Management / Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis

Management / Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis Therefore, the exact cause of rheumatoid arthritis is unknown, there is no causative treatment that can cure this disease. This should really be explained to patients so that it knows that the treatment is...

Pathophysiology of Hypertension

Pathophysiology of Hypertension Mechanisms that control the constriction and relaxation of blood vessels located in the vasomotor center, the medulla in the brain. Of the vasomotor center, the sympathetic nerve pathway begins, which continues down the spinal...

Acute Pain Nursing Care Plan for Pyelonephritis

Pyelonephritis or a kidney infection usually caused by Escherichia Coli, a bacteria type that is found in the large intestine. This infection makes its way from the genital area through the urethra to the bladder, up the ureters and then it reaches the...

Ineffective Airway Clearance Nursing Care Plan for Tetanus

Tetanus is caused by gram positive, obligate anaerobic bacteria: Clostridium tetani which affects skeletal muscles."Gram positive" means that the bacteria has a thick cell wall, while "obligate anaerobe" means that the bacteria can't survive in the presence of...

How to Make Easy Flat Stomach

Got a flat stomach not only unsightly but also good for health. At least there are 7 easy ways to create a flat stomach that can be done while relaxing at home. What? Stomach average indicates the metabolic and cardiovascular work systems (circulatory system)...

Auditory Hallucinations Definition Causes and Symptoms

Definition of Auditory hallucinations Auditory hallucinations are false sensory perception of external stimuli that are not able to hear in the identification.Auditory hallucinations are the hearing of individual sensory perception in the absence of real external...

4 Steps To Treat Gastroenteritis

Sometimes we as humans fail to health of our bodies, so it can not shy away from unhygienic food of all kinds of seeds and disease germs. If we are not hygienic food then we could be attacked by digestive disease that one result is gastroenteritis or diarrhea....

Imbalanced Nutrition Less Than Body Requirements Nanda Nursing Diagnosis for Hyperemesis Gravidarum

Imbalanced Nutrition Less Than Body Requirements Nanda Nursing Diagnosis for Hyperemesis Gravidarum Imbalanced Nutrition Less Than Body Requirements Definition: Intake of nutrients insufficient to meet metabolic needs. Hyperemesis Gravidarum Hyperemesis Gravidarum...

Physical, Mental, Psychosocial and Spiritual Changes In Elderly

Physical Changes in Elderly (1) Cells: fewer but larger size, reduced intra and extra cellular fluid. (2) Nervous System: rapid decrease neural connections, slow in response time to react, diminishing the nervous system senses of hearing, presbiacusis,...

Theory of Aging Process

Biological Theories (1) Genetic Theory And Mutation (Somatic Mutatie Theory) According to this theory, aging is genetically programmed for certain species. Aging occurs as a result of biochemical changes that are programmed by the molecules / DNA and every...

Nursing Assessment for Dizziness Vertigo

Dizziness is classified into three categories-vertigo, syncope, and nonsyncope nonvertigo. Each category has a characteristic set of symptoms, all related to the sense of balance. In general, syncope is defined by a brief loss of consciousness (fainting) or by...

Nanda Nursing Diagnosis for Dizziness Vertigo

Dizziness is the Third Most Frequent Reason People Seek Medical Attention Dizziness is one thing, vertigo is another. Both involve potential feelings of unsteadiness and possible faintness, but vertigo will often also include disorientation. Both conditions...

Self-Care Deficit Nursing Care Plan for Stroke

Self-Care Deficit Nursing Nanda Diagnosis Definition: Impaired ability to perform or complete activities of daily living, Such as feeding, dressing, bathing, toileting. The nurse may encounter the patient with a self-care deficit in the hospital or in the community. Stroke...

Ineffective Airway Clearance Stroke Nursing Care Plan

Ineffective Airway Clearance Definition: Inability to clear secretions or obstructions from the respiratory tract to maintain airway patency. Stroke Stroke is also Referred to as a brain attack, and it Occurs Pls a blood vessel leading to the brain ruptures...

