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1. Low Urine Output Following Suburethral sling placement

   anastasia158 posted a topic in Student Assist

   Scenario: MY patient was one day post suburethreal sling placement. From 6 am to 10 am on day two - and proir to removal of vaginal packing and bladder trial - she was only able to empty 50 cc of urine in a four hour period via foley catheter. Dur...

2. Ineffective thermoregulation for newborn

   anastasia158 posted a topic in Student Assist

   I am writing a nursing care plan for a newborn whose temps have been WNL. According to my Carpenito book, ineffective thermoregulation is a nursing diagnosis ( not risk for ineffective thermoregulation). However, when I read the definition of ine...

3. I'm pregnant and trying to keep my job

   anastasia158 posted a topic in Career Support

   Your advice is needed.... I am a CNA at a LTAC hospital. I have been told that once you work at an LTAC you can work anywhere because it is so demanding...This is my first CNA job and I have been employed since 05/09/11. I am also a nursing student...

4. Please help as my clinical instructor won't answer my questions...

   anastasia158 replied to anastasia158's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks all. My facilitty does not hang any IVS other than antibiotics ( no maintenance fluid). So, I now understand why they just leave the empty IV bags hung with the tubing for no more than 72 hours. I am still wondering about what the differe...

5. Giving meds crushed in applesauce

   anastasia158 posted a topic in General Nursing

   As we all know, when someone takes oral meds, they take them all at once with water. Today I was administering meds with my clinical instructor. I was to give crushed meds in applesauce. I had them all crushed and was thinking that I could place ...

6. Please help as my clinical instructor won't answer my questions...

   anastasia158 posted a topic in General Nursing

   1. I a student at an LTAC. The facility does not run maintenance fluids. So, IV antibiotics are run as "primaries". Should a separate IV tubing be used for each different antibiotic that is run? How does each IV tubing get labeled? Should they ...

7. Four point restraints

   anastasia158 posted a topic in Safety

   At the LTAC Hospital I work at we can not put someone in a four point restraint. 1. If a patient has wrist restraints on their right and left arm AND the bottom side rails up - is that considered a four point restraint? 2. Is it appropriate for a p...

8. Lovenox Dosing - Abdominal Surgery v. Knee/ Hip Surgery

   anastasia158 posted a topic in Student Assist

   Wondering if someone can please help me. Everything that I have read about Lovenox - including their own website indicate that Lovenox dosing for abdominal surgeries is q 24 hours and dosing for knee/hip is q 12 hours. Yet, when I made mention of th...