Category: Nursing

Nursing Care Plans For Diarrhea

Diarrhea is a common condition that affects people of all ages. It is characterized by loose, watery stools and can be caused by a variety of factors, including infections, food intolerances, and medication side effects. As a nurse, it is important to develop a nursing care plan for diarrhea to help manage the symptoms and…
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How to Take an Ovulation Test

If you’re trying to conceive, an ovulation test can be a useful tool to help determine the best time to try to get pregnant. An ovulation test measures the levels of luteinizing hormone (LH) in your urine, which typically surges 24-36 hours before ovulation occurs. Here’s how to take an ovulation test: CONCLUSION In conclusion,…
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How to Complete a Nursing Care Plan for Clinical Exam

A nursing care plan is a vital tool that helps nurses provide effective and efficient care to their patients. It is a written document that outlines a patient’s health status, diagnoses, and the nursing interventions required to manage their health conditions. Nursing care plans are often required in clinical exams, where nursing students are expected…
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Nursing Care Plan For Nephrotic Syndrome

Introduction Nephrotic syndrome is a chronic kidney disease that affects both children and adults. It is characterized by high levels of protein in the urine, low levels of protein in the blood, edema, and high cholesterol levels. Nephrotic syndrome requires ongoing medical management, and nursing care is an essential component of that management. In this…
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Insertion & Removal of a Peripheral Intravenous Cannula

Peripheral Intravenous Infusion or peripheral IV infusion is a procedure adopted to insert the IV cannula that contains a needle at the end into the vein of choice to infuse IV fluids, medications, or to draw the blood out for sampling. The basic purpose of using the proper technique for insertion or removal of the…
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Vial Coring Prevention

The medication vial has a small piece called a “stopper” that is used to insert needles. Sometimes a small piece of stopper called “vial coring” gets chopped off and starts to float on the liquid medication. Usually, it is very small and goes unnoticed due to many reasons i.e; the vial is completely labeled or…
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Adrenal Gland Tumors

So this topic is about adrenal tumors and some of the really common questions that they actually test on step 1 and Nclex. So before anything starts off on, just the basics of physiology, what pituitary gland does is that it releases hormones, one of the hormones it releases is ACTH. Now, what does ACTH…
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Bone Fracture

First, letโ€™s talk about what is a bone fracture? It is a medical condition where the continuity of the bone is broken. But what causes a bone fracture to occur? So number one is the trauma. A fall, a motor vehicle accident, or a tackle during a football game can all result in fractures. Or maybe…
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Nursing Care Plan For Diabetes

What is Diabetes? Diabetes is a metabolic condition in which the body is unable to metabolize accumulated glucose, resulting in the accumulation of glucose in the body (hyperglycemia). It can either be due to decreased or no production of insulin at all, or due to development of resistance to the insulin by GLUT receptors. Classification…
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Nursing Care Plan For Diarrhea

Diarrhea is characterized by abnormal/increased bowel movements, increased amount (above 200g a day) and an increase in the frequency of bowel movements. Causes of Diarrhea Nursing Care Plan Are you a student nurse, registered nurse or nurse practitioner? Do you want to master medical and clinical sciences? Join us today and start boosting your medical knowledge…
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