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Thank you so much! That helps out lots!

Hi everyone, I started filling out my career and goal statement for a residency I'm applying to, and now I'm completely blank. I think I'm worrying way to much about what to say, and that I might make it too short and not use the best words. I know I don't have a lot written, but this is what I have so far. Some guidance would be greatly appreciated! How do you see your role as a nurse contributing to patient satisfaction? Dedication, compassion and an eagerness to continuously learn are qualities in a nurse. Having these virtues in addition to critical thinking allows me to provide exceptional patient care continuously. One of the nurse's most important roles is that of a patient advocate.

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Pt is a 71 M admitted for a massive incisional hernia that developed from previous colon resection 15 months prior. Pot-op colon resection pt coughed and the incision evisedrated and dehiscence occured. Currently they removed the massive hernia, and inserted 4 JP tubes. The pt is healing well with no complications. Two JP tubes have been removed since surgery, and the remainder two will stay intact upon discharge. We have an abdominal binder on the pt, and he added a gait belt ontop of it he stated for confidence. Please let me know if you need additional information.

Hello, I'm working on my clinical paperwork, and seem to be struggling on the lab analysis portion. I try to correlate the low or high values to either medications my pt is taking or existing problems that could cause them to rise or fall. When I submit my paperwork my instructor says "You are not making the correlation with the patient and the labs. You need to start working on the link." I'm not sure what other ways to look at it. I would appreciate any help you could give me. I feel like I'm just missing it. Here is what I have submitted in the past regarding low RBC. Any and all feed back would be wonderful! A decreased number of RBCs results from either acute or chronic blood loss, mechanical destruction of the RBCs, or a physiological problem such as decreased RBC production. Function: carries oxygen from the lungs to the tissues around the body, and gets waste carbon dioxide from your tissues to your lungs where it can be breathed out. Possible causes: Lovenox causing Anemia, Coumadin having a drug-drug interaction with lovenox affecting platelet function. Nursing Interventions - monitor RBC and report significant changes to physician. Recommend deep breathing and IS to increase oxygen in blood.

Thanks a bunch! Now when you said to look through the thread did you mean in this section or in another section?

Hello I'm new to this forum, and I need guidance. I'm needing to find a simple case study over diabetes. Can anyone point in the correct direction? I've looked on google and yahoo, and all the case study's I'm finding are very indepth. Something short with a few questions. Any assistance would be helpful. Thanks!