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1. Acute confusion care plan help?

   saffronclover replied to saffronclover's topic in Student Assist

   Yes, finally! Thanks! It really helps to reason it though with someone (and not other students who are as lost as I am!). I can't say I'll never have a care plan question again but the process is starting to make a lot more sense. I know your sug...

2. Acute confusion care plan help?

   saffronclover replied to saffronclover's topic in Student Assist

   I just have to work on the diagnosis of acute confusion that the instructor gave me. My initial interventions were aimed at addressing the delirium, but it seemed like my classmates were including safety and pain management. I feel these merit thei...

3. Acute confusion care plan help?

   saffronclover replied to saffronclover's topic in Student Assist

   Daytonite, I think you may be right about some instructors and NANDA taxonomy. Or even care plans themselves. Some instructors seem to want to throw everything including the kitchen sink into one care plan. One instructor even gives her students t...

4. Acute confusion care plan help?

   saffronclover replied to saffronclover's topic in Student Assist

   Daytonite, why can't I have you as an instructor? :) You make it all so clear and then I think, "Now, why didn't I see that?" My instructor hasn't gone through any of this with us and I haven't gotten any constructive criticism from her on my previ...

5. Acute confusion care plan help?

   saffronclover replied to saffronclover's topic in Student Assist

   Thanks, Pharmgirl and Daytonite. I wondered about the amount of Dilaudid myself when I looked up her meds but was unsure what a patient's reaction would be in the "real world". I was also unsure if I had to stick with the etiologies that NANDA list...

6. Acute confusion care plan help?

   saffronclover posted a topic in Student Assist

   Hello, everyone, I'm a first semester nursing student and am getting stuck on a care plan for a neuro case study. Here's the data I'm working with: Ms M was given Dilaudid 4 mg IV for the first time post-op for complaints of pain rated 9 on a scale ...