Jarob747

NO! One mess up like that in the beginning of her school and she wants to be responsible for my family and friends life when and if she actually made it through nursing school,I DO NOT think so. Sorry, Like Daytonight says you never completely miss an oppertunity someone else will find it and take it. She had hers lost it and now someone else will find it.

Thank You, I was kind of leaning more towards Acute Pain as my #1 problem but really his abdominal pain on the day that i had him was gone he only had tenderness in his RUQ and the only pain that he really had was due to his irritated, red, raw bottom from diarrhea. Dr ordered a stool sample but I was not able to obtain it because it was so runny and had too much urine in it as well. I just wish I had more than an 8 hr shift to try and do a whole care plan on. I want to really understand what is going on with him and right now I am just not. I really thank you for your help and I'm sure I will be asking for more here in the near future like umm prob tomorrow after clinical :)

Acute Abdominal Pain r/t unknown etiology

Yes I do now, but before no I guess i didn't realize that. I am not sure what to put as the etiology. My patient is not on O2 and his sats are WNL. i just have evidence of decreased O2 carrying capacity because he has low Hbg and all that other stuff that I already mentioned. he is in for unknown abdominal pain. He has severe diarrhea, high risk for falls, decreased Cardiac output, Impaired urinary elimination, Acute Pain Imbalanced Nutrition more than body requirements and I put ineffective tissue perfusion. I don't know what to put down for the cause. Please Help.

I've been in your shoes before. Is her Resp 28? That is high normal range is 10-20/min. She is a smoker , on 2L O2 via NC, You may want to check out Ineffective Breathing Pattern. Always remember your ABC A Airway B Breathing C Circulation in priority. If they aren't breathing nothing else matters. We don't really care if she is in in pain if she isn't breathing. So look for ariway problems first and they will be #1, then Breathing problems they will be #2, and then Circulation problems they will be #3, and then safety, nutrition blah blah etc. etc. Hope this helps you.

I was wondering if I could use the NANDA Ineffective Tissue Perfusion for more than one specified type such as Renal due elevation in BUN/Creatinine ratio, Cardiopulmonary due to cap refill >3 sec and abnormal ABGs, and Gastrointestinal due to Abdominal pain/tenderness?

Hello... Anatomy and Phisiology, I can remember back thinking that it was sort of difficult. I barely studied and made As all thru my two years of prereqs. I had a 4.0 GPA. Now in my second year of Nursing School I would settle for a B because it is so much more in depth. It is very important to remember your A&P. Nursing classes are way harder but the information and the hands on trainging that you will get are very interesting. I love it yet some nights I just want to cry or pull my hair out because it is so hard, time consuming and demanding. It will be worth it, Don't give up it gets better.