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An overview on nursing care during and after a seizure

(Post-) Seizure Care Plan for Nurses

An overview on nursing care during and after a seizure

Medication administration rights

5 Rights of Medication Administration

An overview of a client's medication rights and guidelines for administering medication

Overview of abdominal physical assessment, including normal and abnormal findings

Abdominal Assessment: Order & Tips

Overview of abdominal physical assessment, including normal and abnormal findings

Ethics and patient rights

Active Listening in Nursing

Remember the universal patient rights and the ethical principles that should guide every nurse's practice with this handy cheat sheet.

Addison's disease

Addison’s Disease: Nursing Diagnosis

Explanation of chronic adrenal insufficiency caused by autoimmune destruction of adrenal glands

Addisonian crisis [+ free cheat sheet] | lecturio nursing

Addisonian Crisis

Overview of acute adrenal insufficiency; pathophysiology, common causes, nursing considerations and treatment

Adrenal suppression

Adrenal Suppression

Reviews adrenal suppression, including definition, risk factors, pathophysiology, and symptoms. Discusses acute adrenal insufficiency and client education.

Overview of vaccine recommendations for the over-65 population and common vaccine side effects

Adult Vaccine Schedule

Overview of vaccine recommendations for the over-65 population and common vaccine side effects

Ethics and patient rights

Advance Directives in Nursing

Remember the universal patient rights and the ethical principles that should guide every nurse's practice with this handy cheat sheet.

An overview of abnormal lung sounds, such as stridor and crackles

Adventitious Lung Sounds: Lung Auscultation Guide

An overview of abnormal lung sounds, such as stridor and crackles

Allergic rhinitis and treatment

Allergic Rhinitis: Causes & Nursing Care

Overview of allergic rhinitis, including definition, symptoms, causes, medication treatment, and client education

Anticholinergic meds

Anticholinergic Drugs

A list of anticholinergic meds and general synopsis of what anticholinergic meds do and the side effects that they come with

Antipsychotics

Antipsychotic Medications (+ List)

Comparision of first- and second-generation antipsychotic medications including mechanism of action, adverse reactions, contraindications, and a detailed description of extrapyramidal symptoms.

Learn about the varied behavioral symptoms of asd, its diagnosis and treatment, and get guidance on identifying the potential nursing diagnoses ➜

Autism: Nursing Diagnosis

Overview of autism spectrum disorder including definition, clinical features, diagnosis, and nursing education

Behavioral addictions

Behavioral Addiction: Definition & Examples

Nursing care of individuals with non-substance abuse disorders and approaches to treatment

Blunt fill needles

Blunt Fill Needle: How To Use

Procedural steps for withdrawing medications using blunt fill needle, including clinical tips.

Nursing leadership and communication: must-know points in a free one-pager

Bullying in Nursing

Communication is an essential leadership skill for nurses. Recap the leadership styles, principles, and skills with this study sheet.

Cardiac output

Cardiac Output: Equation & Normal Values

Review of factors that affect cardiac output, terminology, normal values, and calculations

How to answer multiple choice nclex questions

Cirrhosis NCLEX Question [Walkthrough]

Master multiple-choice NCLEX questions with this one-page PDF guide, filled with strategic insider tips and practical techniques for confidently tackling this question type.

Ethics and patient rights

Clinical Decision-Making

Remember the universal patient rights and the ethical principles that should guide every nurse's practice with this handy cheat sheet.

Common bacteria by body system

Common Infections: Bacteria

Different bacteria infect different areas of the body. With this cheat sheet you'll have a better idea of what bugs might be infecting your patient!

Nursing leadership and communication: must-know points in a free one-pager

Communication in Nursing

Communication is an essential leadership skill for nurses. Recap the leadership styles, principles, and skills with this study sheet.

Nursing leadership and communication: must-know points in a free one-pager

Conflict Management in Nursing

Conflict management is an essential leadership skill for nurses. Recap the leadership styles, principles, and skills with this study sheet.

How to answer multiple choice nclex questions

COPD NCLEX Question [Walkthrough]

Master multiple-choice NCLEX questions with this one-page PDF guide, filled with strategic insider tips and practical techniques for confidently tackling this question type.

Get an overview of the specifics of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: causes, symptoms, exacerbations, progression, and treatment ➜

COPD: Nursing Care

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is one of the most common respiratory conditions. Never forget the signs and symptoms and how it differs from asthma with this cheat sheet!

