Physician assistant

“Unintentional burn injuries” occur very often in the pediatric populations (World Health Organization, 2008, p. 7). Furthermore, burn trauma inevitably results in ongoing stress for the patients and their families (Young, Kenardy, Cobham & Kimble, 2012). In anticipation for the short term and long-term effects of significant stress, nursing care within the acute care setting must utilize strategies to reduce stress. This paper highlights factors contributing to stress following a pediatric burn…

It is important to take care of our patients or customers with respect at all times because we will never know the amount of negative damage they can do to our practice or business. In this world we live in there are people that want to see businesses succseed and others only think of them selves which in the end can endure our job. For example: What plan can I come up with, so that way I don’t have to pay my expensive medical bill? Believe it or not some patient will do anything or cause…

from God, caused by personal sin rather than an objective occurrence. During the Middle Ages there were no established standardised methods of medical treatments or practices, instead only superstition, speculation and hypothesis were left from the physicians of centuries previous (BBC, 2014). What remained were the theories…

To go more in depth Physicians must use self-determination to make a decision regarding the patient. A mentally stable adult patient has the authority to give consent to who they release their records to and to accept or deny any diagnostic therapy/ procedures. The physician should also clearly state the purpose of any examinations or treatments and what the results would displays. The patient would also be notified what are the consequences if they decline the consent. Furthermore,…

Though the phenomenon may reach back further, I can remember clearly that since high school, I viewed every activity I chose, every project I undertook, and every class I took from the perspective of a future healthcare professional. On January 2, 2015, my family and I were leaving my childhood friend’s house after a dinner. As we drove past my friend’s house, I waved a bittersweet goodbye to her, as we were both getting ready to begin our second semester of college in a week. Little had I…

Civil War Medical Technology Civil war medical technology was not very good during the awful war of 1861-1865. With small shanty medical kits that were not adequate for the job that surgeons had ahead of them tools in the medical kit helped transmit diseases that were lethal. Weapons were being engineered to become more lethal and or more painful [also built to explode so it was harder for medical surgeons to save the soldier]. Transportation was also dominant problem that hurt both the…

Robotics in the Medical Field According to the da Vinci Surgery website, 1.5 million surgeries have been completed using the da Vinci System (a commonly used robotic machine in surgery) since 2000 (da Vinci Surgery). Robotics is becoming more prevalent in the medical field, and the use of robotics is yet another way that our medical care is evolving in surgery. The introduction of surgical robots provides benefits for patients, doctors, and hospitals, and advances the current way of…

Western culture’s fascination with the thinking rationally stems back to the seventeenth and eighteenth century intellectual movement: The Enlightenment. The term rational is defined as “based on or derived from reason or reasoning, esp. as opposed to emotion, intuition, instinct, etc” (Oxford). Rationality was heralded as the answer to all problems and the path to a perfect society; while these views are considered extreme in today’s culture, reason is still viewed as mostly infallible. In The…

The Road to Becoming an Anesthesiologist “Many people think all we do is put people to sleep” (Source Schierhorn 1). Time management, organization, and passion are all necessities in order to make it through the many years of schooling. Anesthesiologists are in control of a person 's life during operation. They monitor vitals and record everything that happens as far as heartbeat, breathing, and amount of anesthetics given or used. Anesthesiologists also administer anesthesia before, during…

James Rachel’s argues against The Difference Thesis he says that the issue of active and passive euthanasia is not a morally relevant problem: there is no moral difference between killing and letting die (863-864). He believes that killing is not always worse than letting die. Rachel’s argument has exceptional impact on one’s ideas. He uses an example of two men Smith and Jones. Smith will inherit a large sum of money if something fatal were to happen to his 6 year .old cousin. Smith plots to…