A portrait of First Lady Anna Harrison, wife of President William Henry Harrison Anna Harrison. Courtesy US Library of Congress. She never even entered the White House -- she had delayed coming to Washington, and had not yet traveled there when her husband, William Harrison, died a month after his inauguration.
When the patient is unable to breathe or there is damage or swelling in the airway that prevents air from moving in and out of the lungs, intubation may be necessary to save the patientâs life. Some states permit RNs to intubate patients for emergency purposes or to administer anesthesia.
This skill-building is commonly known as âclinicals.â Undergraduate Clinicals . A nurse takes care of patients at the undergraduate level. You might study in a practical nurse program, an Associates of Nursing or in a Bachelors of Nursing degree program. At the Associates and Bachelors level these are some of the basic skills youâll learn to use at the patient bedside and perfect over and over while in your clinicals: