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Wound Care Teaching 135

Instructed to keep pressure off wound area to promote circulation which is essential to healing.

Diabetes Teaching 624

Your feet are your source of independence - or at least its foundation. Give your feet a little tenderness, a little loving care, each day. And be sure to have your doctor take a good look at your feet during each of your diabetes checkups, in case you missed anything.

Stress Teaching 780

Patient was instructed on how stress can affect blood sugar. Stress can affect blood sugar in two ways: when under heavy stress, it is easy to abandon the usual routine, eating fewer healthy foods, in that sense, stress indirectly causes the blood sugar to rise.

Angina pectoris Teaching 843

Taught that maintaining a quit environment is aimed to reducing/controlling an episode of Angina Pectoris.

Angina pectoris Teaching 1096

Instructed on some measures aimed to controlling/managing Angina Pectoris, such as: have blood pressure monitored closely and achieve/maintain ideal weight, among others.

Leukemia Teaching 1472

The patient was instructed leukemia in the importance of evading persons who are supposed of having infection, large multitudes, keep good personal hygiene, maintain good oral hygiene.

PICC Line Teaching 1638

Instructed patient / caregiver if the catheter breaks, whether bleeding does or does not occur, do not panic. Using sterile gauze, apply sufficient pressure at the site so it is tightly and well covered and immediately report this to the physician. Maintain pressure on the site at all times.

Lovenox Teaching 1863

SN advised patient call your doctor or nurse call line now or seek immediate medical care if: You have new bruises that are away from the injection site or blood spots under your skin, you have a nosebleed., you have blood in your urine.Your stools are black and tar-like or have streaks of blood, you have vaginal bleeding when you are not having your period, or heavy period bleeding.

Heart Surgery Teaching 1892

Instructed patient common post-operative guidelines following minimally invasive heart valve surgery include the following: you will be encouraged to cough and deep breathe. You may be given a spirometer, a device for breathing exercises to keep fluid out of your lung, once all your tubes have been removed, you will be encouraged to shower daily and wash your incision with a mild soap to prevent infection.

Ceftriaxone Teaching 1964

SN instructed patient on medication Ceftriaxone. Is used to treat many kinds of bacterial infections, including severe or life-threatening forms such as meningitis. Call your doctor at once if you have a serious side effect such as: diarrhea that is watery or bloody. Patient verbalized understanding the teaching. Those teaching will be reinforced