Classical teaching has been based on “see one—do one.” More recently, a stepwise approach described that four steps: demonstration, deconstruction, comprehension, and performance.1,2 The process of achieving competence includes structured skill training, not just doing the technique.3Medical students have to learn perform several procedures before end their medical school training. One competen...

A Pre experimental evaluation research approach was undertaken in the present study “Study to Assess Effectiveness of Video Assisted Teaching Program on Knowledge and Practice Regarding Peripheral Intravenous Cannulation among B.Sc. Nursing 2nd Year Students at Selected College Jabalpur”. Finding reveals post- test 38.2% (21) B.Sc year students have good practice, 61.8% (34) average practice no...

Central venous cannulation through femoral veins is known to be associated with various complications. Early complications include extravasation and collection of blood, fluid, and/or contrast material in the retroperitoneal spaces or peritoneal cavity, whereas late abdominal compartment syndrome (ACS).
 A 30-year-old patient was admitted emergency department brought into operating room a ...

Systemic and hemodynamic effects of nisoldipine, administered as a 4.5-micrograms/kg intravenous bolus over 3 minutes followed immediately by an infusion of 0.2 microgram/kg/min over 30 minutes, were studied in 13 patients undergoing diagnostic catheterization for suspected coronary artery disease or follow-up catheterization after coronary angioplasty. Responses to the drug tended to be exagge...

Background. Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) are important causes of morbidity and mortality in neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) patients. Extended peripheral intravenous catheters (EPIVs) are increasingly used as an alternative to central venous catheterization in some NICUs, but data about infectious complications are lacking. The frequency of infectious complicatio...

background: energy deficit is a common and serious problem in pediatric intensive care units. parenteral nutrition, either alone or in combination with enteral nutrition, can improve nutrient delivery in critically ill patients by preventing or correcting the energy deficit and improving the outcomes. intralipid 10% and 20% are lipid emulsions, widely used in parenteral nutrition. despite sever...

OBJECTIVE to assess the knowledge of scholars on Nursing regarding simple hands hygiene (SHH), blood pressure measurement (BP), peripheral venipuncture (PV) with venous catheter and male urethral catheterization delay (UCD) procedures. METHOD quantitative study carried out between February and May 2014, with 186 undergraduate Nursing students from 5th to 9th period of a public university of R...