Daytonite BSN, RN

med/surg, telemetry, IV therapy, mgmt

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    I need six nursing diagnosis

    Daytonite replied to cleo777's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    did you look up and read about his heart conditions? he has cad, htn, atrial fib and has had a cabg and a cva. you didn't mention the drugs he was on (did you? i don't remember). anyway,...
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    I need six nursing diagnosis

    Daytonite replied to cleo777's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    if he/she is not even able to hold utensils/cups and bring food to their mouth, then other appropriate goals are (you need to follow the goal construction guidelines above): opens mouth to accept...
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    I need six nursing diagnosis

    Daytonite replied to cleo777's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    still, you have to put into words and describe what it is that they cannot do. if they cannot hold a washcloth and wash themselves you must state that. in many ways, care planning is a writing...
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    Need help about Solution abbreviation plz

    Daytonite replied to mtaly's topic in General Students

    d5w / ns is shorthand for 5% dextrose in normal saline. the following is a chart of commonly used iv solutions and contains what is in them. you can download and print the chart out for your own...
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    I need six nursing diagnosis

    Daytonite replied to cleo777's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Evaluating his liver
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    Need to identify and discuss safety considerations

    Daytonite replied to wdr61's topic in General Students

    just for fun, here are the federal laws that pertain to ltc. i'm sure if you click on some of these that you will find some of them to involve safety. ....
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    How to cope with this?

    Daytonite replied to sproeber89's topic in General Students

    Ignore them. Everyone has to work their butts off in nursing school, not just you. Wait until you have to work an 8 or 12 hour shift listening to a patient yelling "Mother!" or "Help me! Help me!...
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    Help with care plan

    Daytonite replied to modi's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I don't know what list of nursing diagnoses you are looking at. I know the NANDA nursing diagnoses. Dyspnea, rhonchi and wheezing and dusky skin coloring would be symptoms of Ineffective Airway...
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    Nursing Goals Question

    Daytonite replied to Houstonritter's topic in General Nursing

    post #157 of this thread https://allnurses.com/general-nursing-student/careplans-help-please-121128.html on allnurses has specific information on how to write goal statements. your goals must be a...
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    glaucoma

    Daytonite replied to tanstel's topic in General Students

    I have never heard of secondary glaucoma so I had to look it up. http://www.glaucoma.org/learn/types.php - Secondary glaucoma. . ."can occur as the result of an eye injury, inflammation, tumor or in...
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    Is my diagnosis correct?

    Daytonite replied to Idaho Murse's topic in General Students

    activity intolerance related to adult respiratory distress syndrome and morbid obesity as evidenced by insufficient energy and lack of oxygen activity intolerance is defined as insufficient...
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    need help coming up with a nursing dx for my patient

    Daytonite replied to tazzie1991's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    diagnosis is based upon doing an assessment of the patient and then making some educated decisions. we follow the same process to get to a nursing diagnosis that doctors follow to get to a medical...
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    I need six nursing diagnosis

    Daytonite replied to cleo777's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    i suspect that the reason everything is taking you so much time right now involves a learning curve. you seem eager to learn. once you start getting the gist of how to think these things through...
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    I NEED HELP PLEASE

    Daytonite replied to cammie3690's topic in General Students

    Work hours. At one time every nurse in America wanted to go to 12 hour shifts because they thought it would be cool to have 3 and 4 days off in a row. Now, I keep hearing how much they hate working...
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    I need special consederation for Lithium

    Daytonite replied to mega-scorpion's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    from page 615, 2007 mosby's nursing drug reference: nursing considerations assess: weight daily; check for and report edema in legs, ankles, wrists sodium intake; decreased sodium intake with...
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    Nursing Diagnosis help with Deficient Fluid Volume

    Daytonite replied to hopeful2386's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    the rationale for the etiology on physiologically based nursing diagnoses (which is what deficient fluid volume is) has to be based on the pathophysiology of the underlying medical diseases or...
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    SIADH = low specific gravity?

    Daytonite replied to NICUrn2B's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Specific gravity is not low in SIADH. It is high. SIADH is not caused by decreased renal excretion of water. Serum sodium and osmolarity are reduced. The kidney continues to excrete sodium and...
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    I need six nursing diagnosis

    Daytonite replied to cleo777's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Why aren't you taking time to
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    I need six nursing diagnosis

    Daytonite replied to cleo777's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    another question i know there is a concern of his immobilty and dvt's does this need to be addressed? after reading up on all his diseases and conditions and what you know after taking care of him,...
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    I need six nursing diagnosis

    Daytonite replied to cleo777's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    just when i think i have a handle of nursing diagnosis, i don't. do you know of any good nursing diagnosis books? were you a championship driver after a few weeks of driving? it takes time to learn...
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    Help with care plan

    Daytonite replied to modi's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    hopelessness r/t diabetes scondary to deteriorating physiologic conditions diabetes cannot be listed as a related factor this way. it has to be stated it is secondary to something. the...
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    please help with nursing diagnosis for sick sinus syndrome

    Daytonite replied to stephiebrowneyes's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    when you are care planning you deal with the patient's response to the medical disease, not the medical disease itself. however, you do need to look up information about this sick sinus syndrome so...
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    I need six nursing diagnosis

    Daytonite replied to cleo777's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    to care plan, follow the steps of the nursing process. . . step 1 assessment - assessment consists of: a health history (review of systems) - admitted with aloc, decreased speech and decreased...
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    I need six nursing diagnosis

    Daytonite replied to cleo777's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I am working on your post and care plan. However, what is ALOC? It is not listed in my book of
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    Please someone help

    Daytonite replied to cleo777's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    i can help, but not if you don't post any information! see https://allnurses.com/general-nursing-student/help-care-plans-286986.html - help with care plans which has instructions and examples on how...