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Risk for bleeding is not a low-priority diagnosis post cath bec people do bleed from their artery after the stick and it can be big. The other is risk for loss of blood flow to the arm or leg where the artery was punctured. Big bleeding or clotting o...

People get pacemakers for vagal responses like low HR from Valsava(pushing c bm for example). So his HR would not have been low to do this. Valsava decreases venous return so that could be his problem bec the heart can't pump out what it doesn't get ...

If you write a letter saying what you did here, accepting responsibility, and saying you will reapply for next year knowing you will never make such a mistake again that might help. Ask your professor for a letter of recommendation too.

The pathophysiology of any injury depends on what happened. Loss of oxygen in the blood, poison, trauma, radiation, rhabdomyolysis, sepsis... All different pathophysiology. What question are you really asking?

I guess its because they have to learn how to think critically too? Nobody expects students to critically think the same as more experienced RN's but they should be showing that they can try to put clues together. That's what critical thinking means ...

My first job as a nurse was approximately 2000miles from my school. Since where I went didn't have many nursing schools I had three offers. If you are ok w an underserved area I say go for it. i just noticed my last post was timed for 6:41 pm, but it...

Leaches are great for micro vascular surgery for digit reattachments. They have a blood thinner in their mouths that keeps the vessels from clotting off.

I was in middle management for six yrs and it was very surprising how the DON and supervisors talked about staff nurses. Very derogatory.

There's working 20 years and gaining experience and progressive responsibility, and there's working one year over and over and over.

Not true that risk dx are always after actual ones. Risk can b more importnt than some actual like risk of serious bleeding is worse than nausea KWIM? My 1st post so xcuse any errors.