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.
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Thoracentesis is pleural fluid analysis. Learn about the Nursing care plans, nursing management and drugs used for thoracentesis. Responsibilities of a nurse during thoracentesis.
Medical abbreviations were made to quickly but accurately document. Here’s a list of medical terminologies that you should know.
The Nightingale Pledge is a modified version of the Hippocratic Oath created by Lystra Gretter and a Committee for the Farrand Training School for Nurses in Detroit, Michigan in 1893.
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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.
Eye drop instillation is the dispensation of a sterile ophthalmic medication into a patient’s eye.
Colostomy irrigation is a way to regulate bowel movements by emptying the colon at a scheduled time.
Central venous pressure (CVP) describes the pressure of blood in the thoracic vena cava, near the right atrium of the heart. CVP reflects the amount of blood returning to the heart and the ability of the heart to pump the blood into the arterial system.
Ear irrigation is the process of flushing the external ear canal with sterile water or sterile saline. It is used to treat patients who complain of foreign body or cerumen (ear wax) impaction.
Urinary Catheterization is the introduction of a catheter through the urethra into the bladder for the purpose of withdrawing urine.