Corticosteroids overview

Corticosteroids: Types & Function

Review of corticosteroid types, normal pathways, and therapeutic effects of exogenous administration

Ethics and patient rights

Cost-effective Care

Cost-effectiveness must never clash with universal patient rights and the ethical principles that guide nursing practice. Remember them with this concise cheat sheet!

Nsaids: graphical cheat sheet for remembering the types and functions

Cox 1 vs Cox 2 Inhibitors (NSAIDs) 

Graphic explanation of effect of NSAIDs in blocking function of Cox enzyme, therapeutic and adverse effects of NSAIDs, and nursing considerations

Croup

Croup vs Whooping Cough

This Croup summary will help you remember the cause, signs and symptoms, treatments and complications of this very common pediatric condition.

Cushing syndrome and cushing disease

Cushing Syndrome & Cushing Disease

Causes, symptoms, similarities and differences, diagnosis, and treatment of Cushing disease and Cushing syndrome

Cushing vs addison's

Cushing vs Addison’s: Cortisol Levels

Comparison of endocrine conditions characterized by excess vs insuffient cortisol levels

Delegation in nursing

Delegation in Nursing

What tasks can the busy nurse safely and legally delegate? Use this sheet to refresh your memory.

Clinical symptoms of depression

Depression: Nursing Diagnosis & Symptoms

Overview of depression including prevalence, contributing factors, symptoms, and differences by age

Diabetes mellitus complications

Diabetes Complications

Description of the microvascular and macrovascular effects of chronic hyperglycemia and associated complications in the setting of poorly controlled diabetes.

Nursing in context

Diagnosis-related Groups

Nursing in context: get an overview of the relevant concepts and terms in the healthcare system that influence daily nursing practice.

Significant adverse drug reactions

Disulfiram-like Reaction & Other Adverse Drug Reactions

Review of important categories of adverse drug reactions: hypersensitivity, disulfirum-like reaction and CNS depression.

What do diuretics do

Diuretics: Mechanism of Action & Types

Diuretics, also called water pills, are a some of the most commonly prescribed medications out there. Find out how they work and what you should to know about them.

General drug safety tips pdf

Drug Safety Tips

Review of how to assess medication labels; how to calculate weight based dosing; and how to determine therapeutic dosing ranges

Drug toxicity is the harmful impact of a drug in the body, leading to severe adverse events or organ damage. Monitoring clients for signs of drug toxicity through regular assessments and laboratory tests is a vital part of nurses’ roles. Educating patients on the risks and signs of toxicity can help early detection. Immediate intervention is essential if toxicity is suspected.

Drug Toxicity

Quickly review the medications that can be harshest on the liver, kidney, and ears so that you can be on the lookout for possible signs of toxicity.

Overview of common atrial dysrhythmias, cardiac conduction patterns and associated ekg findings

Dysrhythmias: Overview

Overview of common atrial dysrhythmias, cardiac conduction patterns, and associated ECG findings

Procedural steps for postoperative progressive ambulation, including documentation tips and client education

Early Ambulation after Surgery

Procedural steps for postoperative progressive ambulation, including documentation tips and client education.

Types of common eating disorders

Eating Disorders: Types & Symptoms

Overview of eating disorders including anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder, treatment, and nursing considerations

Definition of electrolytes and their role in the body. Highlights the function, normal range, and symptoms of high and low common electrolyte levels.

Electrolytes: Nursing Overview

Lern about electrolytes and their role in the body: function, normal range, and symptoms of high and low common electrolyte levels.

Types of electronic fetal monitoring

Electronic Fetal Monitoring: Types & Strip Assessment 

Review of electronic fetal monitoring types, pros and cons of each method | overview of normal and abnormal fetal monitoring graphs and how to assess | nursing interventions for decelerations

Overview of endocrine glands and hormones secreted + example of positive and negative endocrine feedback loops reviewed

Endocrine System: Function

Overview of endocrine glands and hormones secreted + example of positive and negative endocrine feedback loops reviewed

Ethics and patient rights

Ethical Principles in Nursing

Remember the universal patient rights and the ethical principles that should guide every nurse's practice with this handy cheat sheet.

Nursing leadership and communication: must-know points in a free one-pager

Feedback in Nursing

Get a concise overview of the leadership styles in nursing, leadership principles, and skills needed for your professional growth as a nurse.

