We had a huge test today and the teacher is not giving the grades out until Tuesday! I hate waiting!! lol Anyway, there have been a couple questions bothering me and I was wondering if anyone could...
Hi, I am doing a care plan on a pt who came to the hospital after having 1 month of RLQ pain when it statrted to radiate to the LLQ and L chest. He had a chest xray and EKG which were normal and the...
Hi, I am looking over lab values for a pt with acute pancreatitis. In addition to the amylase and lipase being elevated, so were the NA, BUN, CL, ALT and AST. I am trying to figure out why these are...
HI, in clinical today I did a head to to assesment on a pt who was 3 days post op from a AAA. I noticed the belly was very firm. When looking over my assesment My clinical instructor said that I...
I work full time evenings 4pm to midnite and i go to school full time too. I am am in my 2nd semester of nursing. It is hard and i have no social life anymore but its definately
thank you for responding:) To answer some of your questions the pt is not a smoker or obese, its a 93 yr old female. I do not have Iron values but the patient is on iron suplements. What is this...
Hi everyone, I am working on a careplan for my nursing class. The careplan has to have a respiratory diagnosis. My pt was 1 day post op from a L hip replacement. I am thinking of using "risk for...
Hi everyone, I am working on a careplan for my nursing class. The careplan has to have a respiratory diagnosis. My pt was 1 day post op from a L hip replacement. I am thinking of using "risk for...
Hi, Your friend is right diarrea is not a nursing dx. the careplan books can be confusing. they may have medical diagnosis like diarrea listed with nursing diagnosis 4 that medical problem. Ex -...
The professor said because all the patients she gave us are post op that they should have at least a "risk for" dx related to the recent surgery. The pts labs were all normal, ABG's normal, vitals...