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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...
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Reasons for a Low WBC
A low white blood cell count, or WBC, can lead to a very serious infection. Patients who are at risk of developing a low count have to be careful to stay away from any possible sources of bacteria and...
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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How to Teach New Nursing Assistants How to Provide Basic Care
Equip new nursing assistants with the skills and confidence they need to carry out good basic care of patients. Teach them how to deal with hygiene needs, how to prevent pressure sores and how to...
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Characteristics of a Decentralized Nursing Unit
Decentralized nursing units lack a formal hub where nurses gather to discuss patients and gather supplies, instead spreading the nursing stations throughout the hospital. These decentralized nursing...
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Principles of a Sound Drug Formulary System
National organizations representing government, health care professionals and business leaders formed a coalition in 1999. It set out to provide a set of principles that would enable health care...
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Nursing and NICU Evacuation Activities
When a mother gives birth to a new baby, she probably does not expect to have her baby need the services of a neonatal intensive care unit, or NICU. Even more rare would be the necessity to evacuate...
View ArticleThe Difference Between Negative or Positive Air Room 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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What Are Radiographic Cassettes?
Radiographic cassettes are the plastic covers that hold X-ray film. Starting around 1948 the cassette was tweaked and improved upon in order to find the best combination of absorption time and clearest...
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Preceptor & Preceptorial Learning Activities
In 1905, Woodrow Wilson introduced the preceptorial method as an effort to organize regular sessions between a small group of students and a faculty member. The original objective of preceptorial...
View ArticleHow to Troubleshoot the Market Forge Sterilmatic
The Sterilmatic Sterilizer is a device used for sterilizing medical tools with high-pressure steam, also known as an autoclave. The Sterilmatic is manufactured by Market Forge. Autoclaves are used in a...
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How to Measure Hourly Rounding
A 2007 study at Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola, Florida, showed that hourly rounding by nurses at a hospital could save up to $2 billion if all hospitals across the U.S. implemented the procedure....
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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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What Is an Interval History?
During any visit, one of the first things a doctor will do is take an interval history. An interval history is an account of what happened to the patient during the time between visits and a series of...
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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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Medical School Reunion Jokes
We often think of doctors as being grim and serious -- maybe because we only see them when we're feeling our worst. The truth is, doctors have a sense of humor like anyone else and when they get...
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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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Advantages & Disadvantages of Computerization in the Hospital
Information technology in a hospital augments the staff's ability to treat patients and perform administrative tasks, but costs and risks accompany these benefits. Gains in productivity and operations...
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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...
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The Best Orthopedic Hospitals in the Northeastern US
Orthopedics is a growing specialty in many hospitals in the United States. The profession is one of the higher-profit areas of medicine and can help hospitals pay for other, less profitable...
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