Medical Field
Collaboration and communication are two keys to effectively assisting patients as they transition from one level of care to another. This is true when the patient is transitioning from a different department within the same medical facility, or when the patient is transitioning from one health care or medical facility to another. It is during the transition period that a lot of errors and emissions take place, and therefore a focus on this event should be developed and addressed by those medical personnel closest to the situation.

One recent article states that "the need for collaboratively determined care is essential for avoiding errors and promoting quality" (Tschannen, Kalisch, 2009, p. 796). The same study found that strong collaborative efforts and the relationship strength between nurses and doctors will often lead to shorter hospital stays for the patient. Shorter hospital stays and more effective treatments are a big inducement for collaboration.

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References

Bau, I.; (2011) Connected for health: The potential for health information and communications technologies to reduce health care disparities, National Civic Review, Vol. 100, Issue 3, pp. 15 -- 18

EPIC (2011) Choose what fits, or have it all, accessed on March 10, 2012 at:  http://www.epic.com/software-index.php 

Tschannen, D. & Kalisch, B.J.; (2009) The impact of nurse/physician collaboration on patient length of stay, Journal of Nursing Management, Vol. 17, Issue 7, pp. 796 -- 803

Computer technology has opened up a whole new world for surgeons and patients. Computer-assisted surgeries can be categorized in a myriad of ways and include medical image processing and visualization, such as CT, MRI, ultrasound or angiography; surgical simulation which uses medical image information for optimizing the surgical procedure; and surgical navigation that provides image registration between pre- and intraoperative images, and organ deformation analysis.
Surgical navigation also offers the surgical team with images of a patient in surgery and includes endoscope, ultrasonography, interventional CT/MRI, and surgical stereoscopic displays.

Computers can assist in the overall treatment of a patient by limiting the amount of surgical time required in the operating room, monitoring the anesthesia, allow for less invasive surgery, and decrease the amount of time spent of hospitalization and decreases the overall costs of care.

In education, computers are used as support technology in the area of decision-making in surgeries and provides support…...

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Works Cited

CAMIS - Computer-assisted Minimally Invasive Surgery. www.oai.org/CAMIS.html. January22,2002.

Internet Resources of Computer Aided Surgery. "What is CAS? www.homepage2.nifty.com/cas.html. December12,2000.

Stevens, Jane Ellen. MSNBC Health, "Nintendo surgery, www.MSNBC.com/health.html2002.

The responsibility for adequate medical direction under the Ohio evised Code and the Toledo Municipal Code was given to the Director of Health as long as they were a licensed physician, licensed dentist or licensed veterinarian, otherwise it would be overseen by the Medical Officer. The responsibility for enforcement of all federal, state and local public health laws including, but not limited to Part Seventeen, Health Code, were directed to the Director of Health and Environment and/or the Medical Officer (Department of Health and Environment, 2008).
The Director of Health and Environment was given the authority to exercise all powers granted to commissioners of health of city health districts by the Ohio evised Code and the Toledo Municipal Code. Yet, when the Director of Health and Environment is not a licensed physician, licensed dentist or licensed veterinarian, then those powers which require medical direction shall be granted to the Medical…...

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References

Department of Health and Environment. (2008). Retrieved November 25, 2009, from American

Legal Publishing Corporation Web site:

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HIPAA Administrative Simplification Statute and Rules. (n.d.). Retrieved November 25, 2009,

Math in the Medical Field
The use of math in medicine: Calculating patients' weights

Almost everyone has walked into a drug store and bought an over-the-counter medication and taken a dosage based upon the recommended dose on the label. hile these generic guidelines may be acceptable for some types of medication, this is not true for all drugs. The dosage of many medications is dependent upon the weight of the patient. Doctors must use math to calculate appropriate dosages based upon the patient's needs. "Most medications have guidelines for dosage amounts in milligrams (mg) per kilogram (kg). Doctors need to figure out how many milligrams of medication each patient will need, depending on their [patient's] weight" (Glydon 2012). Because weight is often kept track of as pounds in the U.S., doctors must also be able to convert kilograms into pounds. And nurses must likewise understand such calculations to fulfill doctor's orders:…...

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Works Cited

Glydon, Natasha. "Medicine and Math." Math Central. [11 Jun 2012]

 http://mathcentral.uregina.ca/beyond/articles/Medicine/med1.html 

Smith, Stephanie Tallman. "Why Body Mass Index Is More Important Than Your Weight."

