Saturday, December 26, 2009

Summary Of WOUND HEALING

The entire wound healing process is a complex series of events that begins at the moment of injury and can continue for months to years. This overview will help in identifying the various stages of wound healing. I. Inflammatory Phase A) Immediate to 2-5 days B) Hemostasis Vasoconstriction Platelet aggregation Thromboplastin makes clot C) Inflammation Vasodilation Phagocytosis  II. Proliferative...

Sunday, December 20, 2009

Staffing in Nursing Servce

Introduction: In an organization always there are too many things to think about, too many factors to consider, too diversified knowledge required for solution for the unaided capacity one leader to encompass. So, the chief and other executives at head of major organization need help and the individual officer and units that render this help are known as staff officers of the units. Staffs is an expans ion of the personality of the executive which...

Nurses' Observation Scale for Inpatient Evaluation (NOSIE)

The Nurses' Observation Scale for Inpatient Evaluation (NOSIE) is a highly sensitive ward behaviour rating scale. The NOSIE, developed by G.Honifeld and CJ Klett, is a 30-item scale designed to assess the behaviour of patients on an inpatient unit1, 2. The scale was developed in 1965 and still used with a moderate degree of frequency. The advantage...

Saturday, December 19, 2009

TRANSCULTURAL NURSING (4)

 PURPOSES OF KNOWING THE PATIENTS  CULTURE AND RELIGION FOR HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL Cultural background affect a person's health in all dimensions, so the nurse should consider the client's cultural background when planning care Although ...