ptspook1

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1. care plan help

   ptspook1 replied to mel2067's topic in General Students

   My teachers would not accept AEB DKA... my teachers would prefer: Risk for ineffective breathing pattern r/t hyperglycemia secondary to DKA AEB patient stating "sometimes it's hard to breath" or pt 30 RPM or difficulty performing ADL's. We are also...

2. HIPPA Violation Please Help

   ptspook1 replied to beachgirl1987's topic in General Students

   I TOTALLY agree with NORAN... sometimes people get way too caught up in definitions of rules! She did not go ABOVE and beyond information that she needed to know. That is what HIPPA was meant for. She didn't dig up a patient from last week "just to s...

3. HIPPA Violation Please Help

   ptspook1 replied to beachgirl1987's topic in General Students

   If your school is like mine... you are SUPPOSED to get the same patient on both clinical days. So she would have to look up the patient's record to see where the patient was moved to continue with the patient's care the following day. The only way I ...

4. Is This Right For Me?

   ptspook1 posted a topic in General Students

   I am in my last half of my very 1st semester of Nursing school. Everytime I have to go into clinical I can't sleep the night before, I feel like I am going to vomit and the room spins while I am there, about 3 hours into clinical the vomit feeling an...