Hypoglycemia Symptoms
What a low blood sugar feels like? What are the signs and symptoms of low blood sugar? (see image) Image from thediabetescouncil.com
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Nursing How To’s: Stool Specimen Collection (Stool Specimen and Culture and Guaiac Fecal Occult Blood Test (gFOBT)
Stool Specimen and Culture A stool culture is the process of growing or culturing organisms existing in feces to see if any of them cause disease. The most common is...
Nursing How To’s: Urine Specimen and Culture
Random Urine Sample A sample of urine collected at any time of the day. This type of specimen is most convenient to obtain. Supplies and Equipment Clean, dry container with...
How to Become A Missionary Nurse
When Claire was young, she would often tell everyone that she wanted to become a nun. She liked going to church and sharing her faith and religious beliefs with others....
How to become a Developmental Disability Nurse
It’s only a month away from nursing school graduation and Astrid is excited to finally reap the fruits of her labor, she is very excited to finally become a nurse,...
Nursing How To’s: NGT Irrigation
Liezl, a first year nursing student, is studying for their lessons on Monday. While browsing through her nursing book, she finds a picture of a patient with a tube hanging...
How to Use a Metered Dose Inhaler
It’s Abbie’s first week of being exposed in the clinical area and being eager to learn, she makes it a point to always observe and learn from the procedures the...
Nursing How To’s: Basic Venipuncture
Gina has always been amazed at how some nurses expertly hit a vein and/or draw blood. For her, it looks really cool that most of them get it done at...
Nursing How To’s: Central Line Catheter Dressing Change
A central venous catheter is a tube that goes into a vein in the patient’s chest. It helps carry nutrients and medicine into the body as well as is used...
Nursing How To’s: Tracheostomy Care and Suctioning
Lydia was reading the patient’s chart, taking down notes needed for case discussion. She browses the physician’s order sheer to check if there are new orders when she comes about...
