NRSG140 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Clinical Urine Tests, Knowledge Base, Fluid Balance
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The clinical reasoning cycle represents the ongoing and cyclical nature of nursing interventions and the important of evaluation and reflection. It requires health care professionals to examine and discuss the steps in a clockwise direction to facilitate decision-making thereby enabling the formulation of a care plan for the patient. Being admitted for excision of a mole on the r) arm. You have been asked to continue with ashley"s admission to the ward. Type 1 diabetic well controlled and currently well. Please conduct a urinalysis, blood glucose level (bgl) and complete the fluid balance chart. Please handover the patient at the end of your shift. What is the patients situation: 22 yr. old male; type 1 diabetic on medications, admitted for excision of a mole on the right arm. Collect cues and information: vital signs are they normal, works in construction, lives with a supportive family, drinks alcohol how much and how often, plays footy.
