Any nurses out there? Can anyone help me to better define what a Nursing Implication is?

Question

I can figure out what the definition is, but where can one find Nursing Implications that have to do with patient care, that are NOT for meds?

I "get it" for meds (pt avoid driving while taking this medication), but what about for other things?

Answer 1

Are you in nursing school? Generally, nursing implications have to do with what nurses need to look for or attend to either with patient care or a procedure or even a medication, for example, making sure a patient ambulates in the hall or how well the patient did with a centesis. Look in your care plan books or in the med-surg texts under "interventions". Basically, implications deal with what interventions we may need to use.