Psoriatic Arthritis
Nurse Talks Review Notes: Psoriatic Arthritis Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA) is an inflammatory condition of the joints that has been...
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Sep 30, 20214 min read
The ABCDE Primary Survey
In Nursing, we are so used to working with frameworks. One of the most important frameworks that nurses or those in medical practice use...
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Sep 12, 20213 min read
Improving the Quality of Health Care Service - the PDSA Methodology
The constant change of how health services are rendered is inevitable. Our times now are more different than ever and our social dynamics...
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Sep 10, 20213 min read
What is Castleman Disease?
Nurse Talks Review Notes: Castleman Disease Castleman Disease (CD) is a disease of the lymph nodes. First described by Dr Benjamin...
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Jul 21, 20213 min read
Sickle Cell Disease
Nurse Talks Review Notes: Sickle Cell Disease Sickle Cell Disease is an autosomal recessive disease that causes the red blood cells to...
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Mar 31, 20213 min read
Asthma
Nurse Talks Review Notes: Asthma Asthma is a chronic condition described as the episodic inflammation of the bronchial airways due to...
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Mar 21, 20212 min read
The ABCDE Framework in Assessing Deteriorating Patients
ABCDE is an abbreviation that stands for: A – airway B - breathing C - circulation D – disabiity E – exposure & everything else ABCDE is...
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Mar 6, 20215 min read
Physiologic Mechanisms that Influence Blood Pressure
Blood pressure (BP) refers to the force of blood exerted on the walls of the arteries. This can be measured non-invasively with the use...
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Feb 27, 202110 min read
A Network Of Glands: The Endocrine System
The endocrine system is composed of several hormone releasing glands located in different parts of the body. Examples of these organs are...
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Feb 21, 202112 min read
The Pathophysiology of Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Exploring The Literature
Inflammatory Bowel Disease or IBD refers to the chronic inflammation of the bowel wall and no direct cause has been identified for this...
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Feb 7, 20216 min read
Why it Hurts: The Physiology of Pain
The complexity of the nervous system allows for pain to be experienced. In fact, the function of pain is to warn us of dangers, informing...
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Jan 27, 20213 min read
Assessment for Levels of Consciousness: ACVPU and the Glasgow Coma Scale
Two of the most commonly used tools for assessing the patient’s level of consciousness is the ACVPU scale and the Glasgow Coma Scale...
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Jan 12, 20215 min read
Science for All: Pragmatic Complications and Restraints Inhibiting Its Effective Delivery
It can be observed from social media that a number of individuals resort to providing comments on scientific issues with reasoning that...
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Dec 30, 20202 min read
Generic Functions of G-Protein Coupled Receptors
A large number of drugs involve G-protein coupled receptor (GCPR) binding. The human body contains thousands of different kinds of GPCR’s...
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Dec 6, 20209 min read
Basics of Infection Control: Never Too Late To Educate!
Infection control is a broad topic in itself but I think it will benefit us greatly if we educate ourselves even by just knowing the...
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Nov 24, 20209 min read
A Snapshot of the covid-19 vaccines: Pfizer, Moderna and Astra Zeneca
During these past few days, we have seen numerous headlines regarding the promising results of covid-19 vaccine trials from Pfizer and...
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Nov 15, 20203 min read
Chagas' Disease: A Bug's Kiss
What is Chaggas Disease? According to the US Centers for Disease Control (2020), Chagas disease is caused by the parasite called...
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Oct 26, 20208 min read
Social Justice in Higher Education: Working towards Widening Participation & Promoting Accessibility
Promoting social justice in higher education can be a very complex one, since we need to look at its issues in a holistic manner. This...
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Oct 9, 20202 min read
Why Cultural Competence Matters
A good clinician is viewed to be an expert in performing clinical skills and as capable of exercising good clinical judgement. But in...
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Oct 4, 20205 min read
Fitness to Practice: Meeting the Professional Standards in Nursing
It is essential that nurses must practice to the highest of standards and that entails following the most updated guidelines,...
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