Ablative brain surgery

interested in the surgery aspect of the medical field, so when I found out we would be observing surgical operations I could not have been more excited. Michelle, who sets everything up, saw that I was on 5 North and thought it would be perfect to put me with the neurology team for the day. This added to my excitement because she did not have a lot of surgeries scheduled that entailed really open incisions and both of the operations I was able to watch did. The two surgeries scheduled for the…

factors of the surgery. Enduring…

following rankings: ISI Journal Citation Reports © Ranking: 2014: 8/109 (Nursing (Social Science)); 10/111 (Nursing (Science)). It is common for parents and children to experience anxiety when children undergo surgery. Perioperative anxiety is known to influence a child’s ability to cope with surgery and has negative impacts on their postoperative recovery. While there have been numerous studies that exemplify that parent’s anxiety is positively associated/correlated with their…

The job of a surgeon is very demanding because of how seriously surgery must be taken. Surgeons mainly work in the operating room and tend to perform back-to-back surgeries on a daily basis (What is the job description of a surgeon? 2015). Surprisingly, there are days when surgeons aren’t cutting people open or dealing with blood, those are the days when they meet with…

The aim of this report is to reflect upon about a critical incident that happened during my practice as an anaesthetic nurse trainee using the Gibbs reflective model (1988), which is known to be one of the best models that is better suited to healthcare settings. The following incident fits perfectly with the description made by Benner (1984) of a "critical incident" because I feel that my intervention and the other staff had a significant importance for the final outcome. A critical reflection…

"I want to be a nurse because I want to help those who are injured and in need." This is how I answered a question at the end of every test I took in my Theology class back in elementary school. "What do you want to be when you grow up and why?" Sometimes they would ask us to draw and color a picture of what we 'd be when we grow up. My picture would be a girl in the white nursing uniform dress and the nurse 's cap helping an injured person or a sick patient. "I want to be a nurse because I want…

Shouldice Hospital was founded in the year 1945 in Ontario Canada by Doctor Edward Shouldice. This hospital was best known for its hernia surgeries, which were started by Dr. Shouldice for individuals not able to join the army. Because the surgeries were so well done, word started spreading about Dr. Shouldice and his hernia surgeries which brought in more patients. The doctor then opened up Shouldice Hospital, a special healthcare setting that made patients feel comfortable and at home.…

peek under the reddening towel was greater. I waited patiently for the nurse to unwrap my leg. I had not seen my leg since it was initially sliced. She pulled back the towel and I was instantly amazed. The first words I said were, “Wow! It looks like brains”, (most likely the origin of my interest in neurosurgery). All the nurses in the triage giggled, one even commenting that she had never saw a child so fascinated. Eventually taken to the back, I was placed onto a table where a doctor was…

preparing for the OR. I was worried about getting there on time, being able to find the OR, and most of all what surgery would I be observing. The morning of came very quickly and I was up and ready to go. When I first arrived to the OR tunnel my anxiety had come down a lot, and I seemed eager and ready to go. Once I got changed out into the OR scrubs, I then had the option to pick which surgery I wanted to observe. My decision was a TKA or total knee replacement. A total knee replacement is a…

the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). The patient was in the hospital for abdominal pain. Her bloodwork and imaging was suspicious for cancer. As it was night time, the General Surgeon on-call was paged to come in for emergency surgery and performed the surgery. After the surgery…