Having worked with medical teams on interdisciplinary rounds I would say that we've lost the "whole patient" battle. MDs do treat nutrition, spiritual health, social issues, etc.. They often are not the ones doing the care, but they were on top of ...
It is unprofessional and unethical to refuse to provide treatment because of your religious beliefs. That said, you are protected legally to refuse to perform any treatment which violates your religious convictions. This issue has been all over ...
Sorry to hear about your first needle stick. I too had a needle stick but mine was on someone seropositive for Hep B and C. My advice is to seek out a primary care doc or find an infectious disease doc willing to work without a referral. Your emp...
Tangential Idea. We have two call lights in each room. One is a "patient" light: I need help/I'm dying. Two is a "customer" Light: I need coffee, attention, pillows. We get some minimum w...
Just a point of clarification, NP's don't really want to go into primary care anymore than physicians do. At best only about 20% NP's go into primary care full time. ( I will find the literature later, I'm headed out for the night right now.) And ...
More Hyperbole. Booster is simply same vaccine, just called a new name, occasionally with a different dose. Vaccinate until the cows come home? Again your speaking with hyperbole. You told an individual on an online forum that receiving another serie...
Controversial? That's stretching the issue, and hyperbole. Risk from hep b vaccine is pretty negligible. You should probably look up the differences between a "booster" and vaccine. Not medically supported by whom, YOU ? Repeat Hep B is recommend...
This is a common issue. I too am a non responder. There has been some new research that shows that we have antibodies to Hep B, they are just not high enough for the screening test. Even though we are non responders, we still have immunity to Hep ...
This is the problem. Few OB/Midwives are trained and feel competent delivering higher risk vaginal delivery. I would argue about point 1 though...If no other options are available C-section is the best/safe option. Ultimately you will have to cha...
No one is forced to have have procedures done or withheld. Providers simply can refuse to take part or treat conditions which they feel uncomfortable or untrained to perform. You don't want a repeat c section? Go to a different provider who will a...
As a former Lab Tech... It varies on the hospital. Ours uses IV's for labs sometimes. T Infectious contamination is less of an issue than ruining the access with a clot, but the biggest issue is contamination of the sample (mixing normal saline and o...
The dirty little secret that no one wants to talk about....Nursing and Medicine are not "philosophically different". Everyone works together in a team to carry out different and sometimes the same roles in order to get the job done. Nursing is "Hol...
If the jug has an airtight lid and there is sufficient ventilation in the utility room...your ppm in the air should PROBABLY be within limits. The information you want is found on MSDS files that your clinic/hospital should have available to all em...
Lots of hospitals are employing integrative physicians. It's very lucrative ($$), with very little risk associated (speaking generally). Unfortunately, outcomes are generally not great when you look at large controlled studies for many of these mo...