Daytonite BSN, RN

med/surg, telemetry, IV therapy, mgmt

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    Intervention to a patient with a hip fracture

    Daytonite replied to mmgaff22's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    i have no idea where to start! i am suppose to put together intervention priorites and i don't know what is priority. i've never done something like this and don't even know where to start. i read...
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    Starting Pre-Reqs... Scared to Death!

    Daytonite replied to kjwarren's topic in General Students

    Stop reading the "I hate nursing" threads. If so many people hated nursing why is it that there is so little job turnover? Many, many more people are nurses and love what they do. The people who...
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    The ugly side of Nursing

    Daytonite replied to HumorHeals22's topic in General Students

    I very seldom saw vomit. It is considered traumatic for a patient to be vomiting so doctors get it stopped immediately. The same with feces. More than one poop a day is too much and traumatic and...
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    please help!

    Daytonite replied to Bellakaye's topic in General Students

    start here:
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    NEED ADVICE:

    Daytonite replied to Gavsmom's topic in General Nursing

    i think that for a student of ___ months you are jumping to a hasty decision. i have been a nurse for 30+ years. over 30 years ago as an aide i saw another crazy aide smear poop in a patient's face...
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    Creating a title for a case study

    Daytonite replied to stjoa's topic in General Students

    "provide a background to the professional issue associated with with quality and safety" this means you have to do some research about quality and safety issues connected with the nursing profession,...
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    Care plan help!

    Daytonite replied to runner125's topic in General Students

    Don't know. I don't remember seeing a neuromuscular disease or dementia on her list of medical diagnoses. None of her medical diagnoses would lead to neuromuscular impairment or impaired respiratory...
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    Creating a title for a case study

    Daytonite replied to stjoa's topic in General Students

    1. a case study on how to prevent the incidence of falling in health care facilities. this is no different than care planning. you assess what the problem is and develop goals and interventions for...
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    I dont get it! Critical thinking questions are whipping me.

    Daytonite replied to Amybeth56's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    99% of what is in the book is a review of the information you are learning in school. it may or may not help you organize the content of your nursing notes. the test taking strategy is on a few...
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    Sending out an S.O.S

    Daytonite replied to nessajune21's topic in General Nursing

    I was a manager. It sounds to me like the OR manager is trolling for help and you are on her list. Your ICU manager probably has no idea what is going on. If you go to your ICU manager and talk to...
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    I dont get it! Critical thinking questions are whipping me.

    Daytonite replied to Amybeth56's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    the basic strategy for answering critical thinking (application type) questions is as follows, you must: know and consider the normal anatomy and physiology know and consider abnormal anatomy for the...
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    What factors are important when nursing someone with depression

    Daytonite replied to davidthenurse's topic in General Students

    Two times in my life I have gone through bouts of depression. The first time it was recognized by my doctor even though I denied it. I was put on medication and treatment kicking and screaming and...
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    Respiratory exercises...

    Daytonite replied to ruthd's topic in General Students

    it's called ippb for intermittent positive pressure breathing. it used to be done a lot before upa, unpressurized aerosol, treatments....
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    The "weeding" out

    Daytonite replied to mom35's topic in General Students

    is your uncle an rn? i'm an rn. been one for 30+ years. he's wrong. they only teach you the basics in nursing school because thats all they have time for. that is a fact known by all nursing...
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    continous bladder irrigation I&O - slower but steady learner needs help

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

    i was a surgical nurse for many years and worked on a unit where we had postop turps and cystos with continuous bladder irrigations running. i know exactly what you are talking about. "credit", by...
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    Creating a title for a case study

    Daytonite replied to stjoa's topic in General Students

    Where are the titles you said you came up with? You never posted
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    The "weeding" out

    Daytonite replied to mom35's topic in General Students

    It's not just the stress. Your instructors know that as a nurse you will learn something new every day of your working life so you need to be interested as a learner. If someone isn't a eager...
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    What factors are important when nursing someone with depression

    Daytonite replied to davidthenurse's topic in General Students

    You cannot sweep problems under the rug because we get embarrassed about them. I learned years ago to get over my embarrassment and openly talk to patients just as nerdtonurse? has told you. I...
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    Might sound stupid...but need opinions!

    Daytonite replied to criticalRN10's topic in General Students

    Cats are easier to care for. You don't have to walk them q8h for pottying, you can leave dry food down and they don't
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    ATI Question

    Daytonite replied to fabiusgile's topic in General Students

    a nurse is changing the iv administration set for a client who has a nontunneled percutaneous central catheter (triple lumen). which of the following actions should the nurse take to prevent an air...
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    Psychosocial Problems and Care Plans

    Daytonite replied to Goldenatom's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    A.E.B. for what? The diagnosis or the short term goal? Goals are not usually written with the wording "a.e.b." included in them although they can be if you are assessing for the same symptoms you used...
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    ThInGs YoU dOnT lIkE To YouR FeLlOw NurSes or StudEntS

    Daytonite replied to rplf29's topic in General Students

    i think this is immature. why not focus on learning something about nursing instead of trashing the people who are trying to learn the same things? if anyone needs help with being assertive, see the...
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    Study tips for GI disorders

    Daytonite replied to Natingale's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    sarah hay, your pathophysiology guide.doc is my critical thinking flow sheet for nursing students and i am the author of it. a link to it is always attached to my
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    What factors are important when nursing someone with depression

    Daytonite replied to davidthenurse's topic in General Students

    i can give you quite a lot of interventions for depression and suicide patients if i am reading your posts accurately. these come from psychiatric principles and applications for general patient care,...
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    Urgent help on pain question!!!

    Daytonite replied to christina_chavez's topic in General Students

    I was doing a little investigation of this. The medical term for "no pain" evades me at the moment. I think I should know this. I keep thinking of something like paralysis. I tried looking down...