Help with Phenomenom of Interest Paper

[GodsAngel]

hello All

I have to choose a topic for the above nursing paper and so far I am not having any luck. Here are the guidelines:

"This is an opportunity for you to investigate something that you are truly interested in--in science, technology or health care. It needs to be something, or some aspect of something, that is new or creative. It should be about something that is well-known, but improved. If you are interested in a certain disease, find out about how this develops as the cellular level and genetic level if known. It does not have to be about a known treatment or technology – you can make an imaginative application of the knowledge to some condition, even if the knowledge is meager. This might become a deep interest that you will pursue in your future career! This assignment is about your personal discovery of knowledge that fascinates you! (Or at least I hope it is!)"

I originally chose robotic surgery but was told thats not new enough. Any suggestions

Thanks in Advance

[SwampCat, BSN]

you might find a topic if you scan through this:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/news/health_medicine/

[Atheos]

I originally chose robotic surgery but was told thats not new enough. Any suggestions

Thanks in Advance

How about Nanotech being utilized as internal tissue repairers. Not sure if it is there yet, but the idea of injecting 'nanobots' to immediately repair and damage to the body is not a new concept but it isn't in existence yet.

The idea is especially appealing with trauma victims as a nurse would be able to inject these 'nanobots' as soon as someone came in the door of an ER with traumatic injuries. They could immediately repair the injuries AND report what was injured and repaired to the onsite nurses and doctors. The uses for this in combat medicine would be even greater.

Given enough development they could be eventually be sold over the counter and used as a prophylactic. Imagine a world where babies are injected with self replicating 'nanobots' that can not only immediately repair injuries but attack bad cells, recognize emergent situations (such as cancer) and terminate then BEFORE they take hold. Parents could be assured that anything short of severe trauma like decapitation could be rendered non life threatening or at least have better survival rates.

Medics on scene at an MVA would know what injuries the person has suffered, what was repaired, what needs surgery. They could be assured that the person was not bleeding to death, etc...

Imagine a nanobot that could identify a bad gene that will lead to a bad defect in birth and remove it at the moment of conception...

I am rambling, but I think you get the concept...

It's the next generation of 'robotic' surgery... It will happen to.

[Daytonite, BSN, RN]

Check the online news services to see what health news they are reporting. I've been trying to catch the new show called The Doctors during the day when I can because they talk about new things. They did a thing about a new technology for stuttering. There is a new substance that is being trialed for breast implants that the FDA has not approved yet that they talked about on Friday. They have a website (http://www.thedoctorstv.com/).

[flightnurse2b, LPN]

How about Nanotech being utilized as internal tissue repairers. Not sure if it is there yet, but the idea of injecting 'nanobots' to immediately repair and damage to the body is not a new concept but it isn't in existence yet.

The idea is especially appealing with trauma victims as a nurse would be able to inject these 'nanobots' as soon as someone came in the door of an ER with traumatic injuries. They could immediately repair the injuries AND report what was injured and repaired to the onsite nurses and doctors. The uses for this in combat medicine would be even greater.

Given enough development they could be eventually be sold over the counter and used as a prophylactic. Imagine a world where babies are injected with self replicating 'nanobots' that can not only immediately repair injuries but attack bad cells, recognize emergent situations (such as cancer) and terminate then BEFORE they take hold. Parents could be assured that anything short of severe trauma like decapitation could be rendered non life threatening or at least have better survival rates.

Medics on scene at an MVA would know what injuries the person has suffered, what was repaired, what needs surgery. They could be assured that the person was not bleeding to death, etc...

Imagine a nanobot that could identify a bad gene that will lead to a bad defect in birth and remove it at the moment of conception...

I am rambling, but I think you get the concept...

It's the next generation of 'robotic' surgery... It will happen to.

:yeah:i love the idea of nanobots!

my little brother is getting his graduate degree at emory univ. in nanotechnology and biomedical engineering. one of his projects was to make a prototype of something practical for medical professionals in the future.

he called me and we brainstormed about something that i could use as a paramedic in the field, and he explained the concept of nanobots repairing tissue. so then we brainstormed to come up with a nanobot cocktail in the form of injection that you could place directly into the heart of a patient having a MI that would repair the dying tissue and prevent damage and even rupture.

i know it sounds really far fetched, but the prototype turned out really cool.