The plague of long ago still exists today. How do we, as nurses, know if our patient is one of the few individuals who has contracted it? Check out symptoms and treatment for this rare illness.
The plague of long ago still exists today. How do we, as nurses, know if our patient is one of the few individuals who has contracted it? Check out symptoms and treatment for this rare illness.
Wound care is an important part of nursing. Bedsores are a common problem seen among bedridden patients. How can we as nurses help our patients who have developed pressure sores?
It is important to know the differences between ischemic and hemorrhagic strokes. What nursing interventions would you perform for these and how would they vary? Learn about these strokes from an ICU RN.
Here's how you zero a pressure line in five easy steps! Quick and simple read on how and why zeroing is important.
It is important to be able to recognize different types of heart blocks when your patient develops them. What do the ECG strips look like? What will the patient feel like? Most importantly, what are you going to do about it?
Basic ECG interpretation is important to understand as a nurse. What does it mean when different waves do not look how they should? Here is a guide to common ECG abnormalities and what to look out for.
Bilirubin is commonly tested for when a patient is jaundiced. What is the difference between conjugated and unconjugated bilirubin levels? How do these help us to diagnose a patient?
Tips on how to remove rings from a patient whose fingers are swollen. This can be a task that emergently needs to be done if a patient's fingers have decreased blood flow because of the ring. Try some of these easy tricks and see if they work!
Amiodarone is a commonly administered medication in the critical care. It is an antiarrhythmic drug that is used commonly to treat ventricular heart arrhythmias. Learn how to administer amiodarone and what to look out for as a nurse.
A ventilation-perfusion scan (commonly known as a VQ scan) is a procedure performed in interventional radiology. It examines air flow and perfusion from the lungs.