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HIPAA is a federal law passed in 1996 requiring healthcare providers to protect the health information of their patie...

Nursing is a job that needs a lot of bending our backs, flexing our arms and legs and pushing and pulling patients. B...

Scope of practice is based on what your license as a Certified Nursing Assistant allows you to do as the State specif...

Blood and body fluid exposure training is mandatory for all healthcare providers working in healthcare facilities. </...

The structure of care in most long-term care settings is team nursing.

The coronavirus pandemic was a serious public health crisis.

Many organizations include cultural diversity training in their
new employee orientation.

Individuals living in long-term, acute, and chronic care settings are among the most vulnerable populations during an...

Elder abuse and neglect is a basic topic in nursing programs.

Fecal incontinence is the inability to control bowel movements, resulting in involuntary soiling.

Infection Control in the healthcare setting is a specialty whose
aim is to prevent the spread and transmission ...

Dealing with violence and aggression is an area where health
professionals often feel uncertain.

Palliative and hospice care is part of the continuum of care for
those with terminal illnesses.

The patient's rights list the guarantees a patient can expect from a healthcare facility or agency while receiving pe...

Universal fall precautions refer to the set of practices meant to prevent patient falls and assure their safety in th...

CNAs have an important role in pressure ulcer prevention.

Stroke is one of the leading causes of death and disability in the
US.

Healthcare professionals, especially nurses, are caring by nature.

Respite care generally means a short-term break for caregivers.

Sepsis is one of the most common diagnoses of hospitalization. When a patient is diagnosed with sepsis, it means that...

A bed-bound patient is someone who has become very weak and is no longer able to move easily, instead, they are confi...

Taking care of blind patients can be challenging for nurses. Most blind patients can function independently at home b...

Cancer is a dreaded word in medicine. For the layperson, when they hear this word as part of their medical diagnosis,...

The process of recovering from a stroke usually includes treatment, spontaneous recovery, rehabilitation, and the ret...

Confusion among hospitalized elderly is not uncommon. An elderly patient enters the hospital with abdominal pain, see...

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC), in 2021, there were 38 million people who we...

Patients with spinal cord injuries (SCI) are usually one the most complex patients for nurses.

Many in the LGBTQ community insist “inequality of care” is real and continues to persist. Many in this patient popula...

CNAs especially those working in long-term care settings like nursing homes often express their frustration with how ...

Code status simply means the emergent treatment the patient would receive in case the patient becomes pulseless or st...

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in 2021, there were 38 million people diagnosed wi...

According to the National Association for Continence, nearly 1 in 5 adults over age 40 suffers from some sort of urin...

The hysteria on HIV/AIDs in the US started in the 1980’s. The virus was said to have come from Africa.

There are many physical health factors associated with developmental disabilities. For some specific syndromes and di...

Suicide is a serious public health problem. Suicide continues to
be a leading cause of death for young adults.<...

The cumulation of losses experienced by the elderly such as a loss of a partner, chronic illness, loss of independenc...

The heart is an incredible organ. It beats over 80 thousand times each day, over 2 billion times by the time we reach...

Dementia is not a specific disease. It is a general term that describes a deteriorating mental capacity that affects ...

Burnout among nurses is a well-known fact among healthcare professionals. Most studies however involve work burnout a...

As the person ages, many physiological changes to the body affect the respiratory status of a person.

Prolonged immobility in the elderly can lead to many complications. It is a known clinical fact that the chances of r...

Hand hygiene refers to the practice of regular hand cleaning either with soap and water or hand sanitizer.

Perineal care is one of the basic skills in nursing. It is a mandatory topic in the didactic portion of all CNA progr...

Many non-clinicians wonder why a patient is chronically short of breath and yet clinicians say the cause is heart fai...

Many civic leaders agreed that systemic discrimination no longer exists. Our institutions have passed laws, set up an...

Compared to other professions, changes and innovations in nursing practice have been few and far in between.

About 10 to 15% of adults over 65 have some kind of kidney disease. This statistic jumps to around 50% for those seni...

According to the National Osteoporosis Foundation, around 10 million women above 50 years of age have osteoporosis, a...

Post surgical care is the care the patient receives after a surgical procedure. The type of care the patient would re...

Bullying in nursing is not uncommon. This has been documented for many years in many healthcare organizations.

Many clinicians, including CNAs themselves, think that CNAs have NO role in pain management. Many clinicians have the...

The majority of CNAs and licensed nurses in California specializes in elderly care. There are no precise statistics b...

Doing vital signs is one of the most basic things taught in nursing. In the first week of nursing school, all RNs, LV...

Workplace violence is a real concern in many healthcare organizations these days. The statistics are stunning. Accord...