Coop_696

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1. Pt with Pneumonia clarifying nursing problems

   Coop_696 replied to Coop_696's topic in Student Assist

   Well I ended up going with impaired gas exchange and ineffective airway clearance as they seem like the biggest problems to me! Although I have heard a cpl of people are going with dysfunctional/altered breathing patter (I don't think there is enough...

2. Pt with Pneumonia clarifying nursing problems

   Coop_696 replied to Coop_696's topic in Student Assist

   Hi pharmgirl! Thanks for your input :-) I'm worried I'm reading too much into it as well as I had similar thought process... I think almost everything is a "risk for" as even with fluid volume deficit we don't know anything further than the above inf...

3. Pt with Pneumonia clarifying nursing problems

   Coop_696 replied to Coop_696's topic in Student Assist

   Argh! Yes!!! haha I even went and had a meeting with Jo but she only said that I seem to have well developed critical thinking skills and that my ineffective airway one is more than fine to use. However she kept saying we can't use nursing diagnoses ...

4. Pt with Pneumonia clarifying nursing problems

   Coop_696 replied to Coop_696's topic in Student Assist

   Anyone? help? pretty please?!

5. Pt with Pneumonia clarifying nursing problems

   Coop_696 posted a topic in Student Assist

   hi all don't worry i am not asking you to do my assignment for me i just need some clarification on one of the qs as the lecturer is leaving me more confused than ever (i did see her) i have the following case study: 75 year old male admitted t...

6. GOAL -- Weight Loss and healthier living

   Coop_696 replied to AKFLIGHTRN's topic in Stress 101

   I like MyFitnessPal for iphone it's free and has a website associated with it as well It combines a food diary/calorie(and daily nutrition) monitor/exercise diary and a chart of your progress!

7. Gum Chewing

   Coop_696 replied to NinetyNine's topic in General Nursing

   http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16507461 The results of this mega-experiment indicate that APM is a multipotential carcinogenic agent, even at a daily dose of 20 mg/kg body weight, much less than the current acceptable daily intake. On the basis o...

8. Gum Chewing

   Coop_696 replied to NinetyNine's topic in General Nursing

   Erghhhh We were taught (back when I did a physiology course which required us to perform multiple dissections of the human body) that the formaldehyde exposure (look up what that can cause for yourself if you don't already know *shudder*) from aspart...

9. As a Nurse what are some things that make you sick?

   Coop_696 replied to Josh.P's topic in General Nursing

   I'm a student nurse (prior to this I was a vet nurse for 5 yrs) and the only thing I've ever had make me feel ill occurred this weekend just gone at the medical clinic I do reception work for.... A woman maybe 35 brought in her child.... she had (in ...

10. know your meds!...or else!

    Coop_696 replied to cgilmour26's topic in General Students

    My first year clinical practice teacher gave us the best advice in regards to getting to know the drugs - Buy an address/telephone book (small so u can take it with you) and everytime you come across a new drug/one you use commonly jot it down in the...

11. Cultural Safety

    Coop_696 replied to Coop_696's topic in Student Assist

    Hi DolceVita it's actually the one section of the assignment that doesn't explicitly say indigenous, so I'm going to assume I should apply it to all cultures. Which is why I chose to discuss equity over equality (even Europeans can experience this pr...

12. Cultural Safety

    Coop_696 replied to Coop_696's topic in Student Assist

    woops cheers! i've changed the opening sentence to the most significant issue within the australian health care system is that people are unaware of the differences of equity over equality and how to apply equity strategies in everyday situations a...

13. Cultural Safety

    Coop_696 replied to Coop_696's topic in Student Assist

    ergh well i have jewish blood and my grandfather was one of the pioneering health care workers out at an alice spring community... so it's all i can do to sit through the lectures :-/ anyways i don't want to include all of what ive written exactly as...

14. Cultural Safety

    Coop_696 replied to Coop_696's topic in Student Assist

    so would something like - the issue with the health care system is that people can't be treated the same as their needs vary based on health problem, culture, age etc i.e. equity vs. equality? its made more difficult as the lecturer is an indigenous ...

15. Cultural Safety

    Coop_696 replied to Coop_696's topic in Student Assist

    anyone? please?