Medical education

We need to guarantee that the hand hygiene topic is a major topic that all the stakeholders in the health, education, as well as parenting spheres, handling. With adequate education and follow-up in relation to the teaching of the hand washing hygiene, there are significant educational and health achievements to attain from the process. We need to guarantee that everybody adults or children have…

Radiation Exposure and Image Quality in Chest CT Examinations The lone conundrum that has stumped radiologists to physicists; from the individuals wielding a bachelor’s degree, to the geniuses that have made education their life occupation. How can radiation exposure be reduced to its absolute minimum without compromising image quality? Radiation is dangerous to the human body, and its variable effects are collective throughout our lives. This scientific concept forces an ethical responsibility…

The advanced practice registered nurses are the registered nurses who had been prepared through advanced graduate education; either has a master’s or doctorate degree in the field of nursing. According to the American Nurses Association (2008), advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) is an umbrella term and incorporates four roles: clinical nurse specialists (CNS), certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNA), certified nurse midwives (CNM), and nurse practitioners (NP). The APRN is…

The Relationship between Hand Hygiene Compliance and Nosocomial Infections Clinical Question: Can healthcare providers in primary care clinics reduce nosocomial infection through hand hygiene compliance and how important is hand hygiene at reducing nosocomial infections. PICOT Question: INTERVENTION In primary care clinics with rural patients(P),how does hand hygiene compliance (I) compared to no handwashing or the use of hand sanitizer(C) affect reducing nosocomial infections(O)within _each…

are normally beneficial to the recipient, resulting in improvements in health. However, these benefits also come with increased risks that can be detrimental as seen in adverse drug events. Adverse drug events or ADEs are injuries resulting from medical intervention related to a drug, including overdoses, allergic reactions, and adverse drug reactions. ADEs affect approximately 5 % of hospitalized patients and higher rates in ambulatory patients.…

Bailey, Matthew R. “It's Time to End Ineffective And Cruel Animal Testing.” Wall Street Journal, 09 Oct 2017, PP. 16A. Matthew R. Bailey, in his newspaper article “It's Time to End Ineffective And Cruel Animal Testing” (2017), the author argues that testing drugs on animals is ineffective and claims animal lovers favor research that saves animals lives instead of killing them. In order for Bailey to get his point across, he states “Testing drugs on animals is notoriously ineffective. Not only…

With over one hundred million animals killed in testing every year in the United States alone, alternative methods should begin being ushered in. Every day animals are being harmed in the name of “forward progress,” while every day alternative methods are being discovered and explored. As scientific data is gathered on alternative methods, testing on animals becomes more and more outdated. Animal testing is outdated and should not be considered helpful anymore because it is cruel, pointless, and…

Clearly, all of drugs are addictive and unfortunately are not hard to find. “I was addicted for seven years, I was getting them from my friends, well who I thought were friends, and now after rehab I can’t see them anymore,” said Stashak (Stashak 2014). Like Stashak, many people purchase these drugs off of their “friends” who are prescribed by a doctor or get them from someone else. For some people they receive them right from their physicians. “Illegal acquisition of prescription drugs for…

Death with Dignity The phrase “Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness” is one of the most well known phrases in America. This phrase, which is located in the United States Declaration of Independence, gives all humans these “unalienable rights”, which are rights that cannot be taken away or denied. However, our government has denied millions of people across the nation these basic rights for centuries. These oppressed people include terminally ill patients, who have virtually no say in how…

Imagine having the desire to accomplish dreams such as running a marathon or climbing the tallest mountain but being unable to because of a terminal disease that leaves the body incapable. While some diseases are easily cured, others require harsh treatments that have unknown outcomes and the worst of those diseases are incurable. Two such incurable diseases are Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis(ALS) and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy(CTE). ALS is a progressive degenerative disease that affects…