[rkdlpn]

I am looking for a care plan constructer site. i have tried elsvier but it has limited dx I need a care plan for gestational diabetes

[Daytonite]

Originally Posted by rkdlpn

I am looking for a care plan constructer site. i have tried elsvier but it has limited dx I need a care plan for gestational diabetes

There are two care plan constructor sites on the Internet. They are both companion websites to books that are currently on the market. They only have limited information from their books and the sites are primarily to format and print out a care plan. No constructor site is going to provide you with a complete care plan since any care plan is unique and must be customized to the needs of the patient.

• http://www1.us.elsevierhealth.com/Evolve/Ackley/NDH7e/Constructor/ is the companion website for Nursing Diagnosis Handbook: A Guide to Planning Care, 7th Edition, by Betty J. Ackley and Gail B. Ladwig which you can see from the title is not a book of nursing care plans at all.
• http://www1.us.elsevierhealth.com/MERLIN/Gulanick/Constructor/index.cfm is the companion website for Nursing Care Plans: Nursing Diagnosis and Intervention, 6th edition, by Meg Gulanick and Judith L. Myers

There is care plan information on the Nursing Student Assistance Forum in this sticky thread: http://allnurses.com/forums/f205/desperately-need-help-careplans-170689.html - Desperately need help with careplans. And, on the General Nursing Student Discussion Forum in this sticky thread: http://allnurses.com/forums/f50/careplans-help-please-r-t-aeb-121128-7.html - CAREPLANS HELP PLEASE! (with the R\T and AEB).

It is very unlikely that you are going to find a care plan for gestational diabetes in most careplan books since this is an OB related problem. Maternal/Newborn Plans of Care: Guidelines for Individualizing Care by Marilynn E. Doenges and Mary Frances Moorhouse does address this issue in their book of care plans. I would be happy to share the information I have on this with you. However, I must advise you that the writing of a care plan is based upon your patient's assessment information and NOT upon their medical diagnosis. This is all explained in the "Desperately need help with careplans" thread that I gave you a link to above.

You would be looking for these symptoms in a patient with gestational DM:

• edema
• hypertension
• UTIs
• nausea and vomiting
• obesity
• polydipsia and/or polyphagia
• hypoglycemia
• glycosuria
• signs or symptoms of ketoacidosis
• a baby that is large for gestational age

The nursing diagnoses are then determined from the patients symptoms. All goals and nursing interventions are based upon the patient's symptoms.

I will help you with this care plan if you PM me or post a thread in the Nursing Student Assistance Forum (http://allnurses.com/forums/f205/). I do not usually check the posts in this forum.

[amethystwings333]

great link for A & P, thanks!!!!!

[NYC Nurse Wannabe]

Originally Posted by Fun2Care

My site is www.nursingjourney.com.

Right now, I have lab pics from A&P 1, along with quizzes (including PowerPoint quizzes) which I have made to help me study.

I have pics and/or quizzes for the following: tissues, muscles, bones, nervous system (brain, spinal cord), etc.

Hope it helps someone!

Wow! This is great. I start A&P 1 this fall 2007, @ BMCC in NYC. I brought the A&P coloring workbook from Barnes & Noble, to get a head start. This will be useful also. Thanks

[mshep12]

I'm just getting into the nursing field and in doing research about the field I found this really great site. I hope it helps some of you out there like it did me! http://www.nursingprograms.com/

[MochaMel]

Originally Posted by NYC Nurse Wannabe

Wow! This is great. I start A&P 1 this fall 2007, @ BMCC in NYC. I brought the A&P coloring workbook from Barnes & Noble, to get a head start. This will be useful also. Thanks

I am also taking A&P I this fall 2007.

[abingtonhope2007]

Originally Posted by dosamigos76

I run a website that has lots of helpful links for both pre-nursing students and nursing students. I also post a NCLEX question of the week. Please feel free to join if you'd like. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dosamigosRN/

Cheryl

Can you please tell me where I can get the NLN-Pre entrance exam study guide from.

[Cleopf01]

Originally Posted by princessneenee

I am quite smart, but one of the biggest mistakes I made was taking A & P with Micro, these 2 classes are quite demanding and I had 4hour labs with each class weekly. So tha put me in lab alone for eight hours out of every week as well as about the same amount in lecture, completely over whelming and I had to divide my loyalties between the two and the expense of the other classes. Not smart, if you intend to be sucessful and make it through it the first time, do one each semester with classes that are not so demanding. Youhave to be completely committed or you will not make it.

I actually did the same thing---took anatomy & physiology and micro, but along with two other classes as well (sociology & psychology: growth and development). My social life left something to be desired, and it was rare to get a full night’s sleep. I worked my butt off and ended up getting A’s in all four classes. However, it completely burnt me out. I ended up forgoing the nursing degree for a B.A. in economics and a short interlude in law school. Now, I want to be a nurse again! Haha.

I still have to take Anatomy and Physiology II in the Spring, and I’ve applied to UT Health Science Center-Houston. I’m taking the NET exam this Saturday and I’m rather scared….

[tejon]

Here are three Chemistry links that really helped me this last semester:

http://ull.chemistry.uakron.edu/genobc/index.html
http://www.chem.vt.edu/chem-ed/genchem.html
http://chemed.chem.purdue.edu/genche...view/index.php

[debbie54]

thanks, that was very helpful