Nursing

There are several reputable brands of nurse call systems. Some of these include: Mir Com, Ackerman by Honeywell, Navi Care, Telecore, Rauland, and Care Caller.

Depends on what the state has for regulations of what a Nurse Practitioner can specialize in. If a state allows the pediatric nurse may specialize in cardiology too with the proper training and education.

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Neonatal nurses work with babies. OB nurses work with pregnant mothers. Prenatal? where did you get that?

Acute pain related to bacterial infections of the body.

i do not have a clue about this question but if you google it and use your common sense i am sure you will find the answer even though that is what i have done and i still havent found the answer because internet is not as good as it is made out to be so dont always beleive what other people say ebcause they talk rubbish!!

Just means wash essentially. Irrigate with some anti bacterial product.

You can find a cheap nurse Uniform at Marcus Uniforms , who offers a large selection of brand Name Nurses uniforms for Men and also Women in a large range of Sizes including plus Sizes to 5X .

A forensic nurse is a medical professional whose job it is not only to provide care to individuals, but to look at patients' cases from an investigative perspective, and provide medical assistance and evidence to police and legal officials.

The CCNA test is administered to certified nursing assistants to indicate that they are able to perform the duties of which they have been trained. The CCNA test is the certification that is required to quality for jobs in the nursing industry. Most of the CCNA test takers continue on to become registered nurses or practical nurses. Therefor the CCNA test is an important test in regards to starting a career in the nursing industry.

A triage nurse is trained to sort injured people into groups based on their need for immediate medical treatment. They are trained to sort these people very quickly in times of emergencies.

Yes, all persons involved in a patient's care will have access to the patient's chart and will be able to read what's inside. While nurses and physicians take standard precautions with all patient's, it's important to know what patient's are a higher risk then others to be especially vigilant.

Walk up to him and quietly pull him aside and explain to him his being too loud, if that doesn't work get somebody like a supervisor or boss to ask him to be quiet.

Dependent edema refers to a collection of liquid under the skin. This generally occurs in people who are overweight or who have poor circulation.

Not sure how detailed you want this answer to be... but here goes... (this applies to the PICU I work in, though I'm not sure if it applies to all universally...) 1. Monitor vital signs. Patients in the PICU are on continuous cardiac and respiratory monitors. At the minimum, this means that we are watching the EKG tracings, respiratory rate, O2 sats, blood pressure, and if the patient has them CVP and Art line waveforms. We also monitor urine output, chest tube output (if applicable), and gastric tube output... 2. Maintenance of ventilatory support. Almost all of our patients are on ventilators, so we are constantly watching the vent, blood gasses, and vitals and adjusting the vent to achieve the best possible ventilation of the patient. 3. Giving meds/titrating meds. Most of our patients are on multiple drips: sedation, paralytics (about 1/4 are on paralytics at any given time), cardiac drugs, diuretics, etc. The cardiac drips and sedation have to be titrated quite often to maintain good cardiac function as well as adequate sedation. (But we don't want patients too sedated, as we would like them to still be able to try and breathe on their own--it is a very fine line...) 4. Maintaining IV/arterial access. Most, if not all, of our patients have central venous lines (IVs that go into big veins) or arterial lines (IVs that go into an artery, which we use to monitor blood pressure). We have to make sure we maintain those lines so that they are patent, can be used to give meds or draw blood for labs, and also make sure that the dressings are clean and aren't a place that the patient can get an infection. 5. Therapeutic interventions... based on how the patient is doing, we often have to: give meds to treat a specific issue (i.e. patient has low blood sugar, we have to give certain IVF to increase it); perform procedures at the bedside, such as assisting the docs with putting in a chest tube to alleviate a pneumothorax; monitor and maintain blood pressure and proper fluid balance; assist with surgery at the bedside (i.e. if patient is post cardiac surgery with an open chest and uncontrolled bleeding from the site, we may assist the cardiac surgeon with opening the wound to determine where the bleeding is coming from). Simply put, we monitor the patient's vital signs continuously and then act or react to maintain them where we want them to be. The difference between a PICU and a regular pedi floor is the stability of the patients. PICU patients are usually unstable and require constant monitoring and interventions.

That depends on their choice.

You could work in a hospital, a military center, a prison, an intensive care, an elderly ward, a respiratory ward etc...

It also depends on what fascinates that person - I personally chose Intensive Care due to the diverse challenges and knowledge required.

A BSN is not a nurse. It's a degree. Bachelor of Science in Nursing. Go to nursingprograms.com it's a good website.

nurse's make more money

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In a good nursing program you want a school that will put you through tough, but effective classes. You also want a nursing program that will put you through clinicals for good practice.

Hindmilk. ("Finally, the very last 5% or so of the milk produced during a feeding--called the hindmilk--is very high in fat, similar to cream." --Nutrition book)

Old people, people who can't take care of themselves

I guess "service user" is the new medico-babble to mean "patient"? A patient may, first, just not feel like talking much, if at all when ill. Second, illness usually causes fatigue, sometimes so profound that the patient does not feel up to talking. Third, boredom or depression, or feeling misunderstood, can lead some patients to shut down. Also, if the patient is in complete denial of her physical problems, the patient may elect to not speak.

A word of caution is in order, though. Many health workers assume what is causing a patient to not speak. First, make sure the patient understands the language being spoken. Second, be aware that some patients with aphasia cannot get words from the brain to the mouth, even though the patient understands what others are saying. Rule out aphasia or other obstacles to speech. Make sure the patient has their dentures in before trying to communicate with them. Make sure to keep a pen and paper nearby so a patient can try to write if they cannot speak.