Medical Surgical Nursing

Medical Surgical Nursing

  • Leukemia

    The word Leukemia comes from the Greek leukos which means "white" and aima which means "blood". Definition- ...

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  • Aneurysms

    Aneurysms The word is from Greek:" aneurysma" mean, "a widening "a dilation", from , aneurynein, "to d...

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  • MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION

    Myocardial infarction refers to the process by which areas of myocardial cells in the heart are permanently destroyed. Definition 

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  • Raynauds Disease

     Raynaud's  Disease Raynaud's is a rare disorder that affects the arteries. Raynaud's is al...

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  • Case Study Format

     HISTORY COLLECTION Demographical Data I. History Collection:

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  •   Arteriosclerosis

      Arteriosclerosis Arteriosclerosis is the disease of the arteries characterized by thickening, loss of elasticity...

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  •  Hypertension

       Blood pressure-Blood pressure is the force of blood pushing against the walls of your arteries. It's measured in millime...

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  • Valvular Heart Disorders

     Introduction  The movement of blood through the heart is crucial for human life. But in addition to perfusion , blood mus...

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  • Wound Healing

    Wound - Definition    A wound is a break in the integrity of the skin or tissues often, which may be associated ...

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  •  Inflammation

    Introduction   Inflammation Inflammation is the physiological response to tissues damage or any...

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  • Asepsis

    Asepsis- Asepsis is the state of being free from disease- causing contaminants (such as bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasi...

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  • Role and Responsibilities of nurse in medical surgical setting

    Introduction  The primary role of nurse is to provide care. Medical surgical nurses provide direct care to adult patients in numerous settings.

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  • Trends and issues in medical surgical Nursing

    Introduction The entire field of health care is changing day by day. These changes occurs at rapid rate.

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  • Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases

    Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases

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  • Cardiac Murmur

    Cardiac Murmur- Cardiac murmur is the abnormal or unusual heart sound. It is also called abnormal heart sound or cardiac bruit. The "murmur" is the...

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  • Angina Pectoris

    Angina Pectoris- Angina pectoris or chest pain is a clinical syndrome produced by insufficient Coronary blood flow leading to transient myocardial ischemia. Ri...

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  • Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Diseases

    Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Diseases- Rheumatic fever is an inflammatory disease of the heart potentially involving all layers of the heart. The resulting dama...

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  • Acute Myocardial Infarction

    ✍️Acute Myocardial Infarction- AMI is the acute death of myocardial cells due to lack of oxygenated blood flow in the coronary arteries. It is also known as a heart attac...

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  • Coronary Artery Disease

    Coronary Artery Disease- Pathological condition of coronary Artery in which Narrowing and obstruction partially or completely due to excessive accumulation of fat and cholesterol resul...

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  • Cardiovascular System

    Cardiovascular System- Cardiology- Study of cardiac system is known as Cardiology. Cardiovascular System consist- Heart

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  • Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate

    Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate ✔️DEFINITION Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR)- Is the rate at which the erythrocytes settle down. Normal...

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  • Acute Renal Failure (ARF)

     Acute Renal Failure (ARF)- Chronic kidney disease- develops slowly over months to years and necessitates the initiation of dialysis or transplan...

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  • Errors of Refraction

    Ametropia- The eye with normal refractive power is called emmetropic eye and the condition is called emmetropia. Ametropia is of two types: -

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  • Hyperthermia- Fever

    Fever- Elevation of body temperature above the set point is called hyperthermia, fever or pyrexia.  Classification of Fever- ...

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  • Dehydration

    Dehydration- Dehydration is defined as excessive loss of water from the body. The most active individuals need 2 to 3 L of water intake daily. Dehydration occurs when ...

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