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    Hospice care question

    dannygirl04 posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    We haven't learned much about hospice care and I'm in the middle of a project about it. I'm having a difficult finding information about things a nurse can do to support the family while their loved...
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    Nursing diagnosis, how do you prioritize

    dannygirl04 posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I thought I read somewhere that you should prioritize your nursing diagnoses on a care according to how serious it was (life threat or not). Then after you list the actual problems you do the "risk...
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    Nursing diagnosis, how do you prioritize

    dannygirl04 replied to dannygirl04's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Esme 12 - That's how I ended up prioritizing them. I did acute pain, anxiety, and then risk for infection. I decided that that made the most sense since he had the anxiety, but based on the surgery...
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    Nursing diagnosis, how do you prioritize

    dannygirl04 replied to dannygirl04's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I had to do one psych/social diagnosis. The patient was quite anxious about being in the hospital and stated several times that he was very anxious about the going through the surgery and the changes...
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    The breakdown of care plans

    dannygirl04 posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I'm working on my first really detailed care plan and I need some help with what the instructor is actually looking for in each heading. The headings I have to use are (left to right): Assessment and...
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    The breakdown of care plans

    dannygirl04 replied to dannygirl04's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    You're right, I just didn't really know how to phrase that so that it would sound appropriate and couldn't remember the terms that I'd seen in the chart. I can see the value in the care plans and I...
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    Grades and jobs

    dannygirl04 posted a topic in General Students

    I'm just wondering how much grades really matter when it comes time to get a job. The hospital system that I work for now asks on the application what your GPA was. I'm hoping to get hired there as...
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    Help me with the diagnosis

    dannygirl04 posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    My patient in clinical last week had medical diagnoses in the notes from the admitting physician of medication monitoring, obstructive sleep apnea, chronic airway obstruction, asthma, thryotoxicosis...
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    Help me with the diagnosis

    dannygirl04 replied to dannygirl04's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    The X-ray they did said lower left lobe atelectisis vs. bronchitis. I'm thinking she had pneumonia that led to COPD exacerbation, but maybe I'm really far off. I'm second semester so I'm still...
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    Grades and jobs

    dannygirl04 replied to dannygirl04's topic in General Students

    It's a 2 year associate degree program at a state technical college. According to what I've been told, it's supposed to one of the best technical colleges in my state. The waiting list to get in for...
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    Help me with CET's

    dannygirl04 posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I'm a second semester student and in first semester we never did a CET. This semester I have one due almost every week. I just did my first one and thought I did a pretty good job on it. I wrote a...
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    Help me with CET's

    dannygirl04 replied to dannygirl04's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    It's a competency evaluation form. I guess it's made by the state or something and they set 7 competencies that they want us to meet. For example, "use information and technology to communicate,...