Tracheostomy Care
A tracheostomy may be done in an emergency, at the patient’s bedside or in an operating room. Anesthesia (pain relief medication) may be used before the procedure. Depending on...
Florida Board of Clinical Laboratory Personnel
A tracheostomy may be done in an emergency, at the patient’s bedside or in an operating room. Anesthesia (pain relief medication) may be used before the procedure. Depending on...
Like all other industries, healthcare is a business. Each year the cost of healthcare increases, for example the average cost of healthcare in 2012, was on average, $8,000...
Nurse and doctors are a vital part of the healthcare team, but who it the most important? The patient! It was a trick question. There is no question that...
Four Basic Terms—
– Drug: any chemical that can affect living processes
– Pharmacology: the study of drugs and their interactions with living systems
Chemical properties
Review оf рrеviоuѕ ѕtudiеѕ ѕhоwѕ thаt thеrе are no ѕtаndаrd dеfinitiоnѕ оf еldеr abuse аnd neglect (Glеndеnning, 1997). All diѕсuѕѕiоnѕ of elder abuse inсludе рhуѕiсаl аbuѕе, оr physical viоlеnсе,...
Objectives
Reporting Major Incidents and Accidents is a course designed to help health professionals, most especially Nurses understand the art of appropriatly recording and documenting cases of major...
Objectives
Bird’s eye view on Medical Errors
Prevalence of medical errors in United States and in State of Florida
Efforts to reduce medical errors at national and state...