Nursing Care

Cozy up in our lovely maternity and nursing mom pajama sets, nightgowns and maternity delivery gowns in soft fabrics and pretty colors at BellaBlu Maternity. Choose two-piece pajama sets, three-piece sets with robes and adorable four-piece sets with a matching outfit for the new baby. Use our size charts…

Featured Author: Kathy Quan, RN, BSN, PHN Kathy Quan, RN, BSN, PHN, has over 30 years of experience in home health and hospice care. Teaching patients, caregivers, and other nurses has always been a passion of hers. She also loves to write and has several websites and blogs for nurses, caregivers, and…

An ePortfolio is a digital archive that represents student work over time through a broad range of artifacts. An ePortfolio might include submitted course papers and projects in a variety of formats, works-in-progress, independent research, reflections on assignments, learning goals, ideas for future…

Sometimes a mom will get sore nipples after weeks or months with no problems. Following are six potential causes, plus some troubleshooting tips. Thrush Blockage Mastitis or a plugged duct or a milk blister is a possibility, particularly if only one breast/nipple or area of the breast is sore. It’s unusual…

Assess the rate and depth of respirations and chest movement. Tachypnea, shallow respirations, and asymmetric chest movement are frequently present because of discomfort of moving chest wall and/or fluid in lung. Auscultate lung fields, noting areas of decreased or absent airflow and adventitious breath…