Poor waste management spreads infection, injures workers and pollutes communities. Categories of healthcare waste, colour coding, safe sharps disposal, never recapping needles, spills, and the nurse’s role in protecting cleaners and the public.
Delayed or missed Parkinson’s medicines can cause rapid deterioration, falls, swallowing problems and a dangerous withdrawal syndrome. Time-critical dosing, nil-by-mouth alternatives, drugs to avoid, and caring for people with Parkinson’s.
Dysphagia affects many stroke patients and causes aspiration pneumonia, dehydration and malnutrition. Why nil by mouth until screened, how a bedside swallow screen works, signs of aspiration, texture-modified diets, and safe feeding positions.
Eye injuries can cause permanent blindness within minutes. Immediate irrigation for chemical burns, checking pH, visual acuity, foreign bodies, penetrating injuries, and sudden vision loss red flags.
Most children with sickle cell disease are born in Africa, and many die before age five without basic care. Newborn screening, penicillin prophylaxis, vaccinations, hydroxyurea, stroke screening, fever plans, and supporting families.
As November’s men’s health month begins, a look at prostate cancer: why men of African descent face higher risk, warning signs, the PSA test debate, and how nurses can encourage men to seek care earlier.
Pre-exposure and post-exposure prophylaxis are powerful HIV prevention tools. Who benefits, oral and long-acting PrEP options, the 72-hour PEP window, testing and follow-up, side effects, and talking about prevention without judgement.
Poor inhaler technique is one of the main reasons asthma is badly controlled. How to teach spacer use by age, preventer vs reliever, personalised asthma action plans, triggers, and recognising when a child needs urgent help.
Surgical site infections are among the most common healthcare-associated infections, especially in low- and middle-income countries. Pre-op preparation, the WHO prevention bundle, aseptic wound care, early signs of infection, and patient education.
Congenital syphilis causes stillbirth and newborn death yet is easily prevented. Why it’s rising, WHO screening recommendations, rapid and dual HIV/syphilis tests, benzathine penicillin treatment, partner notification, and newborn follow-up.