LATEST SUMMARY FOR ENTERAL NUTRITION 2025&2026 Course Outline  INTRODUCTION  ENTERAL ACCESS DEVICES  LIFESPAN CONSIDERATIONS  TESTING FEEDING TUBE PLACEMENT  ENTERAL FEEDINGS  TYPES OF FEEDING SYSTEM  REFEEDING SYNDROME INTRODUCTION Alternative feeding methods that ensure adequate nutrition include enteral (through the GI system) methods. Enteral nutrition is provided when the client cannot ingest foods or the upper GI tract is impaired and the t...

LATEST PEDIATRIC BASIC LIFE SUPPORT SUMMARY 2025&2026 Course Outline  CARDIOVASCULAR & RESPIRATORY SYSTEM REVIEW  BASIC LIFE SUPPORT  CHAIN OF SURVIVAL  PREVENTION  EARLY CPR  EMS ACCESS  ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT CARDIOVASCULAR & RESPIRATORY SYSTEM REVIEW HEART o Size: Fist o Location: Midclavicular lane 4th to 5th intercoastal spaces

LATEST OXYGENATION SUMMARY 2025&2026 Course Outline  INTRODUCTION  ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY OF RESPIRATORY SYSTEM  PROCESS OF RESPIRATORY SYSTEM  FACTORS AFFECTING RESPIRATORY FUNCTION  ALTERATIONS IN RESPIRATORY FUNCTION  OXYGEN THERAPY  OXYGEN DELIVERY SYSTEM INTRODUCTION Oxygen  It is a clear, odorless gas that constitutes approximately 21% of the air we breathe.  It is necessary for proper functioning of all living cells. The absence of oxyg...

LATEST THERMAL INJURY SUMMARY 2025&2026 Course Outline  INTRODUCTION  FROSTBITE  BURNS  DEPTH OF BURN  EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OF BURNS  THERAPY FOR BURNS  TOPICAL THERAPY  ESCHAROTOMY  DEBRIDEMENT  GRAFTING INTRODUCTION Thermal injury include either cold (frost-bite) or by excessive heat (burns) FROSTBITE  ∙ Tissue injury caused by freezing cold  ∙ Cold exposure leads to peripheral

LATEST PERIOPERATIVE NURSING SUMMARY 2025&2026 Course Outline  INTRODUCTION  PREOPERATIVE PHASE  INTRAOPERATIVE PHASE  POST-OPERATIVE PHASE INTRODUCTION Nursing care rendered to the total surgical experience of the patient. THREE PHASES OF PERIOPERATIVE NURSING I. PREOPERATIVE PHASE - From decision to have surgery to transferring to the operating table.

LATEST HEAD TRAUMA SUMMARY 2025&2026 HEAD TRAUMA COURSE OUTLINE  ETIOLOGY OF HEAD TRAUMA  IMMEDIATE ASSESSMENT  INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE  TYPES OF HEAD TRAUMA  SEQUELAE OF HEAD TRAUMA CAUSE  Multiple-trauma accidents (vehicular accidents)  Fall  Struck by objects intentionally or unintentionally

ABDOMINAL TRAUMA SUMMARY ABDOMINAL TRAUMA Course Outline  Definition  Assessment  Diagnostics  Complications of Abdominal Trauma - Splenic Rupture - Live Rupture DEFINITION It is a result from object striking the abdomen, such as baseball bat or a seatbelt drawn tight in a motor vehicle crash. ASSESSMENT  Assess vital signs frequently until stable  Hypotension (less than 80mmHg systolic pressure in an older child; less than 60mmHg in an ...

URINARY TRACT INFECTION SAMMARY URINARY TRACT INFECTION Course Outline UTI DURING PREGNANCY ASSESSMENT FOR PREGNANT WOMEN WITH UTI THERAPEUTIC MANAGEMENT FOR UTI PREGNANCY UTI DURING PREGNANCY 4% to 10% of nonpregnant women have asymptomatic bacteriuria. In pregnant women, because of progesterone, stasis of urine can occur. There is also minimal presence of glycosuria that also occurs with pregnancy provides an ideal medium for growth of any organism present. Asymptomati...

IV THERAPY COURSE OUTLINE I. INTRODUCTION OF IV THERAPY II. INTRAVENOUS ACCESS DEVICES III. TYPES OF INTRAVENOUS LINES IV. ROUTES OF ADMINISTRATION V. COMMON IV PLACEMENT SITES VI. IV SITES FOR CHILDREN VII. INFUSION EQUIPMENT VIII. DIFFERENT IV SETS IX. MEDICAL ABBREVIATIONS X. IV FLOW RATE CALCULATIONS INTRAVENOUS THERAPY is the administration of liquid substances directly into a vein. It can be intermittent or continuous. The word intravenous simply...

BLOOD TRANSFUSION Course Outline DEFINITION OF BLOOD PORTIONS OF THE BLOOD ETIOLOGY OF BLOOD CELL UNDERSTANDING BLOOD TRANSFUSION THERAPY ELIGIBLE & INELIGIBLE TO BLOOD DONATION BLOOD CLOTTING FACTORS NURSE’S RESPONSIBILITY TRANSFUSION PRECAUTIONS DOCUMENTATION BLOOD PRODUCTS BLOOD TRANSFUSION TRANSFUSION REACTIONS BLOOD is a mixture of cells and a complex TRANSPORT mechanism T – transports hormones R – removes waste products R – regulates body temp...