Daytonite BSN, RN

med/surg, telemetry, IV therapy, mgmt

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    What is a supraumbilical hernia repair?

    Daytonite replied to schn's topic in General Students

    an umbilical hernia is when tissue protrudes through the umbilical ring. "supra" is a medical term that means "above" and refers to the surgical approach that the surgeon is using to do the surgery....
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    post op hypertension care plan

    Daytonite replied to jitterbugg's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    then, you need to look up the pathophysiology of hypertension. you will find it on this thread: https://allnurses.com/general-nursing-student/help-pathophys-hypertension-295077.html - help with...
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    Pediatric Assessment Form

    Daytonite replied to CarolinaGal's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    since this thread was started links to pediatric assessment forms were placed on post #33 of this sticky thread:...
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    Careplan

    Daytonite replied to L.A.W's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Once you have completed your assessment of the patient, the next task is to list the abnormal data. That data is the symptoms of the patient's nursing problems. What you have to do is determine what...
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    post op hypertension care plan

    Daytonite replied to jitterbugg's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Why is this important for your care plan? A care plan is about the patient's nursing problems, not their medical problems. The doctor treats their medical problems and we assist in that. We treat...
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    Help!! I don't want to fail in my 4th semester over a CARE PLAN...

    Daytonite replied to sweetnlow4's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Ineffective Breathing Ineffective
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    Need some help with NANDA Prioritizing

    Daytonite replied to Koa29's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Disturbed thought process Dressing/grooming self-care deficit Disturbed personal identity Situational Low Self-Esteem Risk for
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    Help!! I don't want to fail in my 4th semester over a CARE PLAN...

    Daytonite replied to sweetnlow4's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    They are concerned about her immunity. There is a nursing diagnosis for this: Ineffective Protection R/T leukopenia AEB fluctuating fevers and impaired
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    Care plan due tomorrow need help on nursing Dx!

    Daytonite replied to CGRIENTS22 SN's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    when you are doing a pediatric care plan the first thing you need to do is compare the child to his normal growth milestones. find out what is normal behavior for a 5-year old and how he compares to...
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    care plan dx chest pain

    Daytonite replied to L.A.W's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    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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    What would you answer for this test question?

    Daytonite replied to tbell2's topic in General Students

    what is the number one reason for babies temperature dropping? a. heat loss b. immature thermoregulation there's a nursing diagnosis for this that i am always giving out when students are asking for...
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    NANDA diagnosis for a patient at risk for clot formation due to A. Fib

    Daytonite replied to kkliner's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Did you consider the diagnoses of Ineffective Protection or Risk for
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    Help understanding a diagnosis

    Daytonite replied to marjibme's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    do you have to state what the medical diagnosis is, or the nursing diagnosis? the medical diagnosis is surgical ileus secondary to a laparoscopic cholecystectomy. this is a complication of surgery....
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    Apothecary conversions

    Daytonite replied to Babyheart's topic in General Students

    I suggest you listen to what your instructor is telling you because she is
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    Could this diagnosis work?

    Daytonite replied to knittingmonster's topic in General Students

    Impaired Tissue Integrity is generally used for patients with cellulitis. Also, when there is infection present the diagnosis that can be used is Ineffective Protection R/T microbial invasion of...
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    is this a correct nsg dx

    Daytonite replied to bambam1288's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    A patient with CAD has Decreased Cardiac Output and that covers all the sypmtoms of edema and fluid retention because of the poor function of the
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    Formulating Nursing Diagnoses

    Daytonite replied to ModelMom's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    etiology is explained below. the construction of the 3-part diagnostic statement follows this format: p (problem) - e (etiology) - s (symptoms) problem - this is the nursing diagnosis. a...
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    Glioblastoma Care Plan -- HELP!

    Daytonite replied to ldyjstce's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    it is another diagnosis that can be used in place of risk for infection except that risk for ineffective protection is not an official nanda diagnosis, but ineffective protection is. it is a safety...
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    Need help on nursing diagnoses- I'm stuck!

    Daytonite replied to SchoolNurseChristine's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    you are thinking like a doctor instead of nurse. a nursing care plan is about determining a patient's nursing problems, which are given names called nursing diagnoses, and doing something about them....
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    Need help for my group! We are studying wrong re: Basic Skills

    Daytonite replied to avidhunter3's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    you have to know what the terms mean. you have to study the material and know what it means. the nclex style questions are what are called application type questions that presume you know the...
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    Glioblastoma Care Plan -- HELP!

    Daytonite replied to ldyjstce's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    "Risk for" diagnoses are potential problems and are not considered as much a priority as actual problems. Actual problems are always sequenced first. I'm glad you recognized that some of these are...
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    Mechanical Ventilation Help!!!!!

    Daytonite replied to Nursey103's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    there are weblinks to information on mechanical ventilation on post #13 of this sticky thread: https://allnurses.com/nursing-student-assistance/any-good-iv-127657.html - any good iv therapy or nursing...
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    Help with OR questions for a paper

    Daytonite replied to studentpn2010's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    http://www.surgeryencyclopedia.com/pa-st/rotator-cuff-repair.html - rotator cuff repair http://www.surgeryencyclopedia.com/st-wr/surgical-team.html - the surgical team and what each member
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    Need Help.....editing my personal statement

    Daytonite replied to swtgurl's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    The essay is fine until the last paragraph. You really don't say a whole lot about what your plans for a career in nursing will be. I thought maybe you might say you were interested in specializing...
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    NEED help....revising my personal statement

    Daytonite replied to swtgurl's topic in General Students

    it would seem to me that the reason they wanted this personal statement was for you to explain why one of your pre-requisites wasn't completed. you put that reasoning in the last paragraph making it...