Pregnant Nurse’s Overdose in Hospital Parking Lot Reveals Need for More Support
Disclaimer: This article discusses topics related to drugs, substance use, and addiction, which may be sensitive or triggering for some readers. If you are struggling with substance use, please know…
Nurse.org Acquires The Nursing Beat Creating the Largest Online Nursing Community
Nurse.org has officially acquired The Nursing Beat, bringing together two powerhouse brands to create the largest online community for nurses and student nurses in the country. This acquisition promises to…
Meningitis NCLEX Questions Nursing
This meningitis NCLEX-Style quiz is for nursing students and designed to reinforce your knowledge of the meninges, cerebrospinal fluid, physical assessment findings, vaccines, diagnostic procedures, and nursing interventions related to meningitis. Questions range from basic anatomy and physiology to clinical application, including identification of meningeal signs, interpretation of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) results, precautions for different […]
Top Online Nursing Programs in Washington State
If you’re ready to become a nurse in Washington, you might be wondering if you can do it online. The short answer: partly. While you can’t earn a nursing degree 100% online (because you’ll need clinical [aka: real-life nursing] experience), there are online nursing programs in Washington State that blend flexible online coursework with in-person […]
Quick Delegation Tips for New Nurses
Okay, let’s talk one of the most awkward-but-essential nursing skills you’ll ever need to master: delegation. Delegation is more than knowing what to delegate Nursing school did a great job of teaching us what to delegate. We learned all about scope of practice and what tasks can (and can’t) be safely delegated to a CNA, PCT, […]
Nursing Tip of the Day! – Critical Care Nursing
Category: Critical Care Nursing Critically ill patients with diabetic ketoacidosis and sepsis have a high incidence of hypophosphatemia. In particular, patients who have had cardiac surgery and major hepatic procedures tend to develop hypophosphatemia within the first week.
Nursing Tip of the Day! – Critical Care Nursing
Category: Critical Care Nursing In hyperventilation, lowered carbon dioxide and respiratory alkalosis cause incorporation of phosphate into organic intermediates, a reduction in intracellular phosphate and a shift of phosphate from the extracellular compartment.
Nursing Tip of the Day! – Critical Care Nursing
Category: Critical Care Nursing Once insulin therapy is initiated in the treatment of patients with ketoacidosis and the acidemia is corrected, phosphate is reshifted from the serum back into the cells, resulting in severe hypophosphatemia.
Nursing Tip of the Day! – Critical Care Nursing
Category: Critical Care Nursing Total body phosphorus stores will be depleted in patients with ketoacidosis resulting from acidemia, which promotes phosphate shift from the cells to plasma and renal losses because of osmotic diuresis.
Nursing Tip of the Day! – Critical Care Nursing
Category: Critical Care Nursing Hyperparathyroidism and proximal renal tubular disorders may impair phosphate resorption and cause hypophosphatemia. Fanconi syndrome results in renal tubular dysfunction and phosphaturia and subsequent hypophosphatemia.