Nephrology

As a child, I would always wonder that why out of a large number of people who get sick, some get cured permanently while others remain diseased until ultimately engulfed by it. Whenever I was given those bitter polio drops my little brain would ask a multitude of questions, the answer to which remained undisclosed for a decade. I would always see that person on the way to market with hundreds of “PHORAS” on his body. Some will say he is cursed and some say it’s because of his misdeeds until I…

MedStar Union Memorial Hospital (MUMH) is a nonprofit community-based hospital and a nationally rank for their specialty performance in nephrology, orthopedics, heart bypass surgeries & knee replacement, general and medical surgery. The hospital is located in north central Baltimore city area and was founded in 1854 by the “Union Protestant Infirmary” to “provide shelter and medical care to the sick, poor, and disabled”. In 1923, the name was changed to recognize and honor the people who have…

SOCIAL ANALYSIS Disabilities and illnesses place a great burden on the social structure of the society especially on the family unit. Patient’s families may live under tremendous pressure of not knowing what the patient prefers once they stopped communicating. Family members need direction and guidance in taking care of their loved ones and they best ay to do it is through building confidence. Advance directives provide that level of confidence needed to carry out that complex role. Nurses can…

Over the past decade or more, healthcare needs have been drastically changing especially with the increasing medical costs as well as chronic illnesses. Additionally, more and more consumers are becoming tech savvy. In this electronic age, where technological advancement in terms of providing healthcare is almost become a necessity. In order to provide quality healthcare, the board of directors at Pocahontas Memorial Hospital (PMH), which a rural hospital as well as a nursing home, is interested…

Many may think starting a career in nursing is a piece of cake but little does one know being a nurse comes with huge responsibility. It takes a special kind of person to become a registered nurse. A registered nurse must coordinate patient care, monitor patients’ self-management, take vital signs and keep track of patients’ medical information, and provide medication to patients and watch for side effects. In order to fulfill the requirements to become a registered nurse, first one has to…

INTRODUCTION Organ donation is the process of transplanting organs from a donor to a recipient who is either ill or has organs which do not function properly. The purpose of organ donation is to improve ‘the recipients life’ (Better Health Channel, 2015) and enable them to live longer. The Federal Government plays an important role in improving the rates of organ donation as well as providing substantial information to the community so that they are able to make an informed decision. The Federal…

She failed to get financial support, failed to recruit the people she wanted and the first fifteen years in business was her struggle for existence. Growth was slow and her credibility was at stake because of her gender, youth and untested business model. (Google Books 2014) People weren’t interested in working for a woman and investors were reluctant of investing on a women run company. But she persevered and the company started showing profits. And in 1998, after Unilever decided to sell its…

most disgusting cures they thought would work are the bathing in urine to alleviate the symptoms of the disease and applying a paste made up of poop, flower roots, and tree resins into the open sores (Shariff, 2013). According to the Journal of Nephrology, urine is still used today for infections (viral or bacterial), to condense tumors, wound washing, and eye, ear, and nose drops (Horl,…

In today 's healthcare, many patients no longer suffer from one illness instead suffer from multiple illnesses. More often these illnesses are intertwined requiring a multidisciplinary approach from cardiology, nephrology, respiratory, orthopedic and other specialties. Due to the complexity of the disease process or injuries, the collaboration between these disciplines is becoming more common. With collaboration and with increasing complexities of the patient 's medical conditions,…

Topic thing Hospitals are large facilities and require a lot of people to work in them. They need physicians, nurses, pharmacists, and many other doctors that specialize in areas. Another type of person hospitals need are volunteers. Even though volunteers don’t have degrees, they still are able to work in places in the hospitals. The volunteers are able to work wherever in the hospital they desire, as long as space allows it. I was interested in volunteering at a hospital because even…