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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 what they have to offer. Glad to know that it does help with NCLEX.

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 anyone who has taken HESI and Kaplan had improved scores after taking Kaplan? Do you also happen to know what the average increase of scores is on HESI after taking Kaplan? Any information you can provide is helpful. Thanks!

Thank you, appreciate it.

Thank you.

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

Thank you. I appreciate it.

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 hyponatremia.

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 provided doesn't state why the patient would be hyponatremic.

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 results?

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 connected to it. Please advise. Thank you.