Nursing: C
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- Caesarean birth: preparing the woman, the newborn in theatre and postoperative careMaternal and child nursing · Safe practice
- Calcium and magnesium imbalances: Chvostek and Trousseau signs, tetany, seizure and ECG watchMedical–surgical nursing · Assessment
- Callista Roy's adaptation modelNursing theories and models · Fundamental
- Cancer emergencies on the ward: cord compression, SVC syndrome, high calcium and tumour lysisMedical–surgical nursing · Assessment
- Capillary blood glucose testingVital signs and assessment · Procedure
- Capnography (end-tidal CO2): tube confirmation, the waveform and what a change meansCritical care · Assessment
- Cardiac monitoring at the bedside: leads, alarms and rhythm changes to reportVital signs and assessment · Safe practice
- Care after abdominal surgery (appendix, gallbladder, bowel, hernia): drains, return of bowel function and leak warning signsMedical–surgical nursing · Safe practice
- Care after cardiac catheterisation and PCI: access site, distal pulses, bleeding and lying-flat timeMedical–surgical nursing · Procedure
- Care after deathEnd of life · Procedure
- Care after lung surgery and thoracotomy: chest drain, pain, lung expansion and the shoulderMedical–surgical nursing · Safe practice
- Caring for a peripheral IV line: flushing, dressing and when to remove itIV therapy and fluids · Procedure
- Caring for a person in mania: safety, limits, low stimulation, food, fluids and sleepMental health and psychiatric nursing · Safe practice
- Caring for a person with dementia: communication, behaviours, wandering, safety and caregiver supportMental health and psychiatric nursing · Safe practice
- Caring for a person with depression: safety, self-care, activity and hopeMental health and psychiatric nursing · Safe practice
- Caring for a person with psychosis: hallucinations, delusions, trust and early relapse signsMental health and psychiatric nursing · Safe practice
- Caring for an existing pressure injury by stagePatient safety · Safe practice
- Caring for migrants and refugees: access to services, common risks and continuity of careFamily and community nursing · Safe practice
- Caring for the hospitalised patient with diabetes: glucose checks, meals, fasting for procedures and illnessMedical–surgical nursing · Safe practice
- Caring for the patient with a laryngectomy: the stoma, humidification, communication and teachingMedical–surgical nursing · Safe practice
- Caring for the patient with obesity and after bariatric surgery: safe handling, the airway and dumpingMedical–surgical nursing · Safe practice
- Caring for the preterm and low-birth-weight newborn: developmental care, feeding, skin and painMaternal and child nursing · Safe practice
- Caring for the ventilated patient: modes and settings in general terms, the hourly check and what to recordCritical care · Safe practice
- Case management in community nursing: finding, coordinating and following up high-need peopleFamily and community nursing · Safe practice
- Cast and splint care: drying, checks, skin, itching and teachingMedical–surgical nursing · Procedure
- Cataract and retinal surgery: eye drops, the shield, positioning and warning signsMedical–surgical nursing · Safe practice
- Cellulitis, impetigo, scabies and lice: nursing care, isolation and teachingMedical–surgical nursing · Safe practice
- Central venous catheter careIV therapy and fluids · Procedure
- Chest tube: assisting insertion, the drainage system and careProcedures · Procedure
- Child and adolescent mental-health nursing: approach, family, school and ADHD medicine monitoringMental health and psychiatric nursing · Safe practice
- Child maltreatment: what nurses look for, record and reportPaediatric nursing · Assessment
- Choking: foreign-body airway obstructionEmergencies and life support · Procedure
- Chronic kidney disease: fluid and diet limits, protecting the fistula arm, medicines and teachingMedical–surgical nursing · Safe practice
- Chronic venous insufficiency and venous leg ulcers: compression, elevation and leg careMedical–surgical nursing · Safe practice
- Cirrhosis: ascites, weight and girth, encephalopathy, variceal bleeding and the skinMedical–surgical nursing · Safe practice
- Clean and sterile technique: medical and surgical asepsisInfection prevention and control · Fundamental
- Cleaning, disinfection and sterilization of equipmentInfection prevention and control · Fundamental
- Collecting urine, stool, blood and respiratory specimens from childrenPaediatric nursing · Procedure
- Colombia's basic health teams (equipos básicos de salud): territory, families and the nurse's roleFamily and community nursing · Safe practice
- Colombia's health promotion and maintenance route (Res. 3280 de 2018) from the nursing sideFamily and community nursing · Law
- Colombia's mandatory health-care quality system: habilitación, auditoría and acreditaciónCare management · Law
- Colombia's maternal–perinatal care route (Res. 3280 de 2018) from the nursing sideMaternal and child nursing · Law
- Colombia's mental-health and substance-use policies: from Res. 4886 de 2018 and Res. 089 de 2019 to Decreto 729 de 2025 and Res. 2100 de 2025, with Ley 1566 de 2012Mental health and psychiatric nursing · Law
- Communicating with children by age, and with their parentsPaediatric nursing · Safe practice
- Communicating with the patient who cannot speak: boards, yes/no signals, lip reading and reorientationCritical care · Safe practice
- Community and public health nursing: roles, levels of prevention and settingsFamily and community nursing · Fundamental
- Community assessment and diagnosis: data, participation and prioritiesFamily and community nursing · Safe practice
- Community control of vector-borne disease: breeding sites, home visits and warning signsFamily and community nursing · Safe practice
- Community mental health: primary care, home follow-up, rehabilitation, recovery and stigmaMental health and psychiatric nursing · Safe practice
- Community participation, coalitions, intersectoral action and healthy settingsFamily and community nursing · Safe practice
- Community vaccination: campaigns, house-to-house vaccination and rapid coverage monitoringFamily and community nursing · Safe practice
- Compartment syndrome and fat embolism: catching them earlyMedical–surgical nursing · Assessment
- Complementary feeding from 6 months: counselling the familyPaediatric nursing · Safe practice
- Complications of immobility and how to prevent themMobility and comfort · Fundamental
- Compression and elastic bandagingProcedures · Procedure
- Contact tracing and partner notification: finding, interviewing and following contactsFamily and community nursing · Safe practice
- Continuous infusions: concentration and rate per kilogram per minuteMedications and dose calculation · Calculation
- Continuous renal replacement therapy: the circuit in general terms, fluid removal, anticoagulation checks, alarms and electrolytesCritical care · Safe practice
- Continuous subcutaneous infusion and hypodermoclysisMedications and dose calculation · Procedure
- Contraception counselling: the methods, eligibility in general terms, LARC and after birth or abortionMaternal and child nursing · Safe practice
- Correct patient identificationPatient safety · Safe practice
- Counting respirations without the patient noticingVital signs and assessment · Assessment
- Crisis intervention: the phases and the nurse's roleMental health and psychiatric nursing · Safe practice
- Culturally competent care in practiceAdult health and psychosocial care · Safe practice
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