Obtain a thorough history. Ask if any of the patient’s close contacts have the same signs and symptoms. Implement contact precautions and maintain them for 24 hours after the start of effective therapy. Put on clean gloves and a gown. Remove and bag the patient’s clothing and help her put on a patient gown. Look […]
Nursing Interventions for Necrotizing Fasciitis Identify patients at risk, and report these suspicions to the health care provider Vital signs including intake and output, and laboratory data should be carefully observed to monitor for the risk or appearance of sepsis and septic shock. Provide frequent dressing changes, wound assessment and documentation, and medication administration. Assess […]
And just like that, it’s Halloween, again. But what’s Halloween without a good hair raising story to keep you up all night, right? Here’s a compilation of creepy nursing stories that will surely leave you feeling the Halloween vibe (even after Halloween season). “It’s the smells” It’s the smells when I used to work night […]
New discoveries and innovations have continued their rounds in the health-related professions. Through the years, they continue to create wonders in patient care and outcomes. One of the recently discovered ones, for example, are new medications for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis The lungs, as we all know, are important organs in the body […]
For years, researchers have found a way to generate artificial veins. However, most of those attempts at creating artificial veins don’t come close to imitating organic processes. In recent years, researchers at Queen Mary University London (QMUL) have established a self-assembling organic material that grows and changes shape, possibly leading to artificial veins. These researchers […]
Tessie tears a bit after reading a tear-jerking chapter from the book she’s currently obsessed with. Why on earth should her favorite character die because of lung cancer? Aren’t there any treatments that could cure lung cancer? Would’ve she gotten better? She scolds herself for being too emotional and too attached to the story. As […]
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