Basic Steps to Prevent Cancer

One third of all cancer cases in the United States, China and the United Kingdom each year could be prevented if only people would do the basic steps for cancer prevention. Prevention of cancer should not be anything complicated, some simple decisions in your...

Acute Pain Nursing Care Plan for Hepatitis

Hepatitis is characterized by the destruction of a number of liver cells and the presence of inflammatory cells in the liver tissue caused by excessive alcohol drinking, disorders of the gall bladder or pancreas, including medication side effects, and infections. A...

Pathophysiology of CHF - Congestive Heart Failure

Congestive heart failure is a condition in which the heart becomes an inefficient or weak pump. This heart condition is a long-term and chronic condition, which typically involves both sides of the heart. However, the condition may affect only the right side...

Physical Examination for Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)

Congestive heart failureor Heart failure is inability of the heart to pump an adequate amount of blood to the systemic circulation to meet the body's metabolic demands. In most cases, heart failure is a process that occurs over time, when an underlying condition...

Ineffective Airway Clearance Nursing Care Plan for Epistaxis

Epistaxis, commonly known as nosebleeds, is a prevalent and usually benign condition that involves bleeding from the nasal passages. While often not serious, recurrent or prolonged nosebleeds may warrant attention. This article explores the causes, risk factors,...

Deficient Fluid Volume Nursing Care Plan for Peritonitis

Deficient Fluid Volume Nursing Care Plan for Peritonitis Nursing Diagnosis for Peritonitis Deficient Fluid Volume related to active fluid volume loss. Deficient Fluid Volume NANDA Definition: Decreased intravascular, interstitial, and/or intracellular fluid....

The number 1 killer in the United States and how you can beat it

Do you know what the number one killer in much of the developed world and especially the United States is? The answer is heart disease. With all the junk food that is available nowadays heart disease has turned in to the biggest killer today. So how can we beat...

The Risks Presented By GBS and Meningitis For Newborns

According to the Center For Disease Control (CDC), Group B Strep is the major prevalent cause of sepsis and meningitis (a severe infection of the fluid of the spinal cord and the fluid surrounding the brain) in newborns. Group B Strep is a bacterial infection...

Hyperthermia Nanda Nursing Diagnosis - Dengue Fever

Nanda Nursing Diagnosis for Dengue Fever : Hyperthermia Dengue hemorrhagic fever is an acute infectious disease manifested initially with fever. Dengue fever is one of the contagious viral diseases spread through the mosquito bite. The female Aedes aegypti mosquitoes...

Impaired Skin Integrity Nanda Nursing Diagnosis - Stevens-Johnson Syndrome (SJS)

Stevens Johnsons Syndrome is a dangerous problem of the skin. It is thought to be a hypersensitivity complex affecting the skin and the mucous membranes. Stevens Johnson Syndrome (SJS) is a severe and deadly allergic reaction to certain drugs, some proscription...

Intellectual Disability Causes and Signs

Doctors have found many causes of intellectual disabilities. The most common are: Genetic conditions. Sometimes an intellectual disability is caused by abnormal genes inherited from parents, errors when genes combine, or other reasons. Examples of genetic...

Pediatric Nursing Care Plan - Mental Retardation

Pediatric Nursing Care Plan - Mental Retardation Nursing Assessment Assessment can be done through: Neuroradiology can find abnormalities in the structure of the cranium, such as classification or increased intracranial pressure. Echoencephalography can show...

Self-Care Deficit Nanda Nursing Diagnosis

Self-care deficits When an individual is very unable to meet their own self-care requisites, a "self-care deficit" occurs. It is the job of the Registered Nurse to determine these deficits, and define a support modality. Self-care deficit nursing theory is a...

Impaired Physical Mobility Nanda Nursing Diagnosis

Nanda Definition: Impaired physical mobility a nursing diagnosis approved by the North American Nursing Diagnosis Association, defined as the state in which an individual has a limitation in independent, purposeful physical movement of the body or of one or more...

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