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1. Where Do Residents Rights End? Long, Sorry.

   kaseysmom replied to Cheez-It!'s topic in General Nursing

   Usually - this is out of the realm of assisted living whent he patients require more extensive care such as a bed bath - however, perhaps he would be willing to have one rather then a shower. Or, you could try giving him a wet washcloth and he will i...

2. defib and the pregnant patient

   kaseysmom replied to lifeLONGstudent's topic in CCU

   Just a question - but if the pregnant mother were in the hospital (which im assuming she is) - wouldn't the concentration be more set on delivering the baby??...rather then shocking the mother?? im probably wrong - but just curious

3. CHF help

   kaseysmom replied to kahumai's topic in Cardiac

   right sided http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000154.htm left sided http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000152.htm

4. Neuro Checks - What do I do?

   kaseysmom replied to gambitlizard's topic in Neurological

   Keep in mind when doing neuro checks that if there is a board in their room (more so in a hospital setting) with the date on it - that the "what's today's date" question won't work - also, when I am doing neuro checks - and the patient answers the ma...

5. Nurses Will Eat Anything

   kaseysmom replied to bobnurse's topic in General Nursing

   this isnt' something someone brought in - but in nursing school - our instructor made us each take a bite of thickened liquids (water and thick-it for patients who are at risk for aspiration) - not my favorite way to drink water..yuck

6. ACLS - Help!!

   kaseysmom replied to kaseysmom's topic in Cardiac

   Thanks for all the help!! I guess I was sorta shocked at the amount of information on the preentrance exam..(it's called a precourse written exam). Unfortunately, and im not sure if this is standard, I didn't learn a whole lot about meds given during...

7. ACLS - Help!!

   kaseysmom posted a topic in Cardiac

   I am having a hard time with the entry exam for the ACLS course - anyone know of a helpful book or website to assist with the complection of the precourse exam?? Thanks

8. Urinary Sepsis/Nanda Dx? ....Help!

   kaseysmom replied to twinbee25's topic in Student Assist

   I have this book it's called Handbook of Nursing Diagnosis - its by Lippincotts. It was very helpful to me. However, the only nrsng diagnosis that I could find with regard to urination were: Impaired urinary elimination, urinary retention, total urin...

9. "How old are you?"

   kaseysmom replied to jaimealmostRN's topic in General Nursing

   im 19 and just finished LPN school - clinicals were hard because people looked at me like "uh..how old are you again??" - to each their own, i suppose =)

10. Is my patient going to die??

    kaseysmom replied to RN2Bn2006's topic in General Nursing

    The congestion and the cough could be due to the anesthesia (?) from surgery..i didn't check when this thread was posted so im not sure if that would still be occuring. There should be orders to TCDB for postop pt's (that's how things are done here, ...

11. Just following the Dr's orders?

    kaseysmom replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in Med-Surg

    We were taught to do the same as the previous post. If we didn't have an appropriate place to date, time and initial the drsng..then we put a piece of tape across the dressing. Tegaderms and some of the other dressing kits come with specific labels f...

12. My friend lost her baby

    kaseysmom replied to Stephanie in FL's topic in Ob/Gyn

    It is likely that her body will reabsorb the fetus. If not, the fetal contents may expell themselves - may look like blood clots. A US is not routinely done at the first OB appt (atleast here) except to determine gestation age. However, if your frien...

13. Patient Profiles and/or careplans??

    kaseysmom replied to luv4nursing's topic in LPN/LVN

    We did something similar to the previous post, age, pt initials, pts doctor, dx, hx, surgeries, labs, and such. Then for care plans we had to do an in depth informational part from the patient (to put towards our subjective and objective information)...

14. Husband appaled when I chose to do nothing

    kaseysmom replied to JacelRN's topic in General Nursing

    Just a quick opinion question. If you were witness to an accident and there was a victim who was bleeding profusely and needed CPR or some sort of hands on care (obviously) - would you be quick to do it, or would you refuse?? Reason for the question ...

15. Hello/need interview info

    kaseysmom replied to AmandaTN's topic in LPN/LVN

    At my entrance interview..I wore sort of casual/formal wear. Black pants and a pretty sweater with some dress shoes. My DON asked me why I wanted to become a nurse, what my best accomplishment was in life, if I had any expierence in the nursing field...