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Pt. 82 yr/old had a lower anterior resection 4 days ago. C/o pain at night and was given Percocet PO. An hour later, his RR = 4. His O2 sat was 97% @ 2L The next day, in AM, RR=20. Patient ambulated for the first time twice in AM and was really ti...

MD was def. called and oxycodone was changed to dilaudid. To answer another question.. the only other med pt. was taking was atenolol, which he usually takes for his HTN. I will put that assessment under acute pain (below oxycodone). I would like ...

Thank you so much. I just have one question.. although the pt. has bradypnea (RR=10), his O2 sat was still 95 on RA. Is that considered hypoventilation? Thanks again.

Well yes, I have some other nursing dx, including acute pain, and the oxycodone under that one. So you think that the RR should be also under Acute pain as an effect of the oxycodone? And also.. should I just ignore the fact that he had a RR=10 whe...

Yes, and the position name is also not specific.. In Brigham and Women's Hospital, where I worked, we are PCAs (Patient Care Assistants) and at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, you are a PCT ( https://prod.fadvhms.com/bidmc/JobBoard/JobDetails....

I got a great job (that I quitted when I started nursing school) after I got my CNA license. You definitely learn a lot, but nothing like the experience that the field gives you.. I was lucky I was working in one excellent hospital here in Boston....

Is it Patient Care Technician? (which in here is the same as CNA)?