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1. NICU nurses...

   futurenurse85 posted a topic in NICU

   For those of you who are nurses in the NICU..what do you believe to be the most difficult/challenging part of your job?

2. question about interventions

   futurenurse85 posted a topic in General Nursing

   hi! i need some suggestions for interventions for a nursing diagnosis of "risk for developmental delay r/t hospitlization"...i would greatly appreciate your help! thank you and have a great day!

3. Question about teaching..what do you think?

   futurenurse85 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hi! I am a nursing student and just started my pediatric rotation. I have a quick question about teaching. Patient is 16 y/o male just had a PICC line inserted so that he can receive medications daily when he goes home. Would it be good to teach h...

4. Question please help!

   futurenurse85 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hello! I'm doing my pediatric rotation this semester. My patient this week is a 16 y/o diagnosed with hemophilia in 1997. His reason for being in the hospital this visit is due to a hematoma in his right knee. He was recently hospitalizaed in july fo...

5. start psych semester tomorrow

   futurenurse85 posted a topic in General Students

   hello! i start my third semester (psych) tomorrow. i'm real excited about this semester, but i was wondering if anyone could let me know what to expect. thanks!

6. UT - Houston Students to Be

   futurenurse85 replied to Kim O'Therapy's topic in Texas

   FOCUS is a 2 week experience where you pretty much get a head start. you will cover a couple of the first lectures and check off with different skills (such as handwashing, bed making, foley catheter insertion) that the other students who don't parti...

7. UT - Houston Students to Be

   futurenurse85 replied to Kim O'Therapy's topic in Texas

   Hello! I am a senior right now and I did FOCUS last summer. It is so worth it! You pretty much get a head start. Definitely do it if you can..you will be happy when school starts and you get to sleep in while the other students have to go to skills l...

8. need help with nursing diagnosis PLEASE

   futurenurse85 replied to futurenurse85's topic in General Students

   thank you all so much for your replies! i really appreciate it! here are the nursing diagnoses i came up with in priority order. if you can, PLEASE let me know if they sound okay or if they need to be fixed. thank you! 1. Decreased cardiac output r/...

9. need help with nursing diagnosis PLEASE

   futurenurse85 posted a topic in General Students

   hello! i need help coming up with some nursing diagnosis for my patient. he is 66 y/o male admitted with cardiac arrest/acute MI. he underwent CABGx3 yesterday. his current EKG shows atrial fibrillation. he has generalized weakness and generalized ed...

10. good quotes?

    futurenurse85 posted a topic in General Students

    good morning! for my last clinical day i was thinking about baking cookies and wrapping them in little bags and tying quotes around each bag to give to everyone in my clinical group. i was wondering if yall know any good inspirational quotes (nursing...

11. urgent question..please help!

    futurenurse85 posted a topic in General Students

    hey. i posted earlier but figured out what to teach. now im confused as to whether i can use altered tissue perfusion as a nursing diagnosis for a patient who has peripheral vascular disease (PVD) and has undergone endarterectomy (to remove the clot)...

12. question..please help

    futurenurse85 posted a topic in General Students

    hello! hope everyones semester is going well! quick question..for my gerontology class we had to do these assessments on our patients who were over the age of 65. well for one of my patients i chose to do the fall risk assessment b/c he has a history...

13. nursing diagnosis question

    futurenurse85 posted a topic in General Students

    good morning! i just have a quick question. my patient was admitted w/ pneumonia but during her morning assessment she was complaining of back pain. her chart (and the patient herself) said she was in a car accident a while back and has suffered chro...

14. massage helpful for pain?

    futurenurse85 posted a topic in General Nursing

    hello. just wondering if any of you have tried massage on your patients. what was their complaint and what was the outcome? would love to hear some stories! thank you and have a great day!

15. massage therapy for pain?

    futurenurse85 posted a topic in General Students

    hello! hope everyones semester is going well. i was just wondering how effective massage therapy was for pain. have any of you performed massage therapy on your patients? what was the patient's siutation/health condition? what was the outcome of this...