Amy2005

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1. about contact precautions

   Amy2005 posted a topic in General Nursing

   When a patient is on droplet & contact precautions and the specimen results are not yet back (the patient has a respiratory infection) - this means that anyone entering the patient's room must...

2. how old are your references?

   Amy2005 replied to ajaxgirl's topic in General Nursing

   Keep those references - believe me - they come in handy at a later date. Even now, for me, I am using as many of my written references and evaluations for another

3. Is this school worht it???

   Amy2005 replied to xLovelyMakeupx's topic in LPN to RN

   before getting involved with any educational facility, find out everything about the program. Find out about the clinical components - like when will clinical occur? (some of these programs have...

4. rights of patients

   Amy2005 posted a topic in General Nursing

   When a patient is competent, then the patient can accept or refuse treatment. What source actually explains the circumstances of a patient right to refuse or situations when health care providers or...

5. Please help me in making my Nursing care Plan

   Amy2005 replied to mkwatro's topic in General Students

   how about 'impaired physical mobility r/t painful joint" - does he have self-care deficit? Or chronic pain? Or risk for imbalanced nutritional status: less than body

6. McMurray's Test

   Amy2005 posted a topic in Orthopedic

   This is the test for checking torn meniscus. I have been searching Google to find a more detailed description of how the test is performed. My textbook has a short description, but I am not certain...

7. diagnosis and records

   Amy2005 replied to Amy2005's topic in General Nursing

   Actually, this is a patient who went to ER from home, then was sent from ER to LTC. Such an abrupt change, no longer able to go back home, and asking "what was the cause of the problem?" I don't...

8. diagnosis and records

   Amy2005 replied to Amy2005's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks. For the patient to request the chart/diagnosis - who to ask? Ask medical recoords? Sounds reasonable to send a

9. diagnosis and records

   Amy2005 posted a topic in General Nursing

   When an elderly patient, transferred to a long-term care facility, wants to find out their diagnosis (that caused them to go into hospital emergency), unsure if the doctor saw them while in the...

10. transfusions and tubing

    Amy2005 replied to Amy2005's topic in General Students

    okay - and this would mean using another bag of NS (emptied in order for it to receive the backflush from the NS that is already hanging). It would probably be okay then to just use that new NS and...

11. transfusions and tubing

    Amy2005 posted a topic in General Students

    The blood administration set can be used for 2 units, as long as they are given in rapid succession and the tubing is flushed with saline in between. When using the blood admin set that is...

12. Montreal graduate wants to work in Toronto!

    Amy2005 replied to feiyue's topic in International Nursing

    check with the College of Nurses (located in Toronto on Davenport

13. bruits and hypertension

    Amy2005 posted a topic in General Nursing

    The textbook that I am looking at says to assess carotid, renal, ischial, or femoral bruits. Where is an ischial bruit found, if there is one? The others that are mentioned are ones that I have...

14. Activities for Confused Adults

    Amy2005 posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    This is a request for ideas for some activities that an older confused adult could participate in, during the day, while sitting in a wheelchair. It was suggested by one person that folding...

15. oxygen question

    Amy2005 posted a topic in General Nursing

    What is meant by "domiciliary oxygen"? I've been checking on google for an explanation - haven't found a clear definition. My book mentions it in terms of its being used for fifteen hours/day and...