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  1. Hypothyroid and Type 1 Diabetes

    Ted's Wife replied to Ted's Wife's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Thank you for the clarification. So skipping the medication will cause changes in how her insulin works from day to day. Considering that the insulin calculation is being done properly at each meal...

  2. Hypothyroid and Type 1 Diabetes

    Ted's Wife posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Here's the situation... 12 year old girl diagnosed with Hypothyroidism 4-5 years ago taking 75mcg Levothyroxine daily. Recently diagnosed Type 1 Diabetic (in February 2012). Insulin regimen...

  3. Hypothyroid and Type 1 Diabetes

    Ted's Wife replied to Ted's Wife's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    The main issue is that this patient doesn't always take the Levo exactly as prescribed. Sometimes it's taken with food and/or milk, which is contraindicated. Sometimes a pill is missed. I understand...

  4. Therapeutic Intervention...or not?

    Ted's Wife posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    need some clarification please... would giving a bath to a client in a ltc setting be considered a therapeutic

  5. PT/INR

    Ted's Wife posted a topic in General Students

    can anyone explain how to read the values for pt/inr? i have a question on a review sheet that states the value as 20sec/2.2 and i'm supposed to know if it's within normal range. oh, and the...

  6. PT/INR

    Ted's Wife replied to Ted's Wife's topic in General Students

    i thought this was a resource to assist me. i've used this site several times in the past and never had anyone tell me to figure it out for myself. but it's ok because i did in fact figure it out for...

  7. PT/INR

    Ted's Wife replied to Ted's Wife's topic in General Students

    I wasn't expecting anyone to "give" me the answer. Thanks for your

  8. Type II Diabetes Mellitus

    Ted's Wife posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    here we go again... i'm working on a concept map for a case scenario. no real patient to asses...just the information given by the instructor. "patient" is an 82 year old female diagnosed with type ii...

  9. Type II Diabetes Mellitus

    Ted's Wife replied to Ted's Wife's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I actually do that myself. Problem is, when I'm working with a case scenario and not a real patient, I don't have the opportunity to assess for further information. So I'm stuck trying to figure out...

  10. Type II Diabetes Mellitus

    Ted's Wife replied to Ted's Wife's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    thanks for the diagnosis suggestions. one of my other ones is impaired

  11. Type II Diabetes Mellitus

    Ted's Wife replied to Ted's Wife's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    i would definitely love to have more info to work with. but since this is all i've got, i have to make it work. i did list medications as one of the first things i would

  12. Type II Diabetes Mellitus

    Ted's Wife replied to Ted's Wife's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    kind of the same thing...it's like a diagram. for each diagnosis you have to list a. assessment b. dx/tests and c.

  13. Assessing and Diagnosing Self-Care Deficit

    Ted's Wife posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I'm working on a concept map for a patient with right-sided hemiplegia as a result of a recent left-sided CVA. The nursing diagnosis is Self-Care Deficit. What I'm having trouble with is...

  14. Assessing and Diagnosing Self-Care Deficit

    Ted's Wife replied to Ted's Wife's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    This is not an actual patient. This is a case scenario...guess I should have specified that at the beginning. The only info I have is that the patient has had a recent left-sided CVA and curently has...