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How to Find Your Nearest Hospital
It's vitally important to know hospital closest to you. When the need for a hospital arises, it is often an emergency situation, and you don't have time to waste. You could be anywhere--at home, at...
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Jcaho Documentation Requirements
The Joint Commission, formerly known as the JCAHO (Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations), is a nonprofit organization tasked with accreditation of hospitals and other health...
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How to Find Someone's Place of Birth
There are many reasons why someone would want to find someone's place of birth. With the use of internet databases and office records, you can search for that answer locally or around the world, all...
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How to Calculate the Safe Distance for a Radiography
The effects of electromagnetic radiation of the kind used in diagnostic radiography can build up in the human body over time, causing potentially cancerous damage to human DNA. Thus, maintaining a safe...
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Joint Commission Blanket Warmer Standards
Warming blankets are critical tools to help patients maintain body temperature and avoid life-threatening hypothermia. Medical professionals should monitor the temperature of the blanket and be careful...
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Operating Room Humidity Levels
High quality ventilation is an essential part of a patient's well-being. Health care facilities, especially operating rooms, require proper ventilation to lessen the risk of infection simply by...
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Nursing Duties on a Telemetry Unit
Since the early 1970s, many hospitals have added telemetry units, where patients at risk for complications can be electronically monitored at all times, according to an article in Nurse Week. Known by...
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How to Perform a Medical Aseptic Hand Washing
Health care providers practice aseptic hand washing techniques as an effective means of preventing the spread of diseases like respiratory infections, wound infections and gastroenteritis. Medical...
View ArticleHow to Locate Level 1 Trauma Centers
In the United States, the American College of Surgeons (ACS) certifies trauma centers at hospitals based on specific criteria and site review by a verification review committee. Trauma centers receive...
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Can a Hospital Refuse Treatment Without Insurance?
Lacking health insurance may keep you from getting hospital care in certain situations. A government funded hospital cannot turn uninsured patients away regardless of their care requirements or health...
View ArticleHow to Repair Hospital Beds
Hospital beds are single mechanized metal framed beds. They range in dimension from child-size through extra-large that can accommodate patients weighing over 300 pounds. Frames are adjusted by...
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How to Calculate ALOS
ALOS is the average length of stay measured in days. This metric provides guidance to hospital management on the care delivery efficiency in different diagnostic categories, such as how well capacity...
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Nontherapeutic Communication Techniques in Nursing
Nontherapeutic communication prevents patients from expressing their emotions freely and prevents a healthy patient-nurse relationship. A strong relationship is necessary not only for the patient's...
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Pros & Cons of Clinical Simulation in Nursing
Code Blue situations are one of the most frightening things a nurse can experience. This is when the patient's heart has stopped and all present are working to revive him. A first Code Blue is an...
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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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How to Transport a Patient in a Wheelchair
Even when your patient does not require your assistance to get into a wheelchair, your skill and foreknowledge will ensure smooth, accident-free transportation. If your patient needs assistance getting...
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How to Chart Skin Color in Black Patients
It takes experience to learn how to assess the skin of a dark-skinned patient. Many times the changes in a dark skinned patient's color will be far more subtle than in a lighter-skinned patient. For...
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