Pathophysiology of Hypertension

Hypertension (high blood pressure) is a disease of vascular regulation resulting from malfunction of arterial pressure control mechanisms (central nervous system, rennin-angiotensinaldosterone system, extracellular fluid volume.) the cause is unknown, and there is no cure. The basic explanation is that blood pressure is elevated when there is increased cardiac output plus increased peripheral vascular resistance.
The [...]

RP freezes deployment of nurses to UAE over court case

MANILA, Philippines - Philippine labor authorities have frozen the deployment of Filipino nurses to the United Arab Emirates’ General Authority for Health Services over the court cases of 100 Filipinos there.Online news site Khaleej Times (www.khaleejtimes.com) reported Monday that the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) issued the freeze order since September.The Philippine embassy in Abu [...]

Answers and Rationale Psychiatric Nursing Part 3

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B. There is no set of symptoms associated with cocaine withdrawal, only the depression that follows the high caused by the drug.
A. Cocaine is a chemical that when inhaled, causes destruction of the mucous membranes of the nose.
D. These adaptations are associated with opiate withdrawal which occurs after cessation or reduction of prolonged moderate [...]

Basic IVT Training Schedule for November 2008, December 2008 and January 2009

Schedules are subject to change without prior notice. ANSAP only accredits hospitals offering basic IVT training and updates.
Contact the respective hospitals for further details regarding IVT training registration.
Please check your local hospitals for any ANSAP-accredited basic IVT training programs, some are not listed in the schedules.
Basic IVT Training Fees range from Php 1,500 to [...]

Psychiatric Nursing Practice Test Part 3

1. Francis who is addicted to cocaine withdraws from the drug. Nurse Ron should expect to observe:
a. Hyperactivity
b. Depression
c. Suspicion
d. Delirium
2. Nurse John is aware that a serious effect of inhaling cocaine is?
a. Deterioration of nasal septum
b. Acute fluid and electrolyte imbalances
c. Extra pyramidal tract symptoms
d. Esophageal varices
3. A tentative diagnosis of opiate addiction, Nurse [...]

Nursing Care Plan - Hypertension

Hypertension refers to a state where a person’s blood pressure remains at an elevated level at all times. This condition is formally known as arterial hypertension and is popularly called high blood pressure.
Two types of hypertension:

Primary Hypertension - when a patient’s chronically elevated blood pressure does not have a specific medical cause that can [...]

Pinoy nurses: Canada’s program ‘exploitative’

MANILA, Philippines - A group of Filipino nurses has asked Canada to scrap its Live-in Caregiver Program (LCP), saying it is exploitative and oppressive.
The Filipino Nurses Support Group (FNSG), an organization of over 800 nurses in Canada’s provinces of British Columbia and Quebec, said the program has resulted in Filipino nurses being made to work [...]

Answers and Rationale Psychiatric Nursing Practice Test Part 2

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C. When the nurse and client agree to work together, a contract should be established, the length of the relationship should be discussed in terms of its ultimate termination.
B. The nurse should initiate brief, frequent contacts throughout the day to let the client know that he is important to the nurse. This will positively [...]

Psychiatric Nursing Practice Test Part 2

1. Nurse Tony should first discuss terminating the nurse-client relationship with a client during the:
a. Termination phase when discharge plans are being made.
b. Working phase when the client shows some progress.
c. Orientation phase when a contract is established.
d. Working phase when the client brings it up.
2. Malou is diagnosed with major depression spends majority of [...]

Nursing Care Plan - Amoebiasis/Amebiasis (Amoebic Dysentery)

Amoebiasis is a infectious disease caused by the parasite Entamoeba histolytica. It is a parasitic infection of the large intestine and characterized by non specific diarrhea with loose, semi formed, foul smelling stools, or dysentery with mucous, traces of blood and small quantities of stools passed repeatedly. Often there is an ineffectual urge to [...]