Daytonite BSN, RN

med/surg, telemetry, IV therapy, mgmt

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    What does this mean?

    Daytonite replied to AGal110's topic in General Students

    "vancomycin 1,000 ml ivpb trough 30-60 mins before" this order specifically means that 30-60 minutes before giving the vancomycin, have the lab come and draw a vancomycin level on the patient. that...
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    Need Help with Nursing Diagnosis

    Daytonite replied to pinkerton's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Decreased Cardiac
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    Help with Care plan!

    Daytonite replied to sha821's topic in General Students

    see the information and examples on this thread: https://allnurses.com/general-nursing-student/help-care-plans-286986.html - help with care plans. if you search allnurses for care plans about cvas...
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    Syncope Paper

    Daytonite replied to Delawhere_RN's topic in General Students

    this website gives the doctor's perspective on diagnosis and treatment:
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    Syncope Paper

    Daytonite replied to Delawhere_RN's topic in General Students

    The diagnosis you are looking for is simply Ineffective Tissue Perfusion: cerebral R/T interruption of blood flow. You can also have a second diagnosis of Risk for Falls especially because of the...
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    quick care plan questions

    Daytonite replied to 1234student's topic in General Students

    a nursing diagnosis has to based on abnormal symptoms that the patient has. was he breathing properly or not? there is a nursing diagnosis called ineffective breathing pattern that accounts for all...
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    Nursing Dx

    Daytonite replied to Kidagora's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Risk for unstable blood Glucose r/t physical health status is what the taxonomy suggests, but to customize the diagnosis I would not use the word "infection" because that is more of a medical...
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    Need Help with Nursing Diagnosis

    Daytonite replied to pinkerton's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    a diagnosis is always based on the evidence (abnormal assessment data) you have before you. high blood sugar of 255 1" incision on hand with some redness & mild swelling (symptoms of the...
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    diagnosis priority: exccess fluid volume or ineffctive tissue perfusion?

    Daytonite replied to ashleyisawesome's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    tissue perfusion diagnoses are always sequenced before the fluid diagnoses because they have to do with oxygenation of the tissues. with oxygen, the heart and lung tissues suffer pretty quickly and...
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    nursing dx: ineffective thermoregulation

    Daytonite replied to cindycollins's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    ineffective thermoregulation r/t immature compensation for changes in environmental temperature can always be used for a newborn. but look at what else is going on: wbc's are elevated and platelets...
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    Check this Nursing Dx for me...

    Daytonite replied to Faye1's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    No. The definition of this diagnosis (Risk for Imbalanced Nutrition: more than body requirements) is at risk for an intake of nutrients that exceeds metabolic needs. Reduced physical activity...
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    Case Study presentation

    Daytonite replied to tetrs04's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    i'm not sure what my professor means by medical diagnosis. the medical diagnoses are pvd, renal failure, and uncontrolled htn. the instructions seem pretty clear: discuss the medical diagnosis,...
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    Nursing Textbooks: Keep or Toss?

    Daytonite replied to StudentNurseElle's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I was just talking about this with one of my visiting nurses the other day. Keep them. Why? Sometimes older textbooks will contain information that gets left out of the newer textbooks. Older...
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    Stabilization of CVA

    Daytonite replied to CollaborateRN's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Remember that any diagnosing is based upon the symptoms that the patient will have. So, in the acute phase of a stroke, list the symptoms a patient is likely to display This is were listed on the...
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    oh yes, another nursing diagnosis question

    Daytonite replied to Leaky1021's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    So, in other words, he has to live with the diverticulitis and everyone keeps their fingers crossed that he never gets a bowel obstruction, right? This diagnosis of diverticulitis is new, isn't it?...
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    Need Help with these OB Questions Please

    Daytonite replied to 2CatLover's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Wow! Well, I'd go on what your textbook says. Stillbirth (fetal death) would be the most dangerous effect based on how the question is worded. But since the question tells you to choose all that...
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    dimensional analysis problem HELP!

    Daytonite replied to KayDubb's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    order: heparin 40,000 units iv in 1 l 0.9% ns at 1,000 units/hr. calculate the rate in ml/hr ________________ you want to end up with ml/hour: 1000 units/hour (dose desired) x 1 liter/40,000 units...
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    plz help, prioritising nursing dianoses!!!

    Daytonite replied to radhika33's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Nursing diagnoses are based upon the assessment data you have on the patient. provide some specific assessment information (signs and symptoms that the patient is having) and I will help you. a good...
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    Stabilization of CVA

    Daytonite replied to CollaborateRN's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    nursing care plans do not usually include interventions by other disciplines, do they? however, wouldn't the care plan look incomplete and not so comprehensive without them? yes, they can. it...
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    breast cancer

    Daytonite replied to mfatony's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I think this was meant to be about your personal thoughts, not ours. I've had cancer 3 times. Imagine what it would be like to be told this information. I was scared and cried a lot the first time I...
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    HELP...Nursing diagnosis on Chronic Pain

    Daytonite replied to levans121687's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Outcomes are the predicted results of your nursing interventions. If you are "fine" with your interventions, then your outcomes merely need to reflect what should happen as a result of your...
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    Ineffective tissue perfusion careplan

    Daytonite replied to llwallace's topic in General Students

    first, understand that a care plan is a big list of what you have determined to be the patient's nursing problems and the things (interventions) you are going to do for those problems. the entire...
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    OB Nursing Diagnosis

    Daytonite replied to sara_a08's topic in General Students

    see https://allnurses.com/general-nursing-student/help-care-plans-286986.html - help with care plans for information on care plan construction. follow the steps of the nursing process (assess,...
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    Priority Assessment During IV Administration

    Daytonite replied to mvass00's topic in General Students

    if you were administering iv fluids to a geriatric patient which would be the priority assessment? choose one. auscultate lungs measure output monitor blood pressure readings obtain serum electrolyte...
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    HELP Nursing Dx for diarrhea/abdominal pain

    Daytonite replied to fredrick90005's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    it is irrelevant that the doctor has not determined a medical diagnosis. i know that you probably have a section on the care plan form you need to turn in that asks for this information. you need to...