What is tracheostomy? A tracheostomy is an opening/hole through the neck into the windpipe. Tracheostomy is done to aid the patient in breathing which has developed complications in breathing through the nose (and even mouth) because of various reasons explained. The need for tracheostomy decides its duration if it can be weaned off or […]
Patient Safety at Home
Patient safety is an important part of the nursing care regime which aims mainly to prevent every avoidable error to prevent any possible chance of harm to the patient. Several different requirements of the patients can be taken care of by a home patient attendant in the form of a nurse.Normally, patient safety is taken […]
Post-surgery antibiotic therapy and its importance for quick healing!
Surgical site infections are the most common type of infections that appear in most of the patients who undergo any sort of surgery. Nearly over 5, 00,000 infection cases are reported every year. It further ends up increasing hospitalization causing re-hospitalization in a huge number of cases. In order to deal with such infections and […]