Is there a need for pediatric staff nurse to protect their self from hazard of x- radiation while they are working in wards or in the Radiology Department? Introduction This research is concerned with x-radiation protection for the pediatric staff nurses while they are taken care for pediatric patient in Salmaniya Medical Complex wards and as well as in radiology department. The authors are trying to learn how the staff is exposed x-radiation exposure‚ what the risks are and what are the best
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According to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (2002)‚ “The pediatric nurse practitioner is a specialist in the care of children from birth through young adult with a in-depth knowledge and experience in pediatric primary health care including well child care and prevention/management of common pediatric acute illnesses and chronic conditions” (pp 29). In the 1960s‚ the CCU nurses’ work lead to other practice questions for the profession
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Patiently awaiting the doctor’s return‚ Allison aimlessly flips through magazines while pondering what her results will read. She repeatedly tells herself “This time‚ I will be free. I will remain strong. I won’t give up.” This is her 17th visit to the oncologist in 6 months‚ and it’s her 17th time sitting in the waiting room to see if her body has finally rid of the cancer once and for all. Over the past 3 years‚ Allison has never lost hope‚ she constantly strives for recovery and right now she is ready
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achieved a three accreditation with commendation by the Commission Cancer. Many of the department which make up the Sunshine Hospital oncology program also have discipline-specific accreditation: Radiology Oncology –American College of Radiation Oncologist Radiology –American College of Radiology of Magnetic Resonance Imaging mammography and ultrasound Pathology and
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Sydney True Psych 471 Reproductive Cancers Assignment University of Nebraska-Lincoln Fall 2010 Ovarian Cancer Research Paper Ovarian cancer is a type of cancer that is characterized by the formation of the cancer cells in the tissues of a woman’s reproductive glands‚ the ovaries. It is when normal ovarian cells begin to grow uncontrollably that this cancer develops into dangerous malignant tumors that can be found in one or both ovaries. There are three types of these cells that are
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Purdue Pharma is a pharmaceutical company that created the drug called OxyContin‚ which is widely credited for having launched the opioid epidemic that has come to affect several Canadian regardless of socioeconomic status. Canada being the world’s second-largest per capita per consumer of opioids behind the United States which is rooted in over-prescribing. The rise of OxyContin was initially thought to be a beneficial one because it was advertised as a pain reliever was produced with a slow-release
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Healthy People 2020: Genetic Testing The objective that I chose from the Healthy People 2020 Objectives was to increase the proportion of genetic testing. This is a new objective‚ having not been included in Healthy People 2010. The genomics discipline is a budding field and it concerns the study of an individual’s genome. Genomics uses knowledge of the molecular source of a disease in order to help predict‚ treat and quantify the likelihood of disease reoccurrence. For years‚ Katie Couric and
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Role of the Registered Nurse in Pediatric Palliative Care Stephanie Harley Nipissing University Nursing is a career that requires collaborative relationships among professionals that assist nurses to provide the best possible care for the client and family. These interprofessional relationships may involve a wide range of health care professionals of multiple members that work collaboratively together to deliver quality care. Nurses are required to work with other professionals on a daily
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adolescents‚ and young adults through age 21. Parents are advised to begin the process of selecting a pediatrician about three months before their baby is due to be born. Most obstetricians will assist with the referral‚ and the American Academy of Pediatrics also offers a referral service. Other parents may also have recommendations and advice to offer. Because new parents will rely on their pediatrician for support and advice as well as medical care‚ it is important that they feel comfortable with
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established on 1 April 2013.[2] The proposals are primarily the result of policies of the Secretary of State for Health‚ Andrew Lansley. Writing in the BMJ‚ Clive Peedell (co-chairman of the NHS Consultants Association and a consultant clinical oncologist) compared the policies with academic analyses of privatisation and found "evidence that privatisation is an inevitable consequence of many of the policies contained in the Health and Social Care Bill."[3] Lansley says that claims that the government
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