Daytonite BSN, RN

med/surg, telemetry, IV therapy, mgmt

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    School admission essay

    Daytonite replied to KatieMI's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Aerican nurses are problem solvers and leaders and not just compassionate care givers. We are expected to manage patient care at our jobs and that is what makes American RNs different from the RNs in...
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    help with "risk for suicide" care plan

    Daytonite replied to ManderRN's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Risk for suicide related to schizoaffective disorder of the bipolar type is an acceptable way to word the diagnosis. You can also add "and experiencing auditory hallucinations advising him to commit...
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    Seizures

    Daytonite replied to audiedani's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Good job, vanlo001! :redpinkhe I couldn't have said it better
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    Care Plan Help

    Daytonite replied to RNicoleM's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    there is a thread on allnurses that will help you with construction of a care plan: https://allnurses.com/general-nursing-student/help-care-plans-286986.html - help with care plans when sitting down...
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    CVA(Basal Ganglion Infarction)

    Daytonite replied to snursee2b's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Cool your jets! This was not a breech of confidentiality. No names or places were exchanged. This could have been any of a thousand patients. Anyway, the original post is 3 years old! You're a little...
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    help with my first careplan

    Daytonite replied to vivaBM_lpn's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    is this a real patient that you cared for or a scenario you were given? a scenario gives you specific information to work with. a care plan is a collection and determination of a patient's nursing...
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    Acute confusion care plan help?

    Daytonite replied to saffronclover's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I'm an old lady I am stuck at home and sick I am as close as your computer I have a lot of time to think about how it could be easier for you guys. I wrote care plans for years and struggled with...
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    help on a care plan

    Daytonite replied to carecrafter's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    allnurses has a thread on care plan construction: https://allnurses.com/general-nursing-student/help-care-plans-286986.html - help with care plans that you should check out. it is important when care...
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    Acute confusion care plan help?

    Daytonite replied to saffronclover's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Part of your responsibility as a student and learner is to look up the definition of medical terms being used in these scenarios as well as the side effects of drugs being used. One of the things...
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    Acute confusion care plan help?

    Daytonite replied to saffronclover's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Are you saying that you have to stick strictly with the etiologies listed in the NANDA taxonomy? They are only suggestions. The woman is confused because of the drugs she has gotten. It is not drug...
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    Diabetes Mellitus

    Daytonite replied to eas78's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    as a working nurse this happened occasionally. i got the fingerstick immediately and noted that it was taken as the patient was eating breakfast. sometimes it turned out that the blood sugar hadn't...
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    Labs for possible MI???

    Daytonite replied to momandstudent's topic in General Students

    I meant to look this up for you, but yesterday. A 49-year old man with indigestion is going to be evaluated for a heart problem first--ALWAYS. Indigestion can be mistaken as a GI p[roblem when it is...
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    Which labs???

    Daytonite replied to momandstudent's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I meant to look this up for you, but yesterday. A 49-year old man with indigestion is going to be evaluated for a heart problem first--ALWAYS. Indigestion can be mistaken as a GI p[roblem when it is...
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    Vacutainers and PICC lines

    Daytonite replied to PAERRN20's topic in General Nursing

    I have an Arrow PICC and those who use it to draw my blood used both methods and have never had a problem with the blood
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    West Coast Univeristy Pre-reqs

    Daytonite replied to nursenursingnursed's topic in General Students

    cypress college in cypress, ca (orange county), has a pathophysiology class, but it is named survey of disease. i believe you can take it in a classroom or online. you can go on their website and...
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    Someone to read over nursing school essay? (:

    Daytonite replied to Anxious In NE's topic in General Students

    one of the things that many people do not realize that rns do is problem solve. yes, it is good to have a positive attitude, time management skills, a good work ethic, persistence, work out plans...
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    Nurses who are unhelpful during clinical

    Daytonite replied to Sarah010101's topic in General Students

    And that is life. You will find that some nurse's behavior gets aggressive and even downright mean when they are under a lot of pressure. I'm not defending or excusing them, just stating a reality....
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    General studying advice?

    Daytonite replied to manchmal's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    see the information on this thread: https://allnurses.com/general-nursing-student/looking-test-taking-224581.html - looking for test taking strategies i always advise that students as part of the...
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    Drip calculations

    Daytonite replied to omp18's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    i never use formulas when working these kind of problems and always use dimensional analysis (factor label method) in order to make sure i get all the necessary terms and conversion factors into an...
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    The Nursing Math Thread

    Daytonite replied to Tweety's topic in General Students

    If you set these up using dimensional analysis (factor label method) as chare did they will be much easier to solve. In doing nursing math like this you are always looking for 3 things: the dose to...
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    Critical Care Semester

    Daytonite replied to NS2SBowman's topic in General Students

    check out the sticky threads on the nursing student assistant forum. there is a critical care thread: (https://allnurses.com/nursing-student-assistance/critical-care-nursing-171767.html) also:...
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    Very confused student

    Daytonite replied to madge1's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    happy reading! http://cvphysiology.com/index.html - cardiovascular physiology concepts, click on links at the left side of the page. the heart failure links will provide a lot of the information you...
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    The Nursing Math Thread

    Daytonite replied to Tweety's topic in General Students

    the meq could be mg or liters. they are not affecting the math to be performed for these problems unless there is an amount in ml for the 10 and 20 meq that the problem assumes you know is added to...
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    hello.. just need to hear your voices pls...

    Daytonite replied to beans_bale's topic in General Students

    you asked for an opinion. now you want me to justify it? if you aren't getting that the nursing process is based on a scientific process and that we use it 10 times and more every day as nurses, then...
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    Nurses who are unhelpful during clinical

    Daytonite replied to Sarah010101's topic in General Students

    you are young and new to allnurses. you can't make anyone do anything unless you are, perhaps, a supreme being with unlimited power. the world, including the world of nursing, is not perfect. these...