Lifescript. 2007. [11 Jun 2012]

Ethical Issue in the Medical Field
Nurse practitioners at just about all levels and fields of practice encounter a variety of ethical problems throughout the span of their daily operations. In the preceding 30 years there has surfaced a remarkable global grant on nursing ethics providing complete philosophic evaluations involving the types of problems nurse practitioners encounter and also the procedures that may be best utilized for coping with them. The amount to which nurse practitioners initiate ethical concerns within the place of work, how successfully they've been in a position to cope with them, and also the degree to which their professional training has equipped them to cope successfully with ethical as well as human rights problems experienced throughout the span of their efforts has not, still, been methodically investigated or listed. Within this paper, we emphasize the ethical arguments both for and against abortion which nurse practitioners need to…...

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References

British Medical Association (2005). Abortion time limits: a briefing paper from the British Medical Association. London: BMA. Available at www.bma.org.uk/ap.nsf/Content/AbortionTimeLimits.

British Medical Association (2007). The Mental capacity Act 2005 -- guidance for health professionals. London: BMA, Available at www.bma.org.uk/ethics

British Medical Association (2007a). Medical treatment for adults with incapacity: guidance on ethical and medico-legal issues in Scotland. London: BMA. Available at www.bma.org.uk/ethics

British Medical Association. (2007b). The law and ethics of abortion. London: BMA,.

ANA Social Policy Statement
The author of this report has been asked to offer a brief report about the most recent iteration of the American Nursing Association (ANA) Social Policy Statement. The statement has been issued several times and has always had many important facets and details. Given the urgent care background of the author of this report, the author will focus on the part of the ANA's new statement that focuses on duties that must be performed under extreme conditions. These conditions include family needs, personal health, epidemics/pandemics and so forth and the juggling of all of the above. While many point to the duty of nurses to care for their patients, there are proverbial lines in the sand that require a balanced and delicate approach.

Background & Discusson

The general expectation of nurses and doctors is that they are required to perform without fail when an emergency situation comes up. Indeed,…...

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References

CDC. (2016). Areas with Zika -- Zika virus -- CDC. CDC.gov. Retrieved 13 February 2016, from  http://www.cdc.gov/zika/geo/ 

Cohen, E. (2016). Quarantined nurse slams state Ebola policy - CNN.com. CNN. Retrieved 13 February 2016, from  http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/26/health/new-jersey-quarantined-nurse/ 

Fowler, M., & Diane, M. (2015). Guide to nursing's social policy statement.

Complexity
There are some jobs were what comes across and what happens every day is rather simple and basic. By extension, how one reacts to those things as they happen is going to be fairly straightforward. However, paradigms and jobs where complexity is the coin of the realm are entirely different. There is the absolutely right and justification to consider whether there are (or should be) absolute rules and guidelines when it comes to such situations or if leaders should be adjusting their rules and guidelines as they go along based on what comes up. This report shall explore the latter subject and what answers that might exist when it comes to the same. While having firm best practices and guidelines is a good thing in most cases, doing so when there are complex situations and potential outcomes is not the easiest thing to do.

Analysis

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References

Gray. (2016). Leadership Actions to Reach Goals. Presentation.

Walters, W. (2016). Supervisory, Emergency Management Specialist.

Tiffan, B.; (2014) The art of team leadership, American Journal of Health -- System Pharmacy, Vol. 7, Issue 10
Credibility -- Author Analysis

Bill Tiffan is a Principal with T2 Management Consultants which he and his wife co-founded in 2000. According to the company website, Tiffan "provides management consulting, team development, executive coaching and facilitation services to organizations that want to improve the effectiveness of individual leaders and executive teams" (T2, 2009). Tiffan previously spent 12 years with and international transition consulting firm where he was Regional Vice President of Sales. Bill also writes a bi-monthly column for the ACPE's professional journal; the focus of his column is executive career development. Tiffan also serves on the Board of Global Partners for Development. Tiffan recently wrote an article for the Medical industry espousing his beliefs concerning medical professionals as they pertain to team leadership, an area in which he has displayed a great…...

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Works Cited

T2 (2009) Principals, accessed at on October 12, 2014http://www.t2-consultants.com/sitepages/principals.htm,

Tiffan, B.; (2014) The art of team leadership, American Journal of Health -- System Pharmacy, Vol. 7, Issue 10, pp. 799 -- 801

Collaboration
It would probably make sense to a lot of people that nurses and physicians should work together to provide the highest level of medical care to their patients. However, it would seem that there are a lot of instances where this collaboration simply does not happen. The end result from this lack of communication and collaboration is that patients end up suffering injuries or even death. Given that, it would be useful and proper to figure out why this lack of communication or presence of miscommunication is happening. This brief report will cover that and more. While nurses and physicians are surely making a good faith effort to avoid mistakes that kill or harm patients, it is obvious that at least some of these clinicians are not doing enough of the right thing or perhaps they are not doing the right thing to begin with.

