Daytonite BSN, RN

med/surg, telemetry, IV therapy, mgmt

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  1. foundations of maternal-newborn nursing, 4th edition, clinical companion, by sharon smith murray and emily slone mckinney. is the condition the woman is presenting with in question #3 uterine rupture?...
  2. this is no different from doing a care plan for a patient except you are doing a care plan to improve patient care and unit productivity. remember the nursing process. it is a problem solving tool....
  3. answers are in red. i made an error on question #1. a 17-year-old primigravida is 28 weeks gestation and has gained 6 pounds since 4 weeks ago at her last prenatal visit. the most important nursing...
  4. the construction of the 3-part diagnostic statement follows this format: p (problem) - e (etiology) - s (symptoms) problem - this is the nursing diagnosis. a nursing diagnosis is actually a...
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    nursing care plan for OB

    so then what are rationales? my teacher keeps saying to have rationales in our care plan. rationale - the fundamental reason of something; a statement, or explanation, of reason or principles (page...
  6. a 17-year-old primigravida is 28 weeks gestation and has gained 6 pounds since 4 weeks ago at her last prenatal visit. the most important nursing action is to: caution her to avoid salty foods and...
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    HELP!!!!! PLEASE

    no, i do not know anything about it. i would copy the candidate booklet that i gave you the link to onto your computer and use that as a guide for subjects to review for the test. the questions you...
  8. first of all, there are a couple of points you are struggling with here: the significance of the abnormal lab values what this patient's nursing diagnoses are abnormal lab values will become data...
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    nursing care plan for OB

    a care plan is about determining a patient's nursing problems. we give those problems names called nursing diagnoses. they are based upon an assessment that you do of the patient in which you...
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    nursing care plan for OB

    Deficient Knowledge, specify is the correct diagnosis. There must be a specific topic. How about Deficient Knowledge, baby care? You know, the first thing I thought of was that this was a very young...
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    My first pt for LTC clinical and 1st care plan

    i'm referring to bathing/hygiene self-care deficit in most of the comments i make. identified problem: self -care deficit related to progression of disease as evidenced, by incontinent of bladder and...
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    HELP!!!!! PLEASE

    but, in the end, the essential red tape did get completed, didn't it? almost every student worries that they may never pass the nclex-pn because they have forgotten a lot of the material they learned...
  13. i posted a whole bunch of helpful websites on this thread a long time ago. it was made into a sticky. bookmark it:...
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    student

    any diagnosis has to be based on your assessment of the patient. every nursing diagnosis has a definition, defining characteristics (signs and symptoms) and related factors (causes). this is no...
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    Need care plan help for PVD

    you stated that this lady has been seeing a pain management doctor for over 6 years. the diagnosis you are looking for is chronic pain - definition: unpleasant sensory and emotional experience...
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    Need Help With 2 Care Plans

    Determining the nursing diagnosis is Step #2 of the nursing process and developing outcomes and nursing interventions is Step #3. All are based on the assessment information you found in Step #1. In...
  17. your confusion here is that (word for word) i need to identify collaborative problems and potential complications for her medical diagnoses. decreased cardiac output and ineffective tissue perfusion...
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    Free Concept Map Template

    There is also a link to a template on this thread: https://allnurses.com/nursing-student-assistance/care-maps-225330.html - care
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    Can someone help me prioritize

    According to Maslow. Some instructors want Acute Pain sequenced first on surgical patients. It is best to discuss this with your instructors because it may affect your
  20. Daytonite

    Impaired tissue integrity ??

    there is a very specific difference between impaired tissue integrity and impaired skin integrity. impaired tissue integrity is damage to mucous membrane, corneal, integumentary, or subcutaneous...
  21. you are on the right track and need a little help here. care planning is about determining the patient's nursing problems and then doing something about them. to do that we use the nursing process...
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    Med Surg

    see the posts and links to websites on this sticky thread plus these charts about 5 of the major electrolytes:...
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    HELP!!!!

    there is all kinds of information about this on this thread: https://allnurses.com/nursing-student-assistance/any-good-iv-127657.html - any good iv therapy or nursing procedure web sites - see post...
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    Can someone help me prioritize

    this is how they should be prioritized according to maslow along with the reasoning, although i have to tell you that altered bowel elimination: postoperative ileus is not an official nanda diagnosis....
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    First Care Plan! Any obvious mistakes? THANKS!

    Looks good,