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Dosage Calculation - Big shout out!!







OMG!!!!!!!!! Can I just stop for a minute to give a HUGE shout out to Nickasarbata for this AMAZING tutorial on dimensional analysis!!!!!!!! (He has a youtube channel where he talks about nursing school also) Because of this video I have now MASTERED dosage calculation.  And thankfully I found it JUST IN TIME to take my test this past Friday.  This video is about an hour long but seriously I only needed to watch about 30 minutes of it & I GOT IT!!  Can you tell I'm excited?  Well, if you've been following my blog from the beginning then you KNOW how much I ABHOR Math.  It's the complete bane of my existence!  BUT this person made this great little video and completely saved my buttumpkus!!!!!!  I'm so happy.  So, if you're having problems with dosage calc, then for SURE watch this video. 



That is all :D



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  1. Azmomo2andcountingJanuary 20, 2014 at 9:36 PM

    Sad to say but as a practicing RN I have probably forgotten how to do it because it's so rare that we do use it where I work :-(

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    1. CandiJanuary 24, 2014 at 5:43 PM

      Yeah the nurse where I work was like "Why are they making you learn that? We don't use that. If we don't know how to give it we just call the pharmacist" lol!

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