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Archive of entries posted on August 2009

Essential prerequisites for administering blood products to a patient

ShareA certified nursing assistant or a qualified nurse should be aware of the normal procedure for administering blood products to a patient.  Any mistake in doing the routine things might complicate the problems.  The following tips will be of use to a nurse in preparing and administering blood products to a patient

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Eight common routes of administering medication to patients

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It is the responsibility of the nurse to provide the correct medication to the correct patient at the correct time in the correct dosage and also through the correct route.
What is the correct route?  There is not one correct route but eight correct routes through which medication can be administered to a patient, depending [...]

How to convert from one measurement to another measurement

ShareNurses have to make conversions from one type of measurement to another type of measurement while administering medication to a patient.  Typically, the need for conversions arises in two circumstances.
One is when the physician prescribes the dosage to be administered to the patient taking into account the nature and severity of the disease.  The second [...]