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Cholera Management

The acute enteric infection that has caused several outbreaks worldwide in the recent years is known as cholera, otherwise called as violent dysentery. It has widely affected those locations with less...

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Acne Solution – Health Tips

One day, you wake up in high hopes and zest because you are to have your dream interview with your prospective employers. But one thing has decreased your enthusiasm. Argh! ********** That is because...

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Diarrhea Nursing Care Plan

The nursing diagnosis of diarrhea is defined as a state in which an individual experiences a change in normal bowel habits characterized by the frequent passage of loose, fluid, unformed stools....

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Alcoholic Cirrhosis Pathophysiology & Schematic Diagram

Cirrhosis is the general term used to pertain to the destruction in the normal structures of the liver lobules. It is defined with its four important features: destruction in liver parenchyma,...

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Tracheostomy Care Nursing Procedure

Tracheostomy, a surgical procedure done to provide artificial airway, is an important avenue for both clients needing temporary and permanent ventilation assistance. It is performed by making an...

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Disaster and Management Preparedness 101

Well, yeah…blame it to Frank, Ondoy, and Sendong! We are just preoccupied of these names and other names to come just for us to play the blame game of a lifetime. What now? What could blame do to us?...

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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Nursing Management

  “You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for instance” – Franklin P. Jones This quotation certainly speaks of staying on the line despite frequent punch from one’s...

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Newborn Screening

Pregnancy is often faced with all sorts of fears. Women during their childbearing years are always seen to be wary on how healthy their baby is inside their wombs. They worry much about their baby’s...

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IELTS (International English Language System ) – The basic things you need to...

The passageway for greener pastures is the ability to communicate effectively. Nowadays, every individual going out of the country either wanting to reside at another location or work or study there,...

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Myasthenia Gravis Nursing Management

Myasthenia gravis (MG) is an autoimmune disorder affecting the voluntary muscles. Like other autoimmune conditions, the body attacks its own by mistake. What happens in myasthenia gravis is that the...

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Expanded Program on Immunization – Nursing Roles & Responsiblities

Because of the global burden on child morbidity and mortality, last 1976 the Expanded Program on Immunization shortly known as EPI was developed. It primarily focuses on reaching the bright goal of...

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Dilation and Curettage

Dilation (or dilatation) and curettage (D&C) is a gynaecological procedure done by widening or opening the cervical canal and surgical removal of the uterine lining or uterine contents by scooping...

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Nursing a Loved One with Cancer

The diagnosis struck us with great devastation – Cancer. Yes, the most dreaded illness that any person would not want to suffer. It was an ordinary day. The tinge of sunlight does not seem to put sheer...

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CAUTION: Difficult Client

Nursing the sick and the well does not exempt us from encountering various personalities. Part of our distinctive profession is to deal with difficult clients. These clients could be manipulative,...

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Burns Nursing Care Plan-Risk for Fluid Volume Deficit

Burns are injuries to the skin tissue probably resulting from thermal or heat, electricity, radiation or chemicals. When tissues are burned; fluid leaks into the tissues from the blood vessels which...

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Fever (Hyperthermia) Nursing Care Plan

Hyperthermia or commonly known as fever is present when the body temperature is higher than 37ᴼC which can be measured orally, but 37.7ᴼC if measured per rectum. It occurs when the body is invaded by...

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Fracture Nursing Care Plan

Fracture is the discontinuity or break in the bone which is usually accompanied by trauma to the surrounding tissue. It commonly varies in size, severity, and treatment needed. They can range from...

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Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever and its Nursing Management

Summer season has now lapsed and rainy days are setting in. Philippines as a tropical country, is included to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention list for one which has dengue outbreaks for...

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What 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...

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Postpartum Clients Nursing Consideration

Puerperium from the Latin terms, puer meaning “child” and parere which means “to bring forth”, pertains to the point of time where maternal changes happen after the delivery of the baby. According to...

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