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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!

Yesss...I got my letter saying I got accepted into TWU-Houston yesterday! I seriously cannot express how I feel right now. Who else has gotten their acceptance letter to TWU-Houston? I cannot wait!!!!! Congrats to those who have gotten in and good lu...

got my NET test results back...and i'm not feeling too good. I got 92% for math (proud of that, but doesnt count ), 60% for reading comprehension, and reading rate of 341 words per minute. my reading comprehension level says that i ranked in the 55 ...

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 fou...

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 h...

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 fo...

hello! i start my third semester (psych) tomorrow. i'm real excited about this semester, but i was wondering if anyone could let me know what to expect. thanks!

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 parti...

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 l...

hello! i need help coming up with some nursing diagnosis for my patient. he is 66 y/o male admitted with cardiac arrest/acute MI. he underwent CABGx3 yesterday. his current EKG shows atrial fibrillation. he has generalized weakness and generalized ed...

thank you all so much for your replies! i really appreciate it! here are the nursing diagnoses i came up with in priority order. if you can, PLEASE let me know if they sound okay or if they need to be fixed. thank you! 1. Decreased cardiac output r/...

good morning! for my last clinical day i was thinking about baking cookies and wrapping them in little bags and tying quotes around each bag to give to everyone in my clinical group. i was wondering if yall know any good inspirational quotes (nursing...

hey. i posted earlier but figured out what to teach. now im confused as to whether i can use altered tissue perfusion as a nursing diagnosis for a patient who has peripheral vascular disease (PVD) and has undergone endarterectomy (to remove the clot)...

hello! hope everyones semester is going well! quick question..for my gerontology class we had to do these assessments on our patients who were over the age of 65. well for one of my patients i chose to do the fall risk assessment b/c he has a history...

good morning! i just have a quick question. my patient was admitted w/ pneumonia but during her morning assessment she was complaining of back pain. her chart (and the patient herself) said she was in a car accident a while back and has suffered chro...

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! hope everyones semester is going well. i was just wondering how effective massage therapy was for pain. have any of you performed massage therapy on your patients? what was the patient's siutation/health condition? what was the outcome of this...

hello! what are some nursing interventions for the diagnosis of "altered role performance r/t vision loss and bilateral amputation secondary to chronic disease AEB patient dependent with ADLs and inability to care for others"? does this diagnosis so...

PLEASE tell me how these nursing diagnoses sound..are they relevant to my patient you think? -ineffective coping r/t vision loss and amputation secondary to chronic disease process AEB patient statement "i have no value and feel like a burden to my w...

hello! i just have a quick question. i have been posting on here a lot lately and i really appreciate everyone's help! here's my question.. i had a patient this past week with CAD. he has history of HTN and hyperlipidemia. his chief complaint was ch...

thanks for responding! no, he's not in pain..he states his pain level 0/10. can i use 'ineffective tissue perfusion r/t blockage secondary to disease process AEB need to surgical repair'? does that make sense? can i still use this diagnosis even thou...

hello. im a nursing student and doing clinicals right now. im working on my care plan at the moment and am having a hard time with one part. theres a part that says "list potentional inquiry or research questions you found regarding care of your pati...

good morning! i just have a few quick questions. i'm making my genogram right now for my health history interview and i was wondering..if the patient states that his grandfather didn't have any health problems and that he died of "old age", i would p...