Nursing is perceived to be the field that houses the so-called modern-day superheroes. Nurses, with their ability to save lives and care for the sick and injured are believed to be super people with a lot of strength and can do numerous things. However, like ordinary people, nurses have limitations in their line of work […]
We have always believed that our immune system is our shield when it comes to combating various bacteria and diseases, never in our minds have we considered what may happen if our immune system itself turns its back on us. Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a chronic and potentially incapacitating disease wherein your own body’s immune […]
The nursing profession, like any other thing in this world has undergone change for a couple of times. From practices to beliefs, it had experienced evolution as it continuously tries to cope with the rapid changes in nursing demands and health care issues. We are all aware that there are other religious beliefs and cultural […]
As nurses and student nurses, we oftentimes find patients during hospital duties with that narrow and long tube dangling from their noses. Yeah, we have come to know that is called a Nasogastric Tube or most well known with its abbreviation, NGT. Back in nursing school, when everybody starts going to hospitals for duties, a […]
Safety is frequently considered as a human need wherein a person is free from injury both psychologically and physically. A great number of people go in and out of the hospital under the care of health care providers for the purpose of being treated and cared for. Thus, patient safety has been one of the […]
As nurses, we deal with all types of people some of which are children who have been or may be exposed to infectious diseases and need special care. Below are some of the most common infectious diseases that occur to pediatric clients as well as their signs and symptoms. Chicken pox This is an infection […]
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