IV drip rate tutorial

Hello Students,

For those of you who were unable to come to the Friday tutoring session, I have recorded some of it for you as a video. We were reviewing IV drip rate calculations and this video is to help you remember how to set up the problem correctly.

I am still practicing with voice levels and recording so please turn up your sound so that you will be able to hear me.

Mrs. Leppold

Short Survey

Hello Students,
I've created a short survey regarding internet use, social networking and online learning. That makes it sound long but it is only five questions. This survey will help me understand your comfort level with the online environment as a class group.
Thanks,
Mrs. Leppold

Click here to take survey

Rights of Medication Administration

By now most of you are familiar with the first six rights of medication administration: Patient, Medication, Dosage, Route, Time, & Documentation. Did you know that there are more rights? A nurse also needs to perform the right Assessment prior to administration, offer the right Education regarding the medication(s) given, honor the client's right to Refuse medications, and perform the right Evaluation after administering the medications (10 Rights, 2007). Can you think of additional "rights" that could be included?
Mrs. Leppold

Reference
10 Rights of Drug Administration. (2007). Retrieved from http://philippinenurse.blogspot.com/2007/12/10-rights-of-drug-administration.html

Concept Maps for Learning

Another learning tool that some find helpful is a concept map. A concept map is a diagram that shows relationships among concepts. Concept maps can be very simple such as the example I have posted here or they can be very complex. When learning pharmacology you can start with a particular medication or a medication class, antiemetics for example. From that one word you will draw lines to connect to the various things you have learned or want to remember about antiemetics. I have included a link to get you started with concept mapping. Have fun!
Mrs. Leppold

https://www.msu.edu/~luckie/ctools/ - This website has info on how to create a concept map and what constitutes a good concept map or a poor one.