and learn new tasks, I will not take the chance of getting in trouble or getting kicked out of my program. My instructor has made it VERY clear we are not to go beyond what we are allowed...

I would like this 1,000 times if I could.

Did I miss some details along the way? How does "sharing a chair" suddenly become "making out"??

Thanks! :) By the way, I'm not a new grad. Oopsies...

For all we HONESTLY, TRULY know is.....absolutely nothing. This whole story could be made up in an attempt to yet again down the "young, pretty" types.

Planning outcome and evaluation is in there as well. Check out chapters 5 and 6.

I know exactly which Snoopy watch you are talking about and I have wanted one ever since I was a kid! Haven't got one yet though

..........Thanks for sharing?.........

I see. I attended public school in the 80's and we basically had three choices, the academic course work, business course work, or vocational training. We were never given a syllabus of any kind. I do believe that today's students have no reason wh...

I live in a depressed, rural area where the average wage falls roughly between minimum wage and $12.00/hr. for the majority. The cost of the average home is around $90,000. Once I successfully complete my hospital affiliated diploma program, pass ...

Do they utilize syllabi in primary education now? It's been 25 years since I've attended and don't have kids so I seriously do not know. What I find shameful is a lack of education in regards to proper money management such as starting a budget, acq...

I'm hoping we'll receive our syllabus next Monday so I can do the very same thing. The sooner I can see my first semester more or less laid out before me, the sooner I can get a grip on my new student jitters!

Ahhh, ok, I get it now! Just a lighthearted thread of friendly banter that goes BOTH ways. Silly me, from the looks of those first several threads I thought this was yet another demeaning thread fueled by the usual suspects to put down the noobs......

What is up with the need for posters to constantly be downing other posters on this forum? Every day is another post belittling others behavior. So some people don't use proper English...or they ask dumb questions...or they come here looking for ...

My grandmother stayed at home with her children till I believe the youngest was in high school, then spent the rest of her working years as a textile factory worker. She retired at age 65. My pappy (yes, I called him pappy) was a bootleg coal miner...

Thank you for this. It helped to calm the nerves of this soon to be nursing student!

Starting September 8th!! Good luck everyone! :)

Starting in September too!

As long as your monthly income exceeds your monthly expenses, it's really VERY simple. Add up all monthly expenses and divide by 2 if you are paid biweekly, 4 if you are paid weekly. This amount is what you must put away each and every paycheck to c...