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Nursing Mnemonics: Treating Congestive Heart Failure
Nursing Mnemonics: Treating Congestive Heart Failure Heart failure is a condition in which the heart is no longer able to pump out enough oxygen-rich blood. This causes symptoms to occur throughout the body. … [Read more...] about Nursing Mnemonics: Treating Congestive Heart Failure
Nursing Mnemonics: Anti-hypertensive Drugs
Beta Blockers Beta blockers help the heart beat with less speed and force. The heart pumps less blood through the blood vessels with each beat, and blood pressure decreases. Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitors (ACEI) ACE inhibitors keep the body from making a hormone called angiotensin II, which causes blood vessels to narrow. These medications decrease blood pressure … [Read more...] about Nursing Mnemonics: Anti-hypertensive Drugs
Nursing Infographics: Hypovolemic Shock
Hypovolemic shock results from a decreased intravascular volume due to hemorrhage, plasma or water and electrolytes loss. This leads to an inadequate tissue perfusion that results in cellular dysfunction and finally in irreversible cellular damage. … [Read more...] about Nursing Infographics: Hypovolemic Shock
Nursing Mnemonics: Sickle Cell Anemia Crisis
Sickle cell disease is the most common of the hereditary blood disorders.It occurs almost exclusively among black Americans and black Africans. Sickle cell anaemia is a serious inherited blood disorder where the red blood cells, which carry oxygen around the body, develop abnormally … [Read more...] about Nursing Mnemonics: Sickle Cell Anemia Crisis