Hi! My instructor have assigned me to demonstrate a quick cathether and mini catheter insertions, and I really need some input to clarify my confusion here. What is a quick catheter and mini...
What does "systematic observation" in nursing mean? Is that like observing the patient while caring for them, and noting any changes in them??? Thank you in
This may be a stupid question, but I am to define the "special concerns" when using the drug heparin. Would that be consider PRECAUTIONS when looking it up in the Drug Guide?
I have looked at a lot of the previous posting about working on care plans for class. Like many others, I am overwhelmed and confused!! I feel like my instructor isn't given us good explanation to go...
Thanks Mrsboot87. Looks like I am doing my med cards all wrong! Since you have mentioned that med cards are for 'highlighting the drug' ... Would it be ok to write my Drug Interaction like this: (For...
Thank you Esme 12. You are so helpful! So, to begin with we were not taught how to do med cards. (Yikes!) So with that being said, my instructor indicated that we do med cards for the drugs given.....
Thank you, Esme12. I am in my first semester of the nursing, and I am using the Nursing Diagnosis Handbook by Ackley & Ladwig. Thank you for the explanation. It makes better sense now that you...
I guess what I am trying to say is ... can I seek other interventions/rationales from other nursing diagnosis as long as it relates to what I am working with? I am having a hard time trying to find...
Thanks Julie Reyes for responding. Here is a brief history of my patient that I am working with: **** *****, who is hospitalized now, is a 55-year-old woman who is having a Jejunostomy tube...