Daytonite BSN, RN

med/surg, telemetry, IV therapy, mgmt

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    Huntington's Chorea care plan

    Daytonite replied to djnme2000's topic in General Students

    the construction of a care plan follows the steps of the nursing process. it all begins with the assessment of the patient. whether this is a real patient that you took care of or this is an...
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    11 Postpartum Nursing Diagnosis, Care Plans, and More

    Daytonite replied to Melissa Mills's topic in General Students

    How is the patient dealing with all of this? There are the coping diagnoses, Anxiety or Powerlessness you could use or Deficient Knowledge, possible outcome. I'm sure this mother will have many...
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    First Care Plan! Any obvious mistakes? THANKS!

    Daytonite replied to milan18400's topic in General Students

    chronic pain d/t r leg contractured amb pt. complains of pain of 9 on 0-10 scale the pt. will exhibit decreased pain to acceptable level, as evidenced by pt. verbalizing pain decrease to an...
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    assessment paper

    Daytonite replied to becky5438's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    you can see examples of medical write ups of history and physical exams on this website: http://meded.ucsd.edu/clinicalmed/introduction.htm - practical guide to clinical medicine. click on the "write...
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    First Care Plan! Any obvious mistakes? THANKS!

    Daytonite replied to milan18400's topic in General Students

    I posted an answer based on the deleted post. You provided no assessment data to back up your
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    11 Postpartum Nursing Diagnosis, Care Plans, and More

    Daytonite replied to Melissa Mills's topic in General Students

    Diagnosis always has to do with your assessment of the patient. you are focusing too much on the medical diagnoses and procedures and not thinking in terms of the nursing problems. Amniotomy r/t...
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    First Care Plan! Any obvious mistakes? THANKS!

    Daytonite replied to milan18400's topic in General Students

    perform assessment : ?? assessment is step #1 of the nursing process. assessment is done to find as much abnormal data about the patient as possible. the second step of the nursing...
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    Having trouble with care plan

    Daytonite replied to willingtolearn's topic in General Students

    diagnosing is based upon abnormal assessment data--not what is normal. so, when you are presented with these scenarios, go through them and pick out what is abnormal (if it helps, think about...
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    Prioritization Question

    Daytonite replied to CollaborateRN's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    It requires a physician's order (collaborative intervention). Safety precautions are an independent nursing
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    I need Help with care plan for a patient with Decubitus Ulcer

    Daytonite replied to tamabalj's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    i would ask your instructors to clarify what "theoretical knowledge" means, but my guess would be the pathophysiology of pressure ulcers. the pathophysiology of the medical condition is always...
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    NURSERY TEACHING SHEET -- help, please

    Daytonite replied to ldyjstce's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    you should be able to find most of the answers to these on some of the weblinks listed on this thread: https://allnurses.com/nursing-student-assistance/medical-disease-information-258109.html -...
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    Nees help with Pneumothorax dx plz!

    Daytonite replied to Passion4Caring's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    you mention that you "need more diagnoses". what have you diagnosed so far? i went through the data you posted and this was the abnormal data i came up with that i would use to determine the...
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    UTI Nursing Diagnosis help!

    Daytonite replied to schooltake2's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    any diagnosis really has to be based on any assessment data you found and you really haven't provided much, if any, assessment information. what were the symptoms of the uti? what medications were...
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    Trying to decide which diagnosis is more appropriate?

    Daytonite replied to StudentNurzNK's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    For psychosocial I'd use Risk for Other-Directed Violence R/T history of violence against others, neurological impairment, hallucinations and impaired thought
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    Diagnosis Priority

    Daytonite replied to momandsn's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    would risk for aspiration be a higher priority than impaired gas exchange? no. impaired gas exchange would be sequenced before risk for aspiration. the impaired gas exchange is an actual nursing...
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    Need to vent about manual BP

    Daytonite replied to OrthoFNP's topic in General Students

    Yes, B/Ps can fluctuate with each reading when they are being constantly taken like you guys were doing. You are leaving out the fact that the patient's anxiety can also be a factor in this. Many...
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    Prioritization Question

    Daytonite replied to CollaborateRN's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    But, you wouldn't know to do that until you did your physical assessment of their pulses first. An EKG requires calling a physician and getting an order. You cannot just hook a patient up to an EKG...
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    Prioritization Question

    Daytonite replied to CollaborateRN's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Somewhere at the end. At this point, it is not a
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    Please bare with me: Nursting test question

    Daytonite replied to jalana's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    That's just the way it is. We don't use the word infection. It is considered a medical
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    Help with NIC and NOC

    Daytonite replied to TomEMT-P2bRN's topic in General Students

    i am kind of confused as to how i use the books and what to do with the indicators in the noc book and in the nic book. do i just pick what one i want to use and what interventions i want? yes. they...
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    exam question i need ur help

    Daytonite replied to stuart2994's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    i am kind of confused as to how i use the books and what to do with the indicators in the noc book and in the nic book. do i just pick what one i want to use and what interventions i want? yes. they...
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    Nursing Essay Assistance needed!

    Daytonite replied to Giggles999's topic in General Students

    If these are essays for a nursing school application they are looking for insight into your character not what kind of information you possess about the healthcare field. They want to see what kind of...
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    Nursing Essay Assistance needed!

    Daytonite replied to Giggles999's topic in General Students

    Your instructions are "experiences have you had in the field that enabled you to obtain the skills and values that you have or have strengthened due to your working environment." I've interviewed a...
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    Please help me with my concept map

    Daytonite replied to robinhood76's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Impaired gas exchange and Ineffective breathing pattern are correct. Acute Pain is also a correct diagnosis. There is no evidence for Ineffective airway clearance and Activity intolerance so those...
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    Please help me with my concept map

    Daytonite replied to robinhood76's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    the patient's nursing problems are based on the symptoms the patient has. those symptoms should be listed on your concept map. the patient's symptoms become the data, or evidence supporting any...