kansasredneckwomen

I had a patient this week that has had some major health issues in the last year. Because of this, and a possible ileostomy, I wanted to do a Depression nursing diagnosis but noticed it is not in my care plan book. Did Nanda remove it?

The fact that you notice the deficiencies of your current facility and you care enough to be "hurt" by their mistreatment will help make you a good nurse. As far as your grading, our instructors are constantly observing us so I can't imagine how they...

Do not try to memorize everything! You will go crazy. Instead, learn to think critically. You have a patient that cannot breath, what do you do? Nursing school is a lot of information, especially technical, and they do not expect us to remember every...

I'm planning on starting in the ADN program in July, depending on graduation from the PN program of course! lol

As a nursing student myself, I do not worry about other classmate's grades. Yeah, it's nice when you do well to tell your friend or when you don't do well to share with others to see if the test stumped them also. However, if she is cheating it will ...

I have an AAS in medical assisting but the knowledge I have gained in the last 3 months far exceeds what I learned in the two years I spent on my degree. I love that nursing teaches me why diseases act like they do and why we are giving certain meds ...

Great question and even greater answers! Thank you for making the cardiac meds so much clearer! We just finished the unit prior to the post and I never understood how to keep the drugs separated as well as I do now that I have read your posts!

To me, it depends on how they act on their fear of falling. My client was so fearful of falling again that she was afraid of moving at all and would fight us while turning, transferring and ambulating. I ended up writing it as anxiety r/t fall hx aeb...

Nitropress is given in a hypertensive crisis by IV. What it that?

I am having the same problem with my care plan. I usually do not struggle this much but my resident has several issues. Her history is that she is 81 y/o and was found by her son in the fetal position under the kitchen table, covered in urine, feces,...

I was able to see another woundvac demonstration today. This was, by far, the worst wound I have ever seen (to the point our instructor continually assessed us for dizziness and nausea)! The client had gotten his upper arm caught (on what I am not su...

I personally would go with a psychosocial. Having both lower legs amputated! That is a huge, life changing ordeal! How will that effect her mind? Her social life? Her independence? Good luck!

I think my biggest problem is that I do not meet the patient before developing the care plan. We are given our "assignment" on Monday afternoons and told to read the H&P, labs, progress notes, etc. for our client and then develop a care plan that...

I just did one on that and put in to maintain the INR in a therapeutic range, which for my patient is 1.5-2. Good luck!

Congrats! I am also in KS and taking my NCLEX-PN sometime after May. Are the PN results just as quick?

It is my understanding that the technique used is specified by the Md order. If he/she says do it sterile than do. However, home health nurses cannot exactly use sterile technique but this is okay because they are used to the pathogens in their home....

My program also does the "weeding out" but not with as much as you say. For starters, we only do 20 of the most commonly used meds a week. That gives us the basic reactions, actions, uses, and nursing implications for the majority of the drug group. ...

Gotta love auto-correct!

Congrats! I passed my first med/surg exam with an 85% but it was over eyes/ears/skin disorders. I take my next exam Monday over respiratory disorders Monday and then we start cardio disorders. I'm syked as I love the heart and what to be a CCRN so I'...

I have an AAS in Medical Assisting from a university. Although I did like the job it didn't pay very well ($13/hr in my area) and is very limited on positions as Kansas does not use them widely yet. There is also not very many opportunities for advan...

It is true about no more weekends! I occasionally get lucky and have nothing due the next week but I spend my weekend getting organized or ahead in some of my reading. My best advice is to know and let others know that your schooling takes priority. ...