Daytonite BSN, RN

med/surg, telemetry, IV therapy, mgmt

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    Hypo/Hyperglycemia,in relation to BP

    Daytonite replied to Jjearkwein's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Cardiovascular disease is a common complication of diabetes. Hypertension is common with cardiovascular disease. You need to read up on diabetes and its
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    Nursing Care Plan Help

    Daytonite replied to CarolS Boyz123's topic in General Students

    Since you have the NOC and NIC books did you look at what was listed with Fluid Managment and Fluid Monitoring? Since the patient had diarrhea and GI bleeding, why aren't you considering Blood Loss...
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    First Nursing Care Plan

    Daytonite replied to CarolS Boyz123's topic in General Nursing

    i answered your post in the general nursing student discussion forum, but i'm glad you posted part of your diagnostic statement here. i still can't suggest a better noc or nic choice for you because...
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    Nursing Care Plan Help

    Daytonite replied to CarolS Boyz123's topic in General Students

    what was your nursing diagnostic statement? deficient fluid volume and telling us the medical diseases isn't enough information for me to help you. noc is nursing outcomes classifications and nic...
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    Can't find action for Benzocaine

    Daytonite replied to deemarys's topic in General Students

    benzocaine - an ester local anesthetic comes as a topical cream or spray. produces nerve block by inhibiting nerve conduction. the ester local anesthetics have short or moderate duration of action...
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    Freaking Out

    Daytonite replied to kfarinato's topic in General Students

    free ekg material is on post #39 of this sticky thread: https://allnurses.com/nursing-student-assistance/any-good-iv-127657.html - any good iv therapy or nursing procedure web sites. you don't need...
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    Hypo/Hyperglycemia,in relation to BP

    Daytonite replied to Jjearkwein's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    In looking at some of the information I have around here I am not finding a correlation between the two other than hypertension can be a complication of diabetes and hypoglycemia can be a side effect...
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    Nursing care plan

    Daytonite replied to 18_gurl's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    a care plan is about determining the nursing problems that a patient has and then developing strategies to do something about them. the problem here is that pneumonia and pleural effusion are medical...
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    omg some one help meee :'( time to cry

    Daytonite replied to chachada1's topic in General Students

    I was an IV therapist for over 6 years and was nationally certified for 4 years in this specialty. Starting IVs is not something that is taken lightly. We learn the principles of how it is done as...
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    Fluid and electrolyte help

    Daytonite replied to dmfisher86's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    there are only 6 main electrolytes: potassium, sodium, calcium, magnesium, phosphate and chloride. you can link into information about them on post #22 of this sticky thread:...
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    Feedback/help with FNP personal statement appreciated!

    Daytonite replied to Amxixi29's topic in General Students

    without getting specific, i don't believe you addressed the questions (issues) you were to answer. you give a lot of your personal history but you really didn't address or make the connection to how...
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    Need help with care plan

    Daytonite replied to LA_Style's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    i can tell you are in a muddle. let me first clarify that a care plan is about ascertaining what the person's nursing problems are (diagnosing) and then developing a strategy (plan) to do something...
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    Care Plans - What's their purpose? - What do you think of them?

    Daytonite replied to jjjoy's topic in General Students

    Not being mean here, but you do not understand what is going on with care plans yet. A care plan is a determination of a person's nursing problems and strategies to solve them. The fact that you...
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    In need of a GOOD Care Plan book

    Daytonite replied to tlg1971's topic in General Students

    The copy I have was published in 2008. I do not buy from Amazon.com because often they have old and used stuff. I only buy new from Barnes and
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    Care Plan-Stuck. Peds Mitochondrial Disorder

    Daytonite replied to miss.ky's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    support their deterioration or the stabilization of their condition. there is nothing wrong with a goal that is something like "continue to. . ." your goals have to be based on what your baseline...
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    Care Plan-Stuck. Peds Mitochondrial Disorder

    Daytonite replied to miss.ky's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    milestones for a 6-year old: http://www.uchospitals.edu/online-library/content=p01063. how does he measure up? if you have room you should address it in your care plan with delayed growth and...
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    Is Anyone in Management Here?

    Daytonite replied to RuRnurse?'s topic in General Nursing

    i was a supervisor. we had rules we had to follow when it came to floating people. the answer to your question of why nurses are floated to certain units and not others is because of fairness and...
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    Drug Testing Question, new student

    Daytonite replied to kingwoodhopeful's topic in General Students

    When you take the drug test you take your prescription medications with you as well as a photo ID. They ask you at the time of the test if you are taking any prescription medications that are going to...
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    Care Plan-Stuck. Peds Mitochondrial Disorder

    Daytonite replied to miss.ky's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    what has you stumped about the patient's medical diagnosis? are you having trouble finding the pathophysiology for your care plan? i was trying to find information about it on the nih (national...
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    Postpartum careplan - does this dx work?

    Daytonite replied to CharleeJo.RN's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I have had 30+ years as a nurse to figure this stuff out. Believe me, I was not a stellar student. There is a great deal of logic and reason in all of this. What you need to do is look at this...
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    Micro exam approaching...still need a good text!

    Daytonite replied to java12's topic in General Students

    have you checked on all the online micro links on post #45 of this sticky thread: https://allnurses.com/nursing-student-assistance/pathophysiology-p-microbiology-145201.html - pathophysiology/ a &...
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    In need of a GOOD Care Plan book

    Daytonite replied to tlg1971's topic in General Students

    nursing care planning made incredibly easy published 2008 by lippincott williams & wilkins. the book gives a lot of helpful information on how to put together a care plan using the nursing...
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    needs advice please!

    Daytonite replied to sweetness09's topic in General Students

    there is a list of general math websites that you can go to in order to refresh your math skills. they are listed on post #2 of the the nursing math thread sticky:...
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    good IVP practice?

    Daytonite replied to tater.jake's topic in General Students

    you will find the parameters for giving all, but 3 of them by iv push on this iv push medication policy chart from medical university of south carolina:...
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    Priority diagnosis diabetes, fluid & electrolytes

    Daytonite replied to intense0120's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    so, the first thing you need to do is: determine what is abnormal among all that data you have presented. a problem is only a problem when the data supporting it is abnormal information: when data...