Daytonite BSN, RN

med/surg, telemetry, IV therapy, mgmt

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    Nursing Care for Anorexia?

    Daytonite replied to 09nursingstudent09's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    i have been a medical/surgical rn in the u.s. for over 30 years working medical units and surgical units in acute hospitals. in the u.s. a critical anorexia nervosa patient is going to the psych ward...
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    floating between departments ie med/surg to nicu

    Daytonite replied to mcl10109's topic in General Nursing

    Floating from NICU to med/surg after having worked on med/surg. . .you're over-reacting. I was a supervisor. I would float you to the med-surg unit too if it was your turn to float and the med/surg...
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    Another care plan question !!!

    Daytonite replied to studentmumof4's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    i am not sure where you are. use of the word "whilst" in your post suggests you are not in the u.s. so i don't know if your program is teaching the use of nursing diagnosis. here in the u.s. the...
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    My LTC Experience

    Daytonite replied to sparky99's topic in General Students

    My post was not an attack. I was giving you constructive criticism. How was I to know you had already handed this in and been graded? On the other hand, it is rather sly of you to now say you got...
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    My LTC Experience

    Daytonite replied to sparky99's topic in General Students

    really important. you started out with, "now i find myself volunteering to assist activities in a local nursing home for class credit. i will attempt to gather a few impressions each time for your...
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    Loud, rude ,disrespectful behavior in the classroom

    Daytonite replied to dblpn's topic in General Students

    This is a problem with the instructor who lets this happen because they are unable to maintain order in their classroom. You need to take the instructor aside and complain about the disruptive...
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    Urgent help!!!!!!please for exam

    Daytonite replied to jamhoyz's topic in General Students

    the complete nanda taxonomy (definitions, related factors and defining characteristics for each nursing diagnosis) is contained in the appendix of taber's cyclopedic medical dictionary. you should...
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    Do classmates flunk?...or drop out on their own?

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

    in most cases the student has to drop out on their own because they paid money for those classes. i think there are very few legitimate reasons why an instructor can drop a student from a class. if...
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    questions about breath pattern ineffective

    Daytonite replied to jaywife's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    1. why ineffective breathing occurs in asthma? - were you told this patient had asthma? i looked at the other data you pm'd to me. this patient also has pneumonia. read about the pathophysiology of...
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    excited but NERVOUS!!!!

    Daytonite replied to shrimpchips's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    congratulations! cc is a nice place to work. just remember to maintain a positive attitude during the interview and don't trash anyone or anything. anyone who hires is looking for someone who they can...
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    RN coder, what type of things I need to know and things I need to watch out?

    Daytonite replied to HNursing's topic in General Nursing

    Ha! Ha! Ha! We had a corner in our coding lab at the college that I used to call Coding Jail. We talked about incorrect coding and fraud a lot. Our instructors were tough. Every one was an HRIA...
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    Lab values

    Daytonite replied to hair2do1's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    what ones were on the exam the first time you took the nclex-pn? there is a list of sites that have lab websites with this information on them on this thread:...
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    Nursing Terms - Proper Names

    Daytonite replied to Eve Ryone's topic in General Students

    what you are referring to are eponyms. there is a listing of medical eponyms here:
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    Daytonite please come in

    Daytonite replied to jaywife's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    If you can't post the question here on the forums then I guess it won't get answered. I can't imagine what would be so secretive that you can't post it on a public forum. I do not give out my e-mail...
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    math keeping students from graduating

    Daytonite replied to leader357's topic in LPN to RN

    If I were having that much trouble with math I would take one of the tests over to a math counselor for review and ask what remedial math course they would recommend and then take that remedial class....
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    what is "NOS" on a diagnosis?

    Daytonite replied to chenoaspirit's topic in General Nursing

    i never said the doctor was writing to the nursing staff; he's writing it that way for the coding people in the him office. i just explained what nos meant and the origin of the term. i am also a...
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    Differential Diagnosis Book

    Daytonite replied to yoginurse2b's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    i use differential diagnosis in primary care, 4th edition, by r. douglas collins. this was written for medical students and is organized by signs and symptoms. it does not relate to nursing care at...
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    what is "NOS" on a diagnosis?

    Daytonite replied to chenoaspirit's topic in General Nursing

    pneumonia nos pancreatic ca nos what is nos? nos is an abbreviation for "not otherwise specified". this is one of the coding conventions used in the icd-9-cm tabular section of the coding manuals....
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    RN coder, what type of things I need to know and things I need to watch out?

    Daytonite replied to HNursing's topic in General Nursing

    When someone is up to no good they are going to look for a patsy to blame it on if they get caught. Not too long ago I interviewed for a coding job. They only wanted RNs for these coding positions....
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    HELP!! Alot of anxiety issues!

    Daytonite replied to epetersen86's topic in General Students

    I worried for years that I would accidentally kill someone. This was a fear (anxiety) that I had way before starting nursing school and for a long time after I had my license and was working. I used...
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    Student Bullying

    Daytonite replied to rambleandwrite's topic in General Students

    take your evidence against this person and file with the local court for a order of protection against them. the civil court is the next step in the chain of command above the dean and the president...
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    Need help with dx (abnormal assessment data)

    Daytonite replied to MattiesMama's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    we are nurses not doctors. nursing diagnoses are based upon the symptoms that the patients has. we need to know the pathophysiology of the symptoms for the related factor part of the nursing...
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    Pharmacology question

    Daytonite replied to ORNuRsE2be's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    online tutorials for med math calculations are listed on post #2 of this sticky thread: https://allnurses.com/general-nursing-student/nursing-math-thread-264395.html - the nursing math thread there is...
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    RN coder, what type of things I need to know and things I need to watch out?

    Daytonite replied to HNursing's topic in General Nursing

    I went into medical coding when I could no longer do the physical aspects of clinical nursing. I have taken two coding courses, one at a vocational school and one at a community college. If there is...
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    About to start to start nursing school

    Daytonite replied to trina820's topic in General Nursing

    you clench your teeth and put one foot in front of the other and keep going forward. i may be wrong, but i think we all felt this way. i know i did. part of what makes us stronger as we go through...