OutdoorEd

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1. Do you need business insurance to work as a community nurse?

   OutdoorEd replied to hellocharlotte's topic in United Kingdom

   You technically won't be insured if you are using your car for business purposes. Our uni told us to talk to our insurers and tell them what we would be doing to see how they would cover it. If you...

2. Calculating concentration

   OutdoorEd replied to OutdoorEd's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

   This is great. It is slowly beginning to make sense, dose/volume of diluent=concentration, seems a lot simpler when you take all the extra nonsense. I think the more questions I come across throughout...

3. Calculating concentration

   OutdoorEd replied to OutdoorEd's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

   No, I do not yet fully understand why. I would take a guess to an explanation based on the above threads to, but it would probably be wrong. If it's not too much bother, I would appreciate an...

4. Calculating concentration

   OutdoorEd replied to OutdoorEd's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

   Great! It's these little bits that I think will trip me up until I learn them.

5. Calculating concentration

   OutdoorEd replied to OutdoorEd's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

   The answer in the book is 2mg/ml, which if you take into account the question states "approximate" as well as what GrnTea said "if you calculate it, 500mg/250cc vs 500mg/260cc, the difference isn't...

6. Calculating concentration

   OutdoorEd replied to OutdoorEd's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

   Thanks folks! Im sure things like this will be explained when I get to uni next month, but it's great to hear know how to work it out now. And hopefully will help me get through the rest of the book....

7. Calculating concentration

   OutdoorEd posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

   Hi folks, basically I have a two part question from the book How to Master Nursing Calculations, which I can do the first part but can not get my head around they author has arrived set the answer for...

8. Drug Calculations Help!

   OutdoorEd replied to Scrubs'09's topic in LPN, LVN Students

   I've been working my way through the book "How to Master Nursing Calculations" 2nd ed by Chris Tyreman. Theres over 500 test questions ranging from simple addition and subtraction to drug dosage...

9. Notes: Laptop, Tablet, or Paper?

   OutdoorEd replied to NurseYomi's topic in General Students

   I had a similar conversation with a friend recently and we both agreed that if you write things out on paper you remember then more accurately than typing. I am starting uni in September, and looking...