Anesthesiologist

more. Jobs similar to a trauma nurse are Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists and Pediatric Nurses. The certified registered nurse anesthetists make around $105,000 to $130,000 annually. This job consists of working in rooms with a dentist, anesthesiologist, and surgeons. The pediatric nurses that make $67,000 a year and can work in a variety of places from clinics, doctors offices, hospitals, intensive care units (ICU), and even school systems (“What is the Salary Outlook for ER Trauma…

Grey’s anatomy is a television show about a group of surgeons and interns who work at Seattle Grace Hospital. The series emphasizes on a group of doctors who fight to save their patient 's lives while contending to become the head surgeon. Aside from the competition, they go through a lot of heartbreak; either relationships problems or family crises throughout each of their lives. The series began with Dr. Meredith Grey (Ellen Pompeo) starting her career as a medical intern with other interns,…

Even though doctors and nurses interact numerous times a day, they often have different perceptions of their roles and responsibilities as to patient needs, and thus different goals for patient care. One barrier compounding this issue is that because the United States is one of the most ethnically and culturally diverse countries in the world, many clinicians come from a variety of cultural backgrounds. In all interactions, cultural differences can exacerbate communication problems.1 For example…

Until recently, I worked as a physician at a primary care clinic one day a week in addition to my job as a science reporter for a newspaper. In two decades, I had only one patient taking opioids long term. She was in her 50s when I met her. She’d spent many years working in factories making cups, boxes, and other things, until they’d all closed down. She ended up at a commercial laundry, on her feet eight hours a day. Of her many medical problems, the one that concerned her most was low-back…

Treatment #1 Treatment Method: Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (E.M.D.R.) School of Thought/Perspective: Cognitive-Behavioral Application: Phase 1: Evaluate the client’s aptness to therapy and identify potential targets for E.M.D.R. Including but not limited to: distressing memories; current situations that produce emotional distress; similar events from the past. Stress is put on the growth of explicit skills and behaviors that will be required future situations; Goal: for…

Postnatal period is the Latin word which means “After birth”. It starts immediately after birth and last for six weeks. Postnatal period usually referred as fourth stage of pregnancy. Canadian women spend 2 days in hospital after normal vaginal birth. After C-section, hospital stay is for 3-4 days (Public Health Agency of Canada, 2009). Nurse must be competent enough in caring for both mother and infant and teaches information in short time. Nurse starts preparing mother and family in immediate…

Simultaneously, the operating room staff which normally includes at least a dozen people will be cut down to: one surgeon, an anesthesiologist, and one to two nurses allowing for less of a distraction for the surgeon (Bonsor, Strickland). In addition to less distraction and enhanced vision, precision, and control robot assisted surgery also have many advantages such as: fewer complications…

HISTORY OF JACOBI MEDICAL CENTER Jacobi Medical Center, formerly known as Bronx Municipal Hospital Center was established in 1955 by the New York City department of hospitals. “The mission statement of the hospital has been to serve the Bronx community by providing high quality, cost effective healthcare, in a respectful way to all, regardless of ability to pay”. The hospital has a specialized care facilities and a teaching hospital located in the northeast part of Bronx. Jacobi Medical Center…

Implementation of a Standardized Handoff Procedure in Surgical Patients Communication errors continue to plague healthcare and can lead to increased morbidity and mortality in patients. Staggers & Blaz (2012) acknowledge that “important information gaps, omissions, and errors” related to patient care can occur in the handoff process (p. 247). Inconsistencies, including information loss and misunderstanding, in the report process between providers are factors that may lead to an…

problems. Instruct patient to avoid hazardous activities until CNS effect subside. (Lippincott, Williams, Wilkins, p.590) Propofol. Therapeutic class: Hypnotics Indications and Dosages: Adults younger than 55 classified as American Society of Anesthesiologist (ASA) Physical Status (PS) category I or II: 2 to 2.5 mg/kg I.V. Give 40-mg boluses every 10 seconds until desired response is achieved. Monitored anesthesia care. Healthy adults younger than 55: 100 to 150 mcg/kg/minute (6 to 9 mg/kg/hr)…