Top 10 Weird Medical Abnormalies

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Nurse's Podcast

Podcasting is a method of publishing and syndicating audio broadcasts through the Internet. To hear our broadcasts you can click on one of the links above. To have them automatically loaded onto your computer you must first download Podcatching software, also known as an aggregator. When you turn on your computer, the aggregator starts automatically and runs in the background. You select which producers you want programs from. When those producers post new programs, the software automatically downloads them. You can then listen to them on your computer or transfer them to a device like an iPod.

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Nursing Journals

Online publication that addresses pertinent topics affecting nursing practice, research, education and the wider health care sector. Topics provide valuable information about your responsibilities to help your patients access health care that meets their needs by integrating the most up-to-date discoveries.

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Nursing Skills

The Clinical Skills Online (CSO) is a project aimed at providing online videos demonstrating core clinical skills common to a wide range of medical and health-based courses. These videos are freely available to anyone using them for educational, personal and non-commercial purposes only.

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Geriatric Nursing

People in the U.S. are living longer than ever before. Many seniors live active and healthy lives. But there's no getting around one thing: as we age, our bodies and minds change. There are things you can do to stay healthy and active as you age. Eating a balanced diet, keeping mind and body active, not smoking, getting regular checkups, and practicing safety habits at home and in the car will help you make the most of life.

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Medical-Surgical Nursing

The information provided here is a general idea of what to expect when you undergo a particular procedure. Specific details, including length of the procedure and hospital stay, as well as exact techniques can vary depending on several factors such as the severity of your condition and the hospital's protocol.

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Emergency and Critical Care

Emergency Nursing is a specialty in which nurses care for patients in the emergency or critical phase of their illness or injury and are adept at discerning life-threatening problems, prioritizing the urgency of care, rapidly and effectively carrying out resuscitative measures and other treatment, acting with a high degree of autonomy and ability to initiate needed measures without outside direction, educating the patient and his family with the information and emotional support needed to preserve themselves as they cope with a new reality. These activities may be carried out in a variety of settings and not necessarily in an "Emergency Room."

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Psychiatric Nursing

Mental illness is the term that refers collectively to all diagnosable mental disorders. Mental disorders are health conditions that are characterized by alterations in thinking, mood, or behavior (or some combination thereof) associated with distress and/or impaired functioning. Alzheimer’s disease exemplifies a mental disorder largely marked by alterations in thinking (especially forgetting). Depression exemplifies a mental disorder largely marked by alterations in mood. Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder exemplifies a mental disorder largely marked by alterations in behavior (overactivity) and/or thinking (inability to concentrate). Alterations in thinking, mood, or behavior contribute to a host of problems—patient distress, impaired functioning, or heightened risk of death, pain, disability, or loss of freedom (American Psychiatric Association, 1994).

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Pediatrics

Guidelines for the acute medical management of severe traumatic brain injury in infants, children, and adolescents. Because the welfare of children and adolescents is heavily dependent on the home and family, the nurse supports efforts to create a nurturing environment. Such support includes education about healthful living and guidance for both patients and parents. Pediatricians participate in the community to prevent or solve problems in child and adolescent health care, and they serve as advocates for children and adolescents.

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Maternal and Child Health

Maternal health programs build on available scientific evidence, current understanding of the varied health infrastructure capability in countries, and the need to achieve widespread public health impact. Specific interventions for maternal and newborn programs are chosen within the framework of clinical determinants for healthy pregnancy outcome in low resource environments.

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Pharmacology

Pharmacology is the science dealing with the preparation, uses, and especially the effectiveness of drugs. Learning the basics of Pharmacology is of great importance to nurses because it aids them of what to consider before administering the drug, what to expect upon drug administration, how to evaluate the drug’s effectiveness. Moreover, it aids nurses to watch out for adverse effects of the drugs their patients.

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Anatomy and Physiology

Human Anatomy is the science that deals with the shape, structure, and parts of a human body. It provides detailed examination and analysis. Whereas physiology, is a branch of biology that deals with the functions and activities of living organisms and their parts, including all physical and chemical processes. The two sciences work hand in hand in providing explanation of the complexes of how the human body works.

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Alternative Medicine

Alternative Medicine is all about healthcare and treatment practices, including traditional Chinese medicine, chiropractic, folk medicine, and naturopathy, that minimize or eschew the use of surgery and drugs. The use of herbal medicine is also included in this practice. The use of alternative medicine does not follow generally accepted medical methods and may not have a scientific explanation for their effectiveness.

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Welcome to RNfreebies

A nurse assumes various roles as he fulfills his duty. Although he may be taking care of sick patients most of the time, a nurse’s responsibility does not end there. More often than not, nurses are also teachers. They educate their patients about their current situation and provide them with numerous health teachings that are of great importance to alleviate their condition.

It is a reality therefore that a nurse’s pursuit for knowledge does not stop when he graduates nor when he passes the board exam. For those who belong to the nursing profession, it is a necessity that they persist in acquiring knowledge. Such knowledge will enable them to accomplish their duties further. An evidence of this reality is supported by the Boards of Nursing thus before a nurse can renew his license, the required hours / units of continuous education must first be met.

In accordance with this need of nurses, I came up with this blog, with the goal of helping my fellow nurses in my own little ways. Though I cannot guarantee that you’ll find everything you need in here, I can assure you that some of the links I’ve posted are worth viewing.

In this site you shall find nursing links for alternative medicine, anatomy and physiology, pharmacology, maternal and child health, pediatrics, psychiatric nursing, emergency and critical care, medical-surgical nursing, geriatric nursing, nursing skills, nursing journals, ultimate nursing references websites, relevant nurse podcasts and nursing videos.

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This is just the beginning. I will be adding more links, downloads and other stuffs the concerns nurses. So expect that I’ll post anything under the Nursing Sun and blog about it. Please feel free to shoutout and tell me what you think about my site, or just whatever.

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