nursingstu14

Latest Activity

1. facial edema and difficulty breathing

   nursingstu14 replied to nursingstu14's topic in Student Assist

   Thanks Esme12 and GrnTea! I really appreciate your help. Im really stressed out and I'm a crying roller coaster. I didn't pass my first exam i got a 79%. Eighty and above is considered passing and the majority of my classmates passed. I felt like a f...

2. facial edema and difficulty breathing

   nursingstu14 replied to nursingstu14's topic in Student Assist

   @GrnTea: i was responding to Esme12 about it being a real patient or not. Now, about what you responded I wasn't trying to choose diagnoses first and support second. From what information I was given I decided to have risk for skin integrity as my nu...

3. facial edema and difficulty breathing

   nursingstu14 replied to nursingstu14's topic in Student Assist

   This is not a real patient.

4. facial edema and difficulty breathing

   nursingstu14 replied to nursingstu14's topic in Student Assist

   @psu_213 : I agree with you too now diuretics.I was confused about that i was just reading it from my care plan book. During anaphylactic reaction certain interaction of chemicals with receptors on the surface of blood vessels causes the vessels to ...

5. facial edema and difficulty breathing

   nursingstu14 replied to nursingstu14's topic in Student Assist

   yes, i do know where this is going thank you VERY MUCH! The case study has no information about pain or risk for infection and no further info on her surgery...

6. facial edema and difficulty breathing

   nursingstu14 replied to nursingstu14's topic in Student Assist

   I do have a nursing all in one care plan book but it doesn't really give much information on edema. In the book they have it more as a side effect or symptom to a greater disease...=/ thanks for your advice though =)

7. facial edema and difficulty breathing

   nursingstu14 replied to nursingstu14's topic in Student Assist

   Yes, she's having an allergic reaction to the medication cefazolin. And sorry for not mentioning it but cant do anaphylaxis either. So, heres the whole case: A 69 yr old Mexican American woman is admitted for total knee replacement surgery. Following...

8. facial edema and difficulty breathing

   nursingstu14 replied to nursingstu14's topic in Student Assist

   I cannot use the diagnoses of airway obstruction since its the most obvious diagnoses (according to my professor). That is the reason why i chose risk for impaired skin integrity. Thanks though =) Since she has facial edema, excessive fluid retention...

9. facial edema and difficulty breathing

   nursingstu14 posted a topic in Student Assist

   Hi I am only in my second week of nursing school and I am having trouble with my first case study. I have a case study about a patient who is having an allergic reaction to a medication. She is experiencing facial edema, red swollen blotches over her...