Increasing the level of thyroid hormone can increase peristalsis without causing diarrhea. Since your patient had a rectal mass, it is possible the physician is prophylaxing for future bowel issues.
HIV/AIDS is definitely a tough disease to learn about - something physicians do entire fellowships on to learn how to expertly treat. The pathophys/life cycle of HIV is complex. There are so many opportunistic infections to be cautious of and antiret...
countryboy replied to sparklie.lady's topic in General Nursing
Between a doctor and nurse whom the pt has never met, he/she is much more likely to confide in a nurse. However, pts can be very truthful about sensitive issues (e.g. substance use, sexual history, etc.) with their primary care docs esp. if they hav...
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countryboy replied to thenurse2b08's topic in General Nursing
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These types of issues are not specific to medicine and nursing. Society views people who are more educated and more powerful in a better light. This phenomena can be seen cross-culturally as demonstrated above regarding indian physicians. It is the...
a lot of doctors (MD, PhD, DO, DDS, etc.) have all official documentation changed (drivers license, passport, credit cards, etc.) once they earn their doctorates. I personally think it's fine if a nurse put RN after her name on a flight, but official...
IMO house is primarily a medical show. It is about a mystery, but medicine can be a mystery. People at home like learning about the 1/1,000,000 diagnoses. On the contrary, I would say the focus of shows like Grey's Anatomy and Private Practice are on...
countryboy replied to ajhill00's topic in Doctoral
you didn't read my earlier response What if CNAs were able to take a 3 week course where they earned the title of nurse (not RN or LPN, but something else)? These CNAs would introduce themselves as nurse because they "earned it". Do you think that...