Nursing Documentation and Reporting: Do’s and Don’ts
Nursing documentation is responsible for keeping the legal record of the patient, which is known as the patient’s chart, regarding his personal information and care. On the other hand, nursing...
View ArticleHand Washing Technique: Steps to Break Away from Infection
Keeping clean and sterile is the fundamental principle for breaking the chain of infection. One of the most well-known and basic ways yet practiced is hand washing. It is considered as the most...
View ArticlePhysical Assessment Components
The purpose of physical assessment is to acquire physical and mental information on the patient. This information will assist the nurse to determine proper diagnoses, patient care, to supplement,...
View ArticleNursing Process
Nursing process is a scientific process which is a foundation, the essential tool, and the enduring skill that has characterized nursing from the beginning of the profession. It has changed and evolved...
View ArticleWhat is a Nursing Theory?
Warning: You might be overwhelmed by this topic. It might cause epistaxis to some but don’t get me wrong, theoretical foundations in nursing was taught to us during our freshmen year. Thus, it is only...
View ArticleWhat is (NCP) Nursing Care Plan?
The third phase of the nursing process is planning. It is when problems are prioritized, goals and desired outcomes are formulated, nursing interventions are prepared properly, and it is also when...
View ArticleLevine’s Four Conservation Principles in the Bio-Behavioral Pain Management
Myra Estrin Levine’s “The Four Conservation Principles of Nursing”. The four major assertions of this model state that nursing intervention is based on the conservation of energy, structural integrity,...
View ArticleNurses Code of Ethics
As a service-oriented profession, nursing should have a foundation of ethical principles in delivering nursing care to clients throughout the lifespan. As a profession of nursing evolved, more and more...
View ArticleCharting for Nurses
The Nursing profession involves legalities when it comes to caring clients in all groups. These legal issues can only straighten when there is accurate documentation. The common term used in the field...
View ArticleLydia Hall’s Nursing Theory- Core, Care and Cure Model for Geriatric Care
Lydia Hall’s nursing theory—Core, Care and Cure Model—is client-centered (Anonuevo et al., 2000). Hall’s metaparadigm centers on the following: on person as the Core, body as the Care and disease is...
View ArticlePhysical Assessment – Head to Toe
Physical Assessment is the subjective and objective data obtained to determine the patient’s state of wellness or illness, physical and health status, limitations, assets and liabilities. Physical...
View ArticleBeing Well is Well Being
The term “wellness” has myriad of meanings, diverse in scope and significance—but all shares the core essence of having a sound state of being. For some, it is a state of well-being (Kozier et al.,...
View ArticleNursing Education – An Application of Andragogy of Learning
It is said that the effective teacher of adult students abides by a single motto—Learners first (Rogers, 2001). Teaching and learning aim for the attainment of cognitive (intellectual), affective...
View ArticleUnderstanding Freud’s Psychoanalytic Theory
You’ve probably heard of this super famous person in the psychology world – Sigmund Freud. But did you know that Freud is not a psychologist rather a physician, specifically a neurologist. In 1885,...
View ArticleIs Health Teaching a Must?
Way back our nursing student days; I can still recall how well-known the word “health teaching” was. Every time we have our hospital duty, we always write health teachings given with emphasis on:...
View ArticleCommon Use Nursing Abbreviations and Medical Terminologies List 1
In the healthcare industry, documentation is very important. Medical records must be written legibly and easily understood by those who access them. A record is a valuable source of data used by health...
View ArticleFDAR Charting – How Nurses Do It
Focus charting or simply termed as F-DAR is a kind of documentation utilizing the nursing process and involves the four steps: assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation. It is a systematic...
View ArticleNurse’s Role in Health Promotion
Health literacy is defined as “the degree of which individuals have the capacity to obtain, process, and understand the basic health information and services needed to make appropriate health decision”...
View ArticleHand Washing Technique: Steps to Break Away from Infection
Keeping clean and sterile is the fundamental principle for breaking the chain of infection. One of the most well-known and basic ways yet practiced is hand washing. It is considered as the most...
View ArticleFlorence Nightingale – The Woman Behind the May 12 Celebration
[quote_center]“I think one’s feelings waste themselves in words; they ought all to be distilled into actions which bring results.”[/quote_center] – Florence Nightingale We all know who Florence...
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