Complete Normal Lab Values Reference Guide & Cheat Sheet (Updated for 2022)
Knowing the different normal lab values is an important step in making an informed … Read more
Knowing the different normal lab values is an important step in making an informed … Read more
Iron deficiency anemia develops when body stores of iron drop too low to support normal red blood cell (RBC) production.
The term thalassemia is applied to a variety of inherited blood disorders characterized by deficiencies in the rate of production of specific globin chains in hemoglobin.
Blood is the “river of life” that surges within us. It transports everything that must be carried from one place to another within the body- nutrients, wastes (headed for elimination from the body) and body heat through blood vessels. Long before modern medicine, blood was viewed as magical, because when it drained from the body, life departed as well.
The nursing goals of a client with a peptic ulcer disease include reducing or eliminating contributing factors, promoting comfort measures, promoting optimal nutrition, decreasing anxiety with increased knowledge of disease, management, and prevention of ulcer recurrence and preventing complications. Here are five (5) nursing care plans (NCP) for peptic ulcer disease: