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i made a nursing diagnosis, but i wasn't sure if this was in a correct format because it seems to be too long. nursing diagnosis is: excess fluid volume r/t impaired excretion of sodium and water as exhibited by elevated vital signs of temp of 98.6°f, rr of 24, and bp of 188/90, pt's wt gain of 6lbs within four days, crackles in posterior bilateral lower bases, and slightly pitting +2 edema secondary to congested heart failure. is it too much information? am i doing something wrong? should i cut down all that detailed info since all that will be there under patient assessment? please let me know if i am on the right path. thank you!

Thank you. That is the site I used as well to get the info, but I wasn't sure on the drug actions and side effects. My resident is on tube feeding and the ordered reason was just for supplements which is why I'm having a hard time listing the primary side effects.

I am currently in a LVN program and took both CNA and phlebotomy before applying and both were great learning experiences for me. It helped me stick to nursing even more and I became more confident as a person especially with all that face to face interaction I got to do. Phlebotomy was my favorite class and still is one of the things I like to do. I enjoyed drawing blood from patients and when I was a student phlebotomist at clinical sites, there were patients who didn't want me to draw from them, but after seeing me couple of times, eventually let me and once they saw that I was successful, they automatically gave me their arm when they saw me. That boosted my confidence because it shows that patients trusted my skills. Experiences like that are something you can't get elsewhere. There was a student who passed out whenever we drew blood from each other, but it didn't stop him from learning; currently, he is working as a phlebotomist! It never hurts to try a few of those classes (except your $$) and you'll definitely learn what you want to do in life.

I'm suppose to make a medication worksheet for my resident and I can't find much information on pro-stat 64. I looked in my drug book and there's nothing on it and so I searched online for the drug classification, drug action, etc. and I'm constantly running into the talk to physician before taking this supplement. It's not even on wedmd.com! I need to get the drug classification, drug action, why it's ordered, primary side-effects, nursing concerns, what is a normal dosage. I can figure out the ordered reason, normal dosage, but the drug classification, drug action, and the primary side-effects are impossible to find! Please help!