Patients 'are safer with better-educated nurses'
Conclusion
This was a large well-conducted study supporting what many people intuitively suspect: that lower nurse staffing levels result in poorer patient care and may be linked to higher mortality rates.
The findings on nurse education being associated with improved mortality rates are particularly interesting. In the UK, a university education is considered essential to provide nurses with the specialist skills and decision making needed in modern nursing.
It’s important to note that many factors can affect patient outcomes, such as the presence of senior medical staff at weekends and the quality of hospital manageme...
Source: NHS News Feed - February 26, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Medical practice Source Type: news
Appendectomy
Title: AppendectomyCategory: Procedures and TestsCreated: 12/21/1998 5:38:00 PMLast Editorial Review: 1/27/2014 12:00:00 AM (Source: MedicineNet Crohn's Disease General)
Source: MedicineNet Crohn's Disease General - January 27, 2014 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news
Calif. man’s $55,000 appendectomy bill goes viral
After receiving a $55,000 hospital bill following an appendectomy, 20-year-old Nic Gonzalez took his gripe over the high-priced health care online to Reddit where it went viral. KOVR’s Derek Shore reports. (Source: Health News: CBSNews.com)
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - January 2, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Reddit user posts $55,000 bill for appendectomy
Cost of appendectomy averages $33,000 in the U.S., but can range from $1,500 to $180,000 according to 2012 study (Source: Health News: CBSNews.com)
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - January 2, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Perforation of Meckel's Diverticulum by a Fish BonePerforation of Meckel's Diverticulum by a Fish Bone
This patient entered the operating room for an appendectomy, but the surgeons found something much more unusual. Journal of Medical Case Reports (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - December 10, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: General Surgery Journal Article Source Type: news
No Weekend Effect With AppendectomyNo Weekend Effect With Appendectomy
Outcomes are no different when procedures are performed on weekdays or after hours, but costs are reportedly higher on weekends. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - October 24, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: General Surgery News Source Type: news
Questions after Total Abdominal Hysterectomy – Echoe ’ s Story
I had a T.A.H. (total abdominal hysterectomy – ovaries, fallopian tubes, uterus, and cervix- as well as removal of 4cm cyst) via robotic laparoscopic procedure on the 17th of October – 4 small incisions in belly, discharged from hospital on the 18th. The spot that has been noticeably painful is the incision in my belly button. Due to lack of help at home, there have been several occasions where I bent down (didn’t use legs – didn’t think of it) to pick up something small from the floor, look under the bed, or load the dishwasher
I’ve mostly stayed down since arriving home. Since coming home, the pai...
Source: The Hysterectomy Association - October 22, 2013 Category: OBGYN Authors: Linda Parkinson-Hardman Tags: Health cysts hysterectomy stories total abdominal hysterectomy Source Type: news
Questions after Total Abdominal Hysterectomy – Echoe ’ s Story
I had a T.A.H. (total abdominal hysterectomy – ovaries, fallopian tubes, uterus, and cervix- as well as removal of 4cm cyst) via robotic laparoscopic procedure on the 17th of October – 4 small incisions in belly, discharged from hospital on the 18th. The spot that has been noticeably painful is the incision in my belly button. Due to lack of help at home, there have been several occasions where I bent down (didn’t use legs – didn’t think of it) to pick up something small from the floor, look under the bed, or load the dishwasher
I’ve mostly stayed down since arriving home. Since coming home, the pai...
Source: The Hysterectomy Association - October 22, 2013 Category: OBGYN Authors: Linda Parkinson-Hardman Tags: Health cysts hysterectomy stories total abdominal hysterectomy Source Type: news
Questions after Total Abdominal Hysterectomy – Echoe ’ s Story
I had a T.A.H. (total abdominal hysterectomy – ovaries, fallopian tubes, uterus, and cervix- as well as removal of 4cm cyst) via robotic laparoscopic procedure on the 17th of October – 4 small incisions in belly, discharged from hospital on the 18th. The spot that has been noticeably painful is the incision in my belly button. Due to lack of help at home, there have been several occasions where I bent down (didn’t use legs – didn’t think of it) to pick up something small from the floor, look under the bed, or load the dishwasher
I’ve mostly stayed down since arriving home. Since coming home, the pai...
