Doctors make a medical diagnosis. Nurses make a nursing diagnosis. That’s part of the collaborate effort the clinical team makes to restore you to health. A nursing diagnosis is a statement about your wellness, the actual health problem you have, or the risks there may exist for you.
First a nursing assessment must be done before [...]
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Behind the Scenes
October 13, 2007Can you Describe Normal?
October 13, 2007Suppose your doctor told you that you that your blood pressure was normotensive and you were eupneic. Should you worry? Relax. Your normal! Normotensive means you have a normal blood pressure and eupneic means you are breathing normal at rest. Here are just a few more medical terms that mean normal:
sinus rhythm: your heart is [...]
