The
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AMAZING NURSING
THE BEST NURSING STUDY NOTES
,TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION TO NURSING 3
FUNDAMENTALS 12
HEAD-TO-TOE ASSESSMENT 37
FLUID & ELECTROLYTE IMBALANCE 52
MENTAL HEALTH 63
DISEASE & DISORDERS 81
OB & MATERNITY 115
PEDIATRICS 148
MED-SURGERY 179
EMERGENCY CARE 294
CRITICAL CARE 302
CLINICAL SKILLS 314
NUTRITION 320
PHARMACOLOGY 333
AMAZING
NURSING
THE BEST NURSING STUDY NOTES
, INTRODUCTION TO NURSING
THE ORIGINS OF NURSING
• The origins of nursing, medicine, and • Ancient Greeks developed the scientific
hospitals can be traced to ancient foundations of medicine and philosophy, in
times, as early as 3000 BCE. particular the Hippocratic Oath.
• The history of nursing is closely • Atharvaveda described the use of herbs
intertwined with medicine and health for various ailments and the exorcism of
care. demons. Ayurveda, organized into eight
• The earliest accounts of nursing date parts, describes how to treat various
back more than 5,000 years to ancient diseases with medicine and surgery.
civilizations: • Romans invented numerous surgical
- Egypt instruments and their use of surgery and
- Babylon instrumentation was advanced.
- India • Modern nursing began in the 19th century
- Greece in Germany and Britain and spread
- Rome worldwide by 1900.
DIFFERENT SYMBOLS ASSOCIATED WITH NURSING
CADACEUS
• Symbol of modern medicine.
• The caduceus, a staff with two snakes coiled around it.
• The caduceus probably was first COMPLICATIONS
used as a medical
emblem in the 16th century.
MALTESE CROSS
• The Maltese Cross is your symbol of protection.
• A person who wears this cross is willing to lay down
COMPLICATIONS
his/her life for you, just as Crusaders sacrificed their
lives for their fellow man so may years ago.
NIGHTINGALE'S LAMP
• The lamp is an international nurse symbol that is
widely known to symbolize Florence Nightingale and
her transforming work in the nursing COMPLICATIONS
profession.
• A symbol for goodwill, reliability, and compassion,
which are all attributes that are highly desirable in the
field of nursing today.
complete
Nursing
Study Notes
Bundle
AMAZING NURSING
THE BEST NURSING STUDY NOTES
,TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION TO NURSING 3
FUNDAMENTALS 12
HEAD-TO-TOE ASSESSMENT 37
FLUID & ELECTROLYTE IMBALANCE 52
MENTAL HEALTH 63
DISEASE & DISORDERS 81
OB & MATERNITY 115
PEDIATRICS 148
MED-SURGERY 179
EMERGENCY CARE 294
CRITICAL CARE 302
CLINICAL SKILLS 314
NUTRITION 320
PHARMACOLOGY 333
AMAZING
NURSING
THE BEST NURSING STUDY NOTES
, INTRODUCTION TO NURSING
THE ORIGINS OF NURSING
• The origins of nursing, medicine, and • Ancient Greeks developed the scientific
hospitals can be traced to ancient foundations of medicine and philosophy, in
times, as early as 3000 BCE. particular the Hippocratic Oath.
• The history of nursing is closely • Atharvaveda described the use of herbs
intertwined with medicine and health for various ailments and the exorcism of
care. demons. Ayurveda, organized into eight
• The earliest accounts of nursing date parts, describes how to treat various
back more than 5,000 years to ancient diseases with medicine and surgery.
civilizations: • Romans invented numerous surgical
- Egypt instruments and their use of surgery and
- Babylon instrumentation was advanced.
- India • Modern nursing began in the 19th century
- Greece in Germany and Britain and spread
- Rome worldwide by 1900.
DIFFERENT SYMBOLS ASSOCIATED WITH NURSING
CADACEUS
• Symbol of modern medicine.
• The caduceus, a staff with two snakes coiled around it.
• The caduceus probably was first COMPLICATIONS
used as a medical
emblem in the 16th century.
MALTESE CROSS
• The Maltese Cross is your symbol of protection.
• A person who wears this cross is willing to lay down
COMPLICATIONS
his/her life for you, just as Crusaders sacrificed their
lives for their fellow man so may years ago.
NIGHTINGALE'S LAMP
• The lamp is an international nurse symbol that is
widely known to symbolize Florence Nightingale and
her transforming work in the nursing COMPLICATIONS
profession.
• A symbol for goodwill, reliability, and compassion,
which are all attributes that are highly desirable in the
field of nursing today.