Literature eview

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References

Fewster-Thuente, L. (2015). Working Together Toward a Common Goal: A Grounded Theory of Nurse-Physician Collaboration. - Pubmed - NCBI. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved 4

December 2016, from  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26665873 

Johnson, S., & Kring, D. (2012). Nurses' perceptions of nurse-physician relation- ships:

Medical-surgical vs. intensive care. MEDSURG Nursing, 21(6), 343- 347.

Medical Use of Marijuana
Increasing use of medical marijuana

Having looked at the various areas that medical marijuana has been brought into use and the various forms in which marijuana is administered, it is also important to take note of the various challenges that come with it. There have been various researches that have been conducted that covers the medical as well as the ethical side of the medicinal marijuana, and there have been a dilemma in the balance of the two sides on whether to institutionalize the drug or to stop it, and even on whether the medicinal use can be made to work without the proneness to abuse as is the case at the moment.

Medicinal marijuana has neither medical nor ethical standing within the contemporary society where drug abuse is one of the biggest worries of governments across the world and the alternative medicines that medical research can appropriately come…...

Medical Companies
How do these companies provide care?

Aetna provides care by being a health insurance company that offers a range of services in the field of medical, pharmaceutical, dental, behavioral group, long-term care, and plans for those who are disabled. Humana is also a health insurance company that offers its services in numerous states. United Health Group operates two businesses, known as United Healthcare and Optum, and similar to the two aforementioned companies, it offers health insurance to individuals, which includes seniors.

What types of plans do they have?

Aetna offers various types of plans under its various insurance, which as mentioned before, include medical, dental, vision, medicare, disability, pharmacy, life, student, behavioral health, health expense funds, and wellness products and discounts. Under medical insurance, a person can get a quote via state, which may include individual HMO health benefits plan or QPOS individual advantage health benefits and health insurance plan. Under dental,…...

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References

Aetna - Health Insurance, Dental, Pharmacy, Group Life and Disability Insurance. (n.d.). Aetna - Health Insurance, Dental, Pharmacy, Group Life and Disability Insurance. Retrieved December 19, 2011, from  http://www.aetna.com 

HUMANA - Guidance when you need it most. (n.d.). HUMANA - Guidance when you need it most. Retrieved December 19, 2011, from  http://www.humana.com/ 

UnitedHealth Group - Featured News - Products & Services. (n.d.). UnitedHealth Group - Featured News - Products & Services. Retrieved December 19, 2011, from  http://www.unitedhealthgroup.com

Medical Case Study
Florence (F) is a 43-year-old woman who is two days post-operative, following an appendectomy. She has a history of arthritis, and currently takes 10mg of prednisone daily. She is allergic to penicillin. She weighs 46 kg (101.5 lbs.) and is 168cm tall (5'6"). This puts her slightly underweight for her age and height, at least 18-25 pounds (Height and Weight Chart, 2010). While doing a route in dressing change, nurse notice a yellow discharge emanating from the wound.

Identify and discuss the importance of obtaining information during a nursing admission in relation to post- operative assessment. In modern healthcare, a nurse must first and foremost try to understand and utilize a systematic and synergistic model of data collection and assessment. Human beings are complex creatures, and the more data one has, the easier it will be to ensure that a proper diagnosis is made. A systematic assessment provides a…...

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Height and Weight Chart. (2010). HealthCheck Systems. Retrieved from:

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Prednisone and Other Corticosteroids: Balance the Risks and Benefits. (2011). The Mayo

Clinic. Retrieved from:  http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/steroids/HQ01431

These examples highlight that technology is always a tool, a way of enhancing human judgment -- we must not mistake it as a replacement for good nursing practice.
After all, the use of a computer is no substitute for a medical education. Anyone who works in a hospital can see this -- the increased accessibility of information through the Internet also means that patients often come in, convinced that they are suffering from a serious illness, allergy, or condition, based more upon a diagnosis Googled on WebMD, rather than upon the fact that they saw a doctor! If a computer alone was required to diagnose, everyone would have a degree!

Don't get me wrong -- I use technology every day in my life, and thank my lucky stars, and my patient's lucky stars, that it is so ubiquitous. When health care providers wish to communicate, the use of cell phones is…...

Medical/Nursing Education
Nurses are required to make many immediate decisions in their assigned duties. Unfortunately, in recent years, patient care has often been compromised as a nursing shortage crisis has escalated to epic proportions. Increased patient loads have resulted in often hasty nursing decisions as responsibilities and hours worked have increased. Although precious time must be spread thin to accommodate higher numbers of patients, nurses must exercise their morals through consistency in ethical behaviors. According to Peggy Chinn (1), "Many ethical issues, such as end-of-life decision making, have increased in complexity. Other issues, such as advocacy and choice, have changed in certain respects but are more clearly centrally situated within nursing's ethical domain."

