Book of Nurses: Erin.
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Hello everyone. My name is Erin and this is my story.
I remember when I was in primary school I was asked what I wanted to be when I grew up. I said I wanted to be a teacher. Nursing was never on my radar as a job that I wanted to do, but when I think back on my life til now everything I’ve done has lead to me becoming a nurse.
When I first left high school I was accepted into and studied Medical Imaging Science. The human body had always fascinated me and I’m a curious perso...
Source: impactEDnurse - September 15, 2013 Category: Nurses Authors: impactEDnurse Tags: ectopics Source Type: blogs
The medical home requires building a better team
How do we get the many disparate members of our healthcare team together to provide better care in a patient-centered medical home?
Doctors (attendings and residents), nurse practitioners, nurses, medical assistants, phlebotomists, registrars, medical secretaries, social workers, community care organizers, pharmacists … the list goes on and on.
As it is right now, everyone is so busy trying to do their own job, to keep up with all of their paperwork, to click all their administrative boxes, to keep their supervisors happy, to keep the patients happy, to keep our customer satisfaction scores up, that no one really has...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - August 25, 2013 Category: Family Physicians Tags: Policy Primary care Source Type: blogs
Send home the dancing horses
Yesterday was my annual check-up at the Breast Clinic.
(I also have an annual checkup with oncology, where I usually encounter Dr. Handsome, and my nipples usually misbehave. This was not that. I’m not really sure why I am seen by both teams – in London I was discharged from oncology back to the surgery team, a blessed relief to both sides I’m sure. But hey. an extra check can’t hurt.)
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Yesterday I was trying to be low-key: I’d had the your-mammogram-looks-fine letter, I feel well. As is my wont on hospital days, I chose extra-lovely underwear. I wore my new snowdrop ring (from Entangled Wave) and dressed ni...
Source: Bah! to cancer - July 31, 2013 Category: Cancer Authors: Stephanie Tags: Cancer Treatment News Recovery From Breast Cancer Tamoxifen Source Type: blogs
Veebot, the Robotic Phlebotomist That Makes Drawing Blood Faster (VIDEO)
There are two things that this editor fears about blood draws: the fact that he has deep veins, and the prospect of being stabbed in the arm by a merciless phlebotomist. Some of those fears could soon be mitigated, thanks to a new robot called Veebot that partially automates blood draws and IV insertions.
Veebot combines the latest in robotics and imaging technology to ultimately speed up the process of drawing blood or inserting IVs. The patient slides his or her arm into an inflatable cuff, which acts as a tourniquet. An infrared light illuminates the inner elbow for a camera that searches for a suitable vein using softw...
Source: Medgadget - July 29, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: Scott Jung Tags: Anesthesiology Emergency Medicine Pediatrics Source Type: blogs
A surgeon walks into a neurocritical care unit. . . .
Actually, he rolled in. On a stretcher. After a TIA. Transported by EMS from the airport. And it was, sadly, no joke.There are surgeons nobody hears about, even if they've been working in the same place for twenty years. There are surgeons you only ever hear good things about. Then there are surgeons like Dr. Guts, about whom the most complimentary thing I've ever heard is, "Well, he's not quite Satan."This is a man I once saw push a chart rack (remember those? Welded wire, meant to hold eight or so charts at once? Big, heavy three-inch plastic chart binders, full of paper, each weighing more than a couple of pounds?) over...
Source: Head Nurse - July 17, 2013 Category: Nurses Authors: Jo Source Type: blogs
When Asked Whether You Have Experience...
Many new medical assistant school graduates seeking their first job wonder, how do you get experience when no one wants to hire you?
If you graduated successfully from a medical assistant training program, then you are a trained worker with job specific skills, you are well prepared and able to learn; a valuable asset to any potential employer. As part of the curriculum you already are trained in clinical and administrative medical office routines, medical terminology, common laboratory tasks, the proper techniques and safety measures involved, as well as venipuncture.
If you did an externship as par...
Source: Medical Assistant Net Blog - May 10, 2013 Category: Nurses Authors: Danni R. Source Type: blogs
A Tale Of Two Cities
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity
The woman lying on the gurney was motionless. Her chest moved up and down with a timid but halting regularity. The calmness of her face was in sharp contrast to the panicked despair of the man sitting next to her. He clutched at her brow as he mumbled into the phone incoherently to his a son who was waiting in line at the airport.
The ER physician entered the room and waved away the phlebotomist who had been maniacally tenderizing the p...
Source: In My Humble Opinion - January 23, 2013 Category: Family Physicians Authors: Jordan Grumet Source Type: blogs
Guest Article: How medical students can get into Health IT
Many med students often write to me asking about how they might get into the healthcare IT space while continuing their studies or after they graduate. Kat Sanders, who regularly blogs on the topic of online phlebotomy classes at her blog Health Zone Blog speaks routinely to med students so I asked here to share her thoughts. She ’s got some great ideas for students and is willing to take more questions via e-mail or comments in this posting. (Source: The Healthcare IT Guy)
Source: The Healthcare IT Guy - May 6, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: blogs
