Daytonite BSN, RN

med/surg, telemetry, IV therapy, mgmt

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    This doesn't make sense to me....

    Daytonite replied to MattiesMama's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    calcium needs too be replaced daily. see calcium.doc and
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    Meeting Up With a Doctor You Don't Get Along with

    Daytonite replied to OCD_Mom's topic in General Students

    you actually can report doctors for this--like an incident report. i would go down to the medical staff office and ask them how you make or start a complaint or a peer review report (that's what its...
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    Bariatric Surgery-Need Advice

    Daytonite replied to MedSurgeMess's topic in General Nursing

    i think everyone "generally like a less invasive approach". i wanted something that i knew was going to be foolproof. i had a silastic roux-n-y bypass in 2006 and am very happy. i weighed 387 pounds...
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    When to being studying for NCLEX?

    Daytonite replied to AdrienneRN2b's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Study for the NCLEX begins the first day of nursing
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    This doesn't make sense to me....

    Daytonite replied to MattiesMama's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    gfr diminishes as people age. that doesn't mean there is renal failure or renal insufficiency. this website gives a thorough explanation of the pathophysiology of chf, but it takes patience to read...
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    Meeting Up With a Doctor You Don't Get Along with

    Daytonite replied to OCD_Mom's topic in General Students

    How would you know that some doctor has been "talking bad about me and acts like a complete jerk"? Did a doctor actually say these things to you directly? Or, are these things others have told you...
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    Help! I need to simplify my care plan...

    Daytonite replied to MattiesMama's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Shut up! Guess you didn't go overboard this time! I am proud of ya. Keep up the good work! :dancgrp: I was thinking after my last post to you that I should have given you some of the rules on...
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    Patient education assignement..... struggling/need help

    Daytonite replied to sweetpea808's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    no creativity at all here. you must care plan this. a care plan is a determination of the patient's nursing problems and then coming up with strategies (nursing interventions) to do something about...
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    The Great Debate...

    Daytonite replied to natkoz82's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    i can't take being a cna anymore i feel like a servant. . .i think you ought to think very hard about being an rn. the rn role isn't much different except those you will be "serving" may not always be...
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    Need help with creating Skills Fair!

    Daytonite replied to jaxnRN's topic in General Nursing

    i worked in ltc. this sounds like fun! i was watching a challenge on that program great american road trip not too long ago where the families had to haul dummy bodies into airplanes, i think it...
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    Tips on passing anatomy & physiology

    Daytonite replied to AHinch1988's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    both of these require memorization. there are many different memorization techniques. you just have to experiment with the different ones until you find one, or several, that work best for you:...
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    teas test

    Daytonite replied to nurse1daysoon's topic in General Students

    teas (test of essential academic skills) yes, it is the same test for both, but each school may require you to take the test. call the schools and ask them if you need to repeat the test. it is the...
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    good ECG/cardiac book

    Daytonite replied to TessaMae's topic in General Students

    the text that most of us old timers who worked telemetry learned from and is still on the market, periodically updated, is rapid interpretation of ekgs by dr. dale dubin. there is a website for it:...
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    Gulanick care plan book, anyone familiar?

    Daytonite replied to R.Romero's topic in General Students

    I have several care plan and nursing diagnosis books. I use them to help answer care plan questions. I have each because they offer something the others do not. What are you looking for in a care...
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    Yet another math problem...

    Daytonite replied to Quidam's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    they just played with one of the terms of the problem to have some fun with you guys. in actuality, heparin is often ordered as ____ units/hour. what your instructors did was play around with the...
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    Yet another math problem...

    Daytonite replied to Quidam's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    an iv bag contains heparin 25,000 units/500 ml nacl%. the current flow rate is 20 ml/hr. you are to increase the infusion rate by 200 units/hr. what is the new iv flow rate? in ml/hr. determine what...
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    Gulanick care plan book, anyone familiar?

    Daytonite replied to R.Romero's topic in General Students

    i have a 6th edition of this book and sometimes use it as a reference when answering care plan questions. i reference the nursing diagnosis pages that are on the website and free for public usage a...
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    Help! I need to simplify my care plan...

    Daytonite replied to MattiesMama's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    the interventions and rationales are all fine. most that i would critique would be how they are worded. i tend to focus on wording things toward a positive slant keeping away from as much negative...
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    Help with essay for application to the nursing program! Honest opinons please :)

    Daytonite replied to NICU Kristen's topic in General Students

    i don't see any mention about what your opinions and cultural background are and how it will add to the cultural community of their college. do you have any opinions about nursing? they were very...
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    Help with essay for application to the nursing program! Honest opinons please :)

    Daytonite replied to NICU Kristen's topic in General Students

    you should go to the website of the university of michigan and read their mission statement. see what kinds of goals they have set for their students. isn't that at least one or two of the reasons...
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    The Nursing Math Thread

    Daytonite replied to Tweety's topic in General Students

    Dose Desired: 325 mg Dose On Hand: gr. x (10 grains) Conversion Factor: 1 grain = 60 mg Formula: Dose Desired divided by the Dose on Hand times the amount that the Dose on Hand comes in will give...
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    Help with Care Plans

    Daytonite replied to rn/writer's topic in General Students

    before I saw this, I answered your other post on the nursing student assistance forum about this care plan and spent several hours putting my answer together for you:...
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    Nursing Care Anxiety?

    Daytonite replied to laughingoutloud's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    what are his symptoms of the anxiety? you can see a list of them (see the defining characteristics) on this website: [color=#3366ff]anxiety is nursing assessment the same as nursing care? no. an...
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    Help! I need to simplify my care plan...

    Daytonite replied to MattiesMama's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    you say "this gentleman has chf, and he has fallen 4 times within the last 2 weeks and has multiple cuts and bruises all over his body. he also has a colostomy. and a million other things wrong with...
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    confused careplan

    Daytonite replied to jconway45's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    the construction of the 3-part diagnostic statement follows this format: p (problem) - e (etiology) - s (symptoms) problem r/t etiology aeb symptoms problem- this is the nursing diagnosis. a...