Nursing Notes and Study Guides for Student Nurses

Nursing Fundamentals and Skills

Head-to-Toe Assessment: Complete Physical Assessment Guide

Get the complete picture of your patient's health with this comprehensive head-to-toe physical assessment guide.

Community Health Nursing

Family Nursing Care Plan: Assessment & Diagnoses in Family Nursing Practice

The family nursing process is the same nursing process as applied to the family, the unit of care in the community.

Medical-Surgical Nursing

Perioperative Nursing

Ever wondered what drives the critical decisions behind surgical procedures? In perioperative nursing, understanding the reasons for surgery—curing, diagnosing, preventing, enhancing, repairing, or relieving—empowers nurses to deliver exceptional, tailored patient care.

Psychiatric Nursing

Electroconvulsive Therapy

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a procedure in which electric currents are passed through the brain, deliberately triggering a brief seizure. Electroconvulsive therapy seems to cause changes in brain chemistry that can immediately reverse symptoms of certain mental illnesses. It often works when other treatments are unsuccessful.

Nursing Fundamentals and Skills

Nursing Abbreviations and Acronyms: Guide to Medical Terminology

Ever wondered how healthcare professionals communicate complex information so efficiently? Dive into the world of medical abbreviations and acronyms—essential tools that transform lengthy terms like "complete blood count" into simple "CBC," ensuring clarity and speed in patient care.

Community Health Nursing

Levels of Health Care Referral System

There are 3 different levels of health care system which are primary, secondary, and tertiary. In this post, you'll get to know more about these health care systems.

Medical-Surgical Nursing

Legionnaire’s Disease

Legionnaire’s Disease is an acute bronchopneumonia produced by gram-negative bacillus, Legionella pneumophila.

Nursing Fundamentals and Skills

Bag Technique in Nursing

The bag technique is a tool by which the nurse, during her visit will enable her to perform a nursing procedure with ease and deftness, to save time and effort with the end view of rendering effective nursing care to clients.

Nursing Fundamentals and Skills

Thoracentesis

Curious about thoracentesis? This critical procedure not only helps diagnose and treat pleural effusions and pneumothorax but also provides instant relief and vital insights into lung health. Discover how skilled technique and careful monitoring make a life-saving difference!

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The 10 Rights of Drug Administration

Despite the "5 Rights" of medication administration, errors still happen. Expanding to the "10 Rights"—including the right to refuse, right knowledge, right questions, right advice, and right response—enhances patient safety and care quality in today’s complex healthcare environment.

Head-to-Toe Assessment: Complete Physical Assessment Guide

Family Nursing Care Plan: Assessment & Diagnoses in Family Nursing Practice

Perioperative Nursing

Electroconvulsive Therapy

Nursing Abbreviations and Acronyms: Guide to Medical Terminology

Levels of Health Care Referral System

Legionnaire’s Disease

Bag Technique in Nursing

Thoracentesis

The 10 Rights of Drug Administration

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Cranial Nerves Nursing Care & Management Nursing Test Banks (50+ Questions)

101+ Infectious Disease Nursing Bullets

Nursing Shortage 2025: Safe Staffing Impact in the U.S. and the World

How to Choose a Nursing Speciality

Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) Career Guide: Advancing Nursing Expertise

The Nursing Process: A Comprehensive Guide

Maternity Nursing NCLEX Practice Quiz and Test Bank (500+ Questions)

Registered Nurse Career Guide: How to Become a Registered Nurse (RN)

Nursing Diagnosis Guide: All You Need to Know to Master Diagnosing

The 10 Rights of Drug Administration