I just want to throw this out there for students :)

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when you are asking for help with care plans, or any other assignment, you have the right to ask the person helping how much experience they have in that area. :) it's not rude if phrased correctly-

ie- "i have a careplan for a patient with diabetes and dementia. do you have much experience in that area?" blame me if someone gets their panties in a wad :D

these care plans are really important to your grades, and it's ok to ask someone who is helping (or trying to) what their knowledge is about the subject :)

for instance, i'm not used to pes (but i'm getting there) since i graduated a long time ago (some of you may not have been born). but i do know about many topics, interventions, and goals, and can figure out the pes format as i go along (you can teach me about that :)).

i do not know about ob/gyn (unless there is general surgery like a tah). i'm not a critical care person.

something else that helps those of us who are poking around here, is to include the medical diagnosis and any labs/vitals/tests that the patient has had :) it helps with prioritizing :up:

let me know what helps you :) i've been a nurse for a long time (and school and jobs are very different). but i don't know about many things (all nurses keep learning until they tip over stiff as a board). and i want to help (i can't work anymore, so if i can be useful to you guys, it helps me, too :)).

anyhoo, just thought i'd throw this out there :up:

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Now that you mention it, I don't often reply to those posts because I'm a student myself and not used to care plans 100% yet. The best I can do is offer my :twocents: for what they're worth, which is more like one and a half cents lol... I consult my books and clinical instructor for help with my own. It's hard to imagine whats *best* for each patient someone posts about without having seen them honestly. Think I'll pocket my change on the subject from now on. :lol2:

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Now that you mention it, I don't often reply to those posts because I'm a student myself and not used to care plans 100% yet. The best I can do is offer my :twocents: for what they're worth, which is more like one and a half cents lol... I consult my books and clinical instructor for help with my own. It's hard to imagine whats *best* for each patient someone posts about without having seen them honestly. Think I'll pocket my change on the subject from now on. :lol2:

No- please don't not reply :) I'm mostly referring to the nurses who have graduated :) And maybe nobody else feels this way :confused: I just think you guys should be able to know where someone is coming from. :D You would NOT want OB info from me - I'm not a mom, or into anything about squeezing out a kid :no:

Students' input is invaluable to other students because you're going through the same things ;) And, with an old fart like me, who isn't used to the language de'jour it's helpful for me as well :up: I learn a lot from you guys, re: what it's like to be going to school now (glad I was going through it back in the 80s- LOL) While you guys have the internet, you also have less human interaction with some things- so I learn from you guys how that has changed nursing school :heartbeat

I was still working when all of the "customer service" nightmare was going on- and can't stand it, or what it's done to nursing. And, I've seen a lot of things from a before-after perspective.... you guys give me a lot of information as well :up:

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