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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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Importance of Team Work in Nursing
A nurse is only as good as the team around her, and a nurse who cannot ask questions of her co-workers is extremely hampered. Nursing is so complex it must be discussed and talked about, shared and...
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How to Be a Good Preceptor for Nursing Students
Leader, mentor, expert and teacher are a few words to describe the role of a nurse preceptor. New nurses and student nurses are anxious yet eager to learn new information and skills in a very...
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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 See Where the Shoulder Ends
The end of the shoulder is known as the acromium. It's a triangular protuberance of the scapula that forms a joint with the clavicle or collar bone. Various muscles and ligaments attach here to help...
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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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How to Report Patient Falls
Patient safety is important in most health care facilities. Specific policies and procedures exist to prevent falls and other injuries. Patients are at risk of falling because they are weak, unable to...
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How to Write a Nursing Assessment & Diagnosis
One aspect of a nurse's job is to assess a patient's condition, develop a nursing diagnosis and establish a care plan. The North American Nursing Diagnosis Association, or NANDA, defines a nursing...
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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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How to Manage Patient Flow
Patient flow is a major concern in many doctors' offices, medical labs and urgent care facilities. How quickly patients are served is key to keeping any office running smoothly and on time. Many...
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Common Nursing Phrases for Patient Care
When you visit a sick relative or friend in hospital you will no doubt hear a lot of medical phrases and terms that you don't understand. Nursing words and abbreviations like CVP, Chest PT, Halo and...
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How to File Complaints to Duke Medical Center
According to its website, Duke University Hospital in Durham, North Carolina is recognized as one of the world's best hospitals by magazines such as "Time" and "U.S. News & World Report." The...
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The Objectives of a Bedside Report
Bedside reporting is the wave of the future in hospitals today. It is highly recommended by nursing experts as the best way to ensure a safe and effective hand off of information from one nurse to...
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How to Calculate Intake Volume
Recording intake and output is of a vital importance in a hospital setting. It is a very sensitive tool to determine how a patient is doing. Intake and output can let a nurse know how the kidneys and...
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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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How to Find Someone in an ICU
If you receive news that someone you know has been admitted to a hospital's Intensive Care Unit, your emotions may get the best of you, and you will probably want to contact the person immediately....
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How to Improve Nursing Communication With Reports to Other Units
When a patient has an x-ray, surgery or other test scheduled, his primary nurse calls in a report to the nurse that will take care of the patient during the procedure. The nurse gives report in advance...
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How to Delegate Nurse Functions
It takes some time as a new registered nurse to learn how to delegate. At first, a new nurse wants to do it all. It is hard to ask someone else to do something for your patient, but as experience...
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How to Measure Hand Hygiene Adherence & Overcome the Challenges
Hand hygiene, a term used in health care settings that refers to cleaning hands with soap and water or antiseptics, is the best way to prevent infections in hospitals and other health care facilities...
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