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1. Acute Urinary Retention in 87 year old gentleman post stroke

   Honey Bee replied to Honey Bee's topic in Australia

   Why would a catheter not be appropriate? How would a condom catheter be better and why? from what I have read and been taught when a patient has urinary retention in a post-stroke patient and indwelling catheter is always used. the Urology team r...

2. Acute Urinary Retention in 87 year old gentleman post stroke

   Honey Bee replied to Honey Bee's topic in Australia

   Where is the Au nursing you moved this thread to?

3. Acute Urinary Retention in 87 year old gentleman post stroke

   Honey Bee replied to Honey Bee's topic in Australia

   No.... I am not a student. A new grad left to their own practice more likely where some nurses still just do things without a good rationale for it. there is little time during work hours to search databases so do this research at home on days off.

4. Acute Urinary Retention in 87 year old gentleman post stroke

   Honey Bee posted a topic in Australia

   On arrival to a ward in hospital this 87 year old gentleman with acute urinary retention (AUR) had an indwelling catheter inserted by the Urology doctors. the patient was uncomfortable and aggressive and yelling out "I can't take the pain anymore, I...

5. Impaired fluid volume

   Honey Bee replied to Honey Bee's topic in Critical

   eGFR What would an eGFR be on an 87 year old male who presents with Acute Urinary Retention (AUR) and has a history of stroke, previous TURP, acut on chronic confusion and episodes of dysarthria. Patient is in hospital and Urology Team have inserted...

6. Impaired fluid volume

   Honey Bee replied to Honey Bee's topic in Critical

   According to current ACC/AHA guidelines, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2814220/

7. Impaired fluid volume

   Honey Bee replied to Honey Bee's topic in Critical

   Female patient presented with chest and a history of unstable angina for 2 years with GORD, dyslipidaemia, obesity and a previous smoker quit 12 months ago after a 12 year history. EF = 62%. Day 5 on ward and trying to mobilise and has dizziness, l...

8. How to deal with angry doctors

   Honey Bee replied to ann915's topic in New Nurse

   I just want to say first, thank you for not stooping to his unprofessional level. I don't know about you but in my training we were constantly made aware of our professional ethics and the code on conduct not to mention so many other pieces of legis...

9. Impaired fluid volume

   Honey Bee replied to Honey Bee's topic in Critical

   Ok! so how does post operative fluid deficit occur in relation to myocardial stunning and the patient back on the ward is found hypotensive with low cardiac output and receiving Endone 10mg with 1 gram Paracetamol every 6 hours? this is off why fen...

10. Impaired fluid volume

    Honey Bee replied to Honey Bee's topic in Critical

    The phenomenon of myocardial stunning according to literature, is due to total coronary artery occlusion lasting anywhere from fifteen minutes or briefer (during a period that is not associated with cell death), an abnormality in regional left ventr...

11. Impaired fluid volume

    Honey Bee posted a topic in Critical

    Hi Nurse zine can someone give me an answer to this reflective question please? Can you remember as a new graduate your pathophysiology with regards to third spacing fluid deficit? What do you think your answer might be as you learned more about it...

12. Pain types

    Honey Bee replied to Honey Bee's topic in Student Assist

    Hi Miss Mollie here is a vague instruction for an assignment. In a discussion with some colleagues the comment is made that 'it doesn't really matter whether patients are experiencing nociceptive or neuropathic pain ‐ it's all pain anyway?' ...

13. Pain types

    Honey Bee posted a topic in Student Assist

    In a discussion with some students recently a comment was made such as "it doesn't really matter whether patients are experiencing nociceptive or neuropathic pain - it's all pain anyway". How can I outline a written response and coment on this includ...

14. Nursing care plan help

    Honey Bee replied to Honey Bee's topic in Student Assist

    It is obvious the amount of pain Mr Bee is in and the scenario is not saying that the man is using opioids for the wrong reason so you becoming crazy is not understood why this conclusion was made. I thought when anyone was prescribed these soughts ...

15. Nursing care plan help

    Honey Bee posted a topic in Student Assist

    Patient Mr Bee is in his late sixties and admitted to hospital for a femoro-popliteal graft to this (L) leg. The surgery went well with no compications. Mr Bee has a PCA Morphine and also takes his regular medication of MS Contin for pain mamgement...