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1. CPOT scale medication orders??

   beleanor replied to beleanor's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you so much Calivianya!!! This is exactly what I was looking for. May I ask what hospital you work for? I'm at Mercy St. Louis is the BURN ICU, so we also give massive amounts of fent/versed (though most of us nurses prefer propofol). The m...

2. Do you use the CPOT scale? What are your med orders?!

   beleanor posted a topic in Critical

   Hey everyone, My hospital has decided to adopt the CPOT pain scale for our non verbal/vented patients. I am researching for our critical care shared governance committee how a CPOT score might be turned into a medication order so that we can develop ...

3. CPOT scale medication orders??

   beleanor posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hey everyone, My hospital has decided to adopt the CPOT pain scale for our non verbal/vented patients. I am researching for our critical care shared governance committee how a CPOT score might be turned into a medication order so that we can develop...

4. potential tardive dyskinesia r/t Seroquel?

   beleanor replied to beleanor's topic in Student Assist

   Thanks for feedback everyone - to answer questions/clarify: sun0408: I was typing/thinking fast when I wrote and I agree - "high" is the wrong description for 4.6. I will be more accurate. The patient has not had the experience before of numbness,...

5. potential tardive dyskinesia r/t Seroquel?

   beleanor posted a topic in Student Assist

   Hey all, I had a patient on tuesday who, with no axis I psych Dx, was prescribed 100mg of Seroquel daily. While seroquel is a weak neuroleptic and EPS are rare, he developed a new eye twitch during the course of the day tuesday after receiving his f...

6. Asymptomatic Aspiration Pneumonitis Nursing Diagnosis

   beleanor replied to beleanor's topic in Student Assist

   thanks Esme12 for your feedback. I often find the most frustrating part of any formal training is knowing how best to enact your ideals in the real world. I'll keep the ABC prioritization and include my rationale...

7. Asymptomatic Aspiration Pneumonitis Nursing Diagnosis

   beleanor replied to beleanor's topic in Student Assist

   I'm in a one year, accelerated program - started in May and graduate May 2013. Re: prioritization - makes sense according to ABC's/Maslow, but my hesitancy is that no one seems to be paying attention to the med dx "aspiration/chemical pneumonitis." ...

8. Asymptomatic Aspiration Pneumonitis Nursing Diagnosis

   beleanor replied to beleanor's topic in Student Assist

   So, I've reworked my prioritized list, but I'd still be interested in feedback! Imbalanced nutrition: less than body requirements r/t increased caloric and protein needs 2° to wound healing AEB low hemoglobin and low hematocrit, chronic anemia, very...

9. Asymptomatic Aspiration Pneumonitis Nursing Diagnosis

   beleanor posted a topic in Student Assist

   Hi All, I'm a brand new member here after months of reading others' posts! I'd greatly appreciate any help with this mess! Here's the situation: I'm in the middle of writing a monster care plan - in my program we only have to fully develop 2 diagno...