Dear Nurses

Saturday, February 23, 2008

MORE CLINICAL LEARNING FOR NURSES


Updated 10 /25
Dear nurses,


It is a pleasure to share my years of clinical
learning with new and inexperienced nurses.
Sometimes, the clinical setting can be viewed
as being of less value than high scores in the
classroom. 

However, after decades of experience in clinical
areas such as : ER, ICU, CCU, PACU , I cherish
all that I have witnessed and been a part of. 

I have continued to add many topics in the clinical
setting that can be of great value to any nurse.


Diabetes mellitus, if not well managed,
may be further complicated by conditions
such as cardiovascular diseasestroke,
Retinopathy, Neuropathy and PVD. 

What is PVD?
Peripheral Vascular Disease (PVD) is caused
by poor circulation. The diabetic patient is at
risk for this condition.

Gangrene resulting from poor circulation and
may lead to surgical  intervention such as amputation.

The image above shows a nurse trying to do
a math calculation. Please take a moment to
 read and understand what this is about.
Using Decimals  
Have a good day.


1 Comments:

  • Very cool! I'm a recent grad (May 07) and this is great info in these scenarios.

    I had a preceptor from cardiac ICU, so I know that the only good chest pain rating is zero.

    Keep up the good work!

    By Blogger RehabNurse, at 8:10 PM  

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