Nursing Blog

The nurse care planning process is an important aid in the treatment of patients. In turn it creates a systematic care plan approach which with the inclusion of other health care professionals allows the patients the best route to full fitness. When used effectively, the nurse planning process offers many advantages to the health care environment: It's patient-centred, helping to ensure that your patient's health problems and his response to them are the primary focus of care. It enables you to individualise care for each individual patient. It promotes the patient's participation in their care, encourages independence and concordance and gives the patient a greater sense of control - important factors in a positive health outcome. (See Putting the 'P' in planning.) It improves communication by providing you and other nurses with a summary of the patient's recognised problems or needs so you all work towards the same goals. It promotes accountability

Many experienced Registered nurses are becoming certified in many areas; one of these is Emergency Care. Emergency nurses provide wide ranging care to patients ranging from common colds to heart attacks. These nurses must be prepared to deal with all types of injuries and trauma situations. The certification for Emergency Care is CEN - Certified Emergency Nurse administrated by the BCEN association. This certification denotes that the nurse has completed many additional hours of training and passed a difficult assessment test. Emergency Nurses have to maintain a vast knowledge of many areas of patient care including obstetrics, geriatrics, gynecology, cardiology, oncology, pediatrics, and general medicine. They encounter many different types of injuries and illnesses every day, handling critical and non emergency issues. Acquiring a CEN certification is not a requirement for employment at a majority of hospitals, so nurses that pursue and obtain this certification are showing their emp

There are many people that are not aware of the fact that there are quite a number of different nurse uniforms that are floating around out there. Knowing the many different types and styles can help you in either choosing or buying them for someone you know. With so many different styles and designs out there to choose from, you may need some advice on where to start. Well, the best place to start with this is to actually ask those above you, or your superiors, what type you will be required to wear. Sometimes you have many choices in what you can wear, but there are quite a few places that have restrictions on things like color, design, and style. The most common type of nurse outfit are scrubs. Scrubs are the most stylish and comfortable of all types of nurse uniforms. The design of scrubs is to make them both simple and fashionable. They come in many different colors and designs for all types of work. If you plan on being around children mostly, you can find scrubs with childlike d