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  1. Nursing Diagnosis in PRIORITY ORDER???

    HI CT Pixie, I just took an exam and the question asked for the Priority nursing diagnosis for a HIV pt. with oral candidias... A. Risk for infection B. Disturbed body image C. Risk for imbalanced nutrition D. Risk for skin impairment I answered the ...
  2. Priority with Lumbar Puncture

    So, my classmate is correct with her b/p as the highest priority then? I was thinking about the puncture site as a choice but could not find a rationale from my text to back up the choice.
  3. A group of classmates and I are having a debate on what is the nursing assessment highest priority after a patient with bacterial meningitis having a lumbar puncture done. Assuming the CT scan displayed no obstruction. 1. blood pressure 2. urine outp...
  4. Thank you! I did. One of the outcomes was "patient will be on suicide observation q15 minutes, she will follow a no-suicide contract and identify at least two people they can contact that can provide emotional support by..." Mental Health care plan ...
  5. THANKS ESME for your assistance! I got a 96% on my careplan. My teacher did not care much for the No Contract Suicide.
  6. Any nurses willing to answer a few questions?

    I LOVED YOUR COMMENT! Thank you so much for this! I always felt that I had to pick one or a few specialties to work in, because everybody always asked...what do you want to do as a nurse when you graduate. Deep down, I want to learn EVERYTHING, not t...
  7. Group work mishap

    Group work is not fun! I will agree that they suck! But, the outcome of it is TEAMWORK...Can you work as a team and succeed? Communication, organization, leadership, seeing differences, etc... My experience was joining a class (group communication: ...
  8. For my care-plan teaching...my teacher wants me to do Safety risk r/t depression aeb previous suicide attempts! Trying to find rationales for that seems difficult. I need 3 outcomes 3 interventions & rationales (with 3 subcategories?) 1a 1b 1...
  9. Love your ideas Esme! I will focus more on my care-plan teaching tomorrow after my Ob exam! Today will be study day :) The nurses report (electronic) never stated why pt. had weakness in legs. My original plan was to teach the pt. not to commit suic...
  10. She has weakness of legs. It's her 2nd husband (remarried) Pt. pleasant, good eye contact, good recalls of timeframes and events, affect bright and mood congruent. Went to both group activities, socialable with other patients. She was in a cheerful, ...
  11. It is due Friday morning! I try to be an overachiever student by doing things in advance, but it's the getting lost part that gets me finishing the assignment a little later. I have been erasing, rewriting, erasing, rewriting, erasing, and rewriting...
  12. Also, I forgot to add...my teacher does NOT want anything dealing with Ineffective coping
  13. Actually, I think I am more interested in KNOWLEDGE DEF. R/T STRESS MANAGEMENT! :) My teacher told me that there was more than risk for suicide/injury, but I could not put my finger to it.
  14. Apologies in advance for the long novel but I wanted to give a brief & concise description of my patient. I just had my Mental Health Clinical and am practicing on writing a problems list with diagnosis and then I have to pick one diagnosis for ...
  15. I've actually learned that my school started counting the absences and tardies because Financial Aid will not pay for students missing class, since the contract is for students to attend class and Fafsa will offer aid.