Fingerstick test for blood sugar

Fingerstick Test for Blood Sugar

Procedure for point of care blood sugar testing in hospitalized client, nursing considerations, and critical values

Nursing leadership and communication: must-know points in a free one-pager

Fundamental Attribution Error

Communication is an essential leadership skill for nurses. Recap the leadership styles, principles, and skills with this study sheet.

Nursing cs glasgow coma scale 1

Glasgow Coma Scale

The Glasgow Coma Scale is a neurological assessment tool used to determine a patient's motor and verbal responses and their level of consciousness.

Comparison of mineralcorticoids and glucocorticoids

Glucocorticoids vs Mineralocorticoids

Chemical characteristics of mineralocorticoids and glucocorticoids and their different effects on the body.

Head to toe assessment pdf

Head-to-Toe Nursing Assessment 

Never forget which body system you need to examine next with this head to toe assessment summary!

Nursing in context

Healthcare Quality: Improvement, Measures & Indicators  

Nursing in context: get an overview of the relevant concepts and terms in the healthcare system that influence daily nursing practice.

Overview of ventricular dysrhythmia management, including emergent intervention in hemodynamically unstable clients

Hemodynamic Stability & Arrhythmias

Overview of ventricular dysrhythmia management, including emergent intervention in hemodynamically unstable clients

Hiv and aids

HIV vs AIDS

Discussion of HIV and AIDS, diagnostic criteria for AIDS, and risk factors and prevention strategies.

How to fill a syringe from a vial

How to Fill a Syringe from a Vial

Step-by-step description of the technique for withdrawing medications from vials.

How to open a sterile kit

How to Open a Sterile Kit 

Confidently walk into sterile procedures with this cheat sheet, detailing the steps to safely opening a sterile kit.

How to read an ecg

How to Read an ECG

Overview of the anatomy of the normal cardiac cycle, characteristics of the normal sinus rhythm, cardiac strip interpretation, and common variations from NSR.

Nursing cs insert an iv

How to Start an IV

Make sure you have all the right supplies and brush up on the steps of IV insertion with this guide.

Nursing cs take a manual blood pressure 2

How to Take Blood Pressure Manually: Step-by-Step

Learning how to take blood pressure manually is an essential skill for every nurse.

Incentive spirometry (nursing)

How to Use an Incentive Spirometer

Procedural steps for incentive spirometry, including documentation tips and labeled incentive spirometer device.

High blood pressure meds

Hypertension Medications

Concise summary table of the most common ways to pharmacologically lower blood pressure.

Incretin mimetics

Incretin Mimetics (Diabetes Management)

Review of injectable non-insulin medications, including mechanism of action, side effects, dosing, and client education.

Infection control and prevention in nursing

Infection Control & Prevention

Overview of hand hygiene, prevention of surgical and insertion site infections, and infection symptoms.

Intramuscular injections

Intramuscular Injection: How To

Review of IM administration, including site, needle, and syringe selection and injection procedure.

Iron deficiency in children at a glance

Iron Deficiency in Children

An overview of the common signs, symptoms, and treatment of iron deficiency anemia in children.

Iv drip rate: formula & how to

IV Drip Rate: Formula & How to

Variables of IV drip rate calculation including tubing type, drop factor, and fluid order, along with sample calculation and instructions for setting drip rate using roller clamp.

Nursing leadership and communication: must-know points in a free one-pager

Leadership Styles in Nursing

Get a concise overview of the leadership styles in nursing, leadership principles, and skills needed for your professional growth as a nurse.

Nursing in context

Levels of Care

Nursing in context: get an overview of the relevant concepts and terms in the healthcare system that influence daily nursing practice.

Lithium for depression

Lithium for Depression

Overview of Lithium, the first mood stabilizer, including administration, monitoring, therapeutic range, toxicity, and client education topics

Liver cirrhosis

Liver Cirrhosis: Nursing Diagnosis

Overview of cirrhosis, an end-stage of liver disease that develops after healthy liver tissue is destroyed and replaced with scar tissue (fibrosis)

How to answer multiple choice nclex questions

Mechanical Ventilation NCLEX Question [Walkthrough]

Master multiple-choice NCLEX questions with this one-page PDF guide, filled with strategic insider tips and practical techniques for confidently tackling this question type.

Infant milestones

Milestones: Infants–Elderly

Physical, cognitive, and psychosocial changes in infants, toddlers, preschoolers, and school-aged children