Nursing Care

Telecommuting provides an attractive option for nurses seeking flexibility and work-life balance. Many large companies hire nurses to work from home doing a variety of jobs. Here s a look at three options: triage (also called telehealth), medical transcription and case management. Telehealth Over the…

For people who want a good-paying, stable nursing job, one class stands in the way: Introduction to Anatomy and Physiology. And it s a tough one. At the first day of anatomy class at West Kentucky Community and Technical College, Jonathan Harned sits in the front row, taking notes. He has safety goggles…

In nursing school, there is probably no more hated class assignment than the nursing care plan. They’re assigned for every type of class, for intensive care patients, in mental health, and even for community care. Nursing students stay up all night preparing patient-specific care plans for the next day’s…

Weigh daily or as ordered. Weighing serves as an assessment tool to determine the adequacy of nutritional intake. Ascertain patient’s dietary program and usual pattern then compare with recent intake. Identifies deficits and deviations from therapeutic needs. Auscultate bowel sounds. Note reports of…

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The patients with highest risk from the septic shock and bacteremia would include infants, elderly and people who are immune-suppressed with chronic diseases. The long term goals of nursing diagnosis for sepsis are the maintenance of negative cultures by following the antibiotic therapy. The temperature…

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