Daytonite BSN, RN

med/surg, telemetry, IV therapy, mgmt

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    Choosing the Infusion Set

    page 308, intravenous therapy: clinical principles and practice, by judy terry, leslie baranowski, rose anne lonsway and carolyn hedrick, published by the intravenous nurses society, 1995. ....
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    I cant figure out this case study

    heres what i came up with so far: 1. the electric shock has caused organ damage, due to which the heart is not functioning properly so the bp is fluctuating, and due to that reason he has been...
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    Anyone offer a CLEAR explanation of IV solutions?

    this information is on a sticky thread of allnurses. see post #17 on this sticky thread: https://allnurses.com/nursing-student-assistance/any-good-iv-127657.html - any good iv therapy or nursing...
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    Going to the neuro floor today- what to expect?

    i read and answered your other care plan post. why is he on a neuro floor? i worked neuro early in my career. assess neuro system. don't aggravate him. use therapeutic communication. see the...
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    Please help with my first care plan

    i don't know how you could have come up with nursing diagnoses (nursing problems) for this patient if you had not already examined thoroughly what was going on with him. i always advise students to...
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    hello.. just need to hear your voices pls...

    the nursing process is the problem solving method we use to help us answer questions and dilemmas that come up in our practice. it has been extrapolated from the scientific method. therefore, i...
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    I cant figure out this case study

    you really haven't answered the questions. when someone has an accident the emergency response teams (calling 911) have no choice, but to resuscitate a person. that is written into most state laws....
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    learning ABG's

    please go to the sticky thread i gave you. open, copy and use this document: arterial blood gases basic principles.doc. it addresses compensated and partially compensated abgs. also do the tutorials...
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    Feedback & Advice about my personal statement

    your essay was to be about yourself and tell how you will help the university to carry out its mission. nowhere in the essay do you mention the mission of the university. read the instructions for...
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    Starting Nursing School in Fall 07

    i have no information on the hesi. i would suggest using the critical thinking flow sheet for nursing students to study the individual diseases in gi, gu and neuro. know the steps of the nursing...
  11. try looking on these websites: medicine net procedures & tests a to z index http://www.medicinenet.com/procedures_and_tests/article.htm web md index list of tests...
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    learning ABG's

    there is all kinds of information on how to interpret abgs on post #43 of this sticky thread: https://allnurses.com/nursing-student-assistance/pathophysiology-p-microbiology-145201.html...
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    please help me with my probelem

    1) these are not official nanda diagnoses. they are all old and were changed and updated years ago. 2) the related factor, or etiology, must be the underlying cause of the nursing problem. in all...
  14. i answered this for you at
  15. i answered this for you on your other post including giving you a nursing diagnosis:
  16. i think your instructions were pretty clear. . .to assess the pain. assessment and description of pain includes the following: where the pain is located how long it lasts how often it occurs a...
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    please help me with my probelem

    follow the steps of the nursing process to organize this presentation. look up everything you can find about prostate cancer: how it is diagnosed, pathophysiology, signs and symptoms, and how it is...
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    Care Plan Help

    Doesn't matter. You work with what you get. In the real world this sometimes happens as well. That's why Step #5 of the nursing process is Evaluation. As more information and data becomes known,...
  19. excuse me, students, but i haven't forgotten anything about nursing or its evolution. a care plan is still about the patient and if you read my post carefully i never said you can't do anything about...
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    Help with Nursing application

    Don't be cute or try to impress. Keep your answer concise. Just put "None". A lot of the applicants will have no experience, so don't fret over
  21. the first thing i noticed is that you misdiagnosed the patient. aphasia is the inability to speak. aphagia is a problem with swallowing. unless you made a typo, this patient does not have a...
  22. aphasia is the inability to speak. aphagia is a problem with swallowing. this patient does not have a swallowing problem, so your diagnoses of impaired swallowing and risk for aspiration need to be...
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    Care Plan Reference sites/books

    here are weblinks to examples of care plans. please know that every care plan needs to be customized to each patient. see https://allnurses.com/general-nursing-student/help-care-plans-286986.html-...
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    Care Plan Help

    before i go any further, you can also get information and examples on care planning on this thread: https://allnurses.com/general-nursing-student/help-care-plans-286986.html - help with care plans...
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    CarePlan Chronic Bronchitis

    before i go any further, you can also get information and examples on care planning on this thread: https://allnurses.com/general-nursing-student/help-care-plans-286986.html - help with care plans...