caroline ames

I agree that in practice we must consider at risk for diagnosis to optimize patient care.to be a good nurse our job is to prevent complications. we are just not allowed to use them for the assignment. Thanks so much!!!

Thank you so much this has been very helpful. We are not allowed to use "risk for" diagnosis ,activity intolerance etc. as our instructor views them as too common.

Can anyone please help me out? I am racking my brain to come up with a nursing diagnosis for my patient. Her admitting diagnosis was acute renal failure. She was on tele in a sinus rhythm with a rate of 98. She had no edema an output of about 50 ml /hr lungs clear afebrile, no edema. basically she had none of the things you would expect to find in a renal patient. Her morning labs came back with a critical ca++ level of 5.7 we contacted the Dr. who ordered calcium gluconate stat. She became shaky , disoriented and had a seizure before we could get the calcium hung luckily I was keeping a close eye and was able to call a rapid response immediately. The only cardiac change was during her seizure she was sinus tachy at 102-110. Please help!!!!! Thanks