Questions about Nursing Care plans?

[mcclot1993]

What do these things mean when it comes to nursing care plans

Common related factors-

Defining Characteristics-

Common Risk Factors-

Common Expected Outcome-

NOC outcomes and NIC Interventions-

Ongoing assessment actions/ interventions and rationales-

Therapeutic Intervention-

[mcclot1993]

To ABG is a doctors order I believe so we cannot monitor something like that until we get an order from the doctor.

[LoriRNCM, ADN, ASN, RN]

To ABG is a doctors order I believe so we cannot monitor something like that until we get an order from the doctor.

The doctor orders the lab test but you will monitor lab results, be made aware them probably before the doctor, and you also monitor O2 sats.

[mcclot1993]

What are O2 sats, and HB levels

[LoriRNCM, ADN, ASN, RN]

SpO2 is the level of oxygen in the blood, Hgb levels are hemoglobin.

[Esme12, ASN, BSN, RN]

What are O2 sats, and HB levels

again.....you need to get through you basic classes then get accepted to a nursing program.

Trying to put the car t before the horse is a mistake.....you will learn something wrong and it will be difficult to change it later...making nursing much harder than necessary.

Get your pre-reqs done....get great grades. Tackle the nursing stuff when you get into a program. You are going to over whelm and confuse yourself.

[kaydensmom01]

What are O2 sats and HB levels[/quote']

You should wait until nursing school to learn about care plans- we can't teach you about the basics and all it entails, it is something you will have to learn in school.

Look over anatomy and phys and that is what will give you an edge, since different nursing schools do care plans differently.

[mcclot1993]

Do LPNs go into making care plans at all or is that stuff you learn in RN school.

[RedHeaded2bNurse16]

Yes LPNs do care plans as well.

[akulahawkRN, ADN, RN, EMT-P]

again.....you need to get through you basic classes then get accepted to a nursing program.

Trying to put the cart before the horse is a mistake.....you will learn something wrong and it will be difficult to change it later...making nursing much harder than necessary.

Get your pre-reqs done....get great grades. Tackle the nursing stuff when you get into a program. You are going to over whelm and confuse yourself.

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This. I don't think anyone here can't stress enough that you should get your prerequisites done (with very good grades) and get into school before you really start digging into the questions you're asking. Nursing School will teach you the answers to the questions you're asking and a lot more than that.

[mcclot1993]

I want to do RN school but for some reason my dad wants me to do LPN school saying and stay an LPN because I would have enough money to make a decent living with. Sorry but does anyone else think this is a bad decision atleast stay an LPN part.

[HappyWife77, BSN, RN]

Don't get your horse before your cart....so to speak. Also as nurses we tend to be lifelong learners. You can start with LPN and contunue on. I would follow what's in heart.

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[mcclot1993]

I think I understand care plans now. Suppose someone suffered a stroke. They are unable to feed themselves or do not much of their ADL's so a nursing DX would be self care deficit syndrome. defining characteristics which backs up the diagnosis would be inability to feed self independently inability to dress self independently inability to bathe and groom self independently etc. Common related factors would be a CVA or cognitive impairment which might care the nursing diagnosis. Expected outcome would be patient safely performs self care activities. Non expected outcome would be patient does not perform self care activity. Ongoing assessment assess ability to carry out ADL,s. The patient may only require assistance with some self care measures. Theurapeutic interventionsSet short range goals with the patient. Assisting the patient to set realistic goals will deacrease frustration. I think I have general knowledge on how to do care plans. The only question I got left it do I only have to pick a few interventions or just all of the interventions with a nursing diagnosis. You are right about pre reqs and stuff. I do have about a 180 page anatomy and physiology book at my house. I do not know if it goes into enough depth it talks about your cells and what is inside the cells like your lysosomes, and centrioles. It talks about your chromosomes and you DNA. It goes into each body system like it talks about the cells that make up your bone. Talks about layers of your muscles. Does it sound like it goes into enough depth of your body.