Nursing Management of Patients in Traction
Lea is up all night studying in advance for Monday’s lecture. Tonight, she is reading all about traction. While staring at pictures of patients in traction, she just couldn’t help...
Category: Nursing Care Plan
Nursing Care Plan – Tetanus
Tetanus is a serious bacterial infection that affects the nervous system and causes muscles throughout the body to tighten. Tetanus is also commonly called lockjaw, because the infection primarily causes...
Tips on Making A Good Nursing Care Plan
es, admit it. One of the struggles every nurse faces is making Nursing Care Plans. Who would ever forget those sleepless nights spent burning candles just to have something to...
Nursing Care Plan for Insomia
What is Insomia Insomnia is the perception or complaint of inadequate or poor-quality sleep because of one or more of the following: difficulty falling asleep waking up frequently during the...
Nursing Care Plan – Hyperbilirubinemia (Jaundice)
Hyperbilirubinemia (jaundice) in the neonate is an accumulation of serum bilirubin above normal levels. Onset of clinical jaundice is seen when serum bilirubin levels are 5 to 7 mg/100 dL....
Nursing Care Plan – Hydrocephalus
Hydrocephalus is characterized by an abnormal increase in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) volume within the intracranial cavity and by enlargement of the head in infancy. Pressure from increased fluid volume can...
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...
Nursing Care Plan – Systemic Lupus Erythematous (SLE)
Systemic Lupus Erythematous (SLE) is a chronic, multi system disease involving connective tissue that appears to result from production of autoantibodies. Immune complexes and other immune system constituents combine to...
Nursing Care Plan – Postpartum Hemorrhage
Postpartum hemorrhage is defined as a loss of blood in the postpartum period of more than 500 mL. The average, spontaneous vaginal birth will typically have a 500 mL blood...
Nursing Care Plan – Myocardial Infarction
Myocardial infarction (MI or AMI for acute myocardial infarction), commonly known as a heart attack, occurs when the blood supply to part of the heart is interrupted causing some heart...
