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How to Calculate Admits Per 1000
The hospital industry utilizes a concept known as admits per thousand. This number looks at the number of people who go to the hospital seeking help, then looks at how many of these people actually get...
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Tips on Effective Nursing Handover
Nursing handover is one of the most crucial parts of the health care engine. It is a skill that cannot be overlooked in its importance to patient safety, continuity of care and the patient's experience...
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What Are Intravenous Solutions?
One of the primary interventions in a hospital setting is the intravenous administration of solutions. Nurses need to know the differences between the solutions, what each one is for and what to watch...
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What Are Suction Catheters?
Suction catheters are medical devices used to remove secretions, such as spit or saliva and mucus from the upper airway including the nose, mouth and trachea or wind pipe. You remove these fluids with...
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Operating Room Electrical Safety
Operating room electrical safety procedures must be strictly followed because risk of electrical fires and shocks can occur. Faulty equipment remains one of the main risks factors in surgical fires, as...
View ArticlePpe Droplet Precautions
Nurses and doctors often wear personal protective equipment (PPE) to ensure their safety when working with infectious patients. Droplet PPE refers to equipment worn to protect against large-particle...
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Top 10 Cancer Hospitals
The U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals 2010-11 report compiled a list of the top 50 cancer hospitals and ranked them by score. However, the U.S. News & World Report list only contains...
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How to Write a Medical Chart
A medical chart provides communication among the health care professionals about a patient's health and care experience. The purpose of this chart is to serve as a medical and legal record, according...
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Hospital Cleaning Checklist
Hospitals can be risky places for catching germs. Hospital cleaning protocols are important to establish because the high numbers of patients, visitors and employees allow bacteria and viruses no end...
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Ideas for Bedside Reports for Nurses in a Hospital Setting
Shift report is a task that is unique to nurses. It is an essential part of providing continuity of care from one shift to the next, transferring critical information from one caregiver to another....
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How to Maintain and Collect Linens After Use in the Hospital
Hospitals require large amounts of linens for patient use. Proper collection, maintenance and laundering helps the hospital maintain the correct amount of clean linens. Linen purchases are less...
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How to Perform a Successful Venipuncture
Venipuncture is the process of puncturing a vein with a needle for the purpose of drawing blood or establishing an intravenous line for medication. Most venipuncture is done on the inner elbow area in...
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How to Find a Person in a Hospital
Having a loved one, friend or family member in a hospital can be a stressful and difficult time for everyone involved. WebMD states that it is important for the patient to have a friend or relative who...
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How to Design a Hospital Laundry
An inhouse laundry service in a hospital can help the facility both maintain hospital linens and save money. A separate linen department helps ensure that there is an adequate supply of linen for use...
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Complications in Venipuncture Collection
Venipuncture refers to drawing blood from a vein by means of a puncture. Performed by a trained professional known as a phlebotomist, this procedure requires skills in identifying a vein, inserting a...
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What Can a Neurologist Test?
The human body's nervous system is so complex it seems impossible to pinpoint a problem if one should arise. This is why neurologists are trained to carry out a series of tests in order to figure out...
View ArticleWhat Are the Dangers of Contrast MRI Dye?
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) tests rely on powerful magnetic fields to create detailed pictures of organs and tissues, which doctors examine to determine whether a patient has a disease or injury....
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What Is the Typical Drug Screen Used by Hospitals for Employment?
Hospitals use several drug-screening methods for job applicants, but the most common tool used is urinalysis. It is the preferred method by major hospitals due to its accuracy in detecting the presence...
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How to Use an IV Pump
An intravenous pump is commonly used when an order is written for continuous fluids or medications by a patient's medical provider. The IV pump allows the medication or other prescribed fluid to be...
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Step-by-Step Instructions on How to Make a Closed Hospital Bed
It's vital that hospital staff know the proper way to make a hospital bed. Patients are admitted into a hospital for a variety of reasons, but they all need to have a comfortable bed to rest in....
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