Radiology

Hello, and welcome to my reflection essay for my COMM-102 class portfolio at the University of Charleston. I would like to begin my explaining my background and touching base on how I ended up at this University. I am a transfer student from a Community College in Upstate New York called Herkimer Community College. After two years, I graduated there with an Associate’s Degree in Science, which was helpful with transferring credits to come here. Along with graduating from Herkimer, I also started…

Lancaster County is known for having beautiful farmland and a large Amish population. Many Lancaster County drivers share the road with Amish horse and buggies. This often causes a lot of frustration and chaos on the roads. Drivers usually cross the double yellows to get around the buggies but sometimes drivers are not paying attention or cross at an unsafe time and an accident occurs. When those accidents occur, people may be injured and need to go to the hospital. Within the borders of the…

Achondroplasia Achondroplasia is a form of short-limbed dwarfism. GENE: The FGFR3 gene makes a protein called fibroblast growth factor receptor 3. The function of the protein from the gene is involved in transforming cartilage into bone. FGFR3 is the only gene known to be related with achondroplasia. There is also a receptor called tyrosine kinase. It negatively regulates the growth plate activity and stright bone growth. All people who have only a single copy of the normal FGFR3 gene and a…

Running Head: Medical Assisting Medical Assisting Daniel Clemmons Kaplan University Medical Assistant Chosen Degree Plan I have chosen the Associates of Applied Science in Medical Assisting. Because I am an Emergency technician for a private ambulance company In Chicago and I want to broaden my education and career more into the health field. I graduated from Alan B Shepard High school in 2009 and worked time in retail as an assistant manager at an Ace Hardware and…

Hospitals rely on delivery models to provide care to patients. The focus of each hospital depends on the goal the hospital wants to accomplish. There are several models of nursing care with various purposes to provide care for patients. In the case study provided, Metropolitan Hospital has many different units and is a teaching hospital. The care delivery model explained in the case study focuses on the emergency department, maternity unit, medical-surgical unit and the mental health in-patient…

HOW TO ASSESS AND CARE FOR TRAUMA PATIENTS Introduction: Trauma nursing can be very scary, if you don’t know what you are doing, with this set of instructions I will allow you to gain confidence in your emergency nursing practice which enable you to be better prepared in a trauma situation. For documentation of these steps please follow your facilities guide lines, but there is an example of a trauma documentation flow sheet on the final page of these instructions. This is basic information and…

Research Question: What is the attitude and practices of lung cancer screenings among Primary Care Physicians? Survey Objective: Lung Cancer Screenings has been recommended to be an effective method of early detection for potential at risk patients. The purpose of the proposed research topic is to evaluate physician understanding of lung cancer screening and evaluate the usage of lung cancer screening among physicians as recommended in national guidelines. Target Population: The target…

goes toward social media or work and I think its time for me to change that so I wont end up failing any of my classes. My goal is to pass all my courses and move on to the next level so I can be one step closer into becoming an MRI specialist in radiology. My main goal is to really push myself into learning different things and exercise my brain to learn different technics to process information better so I can make it easier for me to learn things. I’m really surprised that I have a really…

patient quality and safety is performed in order to renew or give the hospital’s accreditation. “However, to ensure compliance with all health information-related standards, review of all sections and monitoring of all pertinent standards that are found is important” (Sayles, 2013). The Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model (EMRAM) also has access to LGH’s health system. It is needed to track all electronic medical record (EMR) progress used at this hospital. With the advancing technology,…

care. With specialization comes different duties meaning that although two nurses may have the same degree it doesn’t exactly mean they do the same thing. There are more than 50 specialties and among them include things like pediatrics, oncology, radiology, neonatal, trauma, and…