Medical restraint

degree in Health Information Management. Defining goals is the single matter that keeps me focused or shall I say my eye on the trophy. Beginning my academic journey of short-term goals by earning a Career Diploma from Penn Foster Career School in Medical Coding and Billing; then moving on to pursue and obtaining my Associate of Science Degree in Health Information Technology with Kaplan University. At that stage, I immediately re-enrolled in the Bachelor of Science Degree program in Healthcare…

No dose of Tylenol is going to ease your arthritis pain — no matter what your doctor tells you. [Dr. Al Sears Health Tips] It's important to know the benefits and risks associated with each medication to determine which ones are right for you. (Photo via Dr. Al Sears) And a team of researchers from the University of Bern, in Switzerland, has just proved it. The researchers gathered data from 74 randomized trials involving 58,500 patients. And what they discovered was that acetaminophen —…

Allowing Patients to Die: The concept of patient authority. Should doctors accept the refusal of medical treatment that is recommended? After putting some thought into it, one realizes that there is no easy way of answering this. That really it comes down to the individual cases with distinct circumstances. Other people might say that if a sane patient is refusing some form of treatment, then that decision is one to be respected. Patients own their bodies and doctors have no moral right to…

Even though hand hygiene was founded in the 1800’s by Semmelweis still to this day many do not comply to the medical professional GUIDELINES. Considering the vast amount of knowledge and information readily available, health professionals still don’t give hand washing the correct recognition that it deserves. The best way to do this is to educate midwives and ensure…

made ranging from new technologies, medical devices, organizations, and making the work environment of the sonographer a safer place. Joan Baker has played an important role in sonography, since she has created organizations, taught sonography ergonomics, and has an award given in her honor. Story Joan Baker was raised and got her education in England (About Us, 2016). She arrived to the United States 1965, because she got an invitation from Stanford Medical Center, to open the department of…

Summary #1: Chapter 1 – Behaviorism (How Fiction Affects Behavior) Behaviorism is defined “As an approach to psychology that features the study and careful measurement of observable behaviors” (Cacioppo, p. ). In the article Empathy by the book: How fiction affects behaviors by Susan Pinker she explains that if everyone reads more fiction books that they will be able to empathize with others around them. Through a study completed by the University of Toronto Dr. Oatley concluded ’The more…

VT. Through my coursework and professional work experience, I have obtained a realistic view of what it takes to excel this position. I want to dedicate my expertise to provide excellent services in health care settings, and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center is one of prominent professionals that I would love to work with. My resume is enclosed for your review. I have developed various skills when being a college student. My career highlights are illustrated below: • In college, I was working…

In light of my qualifications for the Masters Education Program of Genetic Counseling situated at Virginia Commonwealth University, it is significant to understand the spark that lit the conflagration of my interest in the field. Genetics as a whole has proven to be a profound influence on my life until this point, as it has for many others, but contrasted from others in its influence on my mindset and desire to understand the world that surrounds humanity. The questions of why people behave,…

I have begun on my career project. My career choice is a psychiatrist and there is a lot of information about my career I have learned already. Through research, I learned what educational background is required and its importance for this career. I have also learned what a psychiatrist would do on a day to day basis and what the environment is like. To begin, through my research for my capstone career project, I have learned what educational background is required for my career. To be a…

In the late summer of 2015, I needed a career change and wanted to do something that would be rewarding, meaningful, and challenging. In November 2015, I was invited for a trial and interview in the clinical imaging department at West Middlesex Hospital for an assistant administration role. I did not get the position, but I learned a lot from it as I worked a day filing the pending forms into the RMS system. I found it interesting that each scan had a different code. It was also good to find…