‘(1) I am treated with dignity and respect, and can maintain my identity. I can make informed choices about my care and services, and live the life ...

Lecture Overview Early detection of patient deterioration relies on the appropriate assessment and action by healthcare professionals. Sue de Muele...

Interpreting ABGs Arterial blood gasses, or ABGs, may be among the most complex and confusing parts of nursing practice. Everyone can read an elect...

Oxygen – we all need it! Sometimes we need more of it in order to maintain our oxygen saturations. In these situations, supplemental oxygen can be adm...

Along with the chest (i.e. Heart Sounds and Lung Sounds), the abdomen is a major focus of assessment. While everyone knows to listen for bowel sounds,...

It starts off as something simple. Your patient is complaining of leg pain. One leg is swollen to twice the size of the other and is bright red. Wheth...

An amputation is defined as the ‘partial or complete surgical removal of a limb’ (Mauk 2012). Artificial limbs have been found that have dated back to...

Neurogenic bladder dysfunction can be common in patients suffering from a variety of medical conditions; most commonly, neurological conditions. A per...

External fixation devices are used to help immobilise a particular part of the body following a fracture or with certain orthopaedic problems to allow...

How to Take Blood Pressure There are many ways to measure a blood pressure. The most simple and common way to measure a blood pressure is the brach...