Daytonite BSN, RN

med/surg, telemetry, IV therapy, mgmt

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    PLEASE anyone HELP me! asap

    Daytonite replied to erican3232's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    It's because I felt very strongly that you were disorganized in your thinking. I felt you were going places with what you were posting that were way off base. You weren't addressing all the...
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    PLEASE anyone HELP me! asap

    Daytonite replied to erican3232's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    as someone who just spent 5 days in the hospital and one of my problems was a swallowing problem let me give you some information on this. in order for a swallowing evaluation to be done (we're...
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    PLEASE anyone HELP me! asap

    Daytonite replied to erican3232's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Good! You nailed it!
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    PLEASE anyone HELP me! asap

    Daytonite replied to erican3232's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    you must be clear in your communication. trying to say something is not the same when you have said something else. we work with facts, not suppositions. working with suppositions will get you into...
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    PLEASE anyone HELP me! asap

    Daytonite replied to erican3232's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    my priority rankings for gordon's 11 functional health needs is slightly different than yours. however, it is not affecting the sequencing of nutrition - metabolic pattern elimination pattern...
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    PLEASE anyone HELP me! asap

    Daytonite replied to erican3232's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    you are wrong. did we read the same scenario? i didn't see any vital signs given in the scenario. nor did i see a potassium level given. we are told that the woman is severely dehydrated and...
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    PLEASE anyone HELP me! asap

    Daytonite replied to erican3232's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I have no idea where you are getting your evidence for all of this. Hypovolemia, very specifically, is an abnormal decrease in blood volume or decrease in the volume of blood plasma. This can only...
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    PLEASE anyone HELP me! asap

    Daytonite replied to erican3232's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    case study situation: mrs. t, age 56 years, is in the hospital for treatment of dehydration. her only previous medical history includes alzheimer's disease. the emergency room physician documented...
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    risk for loneliness -- need help with patient goal/outcome!

    Daytonite replied to miniangel729's topic in General Students

    Goals are the predicted results of your nursing interventions. What are your
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    Careplan for....

    Daytonite replied to CrunchyMama's topic in General Students

    "looking for something different" is really not the attitude one should be taking with care planning. Care planning is about determining the nursing problems that a patient has and then developing...
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    what is code status?

    Daytonite replied to 123_y_321's topic in General Students

    No
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    Nursing diagnosis for Lobesectomy

    Daytonite replied to nursingstudentnikkic's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    lobesectomy is a misspelling. are you talking about surgery on the lung or some other organ? nursing diagnoses are always based upon the patient's signs and symptoms that they are experiencing, not...
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    First IM injection question

    Daytonite replied to casnee's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Yes, it is normal to feel that bit of resistance when aspirating. When you get blood in the syringe when you aspirate it is because the tip of the needle has entered a capillary and you need to...
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    Nursing Diagnoses - Am I Understanding Correctly?

    Daytonite replied to simply_viki's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    should i have included the wbc count and urine culture results in the aeb section? no. they are not evidence of a
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    Goals & Outcomes in a Nursing Care Plan.

    Daytonite replied to mustangmona's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    this has been the subject of some heated debates on this forum before. i suggest you discuss this with your instructors so you know exactly what their definitions of these two terms are. this is my...
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    Need Help with nursing care plan

    Daytonite replied to vaughald's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    risk for injury related to abnormal clotting factors aeb her test results a "risk for" diagnosis is an anticipated problem, meaning that a problem does not yet exist. therefore, there cannot be any...
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    what is code status?

    Daytonite replied to 123_y_321's topic in General Students

    do you ask pt/pt's family about how they want their code status while you are doing health history? or we just assume everyone wants full code? yes. federal law requires that patients are asked by...
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    Nursing Diagnoses - Am I Understanding Correctly?

    Daytonite replied to simply_viki's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    The patient has all the symptoms of an infection. The diagnosis you should be using is
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    what is code status?

    Daytonite replied to 123_y_321's topic in General Students

    fall r/t dizziness and loss of short-term memory as evidenced by history of falling 6 times in the last 8 months. fall is not an official nanda approved nursing diagnosis. the r/t part of the...
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    what is code status?

    Daytonite replied to 123_y_321's topic in General Students

    what is code status? this refers to whether or not a patient is to be resuscitated if they stop breathing or their heart stops beating. if the patient is a "full code" a code blue would be called...
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    Need help with a Nursing Diagnosis!

    Daytonite replied to Noudles27's topic in General Students

    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 Diagnoses - Am I Understanding Correctly?

    Daytonite replied to simply_viki's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    all parts of the chart should be gleaned for assessment information. check the doctor's h&p and the nursing admission assessment. i did a post about this some time ago and listed the various...
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    11 Postpartum Nursing Diagnosis, Care Plans, and More

    Daytonite replied to Melissa Mills's topic in General Students

    Anxiety r/t medical procedures amb client report feeling anxious You should have been able to see physical signs and symptoms of the
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    Pharmacology Help

    Daytonite replied to Brandirose20's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    there is a list tutorial websites on post #2 of this thread: https://allnurses.com/general-nursing-student/nursing-math-thread-264395.html - the nursing math
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    Need Help with NANADA Newborn Nursing Diagnosis

    Daytonite replied to mw2422's topic in General Students

    Try Risk for Impaired Attachment. Definition: disruption of the interactive process between parent/significant other and child/infant that fosters the development of a protective and nurturing...