nursing stations
Ward medical desks
Nursing stations are the central work areas on hospital floors where nurses coordinate patient care, maintain records, and monitor equipment.
The term also refers to small healthcare outposts in remote communities, particularly in northern Canada, where a nurse practitioner provides primary care in the absence of a doctor: The nearest nursing station was fifty kilometers away.
- deskFurniture for writing
- hospitalMedical treatment facility
- monitorsTracks or displays
- vital signsMeasurable life indicators
- blood pressureCirculatory force measurement
charts · medical records · medications · call buttons · vitals · scrubs · night shift · rounds · bed check · patients · patient care · ward · clipboard · intercom · beeping · code blue · IV · shift
- hospitalshospital, ER, emergency room, ICU, operating room
- nursing homesresidents, CNAs, LPNs, beds, rooms
- indigenous healthindigenous medicine, traditional medicine, traditional healing, health services, health centers
nursing stationspatient rooms
Hospital sleeping quarters
hospital beds · bedsides · patient wards · recovery rooms · waiting rooms
nursing stationsbedside care
Medical attention at patient's location
point-of-care · home healthcare · ambulatory care · telemedicine
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