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Nurse Talks Review Notes: Psoriatic Arthritis Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA) is an inflammatory condition of the joints that has been...

In Nursing, we are so used to working with frameworks. One of the most important frameworks that nurses or those in medical practice use...

The constant change of how health services are rendered is inevitable. Our times now are more different than ever and our social dynamics...

Nurse Talks Review Notes: Castleman Disease Castleman Disease (CD) is a disease of the lymph nodes. First described by Dr Benjamin...

Nurse Talks Review Notes: Sickle Cell Disease Sickle Cell Disease is an autosomal recessive disease that causes the red blood cells to...

Nurse Talks Review Notes: Asthma Asthma is a chronic condition described as the episodic inflammation of the bronchial airways due to...

ABCDE is an abbreviation that stands for: A – airway B - breathing C - circulation D – disabiity E – exposure & everything else ABCDE is...

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...

The endocrine system is composed of several hormone releasing glands located in different parts of the body. Examples of these organs are...

Inflammatory Bowel Disease or IBD refers to the chronic inflammation of the bowel wall and no direct cause has been identified for this...

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...

Two of the most commonly used tools for assessing the patient’s level of consciousness is the ACVPU scale and the Glasgow Coma Scale...

It can be observed from social media that a number of individuals resort to providing comments on scientific issues with reasoning that...

A large number of drugs involve G-protein coupled receptor (GCPR) binding. The human body contains thousands of different kinds of GPCR’s...

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...

During these past few days, we have seen numerous headlines regarding the promising results of covid-19 vaccine trials from Pfizer and...

What is Chaggas Disease? According to the US Centers for Disease Control (2020), Chagas disease is caused by the parasite called...

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...

A good clinician is viewed to be an expert in performing clinical skills and as capable of exercising good clinical judgement. But in...

It is essential that nurses must practice to the highest of standards and that entails following the most updated guidelines,...