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For those of you who are nurses in the NICU..what do you believe to be the most difficult/challenging part of your job?

hi! i need some suggestions for interventions for a nursing diagnosis of "risk for developmental delay r/t hospitlization"...i would greatly appreciate your help! thank you and have a great day!

Hi! I am a nursing student and just started my pediatric rotation. I have a quick question about teaching. Patient is 16 y/o male just had a PICC line inserted so that he can receive medications daily when he goes home. Would it be good to teach him when to call the doctor or nurse type things such as signs and symptoms that warrant medical attention regarding the PICC line? I found this brochure and was thinking about giving it to the patient and his family as well that talks about when to call the doctor or nurse. What do yall think of my idea for teaching? I would greatly appreciate any feedback! Thank you and have a great day!

Hello! I'm doing my pediatric rotation this semester. My patient this week is a 16 y/o diagnosed with hemophilia in 1997. His reason for being in the hospital this visit is due to a hematoma in his right knee. He was recently hospitalizaed in july for an inguinal hematoma. At that visit, he received Factor 8 Recombinant BID and was sent home 10 days later. This visit, he is also receiving Factor 8 Recombinant BID. A PICC line was placed in his right arm 2 days ago and will be going home with it so he can receive Factor 8 Recombinant at home daily. He was complaining of pain the other night and has been on bed rest to help him heal since his admission. He cannot bear weight on his right leg either. PT will be coming for crutch training I think. My question is about choosing some nursing diagnoses for him. I have to choose a physiological and a psychosocial. I was thinking about doing "Risk for injury r/t deficiency in blood clotting and impaired mobility" as my physiological, and "Risk for situational low self esteem" or possibly "Loneliness" as my psychosocial. What do you think? Please help! I would greatly appreciate it! Thank you in advance and have a wonderful day!

FOCUS is a 2 week experience where you pretty much get a head start. you will cover a couple of the first lectures and check off with different skills (such as handwashing, bed making, foley catheter insertion) that the other students who don't participate in FOCUS will have to do during the fall semester. i would strongly recommend doing this! they only take like 40 people i think though. you should have received something in the mail about it..that's weird that you didn't. there is no requirement for joining..you just have to be quick to respond because they only take a certain number of people. good luck to you all! if you have any questions, feel free to ask :)

Hello! I am a senior right now and I did FOCUS last summer. It is so worth it! You pretty much get a head start. Definitely do it if you can..you will be happy when school starts and you get to sleep in while the other students have to go to skills lab :)

hello. just wondering if any of you have tried massage on your patients. what was their complaint and what was the outcome? would love to hear some stories! thank you and have a great day!

hello! i'm working on my care plan right now and my patient this week has CAD and underwent percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty. anyway, there's a part in my care plan where i have to "list 3 potential research or inquiry questions you found regarding care of the patient/family." i do not know what's wrong with me right now, but my brain is not working and i cannot think of anything to write for this. i was just wondering if anyone could please help me out with this? i would appreciate any sort of input or help. thank you in advance! have a wonderful day!

good morning! quick question..what are some nursing diagnoses for someone w/ coronary artery disease besides altered perfusion? if you could offer any input or anything i would greatly appreciate it! thanks and have a great day!

good morning! okay, this is kinda off topic but it is something that happened to me last night and i was just wondering if anyone could provide some input or something. last night, as i was fixing my dinner, i started getting this weird feeling. it came out of nowhere. i started to feel really heavy and like i was being pulled towards the ground. when i would go to sit on the couch, i felt like i was being pulled back toward the couch. i kinda started freaking out. i was mostly freaking out because i was home alone and i didn't know what was going on because i had never felt like this before. i sat down for a minute and took some breaths and continued to eat my dinner but minutes later i started feeling shaky and sort of got this tingling sensation in my fingers. my neighbor, who is a good friend, is a nurse so i ran over to her house. she was gone, but her husband and kids were home so i stayed over there for a bit until she got home. she told me that my blood sugar level probably dropped and my body was reacting to that. she also said it may have been an anxiety attack. as i was waiting over at their house for her to get back home, i sort of felt like i was going numb all over. i was trying to scratch and pinch myself to see if i could still feel it, and i could but it was dull. when she got home, she told me i should go eat some carbs/protein so i had some peanut butter, oj, and some turkey. a little while later (probably like 30 minutes) i felt a little better. i have no idea what was going on but all i know is that i have never felt like that before. anyone know what might have been going on? any sort of input would be greatly appreciated..i'm just so confused. thank you!

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Hi Amy! Thank you and I hope you're one of us in about a year, too! Your science gpa only consists of A&P 1 and 2, Microbiology, Chemistry, and Nutrition. I believe that's what it is. If you have any more questions about the admission process or prerequisites, please feel free to ask..hopefully me or someone else can help ya out! Have a great day!

Hello! I just wanted to start a thread where those who will be attending UT-Houston this fall can get to know each other before school starts :) Hope yall are enjoying your summer!!

good morning! i know this is off topic, but i have a quick question. im taking this history class and we have to read these 2 books.."the minutemen and their world" and "the long bitter trail." im reading them and things are just not clicking. i miss my science classes anyway, im just wondering if any of you have read these books and if you would mind helping me out a little here to understand them a little better. thank you in advance!

Hi! I'm going to attending UT-Houston in the Fall and I am looking into getting the Metro U-Pass. How do I go about getting one? Can anyone please help me with this. Thank you in advance!!