5: Common Nursing Care Procedures
Part 5 Common Nursing Care Procedures MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION Safety Precautions 1. Take a drug allergy history. 2. Check the following five Rs for correctness: Right drug Right dosage Right time…
1: History and Physical Assessment
Part 1 History and Physical Assessment HEALTH HISTORY Information Identifying Information 1. Name 2. Address 3. Telephone number 4. Age 5. Birth date 6. Race/ethnic group 7. Gender 8. Religion/spiritual…
2: Pain Assessment and Management
Part 2 Pain Assessment and Management Children’s ability to describe pain changes as they grow older and as they cognitively and linguistically mature. Three types of measures—behavioral, physiologic, and self-report—have…
4: Common Diagnostic and Laboratory Tests
Part 4 Common Diagnostic and Laboratory Tests ARTERIAL BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS Arterial blood gas (ABG) analysis results are rapidly available and provide a baseline to determine a patient’s current respiratory…
