Daytonite BSN, RN

med/surg, telemetry, IV therapy, mgmt

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    Nursing Diagnosis - Psychosocial

    Daytonite replied to Lemetria Whitehurst's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Is this is pre-op patient who is going to be undergoing general anesthesia (be put to sleep)? Think about this. What would you fear most if you were going to be put to sleep? I'll answer for you--that...
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    Help!

    Daytonite replied to wjddnjs's topic in General Students

    question 1: what is bse? discuss the best time of the month to perform bse. bse and how it is done can be found on websites all over the internet. all you need do is look for this information. this...
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    Nursing Diagnoses Help!

    Daytonite replied to b_howard's topic in General Students

    you are talking about a medical disease/condition to nursing diagnosis cross reference. they can be found in nursing diagnosis handbook: a guide to planning care by betty j. ackley and gail b. ladwig...
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    please help ......

    Daytonite replied to nikig's topic in General Students

    see the information and weblinks on this sticky thread: https://allnurses.com/general-nursing-student/looking-test-taking-224581.html - looking for test taking
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    Neurosensory Disorder Question. NEED HELP ASAP

    Daytonite replied to Fundamentals(1986)'s topic in General Students

    The nurse may be a mandatory reporter in your state and has no choice but to report it. To be sure, you need to check your state law on this. It is then up to the Agency on Aging to do an...
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    Care plan for Ineffective Protection

    Daytonite replied to kris911's topic in General Students

    Well, good luck with this care plan. If you need more
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    ? about Physical Assessment

    Daytonite replied to adnstudentnurse's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    first of all, we have a sticky on assessment that has a number of weblinks to some fine medical school sites as well as videos that teach and show you these things. sometimes reading another...
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    assessing iv sites

    Daytonite replied to pmshiftrn's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Yes. It is leaving off the rest of the sentence. . ."positive signs of phlebitis", "positive signs of infiltration" instead of documenting exactly what they see and observed. For example, "A 3 inch...
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    Nursing Diagnoses Help!

    Daytonite replied to b_howard's topic in General Students

    You are very
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    In need of help ... STRESSED OUT!!!

    Daytonite replied to lovelylia's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Deficient Knowledge,
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    Nursing Diagnoses Help!

    Daytonite replied to b_howard's topic in General Students

    nursing diagnoses, which are merely names for the nursing problems the patient has, are always based upon the signs and symptoms of these nursing problems that the patient has. therefore, they are...
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    Lung Ectomy

    Daytonite replied to Sean.McTague's topic in General Students

    True. I was trying to be kind in the way I corrected the student's incorrect use of the term "lung
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    In need of help ... STRESSED OUT!!!

    Daytonite replied to lovelylia's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    i can advise that you use the nursing process to organize the case study. i think it is wrong for nurses to be asked to medically diagnose. i can tell you to check lab sites to advise you what high...
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    Help me please!!

    Daytonite replied to myviefolle07's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    what you have posted in a rundown of this patient's medical diagnoses, the results of her medically ordered labs and medical treatments. a nursing care plan is about determining her nursing problems....
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    OB Care Plan/Nursing Diagnosis Help Needed

    Daytonite replied to MyBrainIsFull's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I'd be watching for hemorrhage (new diagnosis added by NANDA this year and in NANDA International Nursing Diagnoses: Definitions and Classifications 2009-2011: Risk for Bleeding) or addressing pain...
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    In need of help ... STRESSED OUT!!!

    Daytonite replied to lovelylia's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    using the nursing process to help organize this. . . step #1 - organizing the assessment data - assesment consists of: a health history (review of systems) - this is a 22 year old unemployed single...
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    Lung Ectomy

    Daytonite replied to Sean.McTague's topic in General Students

    when a patient has a lung removed what side do we need to lay them on when recovering? you are going to be turning the patient. drainage goes to gravity's lowest point. these patients are at risk...
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    Labs for pneumonia and hypoxia?

    Daytonite replied to NewBeee's topic in General Students

    these websites will always give you the doctor's prospective on treatment and diagnosis for most diseases: family practice notebook (use search box and input a disease)...
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    Peg tube water sterile vs non-sterile

    Daytonite replied to soontobeRN086's topic in General Students

    The stomach is not a sterile cavity. The acidic secretions are there as a protective measure. Go back and read the GI section of your A&P
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    Ideas for a peer teaching project

    Daytonite replied to Gerry1888RN's topic in General Students

    you don't need to teach how to do a complete assessment of a child, just what would be different in the assessment of a child with a disease such as asthma or type i dm would be different, in other...
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    Invasive and Non-Invasive Measures

    Daytonite replied to tigress_8207's topic in General Students

    there are weblinks to information on most of your invasive and some of your non-invasive procedures listed on post #13 of this sticky thread:...
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    Nursing diagnoses for modified radical mastectomy

    Daytonite replied to Smurfie's topic in General Students

    the information that you are to use in formulating your actual and potential nursing problems has been provided for you. you just have to pick apart the clues: it is 48 hours after surgery of a 40...
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    P-QRS-T COMPLEXES???

    Daytonite replied to Sara5229's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    she is having pvc's (premature ventricular contractions), or skipped beats. your next action is to document what is happening by printing a strip of this and calling the physician with your...
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    In need of help ... STRESSED OUT!!!

    Daytonite replied to lovelylia's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    That may be the problem. Here in the U.S. we go for the nursing problems on these case studies, not the medical problems and manage patient care. We use the nursing process to do that. It's similar...
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    Metabolic Acidosis/Alkalosis question

    Daytonite replied to AtomicWoman's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    look up and find the pathophysiologies of vomiting and diarrhea. that is how you are going to find the answer to this. this is straight up science. it would help to have a fluid and electrolyte...