How to Start an IV? 50+ Tips & Techniques on IV Insertion
These are 50+ intravenous or IV therapy tips and tricks for nurses who would want to master this essential nursing skill. Learn more here!
Nursing Procedures and Skills
Everything you need to know about the different nursing procedures and skills. Learn about the step-by-step guides on how to perform common nursing procedures with this study guide.
Hand Hygiene and Handwashing
Handwashing is the act of cleaning one’s hands with the use of any liquid with or without soap for the purpose of removing dirt or microorganisms.
Thoracentesis
Thoracentesis is pleural fluid analysis. Learn about the Nursing care plans, nursing management and drugs used for thoracentesis. Responsibilities of a nurse during thoracentesis.
Nasogastric Intubation
For most patients who cannot attain an adequate oral intake from food, oral nutritional supplements, or who cannot eat and drink safely, they may be given proper nutrition via nasogastric tube feeding.
Intravenous (IV) Therapy Technique
Intravenous (IV) therapy is the giving of liquid substances directly into a vein, learn how to insert an IV catheter and the concepts behind it.
Tracheostomy
A tracheostomy is an opening into the trachea through the neck just below the larynx through which an indwelling tube is placed and thus an artificial airway is created.
Nurses’ Guide to Specimen Collection, Preparation, and Handling Procedures
One of the many responsibilities assigned to us, as nurses, is to collect and label specimen for analysis and to ensure their delivery to the lab. And knowing the proper way of gathering specimen is necessary for self-protection and to prevent the spread of disease.
Blood Transfusion Therapy
Learn the concepts behind blood transfusion therapy and the nursing management and interventions before, during and after the therapy.
Eye Drop Instillation — Nursing Procedure
Eye drop instillation is the dispensation of a sterile ophthalmic medication into a patient’s eye.
Colostomy Irrigation
Colostomy irrigation is a way to regulate bowel movements by emptying the colon at a scheduled time.