JRDeeRN

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1. Dealing with crappy tech/assistant performance

   JRDeeRN replied to mitral's topic in Med-Surg

   How many patients do you normally have ?

2. Decreased cardiac output r/t CABG - Graded care plan HELP!!

   JRDeeRN replied to gikg's topic in Student Assist

   Love talking about the heart :) no problem:)

3. Decreased cardiac output r/t CABG - Graded care plan HELP!!

   JRDeeRN replied to gikg's topic in Student Assist

   and also after surgery we have a lot of patients who third space their fluid rather than pulling it in their vessels... these patients will often have a lot of swelling or in your patients case it sounded like he had some fluid build up in his lungs....

4. Decreased cardiac output r/t CABG - Graded care plan HELP!!

   JRDeeRN replied to gikg's topic in Student Assist

   Then i would definitely say with my patients they are at risk for decreased cardiac output because this heart surgery has irritated the heart significantly and it is trying to heal at the same time from the surgeons stitching the graft and what not. ...

5. Decreased cardiac output r/t CABG - Graded care plan HELP!!

   JRDeeRN replied to gikg's topic in Student Assist

   Also did you mean after the CABG procedure as to what could affect cardiac output or before the CABG intervention? if before CABG intervention, i agree with the previous poster.

6. New Grads, How much do you work?

   JRDeeRN replied to babsy28's topic in New Nurse

   graduated in May 2012 and have been working on a critical care heart unit for a year in June... i have a FT position and will sometimes pick up an extra 12 or or 8 hr shift.. or both in one week :) helps when you really love your unit :) I really thi...

7. cried in front of my boss, is it too bad?

   JRDeeRN replied to treeye's topic in Relations

   not bad. youre human and youre a nurse dealing with literal life and death situations. Just today I had a nurse cry to me talking about a patient deciding on end of life decisions. It's normal. :)

8. Decreased cardiac output r/t CABG - Graded care plan HELP!!

   JRDeeRN replied to gikg's topic in Student Assist

   In working on a cardiac floor I would say pt is as risk for decreased cardiac output if they develop a dysrhythmia after surgery which is very common. Happens to about 30% of patients after CABG...Is that maybe what you are looking for ? Or am i even...

9. Which is the hardest part of the nursing program?

   JRDeeRN replied to Mchs4735's topic in General Students

   The middle was the hardest for me.... beginning is simple nursing and getting introduced. middle is man it's getting harder and im not quite thinking like a nurse should and now i really have to learn critical thinking and content.. the end is a litt...

10. Patient ratios progressive care units

    JRDeeRN replied to kaylasmommy's topic in Cardiac

    we are 3:1 dealing with vascular, heart, lung and endocrine (thyroidectomy) patients. as well as overflow ER patients... i honestly dont see how I could manage a 4:1 ratio with the work list i have with my patients. i was running around all day it se...

11. Care Plan: I need to know if this nursing diagnosis is legit

    JRDeeRN replied to smit6843's topic in Student Assist

    Oh lol I used those kind of NDs in school all the time but maybe they weren't as strict about them at my school as long as it got the point across lol nevermind then

12. Care Plan: I need to know if this nursing diagnosis is legit

    JRDeeRN replied to smit6843's topic in Student Assist

    Ex. Risk for injury related to disturbed sensory perception secondary to disease process

13. Care Plan: I need to know if this nursing diagnosis is legit

    JRDeeRN replied to smit6843's topic in Student Assist

    Is his eyesight bad related to the disease process of diabetes ?? That would be a good one a lot diabetics have eye problems because of uncontrolled diabetes ... Just a thought !

14. Working while in Accelerated Nursing Program?

    JRDeeRN replied to emilyrg's topic in General Students

    Honestly depends on the person. I did an ASN program and could barely work 10 hrs a week but my friend could work 2 twelves as a cna and got thru it. Depends on your dedication and self discipline and how much time you study to grasp a concept. I a...

15. How hard is NCLEX compared to Kaplan?

    JRDeeRN replied to ansid5150's topic in NCLEX

    Also the Kaplan setup of questions looks just like nclex... So I felt like I was doing Kaplan questions when I was taking the nclex