bgxyrnf

bgxyrnf MSN, RN

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  1. Hypernatremia: You are "FRIED"

    bgxyrnf replied to Ashley Hay, BSN, RN's topic in General Nursing

    I think you misspoke here. In hypernatremia, the fluid shifts from the intracellular space to the extracellular space where the osmolality is higher. It is this water shift out of the cells and its...

  2. G-Tube residual checks

    bgxyrnf replied to aria_alice's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    you just pause the tube feeds, check immediately and then

  3. What was your scariest threat from a patient or family member

    bgxyrnf replied to DesiDani's topic in General Nursing

    I inherited an intoxicated patient who was in restraints. He began demanding to be freed and permitted to leave. I informed him that the physician had deemed him to be lacking capacity to make that...

  4. ER CHARGE NURSE

    bgxyrnf replied to daniehur's topic in Emergency

    There's no one answer, of course, and it depends greatly on the size and structure of the department. Generally speaking, though, you need several years of experience with progressively increasing...

  5. Is there a place that lists everything within the RN scope of practice?

    bgxyrnf replied to zygee's topic in General Nursing

    The list of things that fall under the scope of practice of California nurses includes: Intubate Perform surgical crichs Administer RSI meds Administer propofol and other sedatives Needle a chest...

  6. My classmates using Test Banks in Nursing school

    bgxyrnf replied to HalfBoiled's topic in General Students

    They are *very* easy to find with even the slightest effort with the search engine of your choice. They're going to cost you,

  7. A real nurse VS. a "fake" nurse

    bgxyrnf replied to okredrobot's topic in General Nursing

    You're not going to be any more desirable to an ED by being out of work and going to school. Having a nursing job - any job - demonstrates your ability to show up at work every day and on time and...

  8. Help with a class paper

    bgxyrnf replied to Crookie13's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    ED wait times and overcrowding Managing violent patients in the ED Managing psych patients in the

  9. Oxygen

    bgxyrnf replied to Marija1's topic in General Nursing

    It is not the wrong route... at all times, the oxygen is being supplied at an ordered rate by a specified route (presumably NC)... from a physiologic viewpoint, and a nursing perspective, that's what...

  10. Normal BUN and creatinine with renal disease?

    bgxyrnf replied to lacyann72's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    That's kind of like asking if a patient with history of pneumonia and respiratory failure can have a normal ABG. The answer is, of course they can... presuming that the acute phase of the disease has...

  11. nursing school first semester

    bgxyrnf replied to daj21's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I made a Google spreadsheet which you can use to model your possible grades based on current scores and a guess at the final. Here's a link: For daj21 - Google Sheets This is a public link so anyone...

  12. nursing school first semester

    bgxyrnf replied to daj21's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    So your equation would look like this: 0.075*(S1+S2+S3) + 0.525*Save + 0.25*Sfinal = 80 Save = (80 - 0.25*Sfinal - 0.075*(S1 + S2 + S3)) / 0.525 Plug in your actual scores for S1, S2, and S3 and guess...

  13. nursing school first semester

    bgxyrnf replied to daj21's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    The good news in this is that you seem to be having one exam per week so no single exam can be weighted very high toward your final grade. Sure, an A is probably out but passing seems quite attainable...

  14. My classmates using Test Banks in Nursing school

    bgxyrnf replied to HalfBoiled's topic in General Students

    It's a pretty huge leap from using a test bank to study to "taking a short cut that might harm a

  15. Dosage question

    bgxyrnf replied to MsLori615's topic in General Students

    "The physician orders insulin lispro 17 units subcutaneous... How many units will the nurse administer?" Yep, just give what the doc

  16. Molluscum Contagiosum

    bgxyrnf replied to chasinRT's topic in School

    Curious... any

  17. Molluscum Contagiosum

    bgxyrnf replied to chasinRT's topic in School

    Good for warts... I haven't heard of it for

  18. Molluscum Contagiosum

    bgxyrnf replied to chasinRT's topic in School

    Keeping it covered sounds difficult. The child should avoid close contact with other students while the infection is active and good hand hygiene should be encouraged for everybody, with alcohol rubs...

  19. DNR/DNI: What Age Would You Choose to No Longer Be Full Code?

    bgxyrnf replied to LollaPaupRN's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I'm 52 but healthy and strong... no meds, normal VS, normal labs... not the specimen that I was at 32 but still got it going on. I don't think about it so much in terms of age as I do health and...

  20. Should I leave ER?

    bgxyrnf replied to amzyRN's topic in Emergency

    In my experience, staying on PRN is not something to presume upon. For reasons which aren't clear to me, some departments just won't keep people on per diem, particularly if you're not one of the...

  21. Pediatrics Clinical

    bgxyrnf replied to Hail2Pitt's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Here's the thing about "doing well with children," treat them with respect and consideration and in an age-appropriate fashion and speak in simple, concrete terms... And DON'T LIE TO THEM (e.g. "this...

  22. Nursing Statement for Alcohol Withdrawal

    bgxyrnf replied to zomurphy's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I don't thing that you really need to worry much about things at the cellular level... a withdrawing drunk puking blood has major issues at the organ-system level. As evidenced by... Refractory...

  23. gastroenteritis

    bgxyrnf replied to kous4317's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Considering gastritis as opposed to gastroenteritis... Anatomy describes the structure of the stomach and its glands and cells. Normal gastric physiology is how the stomach normally works... various...

  24. Nursing Theories....help please!

    bgxyrnf replied to rnbb84's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I understand that you're doing a school project but, if you're actually going to present it to real ED nurses, do understand that of all nursing specialties, ED nurses are among the most disinterested...

  25. Didn't get hired! Should I take a refresher course?

    bgxyrnf replied to Kgrela89's topic in General Nursing

    I would argue that as a fresh new grad, you have very little skill to "relearn;" what you have is a fresh base upon which to start. Because you have been out of nursing school for so long, I'd say...