Lions, Gazelles, and Nurses: The Herd Mentality at Work
Nursing has a hierarchy of power and experience just like any other profession; in fact, it also has a hierarchy that sometimes feels akin to the laws of survival on the savanna or in the jungle.
Have you ever observed that the less experienced and more vulnerable nurses frequently get left on the outside, often falling prey to bullies and " predators " ? This is the herd mentality at its worst, and many novice nurses are taken down by bullies and power-hungry colleagues who eat them alive when they ' re demonstrating the slightest weakness.Protection and Predation
Out on the African savanna, herds of gazelles keep watch f...
Source: Digital Doorway - November 21, 2022 Category: Nursing Tags: career healthcare nurse nurses nursing Source Type: blogs
What Time Should You Check Your Blood Pressure?
ConclusionBest Time To Check Blood Pressure
Many experts recommend that you check your blood pressure at least twice a day. This could be once in the morning and again at night.
Doctors normally suggest checking your blood pressure at least twice a year. But there are other times when it may be worth checking.
If you have anxiety or experience high blood pressure episodes lasting more than two hours.
If you have shortness of breath, chest pain, rapid heart rate, sweating, lightheadedness, nausea or vomiting, consult your doctor immediately.
Choosing A Time That Works For You
You can check your blood pre...
Source: The EMT Spot - November 11, 2022 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Michael Kutryk Tags: Guides Blood Pressure Source Type: blogs
How to Become a Firefighter (An Unconventional Step-By-Step Guide)
Each cycle of our EMT class here at South Metro, I tend to have the firefighter by oberazzi via flickrsame conversation. It usually happens sometime toward the end of the second week, but sometimes sooner. It is almost always after class. It begins with one of my students approaching me while I’m gathering my things and putting my laptop away.
The conversation begins like this, “So…I’m taking the EMT class because I’d really like a job in the fire service. What other things should I be doing besides becoming an EMT? How should I prepare for the testing process?” Once the question has been asked, the group of...
Source: The EMT Spot - November 7, 2022 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Steve Whitehead Tags: EMT Source Type: blogs
TWiV 949: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In his weekly clinical update Dr. Griffin discusses progress toward poliomyelitis eradication in Pakistan, polio by the numbers , influenza and COVID-19 vaccination coverage among health care personnel, phase 1/2a safety and immunogenicity of an adenovirus 26 vector RSV vaccine encoding prefusion F in adults 18–50 years and RSV seropositive children 12–24 months, receipt of first and second doses of JYNNEOS vaccine for prevention of Monkeypox, distinguishing SARS-CoV-2 persistence and reinfection, Novavax NVX-COV2373 triggers potent neutralization of Omicron sub-lineages, association between regular physical activity a...
Source: virology blog - October 29, 2022 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Tags: This Week in Virology antiviral coronavirus COVID-19 delta inflammation influenza Long Covid marburg virus monkeypox monoclonal antibody Omicron pandemic poliovirus SARS-CoV-2 vaccine vaccine booster variant of concern Source Type: blogs
More on critical thinking: what's wrong with our brains
Well, there ' s not necessarily anything wrong with your gray matter, that ' s an evaluative judgment. But it evolved to be functional for apes on the African savanna and that ' s not the world we live in now. Our brains do not simply or reliable convert sensory input into an accurate rendition of reality, and the stories we tell ourselves to make sense out of events -- whether we experience them directly or learn about them from reports of others or mass media -- aren ' t reliable either. Neither are our memories.People have written whole books about the myriad ways in which we fool ourselves. In my recent series on clini...
Source: Stayin' Alive - October 25, 2022 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
Eliminating Trachoma with the Help of GIS Technology
Trachoma is the world’s leading infectious cause of blindness, yet for decades we have had the antibiotics to treat it. Sightsavers is an international charity dedicated to preventing avoidable blindness and is working in Africa and Asia to eliminate this disease. Their programs are having a significant positive impact. A key to their success is effective use of Geographic Information System (GIS) technology to track and manage both the disease and treatment coverage.
We sat down with Andy Tate, Senior Data and Reporting Advisor for Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) at Sightsavers to learn more about their work and how t...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - October 20, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Colin Hung Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT IT Infrastructure and Dev Ops Andy Tate ArcGIS esri Esri Quick Capture GIS technology Health GIS Healthcare GIS Healthcare Scene Featured Kenya neglected tropical diseases NTD Sightsavers Trach Source Type: blogs
Case of the Week 698
This week ' s case is from Dr. Richard Bradbury and his colleague. The following " worms " were removed from the buttocks and left thigh of a 4 year old girl in The Gambia, West Africa. Identification?Posterior spiracles:Close up of the body:Identification? (Source: Creepy Dreadful Wonderful Parasites)
Source: Creepy Dreadful Wonderful Parasites - October 11, 2022 Category: Parasitology Source Type: blogs
What day is it again?