As a result, nurses are held accountable for a variety of decisions in nursing practice and in many instances, a patient's life depends on such decisions to survive. Gastmans (496) states that "Generally, the goal of nursing activity is…...

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References

Chinn, P. (2001). Nursing and ethics: the maturing of a discipline. Advances in Nursing Science

Erlen, J. (2001). Moral distress: a persuasive problem. Orthopaedic Nursing 20(2): 76-80.

Erlen, J. (2001). The nursing shortage, patient care, and ethics. Orthopaedic Nursing 20(6):

Gastmans, C. (2002). A fundamental ethical approach to nursing: some proposals for ethics education. Nursing Ethics 9(5): 494-507.

According to the work of Fulford (1994) in an Oxford Practice Skills Project eport "Three elements of practice (ethics, law and communication skills) are approached in an integrated teaching programme which aims to address everyday clinical practice. The role of a central value of patient-centered health care in guiding the teaching is described. Although the final aim of the teaching is to improve the actual practice, we have found three 'sub-aims' helpful in the development of the programme. These sub-aims are: increasing students' awareness of ethical issues; enhancing their analytical thinking skills, and teaching specific knowledge. (Hope, 1994)

In the work of Miles, et al. (1989) entitled "Medical Ethics Education: Coming of Age it is stated that "medical ethics education is instruction that endeavors to teach the examination of the role of values in the doctor's relationship with patients, colleagues and society. It is one form of a broad curricular effort…...

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Fryer-Edwards, PhD (2005) Tough Talk: Helping Doctors Approach Difficult Conversations - Resources for Teaching- Domains for Small Group Teaching Prelude 3 Department of Medical History and Ethics University of Washington School of Medicine.

Siegler, Mark MD (2001) Lessons from 30 Years of Teaching Clinical Ethics AMA Journal 2001 October.

St. Onge, Joye (1997) Medical Education Must Make Room for Student-Specific Ethical Dilemmas" Canadian Medical Association Journal 15 Apr 1987, 156(8).

Hicks, L. et al. (2001) Understanding the Clinical Dilemmas that Shape Medical Students' Ethical Development: Questionnaire Survey and Focus Group study. BMJ Journal 2001;322-709-71- 24 march 2001.

I. Introduction
A. Explanation of AI technology
B. Importance of AI in the medical field
C. Focus on AI in radiology
II. Historical background of AI in radiology
A. Evolution of AI technology in healthcare
B. Early applications of AI in radiology
C. Advancements in AI technology for radiology
III. Current uses of AI in radiology
A. Automated image interpretation
B. Early detection of diseases
C. Treatment planning and monitoring
IV. Benefits of AI in radiology
A. Increased accuracy in diagnosis
B. Efficiency in workflow
C. Cost-effectiveness
V. Challenges and limitations of AI in radiology
A. Data privacy and security concerns
B. Lack of....

I. Introduction
A. Hook: Begin with a compelling statistic or anecdote about the impact of AI in radiology.
B. Background: Provide a brief overview of AI and its current applications in medicine.
C. Thesis statement: State the main argument of the essay, emphasizing the transformative potential of AI in radiology.

II. Section 1: The Benefits of AI in Radiology
A. Enhanced Diagnostic Accuracy: Explain how AI algorithms can assist radiologists in detecting and classifying medical conditions with greater precision.
B. Improved Workflow Efficiency: Discuss how AI can automate repetitive tasks, freeing up radiologists' time for more complex cases.
C. Personalized Treatment....

Animal Testing: Ethical Dilemma and a Call for Ban

Introduction

Animal testing has been a subject of ethical debate for decades. While it has contributed to medical advancements, its moral implications and scientific shortcomings demand a critical reevaluation. This research paper argues that animal testing should be banned due to ethical concerns, limited scientific validity, the availability of alternative methods, and the existence of viable substitutes.

Ethical Considerations

Animals, like humans, are sentient beings capable of experiencing pain, distress, and suffering. Subjecting them to experimental procedures raises serious ethical concerns about their well-being and dignity. Animals in laboratories are often confined to small cages,....

Antibacterial assessment of silver nanoparticles biosynthesized from Euphorbia shows promising results as a potential alternative for combating bacterial infections. Euphorbia is a plant known for its medicinal properties and has been found to have antibacterial effects. By utilizing silver nanoparticles synthesized from Euphorbia, researchers have been able to enhance the antibacterial properties of the plant.
In a study by Singh et al. (2018), silver nanoparticles biosynthesized from Euphorbia were tested against various bacterial strains, including Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus. The results showed that the nanoparticles exhibited strong antibacterial activity, inhibiting the growth of the bacteria effectively. This suggests that silver....