Record breakers

Article Abstract:

Nursing staff need to take initial care for themselves to ultimately improve the care of their patients. A project into the improved record-keeping methods of a local UK trust found matters where greatly helped by ensuring meeting places were a calm and appropriate setting to discuss the finer points of patient care. New documentation was drawn up dividing patient care into easily recognizable and usable colour-coded section, offering each medical discipline the opportunity to have imput into patient care.

Care and treatment, Patients, Patient care, Spirituality

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Taking the tube

Article Abstract:

It is extremely important for nurses to take the correct precautions when inserting a nasal feeding tube into a patient. A tube can be incorrectly inserted into the respiratory tract, leading to the patient suffering sever coughing, gagging or showing signs of difficulty when breathing. Several methods can be used to check the correct insertion of a nasogastric tube, with the most effective being an X-ray, which clearly indicates where the tube has been inserted.

Health aspects, Enteral nutrition, Tube feeding, Stomach, Gastrointestinal intubation

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On call for Turkey's injured

Article Abstract:

The wide range of injuries suffered by victims of the August 1999 Turkish earthquake meant nurses had to employ many different techniques while also trying to overcome the language barrier. One of the most common and dangerous injuries was renal failure, caused by muscles being crushed which releases toxins into the bloodstream. Many Western firms sent dialysis machines which enabled voluntary nursing staff to tend to the many victims.

Turkey, Earthquakes

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