Hey all!!! Ok, I'm going to be in my last sememster of nursing school and they made us take the ERI which is a test (practice for the NCLEX I guess in their eyes) and if we don't pass we drop a letter grade in our clinicals. Well, we have to take a p...
hey i'm having a problem coming up with a related to for my care plan with my pt. having ulcerative colitis. my teacher wants very indepth r/t's and i always have problems coming up with them. i know it's probably wrong, but i put: inflammation of i...
i heard, by several people, that red-heads tend to bleed more. i know it's true, but does anyone know why?? kinda strange that hair color can make a difference like that.
on a careplan, if the pt. is on enteral feedings (using a peg tube) under nutrition, the pt. weights 80 lbs., can you have risk for imbalance: less than body requirements?? i'm not sure because they are having enteral feedings so obviously they are g...
My pt. this week had normal F&E except for his Ca because he was in ARF, he had SOME drainage on his drsg. but not much..so I didnt' know whether he had any F&E problem to put on my careplan or not...I think everything was in the past but I'm...
Why is it typical in renal failure for the Ca levels to be low but not any other electrolytes?? I can't seem to find anywhere how they are related, I know the tubules absorb and reabsorb, but I just don't understand why Ca would be low. Help please!!...
Thanks guys!! A lot of y'all said stuff that calmed my nerves!! I talked to my teacher and she said it was ok as long as I get a note from the dr. that said that I am not contagious. It's kinda crazy how strict they are in school because she was li...
Thanks guys!! A lot of y'all said stuff that calmed my nerves!! I talked to my teacher and she said it was ok as long as I get a note from the dr. that said that I am not contagious. It's kinda crazy how strict they are in school because she was li...
Hey y'all ok i have a little problem... i got pus on my tonsils a few weeks ago, went to the infirmary and took amoxicillin and it went away, no big deal. well it came back and i went the the aftercare place by my house and they did a culture and sai...
Hey! Today was my first pre-clinical day and I got my pt. and everything and my teacher asked me to look up why they are watching my pt. HCT level, well she just had a TKA and so I got that answer but what I don't understand is if the level goes belo...