Re: Disturbed Energy Field? Yes or No?

I tried to use that a few times....almost got away with it. Had a pt w/ psycho-social issues relating to her hospitalization, loss of a loved one, faced the possibility of long-term chronic care....Ended up with some other one about coping or something more measureable.
But I did use some interventions that would fit the dx of disturbed energy field--imagery, positive self talk, and my reiki flowed a lot too.

Re: Disturbed Energy Field? Yes or No?

Originally Posted by VickyRN

I've been teaching now for almost 5 years and in all that time, not even one student has attempted this diagnosis for his or her careplan I don't know how I'd respond if someone actually were to do so. How would one grade or evaluate such a diagnosis????

Probably be the same as when a student includes a low-priority NANDA in a care plan (i.e. psychosocial stuff for an acute patient); technically correct, and probably arguable (since it is a legit NANDA, with NICs to go with it), but way down on the list of priorities, depending on the medical dx.

For a psych careplan, may be easier to get away with...then you may be backed into the corner of Denying the Validity of a NANDA Diagnosis (gasp!).

Whenever we get to that point, we usually get some version of "because I said so" and it is left at that.

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i wonder if i could get some mega bucks grant to study this....i could check and see if my energy fields had any effect on the slot machines

Re: Disturbed Energy Field? Yes or No?

Originally Posted by CHATSDALE

i wonder if i could get some mega bucks grant to study this....i could check and see if my energy fields had any effect on the slot machines

Sounds like a road trip to me! Do you need any research assistants?

We could set up our "lab" in the Presidential suite or The Bellagio or Venetian Hotel!

*Sunny pulls out her suitcase and sign that reads "VEGAS OR BUST!"

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This kind of thing is such a joke. "Doctor, the patient's left pupil is blown, and he is bleeding out of his ears. Can I get an order to treat his disturbed energy field?"

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Originally Posted by CoopergrrlRN

my reiki flowed a lot too.

Eww...sounds messy. I HATE it when my reiki flows a lot......

Re: Disturbed Energy Field? Yes or No?

http://www.nursingworld.org/ojin/topic15/tpc15_2.htm

I'll let the article speak for itself. Probably instructive to various viewpoints in different ways.

Those that know me here probably also know how I view this article. . .

~faith,
Timothy.

Re: Disturbed Energy Field? Yes or No?

I think you have to be some type of Advanced Practice Nurse to give this Nsg Dx.

2-3yrs of graduate school in witchcraft or just a natural powerful empath.

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I felt that this was pseudoscience and insulting to the nursing profession for a long time. When I learned Reiki, I had to let go of my entire paradigm. I still feel funny talking about it, because it sounds so crazy unless you have actually experienced energy healing for yourself. But now I can actually feel, in a person's energy field, where there is a problem. I have used Reiki (but not discussed) many times in the hospital. The results have sometimes been jaw dropping.

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It's ridiculous.