Radiology

The story, Bartleby, The Scrivener, has many themes that can be seen in everyone’s work environment. The story deals with compassion, conformity, isolation, duty, chain of command, walls of many forms, etc. It can be difficult to limit the number of themes in one paper. Some of the themes can seem to overlap. Compassion takes on many forms. As the narrator tied to take care of Bartleby, I had an employer who tried to take care of employees who required special attention. In the 1980’s I…

Moral distress is defined as an inability to act according to one’s ethical principles by the moral agent due to various influencing external constraints such as time pressures, organizational, legal, and/or authoritative barriers (as cited by Ulrich & Hamric, 2008). According to de Veer, Francke, Struijs, and Willems (2013), nurses often experience moral distress due to the inadequate staffing, job pressure, higher societal demands, and conflicts between institutional rules and one’s moral…

bone cells that no longer secrete extracellular matrix. The six month follow-up there was no sign of returning Gorham’s disease. The second case was reported in 1972 when a 70-year-old woman complained about slow progressing pain in her right hip. Radiology tests showed damage on her right femur. The affected area was taken out and replaced with a prosthetic. Again, over the course of three years there was no sign of returning Gorham’s disease. Case three was in 1984 in which a 19-year old…

Biology is more complex than we might assume from an initial, superficial view of its many manifestations. When I began researching Red-Eyed Vireo population, my first impression was that the project would be creating a simple model. With an increase in temperature and less rain, there should be a lower population of species. My research advisor Dr. Church had me read numerous scientific articles about ecological niche modeling of other species and the factors use to create these models. As I…

When I first entered into the field of nursing I was unsure of what kind of nursing I wanted to go into, mostly because I had little experience in the healthcare setting. Actually, before I wanted to go into nursing, I thought about becoming a radiology technician. But, I soon realized that it was not for me; I did not like the concept of getting a patient in and out of your work area as fast as you can without even knowing the whole background of the current situation. Now, after many clinical…

transmission of health information from state to state, which raises the concern of medical liability, jurisdiction, and registration. Reimbursement issues are a major concern for Medicare because Medicare will only pay for “face-to-face”, tele-radiology, and remote EKG applications. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HRSA), “Medicare will cover…

a degree, depend upon more manual labor, backbreaking work and lower wages. I would rather remain in school longer, expand my knowledge, and get a career on everything I have learned, than go straight to the work field to earn less and do more. Radiology is the field that leaves me in awe. Radiologist need to know the human body as well as they know the back of their hand. Every time I visit a radiologist, whether it’s for me or someone else, I am bewildered on all the things going on. They have…

untreated mental health conditions or at-risk of developing these conditions. They raise awareness of community health care issues using social media and natural networks. Other jobs in healthcare that do not require a bachelor’s degree include radiology technician, nursing assistant, care technician, hospice caregiver, program coordinator. Explore all the medical career possibilities here.…

Introduction To Healthcare Information Technology Healthcare Information Technology, or HIT for short, is a fast growing sector within the medical industry that helps solve the complex problem of information management. According to HelathIT.gov, the ruling body on HIT infrastructure in America, “[HIT] is a broad concept that encompasses an array of technologies to store, share, and analyze health information.” The most common and impactful HIT technology is the Electronic Health Record (EHR).…

What is fueling the healthcare industry attention in telemedicine? Well, according to the CEO of the American Telemedicine Association, Jonathan Linkous defines “it as the delivery of any health care service or transmission of wellness information using telecommunications technology, that has the possibility to change the way medical care is provided in the United States (11 Telemedicine Tools Transforming Healthcare, 2012).” The meaning of Telehealth is often associated with telemedicine, but…