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1. Care plan help!

   runner125 replied to runner125's topic in General Students

   I've decided to use Ineffective airway clearance as my priority diagnosis... just having a difficult time determining the right R/T. I was originally going to use excessive secretions, but now I feel it's more R/T her inability to be aware enough to ...

2. Care plan help!

   runner125 replied to runner125's topic in General Students

   the patient had the trach put in because she went into resp failure as a result of the sepsis. Now that the trach has been taken out, her O2 has been 99/100 on room air and she has breathing tx with RT daily. She is having a productive cough and he...

3. Care plan help!

   runner125 posted a topic in General Students

   I am starting a care plan and am having difficulty formulating my diagnoses... here's the assessment data: Hx end stage renal failure (with dialysis), DM, HTN, GI bleeding, anemia, sepsis Original Dx of sepsis, ALOC now: her sepsis is clear, although...

4. Care plan help

   runner125 replied to runner125's topic in Student Assist

   I agree with you that the absence of a cough can be considered an ineffective cough since he really should be coughing. I witnessed his breathing treatment with RT and thought it was odd that he never coughed once. I discussed my care plan with my ...

5. Care plan help

   runner125 replied to runner125's topic in Student Assist

   i was hesitant to use ineffective airway clearance because he didn't have any adventitious lung sounds, just diminished. obviously as a COPDer, he's prone to excessive secretions in general, I just didn't witness any issues with it when I took care o...

6. Care plan help

   runner125 replied to runner125's topic in Student Assist

   he's not forgetful or confused at all... like you said, he's just a control freak. he doesn't like having anyone tell him what to do. he resists anything the nurses tell him. i'm actually surprised he's even as mobile as he is, given everything he h...

7. Care plan help

   runner125 replied to runner125's topic in Student Assist

   do you think decreased cardiac output would be a more appropriate #1 diagnosis? I was going back and forth between decreased cardiac output, ineffective breathing pattern (which looking back, is also addressed in activity intolerance), and impaired g...

8. Care plan help

   runner125 posted a topic in Student Assist

   I need a little bit of help with my care plan... need 5 diagnoses, here's some info about my patient-- HX: admitted 2 wks ago with primary dx of chest pain r/o MI was diagnosed with bilateral DVT 2 months prior, been admitted 2 more times since due t...