It ' s been an annual tradition that I " do " Christopher Columbus but that seems less necessary this year as people are starting to get it.President Biden has proclaimed this to be Indigenous People ' s Day as well as Columbus Day, although the federal holiday still officially honors Columbus. I understand that Italian-Americans want a day to observe their heritage, comparable to, say, Saint Patrick ' s Day. However, Columbus is probably the last person you would actually want to make the named honoree. In the first place, he wasn ' t even Italian. Italy did not exist during his lifetime, he spoke Ligurian, and he sa...
Source: Stayin' Alive - October 10, 2022 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
Answer to Case 698
Answer toParasite Case of the Week 698: Cutaneous/furuncular myiasis due to Cordylobia anthropophaga(a.k.a. the tumbu or mango fly). As nicely described by Florida Fan, the spiny body, sinuous posterior slits without distinguishable peritreme, and the geographic location all are consistent withC. anthropophaga. Idzi P. added that " the evenly distributed and pigmented cuticular spines are also supportive of this identification. " The presence of 3 slits indicates that this is a third stage larva, which allows for identification using commonly-available identification keys. Here is a closer view of the ...
Source: Creepy Dreadful Wonderful Parasites - October 9, 2022 Category: Parasitology Source Type: blogs
The Macro View – Health, Economics, and Politics and the Big Picture. What I Am Watching Here And Abroad.
October 06, 2022 Edition-----In the UK the current Tory Government appears to have totally lost the plot and failed to even move to fix things – a real disaster I fear for millions.In the US Hurricane Ian seems to have been of Biblical Scale that will take years to repair the damage.In Europe we see the recession arriving.In OZ we are coping with the Optus data breach, an imminent and difficult Budget and the new Integrity Commission being sorted out!-----Major Issues.-----https://www.afr.com/technology/manufacturers-turn-to-robots-as-job-ads-go-unanswered-20220920-p5bjilHow a $1m robot solved this company ’s labour sh...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - October 6, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
Chest pain one day after a negative stress test
Discussion Points:The patient ’s ECG transmitted to ED providers by EMS showed T waves that are easily confused with the peaked T waves of hyperkalemia. Sometimes hyperacute T waves have this slimmer, taller appearance, and it can be difficult to distinguish them in these cases. The new STE in anterior leads helps to understan d these as hyperacute. Also, other signs of hyperkalemia were absent, as there was no P wave flattening or QRS broadening, bradycardia, new AV blocks or NSIVCD, bizarre QRS morphology, or Brugada patterning. Additionally the clinical context was clearly ACS in this case, and if there were remaining...
Source: Dr. Smith's ECG Blog - October 3, 2022 Category: Cardiology Authors: Pendell Source Type: blogs
Bonus Features – October 2, 2022 – Tech vendors commit to standardizing SDoH data at White House event, 1 in 3 patients using telehealth to manage a chronic condition, and more
This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.
News
Last week’s White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health pledged to take action to reduce hunger and diseases related to poor diets in areas such as food access, healthy food choices, physician activity, an...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - October 2, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Brian Eastwood Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Telemedicine and Remote Monitoring ACEP AGS Health Andrew Hine athenahealth Avel eCare Babylon Boston Scientific BrightInsight Brightwork Health IT Butterfly Network Clearsense CliniShift CRISP Source Type: blogs
Case of the Week 696
The following objects were seen in a urine specimen from a young man originally from sub-Saharan Africa. What are we seeing here? The beautiful photos are by Felicity Norrie, MLS(ASCP). (Source: Creepy Dreadful Wonderful Parasites)
Source: Creepy Dreadful Wonderful Parasites - September 26, 2022 Category: Parasitology Source Type: blogs
Weekly Overseas Health IT Links –24th September, 2022.
This article makes the case and explains what will be required to make it happen.We hear a lot about “digital health” these days. As data about our health piles up — thanks to sources like electronic health records, personal fitness apps and gadgets, and home genome test kits — weshould understand a lot more than we used to about what ’s wrong with our health and what to do about it. But having a lot of data is not enough. We have to be aware of what we have, understand what it means, and act on that understanding. While the challenges are in some ways more acute in the United States because of its fragmented sys...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - September 24, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
