LVN2006

Any help with care plans will be appreciated?

I know that optimum is 120/80 for b/p. but my instructor is asking if i checked my vitals on pulse and apical because they aren't making sense. I really don't know what when the pulse or apical is good or bad in connection with the blood pressure. ...

I absolutely believe that massage is a healing process and that only people that have been given the knowledge through a nursing background should be giving them. Case in point, Anna Nicole Smith...Anyway, I also think that products are important in...

76 yo female. History: Breast cancer survivor 3 yrs. Lumpectomy. Overall good health. C/O swollen arm and hand, shortness of breath. 5' 3" 180 lbs. C/O being tired off and on. Pt has been told that the swelling is due to carrying bags and reaching. ...

She is my stepmother. She had a a lymph biopsy of the left arm 3 years ago. In the last 2 mos she noticed SOB and edema to the left arm. She had an abdominal CT yesterday and blood work. I am just trying to get some idea of where she is health w...

the pt states the breast cancer is gone 3 years. what else causes the swelling now. she had the surgery 3 years ago.

I hear on the news and for many years to give aspirin if somebody is experiencing chest pains or heart attack. my teacher says wont work?

Pt. history: GERD, hiatel hernia, type 2 diabetes, neuropathy, just diagnosed with CAD and right-sided CHF. Left-sided and right-sided CHF. If left side, do you avoid turning the pt. onto the left side because of blood in the ventricle? It worse...

I was asking because a nurse said I couldnt turn the pt on the left side to change the bed because of left-sided chf. this pt had right-sided which I think means the left ventricle stopped pumping and moved to the right side. he is on pharmacologi...

Hi, 2 questions actually on this topic: 1. When you go to bathe a pt with a tube feeding, do you put the machine on pause until you bathe the patient and change the bed. How far up do you leave his head? 2. Can someone explain the NG flush to m...

After going into nursing and looking at the wooleybuggers under the microscope, I don't ever want my nails long again. Just thinking of holding the kids or putting my hand on a sandwich and then into my mouth! oh, i get nauseated thinking about it

Hi, My teacher says give insulin R and 8 NPH say 7 a.m.. regular peaks in a couple of hours and NPH approaching peak about noon. Dr. has SS 200> BS give 2 units Regular. She says if you give the SS when you test the BS about 11:30 a.m. the pati...

Can anyone tell me the percentage of oxygen in room air?

thank you for inquiring with your instructor. 21% is what i found too but I wasnt sure. thanks again

Does anybody have any advise or practice questions for med surg? Know where i could find any practice test?

my question is for the RN. Could you write out plainly what you wrote in this assessment?

I am a type 2 diabetic and just starting into the nursing program. Last night I vomited until there was nothing in my stomach. I drank a regular coke and chicken broth and ice water. Just kept running to the bathroom. i ended up at the ER and all...

It is wonderful you can take this attitude. You are better than I. I have finished Fundamentals, Pharmacology, and almost done with Med/Surg. I don't know if I would have the energy to go again. I am holding on with each test. We can only miss 2...

It is wonderful you can take this attitude. You are better than I. I have finished Fundamentals, Pharmacology, and almost done with Med/Surg. I don't know if I would have the energy to go again. I am holding on with each test. We can only miss 2...

What do you think about massage on diabetics or those with compromised immune systems

You are certainly full of yourself. You are probably one of those students who believes he is smarter than the teacher

We have lost 6 so far. LVN program. We lost 5 in Fundamentals, 0 in Pharmacology, 1 in med-surg due to injury. The teachers kicked out a student 3 months prior to graduation--didn't like her clinical notebook. They can kick you out just because t...

i thought it was just me! ha ha! i have the nclex book too. i like it very much. are you using ati? just came to our school this year.

Go to school in California. My current problem is writing a Nanda and then supporting it, what the patient will do and the result. It is very difficult for me to get that mind set. I too take notes, only with a pda and keyboard. I type 74 wpm. U...

In our school we would never discuss a patent's condition even with another student. How could it possibly be ok for you to talk to the pateint's family about his condion or care?