Intensive care medicine

As a child growing up I always knew what I wanted to be. Whenever I was asked that famous question, without hesitation, I always replied, "I will be a Doctor and help to heal the sick". I truly believed that. In fact, my determination and drive towards this career path, lead me to easily choose to specialize in the Science Research field at High School for Health Professions and Human Services. This is where I was first introduced to the medical environment and experienced the excitement of it…

Do you recommend journaling to your patients? If not, why not? I have not talked with my patients about journaling, I have, on the other hand, stressed the importance have putting a folder together that would include medication’s they take, and updating the list the first day of the month, also to include any surgeries, procedures along with a list of any thing they may have been diagnosed with. I work in the ER, and I can’t tell you how many people I see who have no idea the names of the…

wanting to only practice medicine was due to lack of exposure to other options. In participating in CRISSP, I want to gain more exposure to research, so I can better evaluate it as a career option. What began to interest me was abstract idea of research, and I would like more opportunities to solidify the interest in an idea to interest due to an actual experience. Additionally, I hope to be able to observe physician scientists. I am still very much interested in medicine, and it made be that…

Although it can kill you, you can 't live without it. This is medical knowledge. Because the speed of science is progressively slow, each milestone in medical advances is substantial. Over the past decade, medicine has made great leaps and bounds. From bionic limbs, to stem cell research, medicine has definitely changed the lives of society for the better. Through research studies and newly discovered illnesses, we have greatly improved the life of mankind and the aspirations of our future…

lies ahead for the future of nursing. However, I find her speech quite impressive because this helps me to grasp many concepts of what is required to be a great nurse leader and to embrace myself for other new challenges. As an experienced critical care nurse, I found that all competencies are vital to me and the organization, clients, and staff and family members. In my humble and honest opinion, I came to the realization that nurse leaders are individuals who does things right, in order to…

affect the development, behavior, and psychological mindsets of diagnosed individuals in order to improve mental health and reduce major symptoms. This includes anxiety, depression, asthma, cystic fibrosis, diabetes, and substance abuse (Behavioral Medicine). However, treatments are expensive and prescribed medications do not work for everyone. In fact, a study in 2005 revealed that the annual cost of illness for patients diagnosed with Attention-deficit hypertension disorder (ADHD) was between…

For instance the Greeks and Romans chewed the leaves of the willow tree for pain and other medical purposes this part of the willow tree later became the main component in aspirin. They also pioneered battlefield medicine and surgery as a whole. They would use a scalpel and sterilized it by putting them in boiling water. A Greek physician by the name of Galen was an instrumental key to the development of medical philosophy and anatomy. Galen was the physician that…

Throughout the progression of history, the influence of medicine has enabled people to create groundbreaking inventions, which have saved millions of lives. Without the technological advancements of medicine, the medical world would be completely different. This advancement has allowed the population to thrive in knowledge and also has been able to maintain the stability of human life under stressful, life threatening conditions. Since the beginning of time, the human population has attempted to…

The most rewarding part of nursing is to be able to help people as a career. However, it is not always as nice as it sounds to be. I was stroked with an event during my clinical rotation in the last year of my nursing school 1993 that influenced my decision making in my nursing career. A 7 year old boy was brought to ER who was a severe burning victim with no one inch of normal skin. The kid, coming from a very low income family, suffered from the burning accident in a concrete trash house came…

Every since we were young, we were repeatedly told “ Work hard and get a good education and you will have a really successful and happy life”, while this is not true for all situations, it is most definitely true for working as an anesthesiologist. The practice of anesthesia is a very demanding, intense, independant job in which the anesthesiologist administers drugs to the surgical patient to keep them safe and pain free throughout the procedure. May it be from problems with the brain to just…