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Influenza Nursing Diagnosis Interventions and Care Plans

Influenza NCLEX Review Care Plans

Nursing Study Guide on Influenza

Influenza, also known as flu, is a common viral infection caused by influenza viruses and affects the respiratory system.

The patient groups that are high risk for influenza involve young children under the age of 5, and old people over the age of 65.

Immuno-compromised patients and nursing home residents are also at…

Gout Nursing Diagnosis Interventions and Care Plans

Gout NCLEX Review Care Plans

Nursing Study Guide on Gout

Gout is one of the generally known but complicated forms of arthritis that cause inflammation to the joints.

It is a condition that features severe joint pain which is sudden in onset and is accompanied by tenderness and swelling.

It can affect any joint in the body such as in the elbows, knees, and ankles, but gout commonly…

Degenerative Joint Disease DJD Osteoarthritis Nursing Diagnosis Interventions and Care Plans

Degenerative Joint Disease DJD Osteoarthritis NCLEX Review Care Plans

Nursing Study Guide for Degenerative Joint Disease or Osteoarthritis

Arthritis is a collective term that is used to describe joint inflammation among individuals. The most common type of arthritis is degenerative joint disease, also known as osteoarthritis (OA).

This happens when there is progressive deterioration of…

Arthritis Nursing Diagnosis Interventions and Care Plans

Arthritis NCLEX Review Care Plans

Nursing Study Guide for Arthritis

Arthritis is a medical condition that involves the inflammation of joints, which includes joint tenderness, swelling, and pain. Arthritis usually becomes worse as a person age.

There are different types of arthritis; the most common ones include osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, and gout. Other types of arthritis…

Intussusception Nursing Diagnosis Interventions and Care Plans

Intussusception NCLEX Review Care Plans

Nursing Study Guide for Intussusception

Intussusception is a medical condition wherein a part of the intestine goes into another part of the intestine that is adjacent to it, quite like how a telescope looks.

Intussusception causes blockage of fluid and food, disabling them to go through the intestine smoothly. In addition to this, blood supply…

Antacids Nursing NCLEX Pharmacology

Antacids Nursing Pharmacology Study Notes and Care Plan Nursing Pharmacology Study Guide: Antacids

Antacids are a group of gastrointestinal (GI) medication that contains inorganic salts that have the ability to neutralize stomach acid.

Several GI disorders can be treated with antacids, particularly indigestion and peptic ulcer disease.

Many antacids can be purchased over-the-counter…

Gastrointestinal GI Bleed Nursing Diagnosis Interventions and Care Plans

Gastrointestinal GI Bleed NCLEX Review Care Plans Nursing Study Guide for GI Bleeding

Gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding is a condition that involves bleeding in one or many parts of the digestive tract.

GI bleeding is not a disorder in itself; rather, it is a symptom of many GI disorders, including peptic ulcer disease, inflammatory bowel disease, and gastric cancer.

GI bleeding is…

Neutropenia Nursing Diagnosis Interventions and Care Plans

Neutropenia NCLEX Review Care Plans

Nursing Study Guide on Neutropenia

Neutropenia is a medical term for low neutrophil count. Neutrophils are a group of white blood cells of the body’s immune system.

They are responsible for attacking disease-causing bacteria and other organisms. Created in the bone marrow, neutrophils travel via the blood to the site of infection.

They are able to…

Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) Mononucleosis Nursing Diagnosis Interventions and Care Plans

Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) Mononucleosis NCLEX Review Care Plans

Nursing Study Guide on Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) Mononucleosis Infection

Epstein – Barr virus infection, also known as the “kissing disease”, is a viral infection that is spread via direct contact, usually through kissing or using the same utensils with the infected person.

The virus causes glandular fever (mononucleosis)…

Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus MRSA Nursing Diagnosis Interventions and Care Plans

Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) NCLEX Review Care Plans

Nursing Study Guide for MRSA

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a type of infection caused by S. aureus bacteria and is known to show resistance to many antibiotic therapies that can usually treat ordinary staph infections.

Many MRSA cases involve people who have previously been admitted to the…

Epilepsy Nursing Diagnosis Interventions and Care Plans

Epilepsy NCLEX Review Care Plans

Nursing Study Guide for Epilepsy

Epilepsy is a neurological disorder that involves abnormality of brain activity. The patient with epilepsy may experience periods of unusual sensation or behavior, as well as seizures.

He/she may not be aware of what is happening while the seizure is ongoing. The diagnosis of epilepsy requires the occurrence of at least…

Atherosclerosis Nursing Diagnosis Interventions and Care Plans

Atherosclerosis NCLEX Review Care Plans

Nursing Study Guide – Atherosclerosis

Atherosclerosis is the buildup of fatty material called plaque or atheroma, in the lining of the artery walls.

This buildup causes the narrowing of the affected arteries. When the arteries are narrowed, blood cannot go through it easily. This can lead to reduced delivery of oxygen and nutrients to the cells of…

Encephalitis Nursing Diagnosis Interventions and Care Plans

Encephalitis NCLEX Review Care Plans

Nursing Study Guide for Encephalitis

Encephalitis is a disease characterized by the inflammation and infection of the brain.

The most common cause of encephalitis is a viral infection, so the signs and symptoms usually start as those similar with flu – headache, fever, body ache and weakness.

However, some cases can be asymptomatic at the…

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis ALS Nursing Diagnosis Interventions and Care Plans

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis ALS NCLEX Review Care Plans

Nursing Study Guide: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, is a disease that involves the nervous system and primarily manifests as loss of control of the muscles.

This progressive disease usually starts with slurred speech, weak extremities, and/or muscle…

Peripheral Vascular Disease PVD & Peripheral Arterial Disease PAD Nursing Diagnosis Interventions and Care Plans

Peripheral Vascular Disease PVD & Peripheral Arterial Disease PAD NCLEX Review Care Plans

Nursing Study Guide for Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD)

Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is a medical condition that involves the narrowing of arteries, leading to a reduction in the blood flow to the limbs, usually the lower extremities.

PAD is one of the many circulatory diseases under the…

Nursing Care Plans for Acute Pain

Acute Pain Diagnosis Interventions Care Plans and NCLEX Review

5 Nursing Care Plans for Acute Pain

Acute pain is an experience that is known to virtually all human beings. It is an unpleasant feeling that can be described as highly subjective as a person experiences it.

As a nursing diagnosis, Acute Pain is defined as an unpleasant emotional and sensory experience resulting from an…

Pneumothorax and Hemothorax Nursing Diagnosis Interventions and Care Plans

Pneumothorax and Hemothorax Nursing Diagnosis NCLEX Review Care Plans

Pneumothorax and Hemothorax

Pneumothorax is a medical condition where in a lung collapses due to the air leakage in the pleural space, or the space in between the chest wall and the lung.

Hemothorax, on the other hand, happens when blood fills the pleural space. Both medical conditions result from penetration of the…