Archive for October 2010

Head to Toe Assessment by Julie Reeser, RN

Head to Toe Assessment Guest Author - Julie Reeser, RN One of the best skills a nurse can possess is a firm grasp of the head to toe a...

Head To Toe Assessment Checklist

Head To Toe Assessment Checklist Wash Hands ( ) Completed - Standard Precautions Introduction ( ) Completed - Introduce s...

Nursing Intervention, Nursing Intervention for Preoperative Care Edit

Nursing Intervention for Preoperative Care

Nursing Intervention for Preoperative Care Assess for level of anxiety, verbal expression of fear adn reasons for it. Anxiety ranges from m...

Nursing Assessment, SHORT PORTABLE MENTAL STATUS QUESTIONNAIRE (SPMSQ) Edit

SHORT PORTABLE MENTAL STATUS QUESTIONNAIRE (SPMSQ)

SHORT PORTABLE MENTAL STATUS QUESTIONNAIRE (SPMSQ) Purpose: Assessment of organic brain deficit in the elderly clients. Remember: ...

Glasgow Coma Scale, Nurses Notes, Nursing Assessment Edit

Glasgow Coma Scale

Glasgow Coma Scale FACULTY MEASURED RESPONSE SCORE Eye Opening Spontaneously To verbal command To pain No response 4 3...

Gastroenteritis, NCP, NCP for Gastroenteritis Edit

NCP for Gastroenteritis

NCP for Gastroenteritis Gastroenteritis Gastroenteritis is a condition that causes irritation and inflammation of the stomach and intes...

Hepatitis, NCP, NCP for Hepatitis Edit

NCP for Hepatitis

NCP for Hepatitis Hepatitis Hepatitis is an inflammation of the liver, most commonly caused by a viral infection. There are five main hep...

Hypertension, NCP, NCP for Hypertension Edit

NCP for Hypertension

NCP - Nursing Care Plan for Hypertension Hypertension Hypertension is one of the most common worldwide diseases afflicting humans. B...

Alzheimer, Healthy Living Tips, Preventing Alzheimer s: How To Keep Your Brain Healthy Edit

Preventing Alzheimer s: How To Keep Your Brain Healthy

Alzheimer s is a deadly disease that is claiming an increasing number of people each year. As you know, however, research in this field has ...

NCP, NCP for Typhoid Fever, Typhoid Fever Edit

NCP for Typhoid Fever

NCP - Nursing Care Plan for Typhoid Fever Typhoid Fever Typhoid fever is a bacterial infection characterized by diarrhea, systemic di...

NCP, NCP for Vertigo, Vertigo Edit

NCP for Vertigo

NCP - Nursing Care Plan for Vertigo Vertigo Vertigo is the feeling that you or your environment is moving or spinning. It differs f...

Appendicitis, NCP, NCP for Appendicitis Edit

NCP for Appendicitis

Nursing Care Plan for Appendicitis Appendicitis Appendicitis is a condition characterized by inflammation of the appendix. It is classified...

NCP, NCP for Pleura Effusion, Pleura Effusion Edit

NCP for Pleura Effusion

Nursing Care Plan for Pleura Effusion Pleural effusion A pleural effusion is an accumulation of fluid between the layers of tissue tha...

Myocardial Infarction, NCP, NCP for Myocardial Infarction Edit

NCP for Myocardial Infarction

Nursing Care Plan for Myocardial Infarction Myocardial infarction (MI) Myocardial infarction (MI) or acute myocardial infarction (...

NCP, NCP for Pneumonia, Pneumonia Edit

NCP for Pneumonia

Nursing Care Plan for Pneumonia Pneumonia Pneumonia is an inflammation of the lung, usually caused by an infection. Three common cau...

Alzheimer, Alzheimer’s Treatment : How to Get More Years of Quality Life, Healthy Living Tips, Treatment Edit

Alzheimer’s Treatment : How to Get More Years of Quality Life

Alzheimer’s Treatment: How to Get More Years of Quality Life Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is a terrible and debilitating mental disease with no...

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