The Importance Of A Modified Barium Swallow Study At Arkansas Children 's Hospital This Semester

The main goal of this lab was to figure out what a murder victim's last meal was, so we could question the people that the victim last came in contact with. Our materials included a brown paper bag, a stirring rod, pipettes, test tubes,biuret solution, bro blue solution, vegetable oil, 5% gelatin solution, 5%glucose solution, 5% starch solution, and the contents of the victim's stomach. We started with a positive control test of each solution. For the positive lipid test we spread a small drop of the vegetable oil onto a paper bag and held it up to the light, the vegetable oil soaked in and became transparent. For the positive proteins test we added a full pipette of 5% gelatin solution into a test tube along with 5 drops biuret solution

These past couple of weeks working on the Mother Baby Care Unit have provided me with many opportunities to reflect on the care that I have be able to provide to each of my patients. In particular, one encounter that I found myself deeply reflecting on involved a situation in which I was assisting a patient who was struggling to breastfeed her daughter. For confidentiality purposes, this patient will be referred to as Rosie and her daughter will be referred to as Emily.

What were your controls for this experiment? What did they demonstrate? Why was saliva included in this experiment?

Doctors Craig Haney, Curtis Banks and headed by Doctor Phillip Zimbardo. This article provides in detail the initial purpose for this study, its participants, the nature of the study, the events that transpired during the experiment and of its results. With this article we are provided with a clear picture of the events that had transpired during the experiment and provides some insight into why the events may have occurred.

The staff on duty was inexperienced doctors and no one was working in the lab. However, Dalton was getting worse and his condition wasn’t getting better nor did the doctors seem to care. Dalton’s mother is a lab technician who ran through the halls and rushed into the lab to perform the test herself.

The men believed they were receiving medical care from the government, not participation in an experimental research study. The doctors and nurse Evers failed to explain important information such as the purpose, the risks and benefits, alternative procedures, and a statement that offered the individuals opportunity to ask questions of concern and their ability to withdraw at any time during the experiment. Comprehension and understanding of the words of the procedures were changed (spinal taps --- back shots) to make the therapies they were receiving seem less harmful, but instead more

The nursing role in this setting was screening of preschools and early head start children for developmental delays and abnormities. The different here is everything is brought to the children. The children/patients are pulled in groups of three, and some of them were pulled out one at time. The nursing students and Dr. Lee looked for signs like how do the children walk up steps compared to their age group. How do they hold a crayon? Can they throw a ball? Are they overweight for their age group? Do they have any signs of ear infection? We also assessed for lead toxicity in the blood. Many of these children did not like this. We found that distraction at this time results in the child not crying. The only requirements here was consent of the parent/ guardian and bring their child to daycare/school.

Before entering my master’s program at Tulane University School of Medicine (TUSOM), I had the chance to volunteer in the surgical department at Providence Willamette Falls Medical Center (PWFMC). While volunteering, the majority of my patient interactions involved helping patients in any way possible, which usually meant simply talking with and comforting them. After all, most patients do not choose to be in the hospital and are to some extent afraid. They become scared as they attempt to contemplate the personal and financial costs of their ailments for both themselves and their loved ones. This awareness was further highlighted studying, observing, and volunteering at TUSOM. Most notably, shadowing Dr. Douglas Slakey, a surgical specialist, and his team in the gastrointestinal (GI) clinic at Tulane Medical Center.

The baby had been taken two weeks earlier into DHR custody and placed with a young couple that knew the mother. My co-worker and I immediately took the baby, put him on the bed, and unwrap him. He was breathing, but was limp, grey, and I noticed bruising around his head and under his eyes. Lifting his eyelids to assess his pupils, we found a large bleed in his right eye. He never flinched or made a sound when his IV was started. After notifying the doctor and calling respiratory, we started asking questions. Are you the parents, how long have you had him, what was happening when he quit breathing? We learn the couple had had him for two weeks, the “spots” on his face and head “just appeared” the day before, and they had not noticed the bleed in his eye. The doctor came in to assess and states “he looks a little dehydrated, how well does he eat?” The other nurse and I was like, what? We followed him out of the room and ask him if did not notice the bruising and color of the baby. He states, “If y'all are that concerned, send him to CT.” The CT results were critical: bilateral subdural hematoma and we immediately flew him out to a higher level of

The idea that the doctor becomes responsible for the error of care of this infant is interesting to me. It would be apparent if an order had been written to d/c the monitors that it would lay on the shoulders of the doctor who wrote that error. However, in this case, it seems pure unethical nursing errors were made in regards to this infants safety.

Joanne and Steve wanted a C-section as they had difficultly delivery with their first child; however Joanne went into labour early. The baby was delivered 3 days before the C-section was scheduled. With her first child she was given an epidural that did not work, this is why she had requested the C-section for the birth of this child. Their first child died at 21 days old, he was an IVF baby and it had taken them 5-6 years to get him. After a couple of years they started trying for another baby, they had been saving up for more IVF but they managed to conceive naturally. They had more scans during this pregnancy to ensure the health of the baby was okay.

“I hate water...I don’t like water…” The particularly sweet, elderly lady I was trying to feed repeatedly insisted that she would not have it today. “You need to drink something to help you swallow your food, doesn’t the chicken taste delicious?” I replied, reminding her that we were almost through. After compromising to alternate water and milk, while carrying on a conversation, she finished her meal without even realizing it. Volunteering at the hospital, I learned how to work with patients who become resistant while you’re caring for them. It has allowed me to experience the different areas of a hospital, and further confirmed my interest in the healthcare field. Just last month, I was placed in the Neuro IMU and shadowed nurses as they

I can honestly say going through labor was the most painful thing I had ever experienced. Once Freddrick finally did arrived I knew that I would love him unconditionally for the rest of my life. He was just as precious as he could be and didn’t have a worry in this world. I didn’t know the type of mother I would be, but I was determined to be a different type of teenage mother. I wanted to show everyone I might be young with a son, but I made sure Freddrick was taken care of financially, Freddrick came first in my life at all times, Freddrick had disciplined in his life, and that he would know that mommy would always love him regardless of what happens through life.

I was working night shift in a level 3 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit facility and my 10 days orientation was over. It was my first day working without my preceptor. Since I was a new staff, the charge nurse allocated two stable babies for me. One was Baby Zahra, a 33 weeks preemie, on room air, with nasogastric tube, with peripheral intravenous line to keep the vein open and feeding with expressed breast milk every 3 hours. I started my shift with a bit of nervousness knowing that I am on my own and wondering if I can remember everything that my preceptor had taught me during our orientation. I started my assessment and observed Baby Zahra to be pale, her skin was slightly mottled. I checked her vital signs. The cardiac monitor showed that she

I will never forget the moment my labor began, the moment that marked that step in my journey into motherhood. I can remember everything about it so clearly. My mom, fiancé, and I woke up early Friday morning to make our way to Western Missouri Medical Center. I stood in front of the mirror looking at my belly knowing it would be my last time standing in that bathroom with my baby inside of me still. It was a bittersweet moment that I cherished as long as I possibly could. I was set to be induced that morning and very excited, yet a little bit nervous. I had no idea what to expect. I’d been waiting a very long 37 weeks to finally meet this precious human that had been growing inside me. I had ideas of what he might look like, and what the experience might be like, however nothing could have prepared me for what was in store over the next few days.