Now that you are a trained medical professional, you should be ready to provide health care in and out of the hospital or clinic. However, providing CPR and other emergency care when away from a medical setting can feel scary and may leave you wondering if you could get in trouble if the outcome is poor. After all, when you are clocked in, you most likely have plenty of backup from the entire medical team. If this subject has you [...]
For many, their first foray into the medical field is by way of a paramedic or an EMT position. The EMT occupies the entry-level emergency health care position, which requires far fewer hours of training than a paramedic must receive. However, this training can give individuals basic life-saving skills and can help them know if they would like to delve further into the world of health care. What Are the Benefits of Working as an EMT? Although you probably know [...]
While choosing nursing as your career may have been a simple decision, your choice of nursing specialization may not be so easy. After all, there are dozens of areas where you can work in any health care organization as well as numerous specialty organizations that offer home health and hospice care. You could even put your nursing education to work behind the desk at an insurance company or in case management. With so many choices, you may be worried [...]
Today, the majority of nurses, particularly newly licensed nurses, end up working 12-hour shifts rather than the traditional 8-hour shift. This often makes staffing easier in hospitals, and hospital managers argue in favor of the great continuity of care for patients. However, even though some love the flexibility of the 12-hour shift, it is not all glamor and downtime. For many nurses, this dreaded shift can pose many real problems and distinct health dangers. Pros and Cons of a 3/7, [...]
The human heart has a unique electrical system that signals different parts of the heart muscle to move. When there is a disruption in the electrical pathways, your patient may develop chest pain, decreased perfusion and life-threatening pumping interruptions. One of the most concerning and oft-confused issues is heart block. Heart block refers to any delay in or interruption of the electrical impulses from the top to the bottom of the heart. There are three main types of heart block [...]
High-quality early trauma care can mean the difference between life and death. It can also help to determine the extent of complications from injuries and the length of time that the individual will need to spend in the hospital. The Steps of Great Trauma Care In general, great trauma care will begin with a quick primary survey to look at the basics of breathing and circulation and to get baseline readings through non-invasive tools, such as electrocardiograms. Next, trauma [...]
As a health care worker, one of the most stressful situations you can ever face is a code blue. Whether your own patient is coding or you are called to a code somewhere else in your facility, the fact that a patient’s life is in your hands is a weighty realization. No matter how many hours of experience or years of education you have, hearing a code blue called or reaching for the phone to call one yourself is sure [...]
Anyone who has spent a few months working in the health care field knows how mentally and physically stressful this job can be. Long hours on your feet, heavy loads to lift and the burden of caring for very sick and possibly dying patients can quickly wear on you. This is why great self-care is vital to your sanity and overall health. However, while you have most likely heard much about the desperate need for quality self-care for medical workers, [...]
As a neonatal intensive care nurse, you are in charge of an extremely fragile population of the smallest patients in the hospital. Working in this unit requires a certain amount of determination and perseverance as these patients are critically sick, especially if they were born preterm. In addition to your physical and mental determination to provide compassionate care to these patients, you also need a high knowledge level of complete neonatal care to make the smartest decisions for your patients [...]
Today, many of the largest organizations and businesses have incident response teams that are designed to respond to unusual and dangerous situations quickly. Some businesses may have incident response teams to deal with unexpected computer system failures or major electrical outages. Large hospitals should also have carefully planned teams that can deal with mass injuries and casualties. Of course, in a health care organization, this team would be institution-wide and would include many different leaders in all departments. However, [...]
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