One of the many options you have as a healthcare professional is choosing a medical specialty in which to practice. Whether you’re a nurse‚ a physician‚ or allied health professional‚ choosing a medical specialty will help focus your educational goals‚ job search efforts‚ and career choices. The sooner you identify your true passion in medicine‚ the more successful you may become‚ by working in a field you love. For example‚ is your passion working with kids‚ pregnant moms‚ cancer patients‚ or
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Medical Apartheid In the book‚ Medical Apartheid‚ Harriet A. Washington touches on some major soft points‚ that really made me think and I believe that if many other people read this they would be surprised as well‚ because when she goes into detail about the cruel treating of African Americans in the past‚ it is just shocking to find out what we didn’t know. Basically‚ Medical Apartheid is the first and only comprehensive history of medical experimentation on African Americans. It begins
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Sarah Hampton Medical Terminology & Coding Medical Terminilogy Report Medical terminology is a language for accurately describing the human body and associated components‚ conditions‚ processes and process in a science-based manner. Medical terminology is important in the medical field because it allows healthcare professionals to interact at all levels and details of the patients can be discussed with ease. The benefits of knowing medical terminology are that one can document faster
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ISBN 1-256-09271-1 Medical Language‚ Second Edition‚ by Susan Turley. Published by Prentice Hall. Copyright © 2011 by Pearson Education‚ Inc. ISBN 1-256-09271-1 Medical Language‚ Second Edition‚ by Susan Turley. Published by Prentice Hall. Copyright © 2011 by Pearson Education‚ Inc. Measure Your Progress: Learning Objectives After you study this chapter‚ you should be able to 1. Identify the structures of the respiratory system. 2. Describe the process of respiration. 3. Describe common
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Family Medical Leave Act 1993: Workplace Issues Introduction In the early 1990 ’s‚ congress recognized that an increasing number of children were being raised in situations where both parents worked outside the home. For many‚ the idea of starting a family‚ or expanding the family‚ was complicated by the fact that both parents worked. In other homes‚ families struggled because a family member with a serious medical condition such as diabetes or asthma would often lose time from work because
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1. How can eliminating abbreviations reduce errors? I think that eliminating medical abbreviations would reduce errors because many abbreviations are very similar and people get confused between them‚ however‚ if abbreviations were eliminated it would make it very difficult on medical professionals. They would have to write out very lengthy medical terms. According to Dr. Darryl S. Rich‚ “to minimize the potential for error and to maximize patient safety‚ prescribers need to avoid such specifically
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INTD Essay A medical tricorder is ideally a device that is able to scan the human body and deduce whether the person/patient is sick in anyway. These devices have appeared in many sci-fi TV shows and movies such as Star Trek as future technology that was impossible in the current time period. But fortunately‚ due to today’s rapid technological advances it is possible to create a device that comes close to the ones seen in Star Trek. Medical Tricorders in this generation is a rapidly growing
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To what extent did medical advancements during world war two impact the lives of soldiers? One may argue that one of the most helpful drugs during word war two‚ penicillin‚ was discovered in 1960‚ prior to world war two. Although penicillin wasn’t discovered during world war two‚ it was improved on many levels during the time such as production on an industrial scale‚ it became much more readily available‚ and by 1945 it was 20 times stronger than the 1939 version of penicillin. Therefore‚ even
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071001_JM103_shot_1 Jaundice Meter JM-103 Standard Features Jaundice Meter (JM-103) Charger unit (Model JM-A30) includes checker AC adapter (Model JM-A32) Power cable adapter set Carrying case and wrist strap Instructions for use Training video Specifications (Standard Features) Model name Intent of use Dimensions Weight‚ including Ni-MH battery Measuring method Measurement range Clinical Data Standard
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Medical Devices For many patients‚ medical devices deliver valuable relief from critical‚ yet failing‚ anatomical mechanisms within their body. An implantable cardioverter – defibrillator (ICD) is one such device that‚ when implanted into the upper left torso‚ delivers high voltage jolts of electricity to patients who are at risk for life-threatening arrhythmias. Ultimately‚ they have the potential capacity to resynchronize one’s cardiac rhythm to the extent that imminent death may be averted. Although
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