Daytonite BSN, RN

med/surg, telemetry, IV therapy, mgmt

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    Weaker nurses at night?

    Daytonite replied to LeeniesMomRN's topic in General Nursing

    What a jerk. We couldn't get on the night shift until we had done a fair amount of time on day shift since on the night shift you have to make a lot of decisions on your own because there is less...
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    Is this a trick question or am I reading too much into it?

    Daytonite replied to Raefabian4's topic in General Nursing

    you calculated a dosage of medication to be 40 tablets of lasix. what do you do next? a) double check the order with the physician b) recalculate the order c) give the medication d) hold the...
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    Do you snitch on cheaters?

    Daytonite replied to Ms. Nurse Assistant's topic in General Students

    Read the school policy on cheating. I would report them. If the instructor doesn't seem interested move up the chain of command and report it to the instructor's boss, the dean of the nursing
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    urinary catheterization question

    Daytonite replied to Amy2005's topic in General Students

    You need to write a letter to the Quality Improvement Committee about this policy because it should state when that catheter needs to be unclamped so urine drainage can resume. Someone slipped up...
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    Why do psych pt recieve a CBC

    Daytonite replied to rdm3000's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Just to clarify, a CBC is not a measurement of any therapeutic drug dosages. A CBC is a screening test that provides information about the hematologic system and overall health of the person as well...
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    Pre-Requisities Courses

    Daytonite replied to sokun23's topic in General Students

    suggest you create an account (its free) on this website: rate my professors.com http://www.ratemyprofessors.com/ and search for the instructors that teach these classes and look at the ratings and...
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    stna

    Daytonite replied to coldme's topic in General Students

    doubtful. cna classes are usually hands-on learning. there are probably programs where you can get hired on as a paid employee and trained to be a cna at the same time. many nursing homes do this....
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    Reading alot of posts discussing "A" nursing students vs "C" nursing students

    Daytonite replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Students

    As I said above, tests and papers are only one piece of information used to determine eligibility for a job position. The facility made no bones about looking for the "cream of the crop" is the way...
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    Reading alot of posts discussing "A" nursing students vs "C" nursing students

    Daytonite replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Students

    I wasn't saying it was the only criteria. But it was an important piece of criteria that was used in the hiring process of new grads. Of course, you never know how someone is going to work out in a...
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    Reading alot of posts discussing "A" nursing students vs "C" nursing students

    Daytonite replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Students

    quite interestingly, we were very interested in a student's grades when we were hiring new grads. we asked for a transcript from them as part of their hiring process. it partly has to do with their...
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    nursing therorist

    Daytonite replied to onduty23's topic in General Students

    do you have your own copy of taber's cyclopedic medical dictionary? the appendix has a section on the nursing theorists that includes writeups about the different theories. you can also get some...
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    Follow my heart or follow my dreams?

    Daytonite replied to dine saw's topic in General Nursing

    Samantha, I read your profile. You are only 22! So, you have been with your BF since you were only 19. You have years ahead of you! I am also in California and lived for a long time in some of those...
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    Do I have to choose another profession if I fail clinicals

    Daytonite replied to lori305's topic in General Students

    These kind of posts are always difficult to answer because we are only hearing your side of the story and there is also the instructor's side which we are never going to hear which I am sure is much...
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    Nursing Diagnosis for Post OP FESS Patient

    Daytonite replied to nastassialeslie's topic in General Nursing

    what was your post op experience like? any problems or concerns that you could share with the
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    excited but NERVOUS!!!!

    Daytonite replied to shrimpchips's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Congratulations! How exciting! Try to make scheduling accommodations. The drive isn't that bad. I once lived in North Royalton which isn't quite as far as Akron, but if you take the freeway it...
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    Care Plan: Having trouble making my pt goals more specific...

    Daytonite replied to dine saw's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    it would be really helpful if you would tell me what the evidence (symptoms) is of this disturbed sensory perception (visual and audio). the reason is because your nursing interventions will focus on...
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    Help with a couple of nur dx with pneumonia

    Daytonite replied to brs72007's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    i have been an rn for over 30 years that primarily worked with medical/surgical patients. i not only learned about pneumonia in nursing school, but had many, many patients with it. pneumonia, and...
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    Redoing a nursing care plan...

    Daytonite replied to landesmummy's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    While I appreciate the Thank You's, I am more concerned about your work on this care plan. Where are you with the restructuring in the construction of these diagnoses now? You haven't said. I am...
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    Post Op FESS Patients

    Daytonite replied to nastassialeslie's topic in General Students

    unfortunately, we don't have a nursing case study for you to view, but i tried to give you direction on how to organize your paper in following the steps of the nursing process. a good amount of the...
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    Med Surg

    Daytonite replied to Tziganka's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    You also learn how the physician diagnoses and treats the disease because we also work in collaboration with the physician as well as many other healthcare professionals. RNs are managers of patient...
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    Post Op FESS Patients

    Daytonite replied to nastassialeslie's topic in General Students

    you posted this on the general nursing discussion forum this morning and i gave a rather extensive answer for you complete with two nursing diagnoses, an actual and potential one, and how i got them...
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    Med Surg

    Daytonite replied to Tziganka's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    open and copy my critical thinking flow sheet for nursing students and use it to study for this and subsequent classes in your nursing school. pathophysiology is included in what you will study in...
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    NCLEX HELP PLEASE!!!

    Daytonite replied to rdeol05's topic in General Nursing

    I remember my instructors telling us to take the board ASAP. The longer you wait the more you forget. Why would you wait? The longer you wait, the longer it will take you to get a job. Then you...
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    S/S of bleeding

    Daytonite replied to NewNurseAlert's topic in General Nursing

    I wouldn't worry about this. You are not the only person who was assessing and watching over this patient. So was her doctor. Nurses don't make the decision to move patients to the ICU. Doctors do....
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    Nursing Diagnosis for Post OP FESS Patient

    Daytonite replied to nastassialeslie's topic in General Nursing

    i post on the student forums all the time and specifically answer care plan and nursing diagnosis questions. it sounds like you are being asked to submit this as a case study. that would be done by...