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With the continuous advancements in technology and health care, nursing interventions are also evolving to meet clients’ changing needs. Emerging trends in nursing interventions include: Technological Advancements With electronic health records, nurses can access and document interventions in real time, promoting timely and accurate communication among interdisciplinary teams. Additionally, technology has enabled the development of…

NIC is a comprehensive and research-based publication that details over 500 interventions across all medical care settings and specialties. It provides a standardized classification system for nursing interventions. The NIC divides all nursing interventions into seven specific categories known as domains. Basic Physiological Nursing Interventions Nurses perform basic physiological interventions when caring for a client’s…

What are nursing interventions? Nursing interventions are simply any action a nurse performs to help patients reach expected outcomes. Providing physical treatments, emotional support, and patient education are all examples of nursing interventions. Nurses typically perform these actions as part of a nursing care plan (NCP) to improve the client’s comfort and health. An NCP…

One of the many components of patient assessment includes the PQRST scale for pain. The PQRST pain assessment is essential for healthcare providers, including nursing students, to gather information about a patient’s pain. PQRST stands for Provocation, Quality, Region (or Radiation), Severity (or Scale), and Timing. By understanding the provocation or palliation, quality, region or radiation, severity, and…

Preload and afterload are terms you need to know for your next exam — or the next time you’re taking care of a patient. So you’ll likely be asked to calculate a patient’s afterload and preload, along with memorizing other cardiac-related terms. In this post, we’re going to turn complicated, frustrating lectures on cardiac output into…

The following are four nursing notes examples varying between times of a patient’s admittance: Acute Pancreatitis Nursing Note (Example) Patient Name and Age: Kane Schneider, 33 Date: May 14th, 2022 Chief Complaint: The patient’s chief complaint is acute pancreatitis, which they developed after eating a large amount of greasy food. The patient also reports that they have been…

Nursing students learn charting (along with notes) early and often to better paint a picture of the patient’s health at the time of the visit or for the duration of the time. Charting includes the notes made by nurses and put into a computer. Charting information is purely objective (IV site documentation, alarms, test results,…

Taking nursing notes is a regular practice in patient care. But writing nurses notes can be hard to know where to start, or how to make your notes stand out from the rest of your peers. You want to be able to capture all the information you need in as few words as possible, but…

The NCLEX test plan is a comprehensive document created by the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN), which outlines the structure and content of the NCLEX examination. It serves as a roadmap outlining the content and format of the exam, enabling you to focus your studies efficiently on relevant NCLEX practice questions. The test plan…

The NCLEX test plan is regularly revised to ensure it aligns with the current nursing practice standards and reflects the healthcare industry’s needs. These updates consider medical knowledge, technology advancements, and nurses’ changing roles and responsibilities. The 2024 NCLEX test plan incorporates the latest evidence-based practices and nursing research findings. It may introduce new content…