Radiology

Assessment Task One Interview and Reflection Background and rationale The participant in my interview was a 52 year-old male who was a truck driver and a sail maker by trade, but is currently unable to work due to his condition. He is fluent in English. Apart from the issue interviewed about, my participant has diabetes mellitus (type two) which he manages using insulin tablets, and myopia which he wears glasses for. The reason I decided to interview my participant was because I knew they have…

X-Rays Development of the X-Ray In 1895, a mechanical engineer and physicist named Wilhelm Roentgen created the X-ray. He was born on March 27, 1845 in Germany. So in 1895, Roentgen was playing around with a cathode ray tube and evacuated all the air inside of it and replaced it with another special gas. Then, he covered the tube so nothing escapes it, passed a current through it, and then the tube produced a fluorescent glow. After further investigations, Roentgen wanted to see how strong this…

Recruitment Assistant 06/2015 to 01/2016 Barrett, The Honors College – Tempe Tempe, Arizona • Acted as a liaison between the Recruitment Office of Barrett and Prospective Students for 8-10 hours a week by compiling, analyzing, and updating Barrett’s Salesforce database, following up and setting appointments with potential students, and relaying information to superiors • Aided in the recruitment of potential Barrett students by planning, organizing, and leading tours and information sessions…

INTRODUCTION Patient and family centered care (PFCC) guides our everyday interactions and our planning and program development. The main goal of PFCC is to create a mutual partnerships among healthcare providers, patients and families that enhance the quality and safety and care for each family and lead to the best health outcomes. The PFCC approach places an effectiveness on building relationships between patients, families, and healthcare providers. Family plays a main role in ensuring the…

realized the significance of their role in health care. By observing the interactions between PAs and their patients I was amazed at their devotion, commitment and knowledge, drawing me more towards this career path. With my unique background in radiology as both an ultrasound technologist and a radiologic technologist, I have the understanding of the need for diagnostic imaging in healthcare. By shadowing PAs I was able to take my knowledge and expand on the process of how a patient’s symptoms…

Priscila Gonzalez, Nurse II, Bachelors educated RN in the Perioperative Unit (OR). Her role is to provide direct care and leadership to the surgical nursing team. Her function includes safely assuring and assisting the patients to navigate the surgical pre-operative, intra-operative, and immediate post-operative processes. This role incorporates preoperative review of existing assessment information ensuring completeness of surgical records/data, implementing any immediate surgical/anesthesia…

May 22, 2011 began as an ordinary day only to take a turn for the worse. It was the summer of my seventh grade year when my dad and I decided to go fishing for the day. It was a hot, dry Sunday on Clark’s Hill Lake. The reflection of the sun off of the water was like a mirror that only added to the intensity. We began fishing early that morning and by mid-day we were beat by the heat. It was time to take the hour trip back home. However, the one hour trip home turned into roughly a ten…

learned that sometimes she has to transfer hours from one unit to another in order to maintain the budget. Furthermore, I also attended a budget meeting for the oncology unit. They discussed the chemotherapy costs versus profits, the need for new radiology equipment, and the volume of patients each doctor generates. This meeting helped me achieve my second goal by opening my mind into the business side of healthcare. I realized that sometimes administrators have to wait on purchasing new…

When it comes to structure, both my parents grew up in a strict family and from what I’ve heard based on their perceptions, life was hard even though it may have seemed perfect from another’s eyes. Structuration is “the process by which systems are produced and reproduced through members’ use of rules and resources” (West, 2014, pg. 273). In my parents’ case, the rules their parents set out for them influenced how they lived back then and ultimately, how they live today. All in all, it…

on childbirth options, and how to bond with and care for the baby after it’s born. As a Perinatal Nurse, you’ll also assist your patients during labor, and be there to help, should any complications arise. Plastic Surgery Nurse Psychiatric Nurse Radiology…