Discharge summary template: Free download and clinical guide
A discharge summary needs diagnosis, medications, pending results and follow-up. Download the free template and work through each section.
Pittsburgh Knee Rules: Criteria, walk test and free template
Download your free Pittsburgh Knee Rules template A point-of-care reference card covering patient details, the mandatory mechanism screen, and the age and walk test qualifiers. It also walks through how to administer the walk test, how to read the result, and where to record your clinical reasoning. Download template The Pittsburgh Knee Rules tell you […]
Nursing concept map: Free template and worked examples
Download your free nursing concept map template A two-page printable worksheet built around a single disease process. Page one holds the patient details, diagnosis, treatment, and nursing care, and page two holds the tests, the signs, and the pathophysiology. Download template You can recite every symptom in your patient’s chart. Then a preceptor asks why […]
Nursing care plan for urinary retention: Free PDF & NANDA guide
Urinary retention is confirmed by a post-void residual over 100 mL. Read more for the NANDA wording, interventions with rationale and a free care plan PDF.
Congestive heart failure nursing care plan
Download your free congestive heart failure nursing care plan The two-page form gives you a patient information block, seven open fields for cardiac history and medications, and a signature line. Eight open assessment fields follow, covering cardiac status, respiratory function, fluid volume, nutrition, medication management, activity, and patient education. You write the NANDA diagnoses, goals, […]
Circulation assessment: Parameters, mnemonics and documentation
Circulation assessment covers heart rate, BP, capillary refill, skin, and pulses. Hypotension is a late sign, so escalate before it drops.
ADOS-2 assessment: modules, scoring, and qualifications
Module selection, scoring, administrator qualifications, and how ADOS-2 findings reach a diagnostic report.
Cervical extensor endurance test: Protocol and norms
Look up normative values for the cervical extensor endurance test and you will find hold times of two or three minutes. The published data disagrees. Healthy young adults hold the unloaded position for a median of 43 seconds. The discrepancy has a cause. Two separate protocols carry the same name, and a third research variant […]
Morley test: How to perform and interpret it for TOS
A positive Morley test reproduces the patient’s own arm symptoms, yet it never confirms thoracic outlet syndrome alone. Read more on how to use it properly.
Myocardial infarction nursing care plan: NANDA diagnoses and interventions
Download your free myocardial infarction nursing care plan The file gives you an assessment page, five NANDA diagnoses with related factors and defining characteristics, and columns for outcomes, interventions, and rationales. A discharge teaching checklist closes it out, so nothing gets missed on the day the patient goes home. Download template A myocardial infarction nursing […]