I am having a slight problem with filling out Gordon's functional health patterns. Perhaps this assignment is institution specific, but I am going to ask anyway... My instructor wants a nursing process plan on Monday, and they give me the functional...
OK, I realize that it is important to gather as much important information as you can for your assessment, and that sexual satisfaction is an important part of mental health, but I am having a difficult time assessing this with my patients. I feel th...
I have read a few posts about being very nervous your first time working with patients in a hospital. My experience has been in skilled nursing homes where the majority of the residents were not alert, plus I have been out of the medical field for se...
Jamie, I don't know if this helps you or not, but I too am in my first semester and am oh sooo nervous myself. Our class started out in med-surg, but I have yet to touch a patient. So far I have just been "go-for" for the nurse I was shadowing. If...
Just Curious, Have any of you RNs ever went against your hospital's policy, possibly risking getting written up, for the benefit of a patient. If so, what was it you did, and would you do it again if the same situation arose? Suzey;)
I just wanted to add that I have a little philosophical reason for not getting them also. I would like to be an example to young girls that your body is beautiful NO MATTER WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE!!! I was teased horribly in grade school, when I was re...
In my experience, the implants are not attractive on older people. That's why I am not getting them myself. I am about a AA, and always wear a padded or lined bra. I have heard of a new technique called the Brava Vacuum Bra, it supposedly increas...