Parkland Memorial Hospital

detail what their requirements are and how I can offer them the solutions. From the discussion with the hospital management and engineers, I determined that they are mainly concerned about three factors: 1. Bacteria development in the taps/mixers, 2. Patients health and hygiene 3. Water efficiency. I asked for a general layout as well as the plumbing and piping layout or plan for the hospital building to check all the areas. The plan consisted of four levels with a similar pattern of washrooms…

of the Ribeirao Petro Medical School Clinical Hospital University of Sao Paulo, Brazil. The stay of the patients during the burn wound care and cost of the care of wound is estimated. Dressing cost and stay of the patient depends on the nature of the…

Surgery nowadays is one of the most efficient and effective procedures in the field of medicine. Anything that involves cutting or closing the tissues of a patient is considered surgical. In our generation, surgery serves a lot of purpose. It could be for diagnostic; such as biopsy, ablative; wherein you remove a diseased body part, transplant, constructive purposes and the lists goes on. Surgery is an important field in medicine too. For it saves millions of lives. But unlike what surgery is to…

Effect of injection site on severity of pain in intravitreal injection of bevacizumab ABSTRACT Purpose: To evaluate the relationship between the site of injection and the severity of pain in patients receiving intravitreal bevacizumab (IVB). Methods: In this interventional prospective clinical trial 1004 eyes of 1004 patients who were candidates to received IVB were randomized into 4 groups: superotemporal, superonasal, inferotemporal, and inferonasal site for injection. Visual Analog Scale…

was nothing that could be done, he was ready, so her mother said many times in the passing days. She hoped that they would return home to Bonner’s Ferry and her father would be buried there, but her mother told her of the burdens left for her, the hospital bills, the expenses, she could not leave just yet, and her father requested to be buried…

The field of Nursing and Medicine never failed to capture my interest although my initial interest came from observing the nurses providing care for my grandfather while he was in hospice care. The nurses that provided care for my grandfather showed great passion and zeal for their job and in those moments, I hoped to be able to provide the same comfort as the nurses I observed. The nurses’ attitudes and passion gave me a great sensation of comfort as I knew my grandfather was in good hands.…

The Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWOHNN) encourages nurses to actively participate in disaster preparedness (“The Role of the Nurse,” 2012). As a labor and delivery nurse working in the hospital setting, it is necessary to be prepared for a natural disaster including floods and tornadoes. Women who are pregnant are often victims of natural disaster, putting them at risk for trauma as well as preterm labor. As part of the team working in the labor and delivery…

with a local Fire Department, which basically means I was doing their job for free in order to practice my learned skills in a real world scenario. We were returning to the fire station after just completing a call and dropping a patient off at the hospital. I sat quietly alone in the back of the ambulance, listening to the two paramedics up front talk and banter back and forth to one another, out of nowhere, right in the middle of their normal conversation, we hear the alarming sound of tones…

This morning you probably got out of bed, used the bathroom, brushed your teeth, made yourself something for breakfast and ate it. These are a few examples of activities of daily living (ADLs) that frail older adults may not be capable of doing. During the week, you probably had to pay a bill, go grocery shopping or make a phone call. These are examples of instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs). When an older adult can't do one of these activities they are considered a frail older adult…

assuming he was well enough to participate. Under the Older Americans Act, Carter could have benefitted from services after being discharged from the hospital. Under the Title III section, there are services such as health promotion programs that educate older adults with chronic illnesses, caregiver support, case management and home adaptations. The hospital incorrectly assumed that because his wife was a nurse, she would know how to care for him. Consequently, Carter experienced a fall in…