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  1. Nursing diagnosis help

  2. Nursing diagnosis help

    The famotidine was new but the rest he had been on for quite some time.
  3. Nursing diagnosis help

    He was on lisinopril, metoprolol, insulin lispro, famotidine, furosemide, fluoxetine, acetaminophen, and simvastatin. He didn't have the echo while I was there. By the time I came back to clinical he had been discharged. We are only there one day, t...
  4. Nursing diagnosis help

    I looked it up in my diagnostics and lab book and it gave these levels: Troponin T Troponin I So are these off? So I'm confused then. I have been told by my instructors that if I didn't assess something or it's a lab value etc that is CURRENTLY ha...
  5. Nursing diagnosis help

    It was troponin T and the normal per facility was 0 to 0.2. Troponin I didn't have a level. I asked my instructor about the level for that and she said that if it wasn't given than it wasn't ordered for some reason. She honestly acted like I was an i...
  6. Nursing diagnosis help

  7. Nursing diagnosis help

    Sorry I forgot to answer this lol. He is on insulin lispro sliding scale. Honestly I was guilty of trying to make my client fit a diagnosis instead of the other way around. I decided on risk for falls because honestly other than giving meds, all m...
  8. Nursing diagnosis help

    He had no skin issues, no immobility, no pain, no shortness of breath, no apparent depression or anxiety that I observed and he never gave any indication that he was having social issues, his wife was at his bedside the whole time, he was alert and o...
  9. Nursing diagnosis help

    He was there waiting for an echo. His labs were ca 9.1, K 4.2, MG 1.9, po4 3.7, Na 142, hemoglobin 13.9, hematocrit 46%, BUN 15, creatinine 1.1, troponin 0.1
  10. Nursing diagnosis help

    Well the only reason I was trying to use one about his diet was because his blood sugar was the only thing of my assessment that was abnormal. His heart rate was 69, respirations 18, bp 119/74, no pain, stats 97 on room air. His lungs were clear, no ...
  11. Nursing diagnosis help

    My client had diabetes mellitus and his morning accucheck was 172. For breakfast he had a sausage, egg and potatoes bowl, orange juice and a cinnamon roll. So for my nursing diagnosis I was thinking either ineffective self health management or risk ...
  12. tucking scrub pants in shoes

    At my school high tops would never be allowed. Also both my school and my employer dictate what color scrubs I wear and even which brands are acceptable. In my experience healthcare facilities are pretty strict on dress codes and really don't allow f...
  13. Marijuana and Nursing School

    This!!
  14. Psychology

    Ok so I did a quick search and there is one that's called psychiatric nursing made incredibly easy and one that is nclex RN psychiatric nursing made incredibly easy. Which one would be best? I'm thinking the nclex one but just want to get the one tha...
  15. Psychology

    Yes it's psychiatric nursing. Thanks I'll definitely check that one out! :)