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How to Chart Skin Color in Black Patients
It takes experience to learn how to assess the skin of a dark-skinned patient. Many times the changes in a dark skinned patient's color will be far more subtle than in a lighter-skinned patient. For...
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How to Read Lab Tests in Dehydration
Dehydration is a complex and challenging syndrome to diagnose. It can be particularly debilitating even at mild levels if it is not caught in time. Some medication such as water pills can cause fluid...
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What Is the Difference Between a CCU & ICU?
Hospitals can be intimidating, and the alphabet soup of specialized departments can be especially confusing. Two of the areas treating the most critically ill patients are the ICU and CCU. The ICU, or...
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Patient Transfer Technique Procedures
Patients in health care facilities often require assistance with transferring in and out of bed and from one surface to another. Health care workers are at risk of injury if proper body mechanics are...
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How to Measure & Calculate Creatinine Clearance
Creatinine clearance is a way for doctors to check if the kidneys are working properly. Some medications are processed out of the body by the kidneys. If the kidneys are not working as they should, the...
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Contraindications for PICC Placement
A peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) line is a minimally invasive way to deliver medications to the central venous blood system, usually inserted at the bedside by a specially trained nurse....
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What Are the Advantages & Disadvantages in Electronic Charting?
Electronic charting is the wave of the future. There will be a computer at every bedside, and every nurse will type her notes. Electronic charting has some distinct advantages over paper charting, but...
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The Advantages of Head-to-Toe Assessment
The basic assessment all nurses are taught is the head-to-toe assessment. There are many advantages to this approach to assessing patients, and not many disadvantages. It keeps a nurse organized,...
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Nursing Tips for Dealing With an Aggressive Patient
Patients come in all shapes and sizes, and sometimes they can be aggressive. Whether they are mentally ill, intoxicated or angry, the challenge remains the same. A nurse has to keep her wits about her...
View ArticleThe Long-Term Effects of Artificial Ventilation
In times of emergency, artificial ventilation is a life saver. It is a procedure in which a doctor puts a tube, called an endotracheal tube, down a patient's windpipe and connects him to a ventilator....
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The Difference Between Negative or Positive Room Air Pressure
Air pressure in a room is influenced by whether air can enter and leave a room through gaps around windows, above and under doors, around light fixtures and electrical outlets as well as through open...
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How to Fold a Draw Sheet for a Bedridden Person
Illness and injury can cause a patient to be bedridden, or have difficulty moving around in bed. A draw sheet is a flat sheet that's folded and placed under a patient's torso to allow two hospital...
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Methods of Geometric Dilution
Geometric dilution is the process of diluting something based on its measured size. Most often, scientists and doctors employ this method when combining fine powders of unequal amounts to ensure equal...
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Difference Between Qualitative & Quantitative Medical Record Analysis
Health care providers maintain medical records to keep data relating to patients. The information contained in these records can be analyzed qualitatively or quantitatively. Qualitative analysis...
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How to Figure Ventilator Tubing Compliance
Without breathing, and the consequent inhalation of oxygen and exhalation of carbon dioxide, life would quickly cease. Medical facilities are often forced to assist this process through the use of...
View ArticleWhat Is ICU?
ICU stands for Intensive Care Unit and is also known as a critical care unit in some places. It is a highly specialized section of a hospital that cares for extremely ill patients, either admitted...
View ArticleTypes of Syringes & Needles
Giving medications by injection requires the use of the right syringe, the right needle and the right part of the body. Syringes are also used to remove blood from the body during blood donation, for...
View ArticleTypes of Hospital Wards
A hospital ward may be referred to as a section, unit, or even a floor of the hospital. The wards are typed according to the patients within the ward and their specific needs, diseases, or even their...
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Grants for Nonprofit Community Hospitals
While large for-profit hospitals tend to get the most press and public recognition, small nonprofit community hospitals also play an important role in providing access to health care, particularly for...
View ArticleHow to Put on a Hospital Gown
When confronted with a hospital gown for the first time, most people need a little help, according to research from North Carolina State University, which reports that 74 percent of nurses get involved...
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