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The Nursing Show During cold or wet seasons, people usually complain of upper respiratory tract infections more commonly known as colds. Since it is a viral infection, the immune system takes care of the problem and usually resolves without medical interventions. Though this is the case, the symptoms and other bodily responses like tonsillitis and [...]

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The Nursing Show Performing a complete neurological examination may take more time than the usual physical assessment. However, doing it in a time convenient manner doesn’t mean the important points will be missed. To be able to do it completely in less time, it should be done in a step by step and organized process. [...]

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Results from a  survey with 830 respondents conducted by the website nursingtimes.net suggests that many nurses are failing to monitor patient vital signs. Also, one of four nurses was not able to recognize adverse changes in the patients status. According to the article, one reason as to why this is so, is because of the [...]

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The Nursing Show A usual problem for the elderly and long-term care patients is impaired mobility and the complications that come with it. That is why in this week’s episode of the Nursing Show podcast, Jamie Davis, the Podmedic, discusses the different aspects in the plan of care for patients with impaired mobility including measures [...]

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The Nursing Show This week’s episode of the Nursing Show podcast for RNs and student nurses features a review on Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP). Since the success of this type of respiratory therapy depends on proper delivery, it is important for nurses to, understand how CPAP works as well as study the indications and [...]

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