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Standards of Care
Standards of Care in Mental Health Nursing Standards of Care in Mental Health Nursing Standard of care refers to the degree of care that a reasonably prudent and competent mental health nurse would exercise under similar circumstances. It is a benchmark against which nursing actions are judged. These standards include both clinical competence and ethical…
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Law and Mental Illness
Law and Mental Illness Law and Mental Illness Law has relevance in nearly all aspects of nursing practice, but in no other area of nursing is the law more intimately involved than in psychiatric nursing. This is because psychiatric clients may; be placed on treatment against their own will pose a risk to themselves have…
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Resuscitation
Neonatal Resuscitation Lecture Notes Neonatal Resuscitation Lecture Notes Neonatal Resuscitation refers to a series of interventions initiated immediately after birth to support the establishment of breathing and circulation in a newborn who is not breathing effectively or has inadequate circulation. Resuscitation is a means of restoring life to a baby from the state of asphyxia…
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Obstetric Anatomy Q & A
Obstetric Anatomy Q & A Obstetric Anatomy, Obstetrics is the field of study concentrated on pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum periodQuestion 1 (a) Describe the vagina. (b) Outline indications of vaginal examination. (c) What information must you note on vaginal examination? (d) List contraindications of vaginal examination SOLUTIONS. A vagina is a muscular fibrous canal…
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Ectopic Pregnancy
ECTOPIC PREGNANCY Ectopic pregnancy is a gestation that implants outside of the endometrial cavity. Ectopic pregnancy is an implantation of a fertilized ovum outside the uterine cavity. An ectopic pregnancy most often occurs in a fallopian tube. This type of ectopic pregnancy is called a tubal pregnancy. An ectopic pregnancy is estimated to occur…
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Family Planning Counseling
Family Planning Counseling Family Planning Counseling is a continuous process that you as health care provider, as a counselor provide to help clients and people in the community or health facility make and arrive at informed choices about the size of their family (i.e. the number of children they wish to have) Counseling is a face…
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Hormonal Contraceptive Methods
HORMONAL CONTRACEPTIVE METHODS Hormonal family planning refers to the use of hormonal methods to prevent pregnancy. Hormonal contraceptive refers to birth control methods that act on the endocrine system (hormones). These methods involve the use of hormones, usually synthetic versions of those naturally produced by the body, to regulate a woman’s menstrual cycle and prevent…
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Family Planning
FAMILY PLANNING Family planning is defined as the practice of having children by choice and not by chance. Family planning is defined as a process through which individuals, couples make an informed choice on how many children to have, when to have and how often to have so that each child born is expected and…
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Menstruation Disorders
MENSTRUATION DISORDERS Menstrual disorders are abnormalities in menstruation during reproductive life. Common disorders associated with menstruation are as follows; Amenorrhoea Dysmenorrhoea Menorrhagia Metrorrhagia Polymenorrhagia (epimenorrhoea) Dysfunctional uterine bleeding Endometriosis MENSTRUATION Menstruation is defined as the periodic physiological discharge of blood from the uterus through the vagina. The normal period of menstruation usually lasts 2-7 days…
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Anatomy and Physiology of the Musculo-skeletal System
Anatomy and Physiology of the Musculoskeletal System Anatomy and Physiology of the Musculoskeletal System The muscular-skeletal system is the system that is mainly important in locomotion, body support and makes bodies’ frame work. It consists of skeletal muscles, bones and joints. I. MUSCLES (ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY) Skeletal, Smooth, and Cardiac Muscle Our bodies contain three…
