Holly.G

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  1. is rape reportable?

    "Section 11160 of the Penal Code REQUIRES health practitioners who, in their professional capacity or within their scope of employment, provide medical services for a physical condition to a patient whom they know or reasonably suspect has an injury ...
  2. is rape reportable?

    I was actually just asking in regards to a response I overhead from a law enforcement worker who told a 19 year old girl that if she had told her doctor she got raped, during a checkup it would remain confidential. She herself made it clear that she...
  3. is rape reportable?

    if a patient tells you that they've been raped... is that something that should be held confidential?
  4. Drunk paitents

    If a patient comes into the hospital drunk and is admitted and is seen by a doctor and the doctor says that he needs medical treatment (serious issue) could they at that point refuses and just up and leave? or at this point would we have to restrain ...
  5. hematoma on her forehead due to falling.. I mean in the NANDA text there's nothing about hematoma
  6. Thanks you guys!!! :nuke:
  7. Its for school... I have lab coming up this Thursday that I'm getting tested in for taking vital signs. None of its getting through me head. Id prefer someone explain it to me than give me straight cut answers.
  8. Im clueless! argh. Vital signs for an elderly 80 year old lady: BP 85/50; HR 120; RR 20; SpO2 98%
  9. DAMN! Thanks guys!
  10. "Well my mother was a nurse..." what exactly is the meaning behind that? They wanted to be a nurse because of family pressure, or...? I really don't get it because they also go off to say the typical "I wanted to care for people" So correct me if I'm...
  11. Im just wondering because it was one of my test questions.... not trying to look for a quick fix here its been done and over with.. I was just wondering. I choose 38 breaths/min for the neonate, as a guess...
  12. Let me fix the title before someone bashes... "who would be your first priority"
  13. Who would be ur first priority.. a toddler with 24 breaths/min neonate with 38 breaths/min 8 year old with 14 breast/min older adult with 12 breaths/min
  14. I need help!

    Alcohol abuse, abuse in general, poverty are main ones...
  15. I know that we get to have real life experiences as nurses but how does it exactly all work? Is everyone partnered up with their own nurses? or..... im a bit lost...