LaurenKET

no we can use risk for we have to have one actual.. i have a ND book (two actually) thanks though

is it risk for deficient fluid volume r/t bleeding?

this will sound stupid ...but it comes from one of my nursing instructors and i dont mean to make it sound easier than it is or downplay your issue but.... you have to imagine yourself succeeding, seize every clinical opportunity, as long as your instructor is guiding you and you are not reckless: you can only learn! I wear this dumb supergirl watch to clinicals....it is like a standing joke with my whole class. I dont count on the watch but I do put a lot of confidence in myself before doing a procedure for the first time or something : like, fake it til you make it kind of thing! :)

Hi, I am new to the forum and in my last semester of nursing school. Though I have to admit; I have stolen some of your wonderful suggestions for other people before applying them to my clinical paperwork. However, I am facing a whole new issue. I have to write my final paper for Advanced Med Surg class to graduate. It is about patients with comorbid conditions. I have been given the task of a young adult asian american/phillipino male with pancreatic cancer. His acute condition is aortic dissection. Here is the kicker: I need to write the situation/setting/and first 24 hours of care for this person. After that, I can proceed on with patho of both conditions and medical treatment, top 3 nursing diagnoses, assessments, interventions, cultural and development aspects of care etc etc etc my top three are: (general) risk for infection r/t altered immunity secondary to chemotherapy i think my second should be risk for bleeding r/t effects of antienoplastic agents Pain Is there a better way to say risk for bleeds? I dont ever remember using that as an ND. Maybe risk for injury....But I am talking about a straight risk for bleeding due to low platelet counts, surgery, the dissection etc etc etc The point of that paper is to discuss how the two conditions affect the care of the patient. How does the pancreatic cancer affect his aortic dissection condition and treatment etc. WOW I am confusing myself. Am I making sense? Can someone help? Thanks