Medical education

are faced with on an everyday basis. There are four core principles when dealing with moral dilemmas: Autonomy, Beneficence, non-maleficence and justice. The debate about the effectiveness of community treatment all concern the ethical dilemmas for Medical practitioners in regards to receiving consent, autonomy of the consumer, coercion of treatment, beneficence, paternalism, confidentiality and privacy These dilemmas are taken into consideration with the terms of the consumer’s situation…

Being a second-year pre-med student is crazy! Especially at how much that has to be accomplished at such a given amount of time, and there are also so many opportunities to take, yet some are looked over due to the overwhelming amount of options being thrown at you. Let me tell you more about myself, I am a 19 year old, African-american, first generation university student, who has had a wide interest in a variety of different things, but if we're speaking career wise, well, it was definitely a…

Patient satisfaction has become a major part of health care over the recent years. Patient satisfaction provides that hospitals with a business to customer relationship. Hospitals strives to have high patient satisfaction so that patients are likely to continue to use their facility and to recommend there use to other individuals. Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAPS) is a national, standardized report of patient satisfaction on hospital stays. This report is…

With the many advances in technology it has greatly benefited the medical field as we know it. Technology has brought the medical field things as simple as electric thermometers to things like the Sonograms. Now that our technology is more advanced we are able to have the ability to cure certain sicknesses, help control diseases, and even detect cancer soon enough to eliminate death. The more discoveries we make the quicker we will be able to find cures for things like cancer, Alzheimer’s, and…

It was a very sunny day when I interviewed my old pediatrician. He used to work in the Emergency department when he was younger before switching over to pediatrics. I approached him with questions regarding dilemmas in pediatrics when he told me about an incidence in the emergency department which was a difficult case for him during his resident year. The case history A 21 month old boy presented to his local emergency department having reportedly fallen down the stairs. The mother said she…

If the curve is minor and thought to be not likely to progress the medical model states that you need to observe the curve for progression and do no intervention. If the curve is mild and has a likely possibility to worsen the medical protocol is to use a brace to try and slow down the progression. If the scoliosis is considered to be severe the protocol is surgery. Mild, moderate and severe curves…

In many healthcare settings, different healthcare professionals tend to come together to treat patients. This is especially true for those needing preventative measures to avoid injuries, or to rehabilitate after an injury has occurred. For example, someone who has suffered a shoulder injury at work might go to the doctor’s office where they see a nurse, and their physician, who then refers them to a physical therapist (PT). For any healthcare setting with different professionals working…

Medication compliance is an issue that many patients with a mental illness face; whether it be due to lack of knowledge or the side effects they produce. Medication compliance is a major factor in the treatment of mental illnesses and when patients do not adhere to this regimen, it causes a downward spiral and relapse of behavior. It is important as a nurse to understand the reasons for non-adherence to better care for each individual patient. By understanding the rationale behind patients not…

You are at the hospice facility visiting your mom for the forty-ninth day in a row. As you approach the waiting room, you are greeted by the smell of Bengay and the noise of a patient refusing to eat her food. You see two nurses running around on the floor you are visiting , you squint and count the number of rooms and there are 30 rooms; all of them are patients' rooms. You think to yourself, how are two nurses effectively taking care of 30 patients? You are here visiting your mom whose liver…

different. The field of medical technology consists of analyzing a variety of blood, tissue, body fluid and microorganism samples. “Preparing the samples for examination, using automated equipment and specialized instrumentation, performing numerous complicated tests simultaneously, and accurately interpreting the results are all part of a medical technologist’s job” (Medical Technologist). They identify specific microorganisms to pin point specific diseases, although medical technologists do…