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Methods of nursing care that should be administered to a victim of near drowning are presented. The patient's airway, breathing, and circulation should be assessed in the emergency department. The patient must also be removed from the backboard to preserve his skin integrity.

A situation where a 62-year-old male that is suffering from postoperative bleeding following a transurethral resection of a bladder is described. The primary goal of nurses is to stop the bleeding and to restore hemodynamic stability. Intravenous hydration should be continued as ordered and his urine output should be monitored.

The Renal Physicians Association (RPA), American Society of Nephrology (ASN), and the American Nephrology Nurses' Association (ANNA) support the collaborative practice of Nephrologists and Advanced Practice Nurses as health care [...]

One reality of wilderness medicine is the likely timescale involved in reaching professional medical help. It's possible that casualty assessment, initial treatment and evacuation to definitive medical care may take […]

My son had cause to go to the doctor recently. 'Mum,' he said afterwards, 'why do stethoscopes have to be so cold?' I looked at him--amazed that he knew the [...]

When John Gray published his now-famous book, Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus, in 1992, he brought to public attention an important view of the differences in thinking [...]