Nursing Care Plan Format Form Free Download
We love our readers. Here at NursesLabs.com we have made our ready-to-print nursing care plan format. This form is complete with lines and with fields that are important like the patient’s name, diagnosis, your instructors name and etc! This is available for everybody! Download this form for free! Click on the More >
Abuse of the Filipino Nurse: Dr. Leah’s Campaign to Promote the Rights of Nurses
One of our writers have stumble upon this video circulating in social networks. It is a YouTube video of Nars Leah whom is refered to as the founding president of Ang Nars,” a non-profit organization which champions the plight of the hapless Filipino nurse”.
In the video’s description you can also More >
Acute Pain Nursing Diagnosis
Pain is an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience arising from actual or potential tissue damage or described in terms of such damage (International Association for the Study of Pain); sudden or slow onset of any intensity from mild to severe with an anticipated or predictable end and a duration of More >
Alprazolam
Generic Name: alprazolam
Brand Name: Alprazolam Intensol, Apo-Alpraz (CAN), Niravam, Novo-Alprazol (CAN), Nu-Alpraz (CAN), Xanax, Xanax TS (CAN), Xanax XR
Other Info: Pregnancy Category D, Controlled Substance C-IV
Drug classes: Benzodiazepine, Anxiolytic
Therapeutic actionsExact mechanisms of action not understood; main sites of action may be the limbic system and reticular formation; increases the effects of GABA, an inhibitory neurotransmitter; anxiety blocking effects More >
2 Diabetes Insipidus Nursing Care Plans
Diabetes Insipidus (DI) is a disorder in which there is an abnormal increase in urine output, fluid intake and often thirst. It causes symptoms such as urinary frequency, nocturia (frequent awakening at night to urinate) or enuresis (involuntary urination during sleep or “bedwetting”). Urine output is increased because it is More >
Freebie: NANDA Pocket Guide
Its Freebie Day! For this week’s freebie, get a hold of Nurses’ Pocket Guide: Diagnoses, Prioritized Interventions, and Rationales. Sized to fit in a pocket and use in a clinical setting, this book comes in easy-to-use, quick-reference format. It offers coverage of Concept Mapping and includes icons for interventions – More >
Gabapentin
Brand Name: Apo-Gabapentin (CAN), Gen-Gabapentin (CAN), Neurontin
Other Info: Pregnancy Category C
Drug class: Antiepileptic
Therapeutic actionsMechanism of action not understood; antiepileptic activity may be related to its ability to inhibit polysynaptic responses and block posttetanic potentiation.
Indications- Adjunctive therapy in the treatment of partial seizures with and without secondary generalization in adults More >
Happy Earth Month
To our dearest readers! Happy Earth Month! Thank you so much for your support for the site. As part of the celebration, we have found this beautiful poem about the Earth and we thought you would be inspired by it:
Laying in the shade, Seeing what life has made. The gentle More >
Methylphenidate
Generic Name: methylphenidate hydrochloride
Brand Name: Apo-Methylphenidate (CAN), Concerta, Daytrana, Metadate CD, Metadate ER, Methylin, Methylin ER, PMS-Methylphenidate (CAN), Ritalin, Ritalin LA, Ritalin SR
Other Info: Pregnancy Category C, Controlled Substance C-II
Drug class: CNS stimulant
Therapeutic actionsMild cortical stimulant with CNS actions similar to those of the amphetamines; efficacy in hyperkinetic syndrome, attention-deficit disorders in children appearsparadoxical and is not understood
Indications- Ritalin, Ritalin SR, More >
Freebie: MedSurg Notes-Nurses’ Clinical Pocket Guide
Need quick medical-surgical reference? This one is for you! The completely revised and updated 2nd Edition features an enhanced tab structure, assessment how-to’s, delegation and critical thinking guides, expanded coverage of pain management and emergencies, and more lab and diagnostic tests. Flowsheets provide space for recording frequent vital signs, serial More >
Community Health Nursing Quiz (A)
One of the many classes of nurses is the Community Health Nurse. They are concerned on the well being and health of the family and the community as a whole. Community Health Nursing is an important field of nursing and to the over-all health care of a nation. Are you More >
Clonazepam
Generic Name: clonazepam
Brand Name: Apo-Clonazepam (CAN), Gen-Clonazepam (CAN), Klonopin, Klonopin Wafers, Nu-Clonazepam (CAN), Rivotril (CAN)
Other Info: Pregnancy Category X, Controlled Substance C-IV
Drug classes: Benzodiazepine, Antiepileptic
Therapeutic actionsExact mechanisms not understood; benzodiazepines potentiate the effects of GABA, an inhibitory neurotransmitter.
Indications- Used alone or as adjunct in treatment of Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (petit mal variant), akinetic and myoclonic seizures; may be useful in patients with absence (petit mal) More >
Anorexia Nervosa Nursing Care Plans
Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder that causes people to obsess about their weight and the food they eat. People with anorexia nervosa attempt to maintain a weight that’s far below normal for their age and height. To prevent weight gain or to continue losing weight, people with anorexia nervosa More >
