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    Neurological Surgeon The career I’m most passionate about doing is that of a Neurosurgeon. Neuro surgery or Neurological surgery is the medical service concerned with the diagnosis and treatments of conditions, illnesses, and injuries involving the nervous system and its support structures. I chose this career because I’m fascinated with the functions of the human brain, as well as the human body as a whole. Also, this career appeals to me because it gives you an opportunity to save lives, and

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    mentor, Blake Anderson. It was a dreary day, rain specks decorating the windows, the sound of wind whirling like a vast engine that could rend the soil. I recalled that Blake had always said that the first 24 hours after any surgery were critical, he said you go into surgery to be fixed, and during the post operation checks is when you find out if you were successful, or if there are any complications with the healing process. All patients were clear. Sometime

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    The second requirement of the PSH model focuses on patient optimization for surgery. Along with timely scheduling or informed care pathways is the third requirement of this model. ICP’s are Task-focused plans. ICP’s layout all details, important steps and fundamentals for a patient who is going through a surgical procedure. The fourth requirement is the idea of expert surgical and anesthetic care. The PSH model is a concept that should help physicians and anesthesiologists in the long run. The

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    required to undergo surgery are often times separated from their usual medical care. This can result in delays, lapses in care, unnecessary testing, complications, an increase in costs, etc. Therefore, it would be favorable for a new model like the PSH model to be developed because it involves an innovation for care before and throughout the surgery process (asahq). The perioperative surgical home is an advanced model that involves delivering health care throughout the patient surgery experience from

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    This section presents the evidence identified through a search and review of the literature related to the effectiveness of the use of massage therapy to reduce postoperative pain in post-surgical patients. Seven articles published between 2009 and 2014 were reviewed (Abbaspoor, Akbari, & Najar, 2014; Albert, Gillinov, Lylte, Feng, Cwynar, & Blackstone, 2009; Bauer, Cutshall, Wentworth, Engen, Messner, Wood, Brekke, Kelly, & Sundt, 2010; Braun, Stanguts, Casanelia, Spitzer, Paul, Vardazis, & Rosenfeldt

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    1.) Alcott, Louisa May. Hospital Sketches. Edited by Bessie Z. Jones. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1960. Hospital Sketches is a compilation of three short stories based on the letters Louisa May Alcott sent home to her family in Concord, Massachusetts during the six weeks she spent as a volunteer nurse for the Union Army in Georgetown, which lies just outside of Washington, D.C. Alcott explains her decision to become a nurse and the journey from Massachusetts

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    her bachelor’s degree at the University of Illinois, she was accepted to Rush University Medical College in Chicago. She wanted to be a pediatrician until her first surgery rotation in her third year. “I walked into my first operating room, rotating on orthopedic surgery, and my world changed,” she said. “I was really good at surgery. I could operate. I had great hand-eye (coordination). I loved everything about it.” She completed her surgical residency and vascular fellowship at the David Geffen

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    (“How to Prepare for a Career in Anesthesiology”.) What types of anesthesia are there? There are actually different and various types of anesthesia. The anesthesia the patient receives will depend on the type of surgery the patient is receiving and their medical condition. Different types of anesthesia include local, regional, and general anesthesia. Local anesthetics are given to temporarily stop the sense of pain in a particular part of the body. Patients stay

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    What is anesthesiology? Breaking this word down will help define it, that way it is easier to understand. In medical terms, the word anesthesiology is constructed of three different words, each having a specific definition: ‘an’ is defined as “being without, or the absence”; ‘esthesia’ means “feeling”; and ‘ology’ is defined as “the study of.” So when these three words are constructed together it is defined as “the study of the absence of feeling.” Knowing that definition of anesthesiology is one

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    Within this essay I will write about elderly patients, undergoing cataract surgery, as a particular vulnerable client group. The local Health Board (2014) define cataracts as the clouding of the lens, occurring as a natural part of the ageing process, preventing light from adequately reaching the retina and therefore having an effect on vision. This can be corrected through the surgical process of Phacoemulsification, through which the clouded portions of the lens are removed and replaced with an

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