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  1. head-to-toe

    Medsport posted a topic in General Students

    Hope this is'nt a stupid question, but what exactly do we do in a head-to-toe exam? The peds instructor passed out a form similar to the one we used last semester to highlight expected or ineffective...

  2. stages of life

    Medsport posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I'm trying to work on my ineffective behaviors and am having trouble with the stage of life: growth and developmental tasks part. We are supposed to use it for part of our main paper, but I guess I...

  3. stages of life

    Medsport replied to Medsport's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I forgot to mention, I need to work on my "small talk" more or at least talk to the patient and having trouble what to put in our clinical log for our goals and feelings of the clinical experience and...

  4. I'm the only guy in my nursing class now...

    Medsport replied to Scrubz's topic in General Students

    Our LPN class only has two guys (me and one other). There was supposed to be 2 or 3 more that either failed or droped out of the RN program come into ours, but they did'nt show up to the orientation...

  5. drug cards

    Medsport posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    We have about 50 drug cards to do before we start clinicals this week. A few of them are not in our nurses drug guide book that we are supposed to use. In our syllabus it says to contact the pharmacy...

  6. colostomy care

    Medsport posted a topic in General Students

    My patient for tomorrow has a colostomy, catheter, g-tube and also has a couple bed sores. This will be my first patient that has had any of these except the catheter. A guy who had him last week said...

  7. identify cause

    Medsport posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I just completed my first "good" care plan last week. now we have to do 2 on 1 patient. It took my all day to do 1 last week. Anyway my client had a colonostomy and catheter and I'm trying to figure...

  8. identify cause

    Medsport replied to Medsport's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Thanks, I would have used imbalanced nutrition, but they took his g-tube out last week. We're not allowed to use the risk for yet. Also, I wonder if I should put Impaired Walking in there and if so...

  9. colostomy care

    Medsport replied to Medsport's topic in General Students

    It was'nt as complicated as I thought. It was basically using a syringe without the needle to inject water into the colostomy bag when you are emptying it to get all the "paste" out. I ended up...

  10. meds checkoff

    Medsport posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I have my checkoff for administrating oral meds tommorrow and I don't think I'm gonna pass this one. This is the first one that you don't get a chance to practice the skill beforehand. It's basically...

  11. meds checkoff

    Medsport replied to Medsport's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I was worried over nothing, I passed. I did mess up a little, but the instructor cut me a little slack. I probly got 90% of them right. My gf always makes it sound harder than it is. She said we had...

  12. need help with CP/Dx

    Medsport posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I did a good job on my last care plan (that did'nt count), but my gf helped me quite a bit. Now I have one due on monday that is going to be counted and I can't figure it all out on my own. I've...

  13. need help with CP/Dx

    Medsport replied to Medsport's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Thanks, I totally missed the peripheral diagnosis in the book, I think that will work. Now I just have to pick the number 1 priority to do the care plan page. I believe the impaired tissue perfusion:...

  14. need help with CP/Dx

    Medsport replied to Medsport's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Yeah, I wanted to use Ineffective Tissue Perfusion for my dx, but the nursing dx book says, in Suggestions for Use, it is not recommended because renal tissue perfusion actually represents medical...

  15. need help with CP/Dx

    Medsport replied to Medsport's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    No, I did'nt copy down any symptoms, I did'nt think we were supposed to. We have some sheets to fill out that have physiological modes of expected behaviors and ineffective behaviors that we highlight...

  16. Evaluation help

    Medsport posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Ok, I have just about completed my first "complete" care plan. I just have a question if I'm doing the evaluation stage correctly. My client has pneumonia and the goal is "client will have improved...

  17. help: goal & outcome

    Medsport posted a topic in General Students

    I'm working on the client goals and outcome criteria on my care plan. This is the first time we've got to that part and I have some questions. I think my patients top nursing diagnosis is "Impaired...

  18. help: goal & outcome

    Medsport replied to Medsport's topic in General Students

    Thanks, I probably should try to do the interventions and ratonale too, even though they are not due on this one, but I believe that would complete the care plan correct? We have to have 3 complete...

  19. perforated bowel?

    Medsport posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I'm in my 3rd week of clinicals and I went to meet my client for Thursday today and the nurse said he had critical BUN and creatine values Monday and now had a perforated bowel. He has a cath and has...

  20. perforated bowel?

    Medsport replied to Medsport's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Correct, he is now on comfort care and seems to be incoherant. I'm not sure if he is on pain meds or not, there is no IV. I looked again and could'nt find anything on a perforated bowel. What else...

  21. identify causes

    Medsport posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I'm working on the care plan section where you identify ineffective behaviors and identify causes. I'm haveing trouble deciding what to put down for the identify causes section. Say the client has...

  22. identify causes

    Medsport replied to Medsport's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    thanks, that helps, but i would just use the neuromuscular impairment and cystitis as causes in this section, but when i do the actual diagnosis (probly next week), i would put the r/t in between...

  23. accounting or nursing

    Medsport posted a topic in Nursing Career

    I'm halfway thru my first semester in the LPN program. Its going ok, I've passed everything so far and clinicals are'nt as bad as I thought they would be yet (but have my first incontinent and...

  24. MLA help

    Medsport posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    We just started doing the pathophysiology of our care plans and we have to write a summary of whatever diagnosis the patient has for that week. We can copy word for word from our textbooks. But I was...

  25. take it seriously?

    Medsport posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    My gf, who also just started clinicals last week with me, gave me a good talking to last night. She says I need to take nursing school serously. I don't study near as much as she does, don't hardly...