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I'm a nursing student and am in the process of doing my preceptorship. The other day my nurse and I were notified that we would be getting a patient from the ER. We didn't know the patient had arrived until the nursing assistant told us. They dropped the patient off and left and we never received any kind of report, so we knew nothing about the patient. Is this considered abandonment?

We had a post CABG patient when I was on a tele floor (I'm a student) and his potassium was 3.2. He had potassium chloride running and the nurse told me we were just going to continue monitoring him because the level wasn't in the danger zone. If I came across this situation again, is there anything I could do differently? I have to write a reflective journal and need to come up with 3 things I could do differently in a similar situation. I really am not sure what I could do. Thanks guys.

Yes, I would consider 20% very low. So I think activity intolerance should be the first priority?

The hemoglobin is 9.4, O2 saturation is 95% on 2 L, and I don't know the cardiac output but the ejection fraction is 20%.

Fatigue related to inadequate tissue oxygenation secondary to anemia. Activity intolerance related to comprised oxygen transport system secondary to cardiomyopathy and MI. Would fatigue be first since you would be able to alleviate that if you're able to treat the anemia. And if you treat the anemia there would be more oxygen in the blood which could help the activity intolerance, right? I'm so confused, please help. This is a patient who is also on 2L of O2.

I know it stands for status post, but what does it actually mean? For example, deep vein thrombosis s/p inferior vena cava filter. Does it mean the patient developed DVT after having an IVC filter? Thanks.

This is for one of my classes, and I just want to make sure that it is autonomy vs. beneficence. Thank you. The vast majority of HIV-positive physicians contacted for this article discussed feeling some level of a moral dilemma regarding disclosing their health status. "I feel in a real quandary," one cardiologist from Arizona states. "I feel that I owe it to the hospital, my patients, colleagues and partners in my practice to disclose, yet these feelings are in direct conflict with the realistic need for me to be self-protective."

In my health care ethics class, we have to interview an RN (through phone, in person, or e-mail), but I don't know any RNs in real life. So my question is: Is there anyone here willing to participate in my interview? I only need one person, and I have a few questions to ask you. If you can, please leave your e-mail here so I could get in contact with you. Thank you so much!!

Hey guys, I'm new here and I don't know if I'm posting in the right section. Forgive me if I'm posting in the wrong place. I'm currently finishing up my sophomore year in college and have changed majors twice already. I was a math major and now I'm currently a psychology major. Now I want to major in nursing. I've thought about this for a while now. But first, I have a few questions. If I'm going for a BSN, can I get a job after I get my degree? Also, is it like getting into medical school where you have to apply to get in, or can you just major in it like any other majors? I don't know much about this.