Daytonite BSN, RN

med/surg, telemetry, IV therapy, mgmt

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    Nsg. Dx. for RR=4 after oxycodone

    Daytonite replied to isarubio's topic in General Students

    with a rr of 4, the doctor should have been called and the medication or medication dose changed. one of the nursing interventions under the acute pain diagnosis should have been a management...
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    Video Taping Nursing Students ?

    Daytonite replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Students

    this could be another way god has found to touch you. (re: https://allnurses.com/general-nursing-student/thank-you-lord-386149.html) in trying to get our own way, we should remember that kisses are...
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    Electrolyte imbalance, S&S

    Daytonite replied to jothomas's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    They are very confusing. I had a very difficult time with them. In fact, when I was working toward getting my national certification in IV therapy many years ago it was the electrolytes part of the...
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    Help with Care Plans

    Daytonite replied to rn/writer's topic in General Students

    a diagnosis is based on your assessment information that you have collected. i am pretty sure that imbalanced nutrition, more than body requirements is an absolutely incorrect diagnosis. no one who...
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    Nsg. Dx. for RR=4 after oxycodone

    Daytonite replied to isarubio's topic in General Students

    This patient had Acute Pain. Did you care plan for this? Did you have an intervention that assessed for the side effects of the medication the patient was being given for the pain? Wouldn't the low...
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    Priorities?

    Daytonite replied to New 2 iceeYouRN's topic in General Students

    the abcs actually are extracted from maslow's hierarchy of needs: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/maslow's_hierarchy_of_needs adpie is the steps of the nursing process and that has to do with problem...
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    Help with care plan

    Daytonite replied to SN09's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    the construction of a 3-part nursing diagnostic statement follows this format: p (problem) - e (etiology) - s (symptoms) problem - this is the nursing diagnosis. a nursing diagnosis is actually...
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    Need help evaluating drug effectiveness

    Daytonite replied to misswhitney's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    An evaluation is similar to the evaluation step of the nursing process. Evaluation is another assessment. What was the criteria used for giving the drug to this patient to begin with? What were the...
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    Assessing with Altered Mental Status

    Daytonite replied to Blueorchid's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    look at the defining characteristics for the nursing diagnoses of acute and chronic confusion and then at the signs and symptoms on the dementia page of the merck manual...
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    I need six nursing diagnosis

    Daytonite replied to cleo777's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Do what your instructor tells you. Don't know. Never used that
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    NANDA Diag.

    Daytonite replied to Goldenatom's topic in General Students

    Yes, that will work. Fix the first two
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    I need six nursing diagnosis

    Daytonite replied to cleo777's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    It's generic language for any body process that will affect fluid retention. We have to supply the process involved to explain the symptoms. One compromised regulatory mechanism I have written into...
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    NANDA Diag.

    Daytonite replied to Goldenatom's topic in General Students

    this is the correct sequence of priority and the corrections to the construction: impaired gas exchange, related to copd, as evidenced by arterial oxygen saturation of 88%. the related factor must...
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    Nurses are made, not born

    Daytonite replied to crunchynut32's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I do. The spark within to help our fellow man is a required element and that cannot be taught--it has to be something inside the person. Nursing is a service industry, one of many. I believe people...
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    Nurses are made, not born

    Daytonite replied to crunchynut32's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    my local hospital used to have a nurses training program. several hallways of the hospital are devoted to commemorating the program and have photos of past classes, nurses and have several displays...
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    Thank You Lord !

    Daytonite replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Students

    not discrediting god, but i wouldn't depend on divine intervention as a principal method of getting through nursing school. it will be pretty hard to explain where god was when the answers aren't...
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    Just really need to vent

    Daytonite replied to prudence09's topic in General Students

    it is a mistake to suppose that people succeed through success; they often succeed through failures. - - - - - - - - - - - - opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls...
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    Nursing Diagnosis for anemia in pregnancy

    Daytonite replied to meol's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    diagnosing is a rational process based upon the use of the nursing process. nursing diagnoses are based on the patient's responses to a medical disease/condition. following the first step of the...
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    Looking for tips on studying....Help please!

    Daytonite replied to midnight*sky's topic in General Students

    i suggest you read the study suggestions that are posted and weblinked to on this sticky thread: https://allnurses.com/nursing-student-assistance/study-strategies-254733.html - study strategies i've...
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    Interviewing Tips for Nursing School

    Daytonite replied to caring438's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    when we interviewed people for jobs, negativity was a definite turn-off. why? negativity is an unwanted behavior in employees. it is a cardinal sign of belligerence. in coursework students are...
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    Mobility/transfer

    Daytonite replied to jhowen_14's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Watch it over again. There is only one way to do transfers correctly. It's not like there are a whole bunch of ways and then you choose the way you like
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    Interviewing Tips for Nursing School

    Daytonite replied to caring438's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    https://allnurses.com/pre-nursing-student/pre-entrance-interview-148289.html - pre-entrance interview advice? http://www.college-admission-essay.com/interview.html look at the various specialties in...
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    Mobility/transfer

    Daytonite replied to jhowen_14's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    see lesson #59 (transfer techniques), a 34 minute video, on this website: http://deptets.fvtc.edu/nursing/index.htm - nursing assistant on-line video
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    What exactly do you do in CNA school?

    Daytonite replied to emily_ganshert's topic in General Nursing

    there is a whole website of on line cna video lessons that shows you exactly what you learn: http://deptets.fvtc.edu/nursing/index.htm there is a forum on allnurses specifically for cnas that you...
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    Good topic- 5,000 word paper

    Daytonite replied to nurseontheway's topic in LPN to RN

    anything will net you 5,000 words. i just wouldn't choose anything as mundane as diabetes because it is too broad. there are thousands of diseases. a disease is anything that goes wrong with the...