Are you interested in becoming a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA)? CRNAs are advanced practice registered nurses who have a graduate degree focusing on anesthesia. Our guest author, Jenny Finnell, has been a CRNA for six years and has answered many questions that you might have about how to become a CRNA.
Learn about the pathophysiology of the COVID-19 virus and its attack on the pulmonary and immune systems.
How many of you have cared for someone who has had a hip replacement? I know that I definitely have. It seems like the majority of patients that have hip replacements done are in the elderly population. Vive Health has put together this great article talking about the reasons for hip replacements, surgery, and recovery from a hip replacement.
Someone I know was describing a procedure in which a tube was placed through a patient's back into their kidneys to drain their urine. I had never heard of this before. What is this called? A nephrostomy tube. Check out a quick summary of what it is and its indications.
Tips on how to remove rings from a patient whose fingers are swollen. This can be a task that emergently needs to be done if a patient's fingers have decreased blood flow because of the ring. Try some of these easy tricks and see if they work!
Four simple words make up one of the most common refrains said by moms, nurses, and doctors everywhere when it comes to treating an acute injury . . . “put some ice on it.” Cold application has been a long-standing treatment method for a variety of ailments and for good reason.
A ventilation-perfusion scan (commonly known as a VQ scan) is a procedure performed in interventional radiology. It examines air flow and perfusion from the lungs.
The ammonia lab value is commonly tested in the hospital at any age. What does this lab value tell you about your patient and their condition? How do we treat it when it is elevated?
I feel like when working in the hospital, we come into contact with patients with peripheral neuropathy all the time! Patients with uncontrolled diabetes very commonly have issues with this. What are other causes of peripheral neuropathy and how do we treat it?
Very rarely do we see patients presenting with the symptoms of myxedema coma. This is a life threatening condition that is caused by a deficiency in the thyroid gland causing hypothyroidism. Let's learn a little bit more about this rare condition!
