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    Med/Surg 1 and Pharm

    KrCmommy522 replied to Bugsmomma's topic in General Students

    In pharm, my suggestion is to learn the drug classes (e.g., antihypertensives, diuretics, etc.). Learn the actions, side effects, nursing considerations, etc. from each class. You cannot possibly...
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    Med-Surg Studying Help??

    KrCmommy522 replied to tanwonsaur's topic in General Students

    We used ATI in my nursing program. Our med-surg book was huge too! What I would suggest is using ATI online. Go on there, take the practice tests, go through the lessons. That's what I did. I barely...
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    Pearson Vue Trick RN

    KrCmommy522 replied to hmmaiii's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Does the Pearson Vue Trick Still Work in
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    Failed twice. Please help!

    KrCmommy522 replied to Mltjada's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Don't give up! Just try to look at your study habits and maybe see where you went wrong? Answer as many questions as you can until you retake the NCLEX. Just do tons of questions and make sure to read...
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    Help with math!

    KrCmommy522 replied to Tanya167's topic in General Students

    Agreed! Try helping explain how to get to the answer, without giving the answer! It is more helpful to the person than just giving them the answer! That way, they learn how to answer it themselves and...
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    Help with math!

    KrCmommy522 replied to Tanya167's topic in General Students

    I agree. Separating it like that seems confusing to me. I would just keep it all together as 4 mg/kg/hr with 4 mg in numerator of fraction and kg/hr in denominator of fraction. First Problem: Client...
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    Heparin Drip decreased Calculation

    KrCmommy522 replied to heavenleegh1's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Heparin drip 100 units/mL infusing at 130 mL/hr. Decrease rate by 1000 units/hr. Set IV rate at how many mL/hr to achieve the new dose? To solve this you need to use a conversion factor. You are given...
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    Direction with Care Plan....please

    KrCmommy522 replied to ekka's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    For the impaired gas exchange AEB, don't put increased RR, put the actual RR: RR 20 breaths/min. You're right on the BPH causing obstruction. I didn't see the BPH sorry! You can use impaired urinary...
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    ATI test!

    KrCmommy522 replied to Macey Chi's topic in General Students

    You can go to the ATI site, but you have to pay for the practice tests or study guides. Lhalty gave the link in that post. Here's some other resources that are free resources or provide free...
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    Help with math!

    KrCmommy522 replied to Tanya167's topic in General Students

    I completely agree! That's why I tried to go with dimensional analysis in my first post. If anyone has ever seen my other posts helping with dosage calculations they know I love dimensional analysis!...
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    Does anyone know a site I can take a grammar test on ?

    KrCmommy522 replied to Wannabenurseneko's topic in General Students

    No
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    Does anyone know a site I can take a grammar test on ?

    KrCmommy522 replied to Wannabenurseneko's topic in General Students

    You can just do a google search and will find a ton. Here's what I found...I hope it helps you! Good luck!! Clear Grammar Placement Test: Part 1 - Michigan English Language Teaching Free English...
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    Excelsior college

    KrCmommy522 replied to ronnjen2's topic in Excelsior College

    I didn't go to Excelsior, but you didn't have any responses yet so I wanted to try and help! I just did a quick search and found these (not sure if they are the right thing to help, but hopefully they...
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    Help with math!

    KrCmommy522 replied to Tanya167's topic in General Students

    Okay...well as much as I love dimensional analysis...I will help with the formula LoL Formula For gtt/min = mL/hr x drop factor/60 min = gtt/min So, you have to calculate mL/hr 4 mg/kg/hr is ordered,...
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    Direction with Care Plan....please

    KrCmommy522 replied to ekka's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    They sound good to me. Except for pneumonia. That is not a nursing diagnosis. That's a medical diagnosis. You are on the right path with wanting to use pneumonia as your first diagnosis - that is the...
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    Moral dilemma? Or should I mind my own business?

    KrCmommy522 replied to sasera's topic in General Students

    When I was in nursing school, I did a rotation at a occupational health clinic at a hospital for my community health course. They did a lot of urine drug screens there for employees of the hospital...
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    Help with math!

    KrCmommy522 replied to Tanya167's topic in General Students

    Could you show where your at with the problem and hopefully I can help you get to the answer! When I first learned how to do dosage calculation problems, our instructor showed us all the different...
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    Cheating

    KrCmommy522 replied to J1994's topic in General Students

    I'm not exactly sure how this would be cheating? Cheating would imply that they are getting the answers to the exam BEFORE taking the exam - like using test banks or getting questions from someone who...
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    Need help with drip rate calculation

    KrCmommy522 replied to deecole4's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    This goes in line with what bjwojcik said about solving it all in one step. You use dimensional analysis - if you see any of my previous posts helping people with dosage calculation problems you will...
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    Bad clinical day

    KrCmommy522 replied to dragonhawk's topic in General Students

    Ouch! I'm so sorry for your experience!! First of all, you said you already did clinicals? Had you never done a fingerstick before? At the school I went to, each time we started at a clinical site,...
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    Help with Histology

    KrCmommy522 replied to Lavender111's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    No problem! I hope they help! Good
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    CARE PLAN HELP

    KrCmommy522 replied to Mmathieson07's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    You need to start with your assessment of the patient. You can't fit the diagnosis the the care plan. You have to find what signs and symptoms your patient was exhibiting and go from there. What did...
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    School Nurse -Public Health Rotation

    KrCmommy522 replied to naveiak's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    You might want to post this question in the school nurses forum: https://allnurses.com/school-nurses/. You might get more responses that way! Hopefully you get your answers! I don't know about school...
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    check my work for this IV question please

    KrCmommy522 replied to btf4's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Here is how I did my calculations: Your order is for 1 mg to be reconstituted in 20 mL of sterile water. The reconstituted volume is 21 mL. So, the available dosage is 2 mg/21 mL. So, you calculate...
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    Nursing philosophy

    KrCmommy522 replied to Morgk01's topic in General Students

    We had to write one in school as well. Our instructor made a PowerPoint for us. I tried to upload it on here to help you, but it wouldn't accept a PowerPoint document. So I copied it into a Word...