Daytonite BSN, RN

med/surg, telemetry, IV therapy, mgmt

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    case study

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

    fluid volume deficit related to npo status or inadequate fluid intake the problem with the construction of this diagnosis is that the etiology doesn't physiologically explain why the patient is...
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    Trouble with pharmacology class...

    Daytonite replied to kmestudent's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    of the different types of wbc's (neutrophils, eosinophils, basophils, lympocytes, monocytes), which cell is responsible for the endogenous production of heparin? heparin has an affinity for which...
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    Desperately Need Help With Care Plans

    Daytonite replied to LVN2006's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Nursing diagnoses, like medical diagnoses, must be based upon the signs and symptoms that the patient has to support them. Nursing diagnoses are about the patient's responses to their medical diseases...
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    case study

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

    well, aspiration pneumonia and sepsis are medical diagnoses and not nursing diagnoses or nursing problems. risk for sepsis r/t history of aspiration pneumonia m/b increase wbc & temp, tachypnea,...
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    chem q's..help how to do

    Daytonite replied to future nicu nurse's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    49) chloroquine is used to treat malaria. studies have shown that an effective dose for children is 3.5 mg per kilogram (3.5 mg/kg) of body weight, every 6 hours. if a child weighs 12 kg, how many...
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    Tracheostomy Care/ Suctioning Documentation

    Daytonite replied to shrimpchips's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    (From nurse's 5-minute clinical consult: procedures, pages 503 and 509) document: Date and time. Type of technique used (aseptic or sterile) and all procedures performed. Amount,...
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    case study

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

    What is your thinking as to what some of the nursing problems (nursing diagnoses) here might be before I begin to show you how to pick this apart and show you how to figure out what the priority...
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    Help with Difficult Instructor

    Daytonite replied to abcabcabc's topic in General Nursing

    critical thinking on test questions and as nurses is important. that is why you will find that there may be two possible answers to a test question. lpns must learn critical thinking also. it...
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    Nursing instructor that reads powerpoint word for word

    Daytonite replied to mwdw04's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    I am sure that what I gave you was advice. How am I to know if you had already done something I
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    Deciding who passess and who fails!!!!

    Daytonite replied to NewTheoryRC's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    your instructor is giving you test questions to examine what she wanted you to learn about the specific content of the material and not particularly what the professors version of the text book was....
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    Need help ! What is this paper asking for ?

    Daytonite replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    no, not unless they are always members of the nursing team of the unit. the nursing team of the unit is trying to get routine tasks done for the unit and they are always working together. rt, ot,...
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    Nursing instructor that reads powerpoint word for word

    Daytonite replied to mwdw04's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Ask the question here on allnurses. Research the information yourself. It is possible that the Powerpoint was given to your instructor by the dean of the program and she was told to use it. She may...
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    Test taking/study tips for Level I ADN Student

    Daytonite replied to ajitamamasita's topic in General Students

    it is important that you go over every question that you got incorrect on a test so that you understand why you answered it wrong. see the information and weblinks on these sticky threads:...
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    Assessment - seriously what are you supposed to do?

    Daytonite replied to SparkleRN's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    first off, i have to say that hiding in the hallway because you're afraid of your instructor is absolutely the wrong thing to be doing. in six months your instructor is going to be your colleague and...
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    Nursing theory

    Daytonite replied to dana88daisy's topic in General Students

    if someone were to ask you why is it important that we understand theory....how would you answer? the way we practice nursing today is defined by many of the nursing theorists. (read some of what...
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    Please help with nursing test questions

    Daytonite replied to w3ndiscott's topic in General Students

    are these questions relating to leadership? if you are in a leadership position the buck stops with you. i have no idea what 217.11, 217.12, or 217.13 rules and regulations are. are those state...
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    Nursing theory

    Daytonite replied to dana88daisy's topic in General Students

    did you try looking up the word theory in a regular dictionary to help you out here? its basic definition is an idea of the way to do something; a statement of principles involved. from that i can...
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    Hi: I recently took the pre-entrance exam for the school of nursing at Mercy Hospital

    Daytonite replied to Cindy002's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Did you keep a copy of your application to the nursing school? If you had to write an essay or answer personal questions you may be asked to elaborate about them. Some of the popular questions that...
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    Need assessment help!

    Daytonite replied to erin01's topic in General Nursing

    I had the same problem when I first started. I started doing a head-to-toe assessment because it was what the hospital recommended and what I could remember. Eventually, it became my regular routine....
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    Which exercise is best?

    Daytonite replied to Superlost1984's topic in General Nursing

    you need to be asking your questions on either the general nursing student discussion forum (https://allnurses.com/general-nursing-student/) nursing student assistance forum...
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    Who reads your charting?

    Daytonite replied to Texas Tornado's topic in General Nursing

    i worked as a medical coder. when we had difficulty reading doctor's handwriting we often went into the nurses notes to help us figure out what the doctor was saying. interestingly, some nurses...
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    Care Plans...will we really use them in the future??

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

    it amazes me how you are not even an rn yet (you just started lvn school, right?), but you understand why you have to learn care plans and feel comfortable writing them. i went to rn school and didn't...
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    How important the 3 checks of 5 rights are for meds!!!

    Daytonite replied to FE710's topic in General Students

    how important the 3 checks of 5 rights are for meds? the nursing field is not a place to ever feel too comfortable and start to slack!!! i was a staff nurse, supervisor and manager over my 30 years...
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    Bitter taste in my mouth... (venting)

    Daytonite replied to CandyGyrl's topic in General Students

    There are hundreds of thousands of nurses in the world plus you are just starting out and you are basing your opinion on the handful of nurses you have been exposed to over the last few months. Are...
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    Critical Thinking in Nursing

    Daytonite replied to oshiz2000's topic in General Students

    this is an example of critical thinking that shows how a real world problem and its solution can be compared with the nursing process which is the critical thinking skill you will learn in nursing...