Source: The Hysterectomy Association - October 22, 2013 Category: OBGYN Authors: Linda Parkinson-Hardman Tags: Health cysts hysterectomy stories total abdominal hysterectomy Source Type: news
Emotional Roller Coaster – Susan’s Hysterectomy Story
Hi to you all, I don’t know where to start really, I’m not sure if I have enough space here to tell you the whole story but I will try. Okay I’m 44 years young, married to my wonderful hubby for 17 years but we’ve been together for 27 years! I can hear your brains calculating how old we were when we got together…well I’ll tell you, we were both 17 years old. Yes babies ourselves really. I went on the pill once we started to have a sexual relationship, I really didn’t want to be a young mum, so many girls where I grew up were all falling pregnant and then being left on their own wit...
Source: The Hysterectomy Association - October 21, 2013 Category: OBGYN Authors: Linda Parkinson-Hardman Tags: Your Stories adhesions pain pelvic inflammatory disease Source Type: news
Emotional Roller Coaster – Susan ’ s Hysterectomy Story
Hi to you all, I don’t know where to start really, I’m not sure if I have enough space here to tell you the whole story but I will try. Okay I’m 44 years young, married to my wonderful hubby for 17 years but we’ve been together for 27 years! I can hear your brains calculating how old we were when we got together…well I’ll tell you, we were both 17 years old. Yes babies ourselves really. I went on the pill once we started to have a sexual relationship, I really didn’t want to be a young mum, so many girls where I grew up were all falling pregnant and then being left on their own wit...
Source: The Hysterectomy Association - October 21, 2013 Category: OBGYN Authors: Linda Parkinson-Hardman Tags: Health adhesions pain pelvic inflammatory disease Source Type: news
Emotional Roller Coaster – Susan ’ s Hysterectomy Story
Hi to you all, I don’t know where to start really, I’m not sure if I have enough space here to tell you the whole story but I will try. Okay I’m 44 years young, married to my wonderful hubby for 17 years but we’ve been together for 27 years! I can hear your brains calculating how old we were when we got together…well I’ll tell you, we were both 17 years old. Yes babies ourselves really. I went on the pill once we started to have a sexual relationship, I really didn’t want to be a young mum, so many girls where I grew up were all falling pregnant and then being left on their own wit...
Source: The Hysterectomy Association - October 21, 2013 Category: OBGYN Authors: Linda Parkinson-Hardman Tags: Health adhesions pain pelvic inflammatory disease Source Type: news
Emotional Roller Coaster – Susan ’ s Hysterectomy Story
Hi to you all, I don’t know where to start really, I’m not sure if I have enough space here to tell you the whole story but I will try. Okay I’m 44 years young, married to my wonderful hubby for 17 years but we’ve been together for 27 years! I can hear your brains calculating how old we were when we got together…well I’ll tell you, we were both 17 years old. Yes babies ourselves really. I went on the pill once we started to have a sexual relationship, I really didn’t want to be a young mum, so many girls where I grew up were all falling pregnant and then being left on their own wit...
Source: The Hysterectomy Association - October 21, 2013 Category: OBGYN Authors: Linda Parkinson-Hardman Tags: Health adhesions pain pelvic inflammatory disease Source Type: news
Fifteen Years After The Hysterectomy: So Far, So Good
My husband got into Serious Trouble when he compared my hysterectomy to an appendectomy. "They're taking out a part of you that you've never seen, and since it is a part that isn't working right, isn't that an easy option?"
The answer is no.read more (Source: Psychology Today Sex Center)
Source: Psychology Today Sex Center - October 15, 2013 Category: Sexual Medicine Authors: Gina Barreca, Ph.D. Tags: Gender Health Sex anxiety about hysterectomy hysterecomy and identity hysterectomy and husband hysterectomy and loss major surgery and loss operations and women relationship and hysterectomy ' s operations Source Type: news
Fifteen Years After The Hysterecomy: So Far, So Good
My husband got into Serious Trouble when he compared my hysterectomy to an appendectomy. "They're taking out a part of you that you've never seen, and since it is a part that isn't working right, isn't that an easy option?"
The answer is no.read more (Source: Psychology Today Sex Center)
Source: Psychology Today Sex Center - October 15, 2013 Category: Sexual Medicine Authors: Gina Barreca, Ph.D. Tags: Gender Health Sex anxiety about hysterectomy hysterecomy and identity hysterectomy and husband hysterectomy and loss major surgery and loss operations and women relationship and hysterectomy ' s operations Source Type: news
