Broadmoor Hospital

As an LPN I make ethical and moral decisions every day. It is my job to give medications to the patients at the nursing home that I work at. It is important for me to keep track of which medications go to what patients and I also must make sure I give them the right amounts of the meds at the right times. Even though I am comfortable with doing my job and try my best to keep track of everything, sometimes the patients try to confuse me. About a month ago I had to medicate a patient with…

Plastic surgery or medical effort to beautify the face has become a natural thing lately. Many articles that discuss how to care or patient interviews plastic surgery that many of the celebrities. But if you are curious about the process of plastic surgery, you can play a game called Plastic Surgery Simulator. This game is a simulation of cosmetic surgery which has various branches such as plastic surgery on the nose, eyes, and others. No need to worry because this simulation approach cartoon…

Altruism is helping others above all else, thinking of others before thinking of oneself. Haigh (2010) states the definition of altruism as the unselfish attention to the needs of others. (Haigh, 2010, p. 1402) Where does the concept of altruism come from? Is it something that is born, taught, or created through experience? Nursing students all enter with the thought or idea of helping others and we see many that eventually forget that passion. Experiences on the floor that nursing encounters…

The issue I have chosen for this change project is improving blood culture contamination rates within the emergency department (ED) at Erlanger Hospital. This issue is one suggested by the Erlanger ED manager, as it is a persistent issue for this department, and is consequently in need of new evidence-based initiatives and education for healthcare personnel. Blood culture testing is a routinely utilized intervention used to diagnose infections in symptomatic patients who arrive at the ED (Denno…

The concept of getting a tattoo is as old as the concept of civilization and scientists have even discovered mummified iceman with tattoos. The art has gradually evolved and modern day tattoo artists have taken it to a whole new level. People from different cultures, races and gender prefer to get permanent inks on their body and tattoo artists with lots of imagination are in high demand these days. As more and more Hollywood celebrities flaunt their tattoos, it has become an international…

Mohs surgery is a method commonly used by dermatologists to remove skin cancer cells from the body and the face. Asheboro Dermatology & Skin Surgery Center in North Carolina is one of the only dermatology centers in the Asheboro area to offer this cutting-edge technique. With locations in Asheboro and West End, these dermatologists serve residents in Pinehurst, Moore County, and the surrounding areas. If you have received a skin cancer diagnosis, odds are that your dermatologist will recommend…

Featuring our Microdermabrasion Cosmetic Treatment. What is Microdermabrasion? Microdermabrasion treatments use a nominal abrasive tool to mildly sand your skin, removing the thicker top layer. The essentials of Microdermabrasion treatments consists of removing (or breaking up) the top layer of your skin to allow for the growth of new skin. In a manner of speaking the body interprets this procedure as a small injury and will quickly rush to restore the lost skin cells with healthy skin cells.…

During the last two weeks at the Royal Melbourne Hospital in the Emergency Department I have had a taste of the fast and the effective pace of the Emergency Department. Learning from my field educator: Amanda May, I have been exposed to a range of scenarios which include: Bipolar disorder, abortion, child protection, domestic violence, homelessness and post traumatic stress disorder. In doing so, throughout the two weeks I have picked up on four common themes: Homelessness, Child Protection,…

Me: And how would you feel if you nursing assistant was a robot instead of a human being? Mrs. Ericka Lowery: Honestly, it wild be different but if they're making these robots accurate it wouldn’t matter. That's something you just have to get used too. I'm pretty sure with all this technology out here they wil be able to to make a robotic identical to an actual nurse. It will be helpful with time because a robotic will probably more quicker than huan legs. Me: Okay, just a few more questions…

The hospital you are admitted in may seem clean, but evidences suggest that the hospitals are one of the most likely places to get infected while harboring numerous pathogens. During patients’ care, the hospital staff can also become contaminated and carry disease causing microorganisms. This may cause harmful infections in the patients entering hospitals who are already immune compromised [11]. So, hospital acquired infections or health care associated infections (HAI) are the contaminations…