AliNajaCat

AliNajaCat

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  1. PLEASE ASSIST

    AliNajaCat replied to esther123's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Help? Sure. Call the public health department, the big city hospital IT department, the university nursing graduate school. Ask for a referral to a live person. Go out for coffee. See? That was easy....

  2. help documenting BKA stump?

    AliNajaCat replied to scrumlord's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Oh yeah--I love doing chart reviews that religiously note pedal pulses in BKA patients. Tells me the rest of the documentation probably sucketh

  3. Antepartum nursing diagnosis

    AliNajaCat replied to ladysyrah's topic in General Students

    OK, let's see if we can't tease this out. You don't have to come up with anything originally here, because, lucky for you, the profession of nursing is evidence-based and all the validated related...

  4. Nursing diagnosis help

    AliNajaCat replied to direw0lf's topic in General Students

    Abnormal skin color does not cause impaired gas exchange at the alveolar level ("related to" means "caused by" !) I tell ya, you are not looking at this through nsg dx eyes yet. It's perfusion that's...

  5. Nursing diagnosis help

    AliNajaCat replied to direw0lf's topic in General Students

    Make sure the one you find is the complete text from NANDA-I, not anything else. It's at Amazon, easy to find. You're quite welcome! (And striae might make it harder to find a vein, although...

  6. Questions for male nurse for essay

    AliNajaCat replied to ramseydennis's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Sure you can. Call the hospital staff development nurse, the local school nurses, the public health department, or the local Red Cross. Bring her along. She can have snack while you have coffee with...

  7. Nursing diagnosis help

    AliNajaCat replied to direw0lf's topic in General Students

    OK, let's see if we can't tease this out. You don't have to come up with anything originally here, because, lucky for you, the profession of nursing is evidence-based and all the validated related...

  8. Help with A&P situation

    AliNajaCat replied to neuron's topic in General Students

    I would like to "like" this a dozen times over. If I've said it once, I've said it a hundred times: Nursing school requires you to have a good working idea of concepts (not just facts) because you...

  9. Teach your cat

    AliNajaCat replied to shanon0403's topic in Study Tips for Students's Share Tips

    I used to teach fluids and electrolytes, ABGs, and general physiology concepts on a contract basis to staffs in SNFs around the area. Sometimes I had to take my kids with me. One evening, while I was...

  10. Missed application deadline

    AliNajaCat replied to amber_nicolee22's topic in General Students

    I just want to recommend that you check your dates carefully. You said, You couldn't have had a Sept 2016 deadline for a fall 2017 start; it doesn't make sense that you would apply in July 2017...

  11. Is this worth filing an appeal for? PLEASE HELP.

    AliNajaCat replied to Squidney's topic in General Students

    Alas, every instructor has had students who get straight As in classroom stuff and can't find the right place to put a rectal thermometer, LOL. You have to demonstrate the skills too. In my first...

  12. NDX Help!

    AliNajaCat replied to ZBest2's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    OK. I hope that your faculty has explained to you clearly that nursing diagnoses are derived from validated research. Yes, they are, just as medical diagnoses are derived from research. Then...

  13. Nursing journals and Scholarly Articles

    AliNajaCat replied to nursingdivastudent's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Google Scholar is really pretty good. It's sorta hidden in those long "More" menus, but once you find it, bookmark it. I don't ordinarily recommend Wikipedia, but it does post links to references in...

  14. patient attitude

    AliNajaCat replied to ali1347's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    You have had several people answer your question, more than one of them by asking you what you thought, and then validating your ideas. What else do you want? Do you want somebody here to write your...

  15. Patient pain medication

    AliNajaCat replied to Nursing36578's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Demerol 50 mg is equianalgesic to 2 aspirin, and it's a horrible drug to give to old people due to the effects of its metabolites. I haven't actually seen it given to anybody for

  16. patient attitude

    AliNajaCat replied to ali1347's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    "Heritage disease"? We call these "inherited," so I wonder if where you come from it's a different

  17. patient attitude

    AliNajaCat replied to ali1347's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    There you go. Was that so

  18. How to calculate Parkland Formula?

    AliNajaCat replied to xmilkncookiesx's topic in General Students

    You know, you might post this on the Genersl Nursing forum, not the student forum, and get some real burn nurses to weigh

  19. Shadow Health Care Plan

    AliNajaCat replied to caitlinstafford's topic in General Students

    Nursing diagnoses are made from nursing assessments, medical diagnoses are made from medical assessments. To make (not choose or pick) a nursing diagnosis, you match your assessment findings with the...

  20. Knowledge Deficit as a priority diagnosis?

    AliNajaCat replied to malia.vest's topic in General Students

    Part of setting priorities is justifying your decision. I think you can make a good case for making this diagnosis. The other ones count too, and don't just go for the low-handing fruit of knowledge...

  21. patient attitude

    AliNajaCat replied to ali1347's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    We try not to do your homework for you. We will help you think about it, though. So tell us your thoughts and we'll see if we can add to them. But you have to

  22. Care Plan Diagnosis Help!!

    AliNajaCat replied to treblig4595's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Orthostatic hypotension is a risk factor for ... Yes, risk-for diagnoses are actual and real. How would you protect her from ... ? I don't fault students for going for the low-hanging fruit, because...

  23. Nursing school struggles

    AliNajaCat replied to katlynch89's topic in General Students

    Absolutely true. I graduated from college a loooong time ago and I am still taking courses and seminars and buying books. If you stop learning the day you graduate from college, you start to fall...

  24. Applying for MSN- HELP :(

    AliNajaCat replied to FutureGradNurse's topic in General Students

    I'd recommend cutting back on what we call the "Look at me!" words. I realize this sounds counterintuitive, because, of course, you want them to look at you. But "passion," "extremely," and...

  25. Care Plan Help, Alzheimers disease.

    AliNajaCat replied to CK9623's topic in General Students

    My compliments to your faculty. You have done a great job on this so far-- now fill in the last column with how you are going to measure the success of your nursing interventions. Keep going on his...