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A Nurse And More by Ngozi Eze Grace

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 Her mission is to engage nurses around the world especially in Nigeria in attaining personal and professional development. Nurses play vital roles in the healthcare industry, they formed a large percentage of healthcare professionals. Who cares for their personal growth? Career progress is every workers' right based on the institutional policy and labor law. What about personal growth? NGOZI EZE GRACE, tells us about her mission and goal to establish a platform, as a coach, with the primary objective of promoting nurses' personal growth.  Click on the link below for the full interview

World Cancer Day 2022 by Nurse Abdullahi Musa,

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 World cancer day was initiated by the Union of International Cancer Control (UICC) which was established in the year 1993. The world cancer day became official at the world summit against cancer in 2000 and WCD written in the year 2008 to be celebrated 04 February each year to reduce the cases of cancer diseases and cancer death worldwide. It was first celebrated in Geneva, Switzerland which the following aims: • Prevention of cancer • Early detection and • Prompt treatment Now, having all these, the next question coming from the reader is what is this cancer? Cancer: is an abnormal growth of the cells which are uncontrollable and can be spread to other neighboring parts. The human body encompasses different cells such as blood cells, bone cells, and skin cells which united to form tissues, organs, systems, and eventually to organisms (human beings). The grow and multiplication of these cells are under the control of a structure inside the nucleus of the cell called deoxyribonucleic a

DRUGS ADMINISTRATION by Nurse Abdullahi Musa

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TABLE OF CONTENTS •OBJECTIVES OF THE PRESENTATION •GLOSSARY •INTRODUCTION •PHARMACODYNAMICS •PHARMACOKINETICS •PRINCIPLES OF DRUG ADMINISTRATION •FACTORS AFFECTING DRUG METABOLISM •FACTORS AFFECTING DRUG ACTION •DEFINITION •ROUTES OF DRUG ADMINISTRATION •DIFFERENT EQUIPMENTS & PROCEDURES OF DRUG ADMINISTRATION •INTRAVENEOUS THERAPY •SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION •REFERENCES OBJECTIVES: At end of the presentation the audiences should be able: • To describe various routes of drug administration • To outline the necessary pieces of equipment required for drug administration • To locate the different sites of parenteral drug administration. GLOSSARY • Drug: is a chemical substance taken into the body or applied to the body surface for the purpose of prevention, control, and treatment of disease symptoms or for diagnostic purposes. • Pharmacy: is the scientific study of how drugs are presented in a form suitable for administration to the patients. • Pharmacist: is a person who is trained i