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1. Kaplan course successful?

   ccrunner72000 replied to ccrunner72000's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

   Thank you NurseKellyKMo. That helps a lot. HESI is an exit exam. We've taken them throughout school as a prep for NCLEX (in a way). I am taking Kaplan next week so I'm looking forward to learning...

2. Kaplan course successful?

   ccrunner72000 posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

   I am taking Kaplan next week and I've heard good things about the course. Before I can take boards, I have to take a HESI exam which is one of the reasons why I'm taking the Kaplan course. Has...

3. Hyponatremia and NG tubes to suction

   ccrunner72000 replied to ccrunner72000's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you, appreciate

4. Hyponatremia and NG tubes to suction

   ccrunner72000 replied to ccrunner72000's topic in General Nursing

   Thank

5. Hyponatremia and NG tubes to suction

   ccrunner72000 replied to ccrunner72000's topic in General Nursing

   Sodium is in the gastric contents so removing it by NG tube via suction would cause the sodium levels to

6. Hyponatremia and NG tubes to suction

   ccrunner72000 replied to ccrunner72000's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you. I appreciate

7. Hyponatremia and NG tubes to suction

   ccrunner72000 replied to ccrunner72000's topic in General Nursing

   I know that water follows sodium so I was thinking that since the NG tube is pulling fluid out of the stomach to decompress it then the sodium is following it and that would lead to

8. Hyponatremia and NG tubes to suction

   ccrunner72000 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Why would a patient have hyponatremia when an NG tube is in place and connected to suction? I am working on practice questions to study for HESI and it was one of the questions but the rationale...

9. What is the correct procedure for flushing a PICC line that has TPN running?

   ccrunner72000 replied to ccrunner72000's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

   It was a triple lumen PICC and I had to pause the TPN so that blood could be drawn for labs. Wouldn't I need to flush the line so that the TPN would not mix with the blood sample and distort the lab...

10. What is the correct procedure for flushing a PICC line that has TPN running?

    ccrunner72000 posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Hello, I am a nursing student who recently had a patient with TPN running through their PICC line. I was wondering what is the correct procedure for flushing the PICC lumen that has the TPN line...