Brenda F. Johnson MSN

If you're interested in playing a vital role in promoting the health and well-being of infants, children, and adolescents, consider becoming a pediatric nurse practitioner (PNP). Whether you're a nursing student or a healthcare professional intereste...

If you're interested in playing a vital role in promoting the health and well-being of infants, children, and adolescents, consider becoming a pediatric nurse practitioner (PNP). Whether you're a nursing student or a healthcare professional intereste...

Fecal Impaction Overview Fecal impaction occurs when dried and hardened feces cause severe constipation. Impaction can occur at any level of the intestines—rectal, sigmoid, descending, transverse, or ascending colon. The most common area is ...

In the past 15 years, the use of EBUS (Endobronchial ultrasound) and Navigation has enabled doctors to do biopsies and needle aspirations of hard-to-reach tumors and lymph nodes in the lungs. In the last couple of years, robotic bronchoscopy has comb...

Sally’s Story Bending over to pick up the spoon she had dropped, Sally felt dizzy, her head spun, and she almost toppled over. Sitting down on the dining room chair, she braced herself between it and the table. The metal of the table felt warm an...

So many things can happen to our bodies when the bacteria levels are interrupted. Our bodies are protected by what we call good bacteria, but when there is an overgrowth or severe decrease, things get tricky. This is what happens in the patient diagn...

Indications for a Colostomy There are several reasons that a patient would need to have a colon resection and receive a colostomy. The one that comes to mind first is cancer. If the patient has a colonoscopy and cancer is found, then they are re...

Ceci, first off, I'm sorry that you had to go through the surgeries. I hope that all is better with your health. I understand what you are saying about nurses treating nurses. I too had a nurse treat me that way post surgery. It's a reflection of the...

Diverticulosis: Brief Overview Diverticulosis is the outpouching of the inner mucosa in the GI tract. Most are found in the large colon, specifically the sigmoid area. For more detailed information on diverticulosis, see the following article: Ta...

Pathophysiology Diverticulosis is basically outpouches in the colon or weaker areas in the colon wall. In itself, it doesn't cause any problems. These diverticula can be in other parts of the GI tract, and we will touch on those. Diverticulosis d...

It makes sense that patients have put off getting a mammogram, colonoscopy, heart tests, etc. due to the Covid epidemic. Since the beginning of the pandemic, we have seen many services become limited and together with the fear of contamination, has l...

I love your input, and agree with it. The healthcare system is set up for duplication, fraud, and not enough oversight. Thank you for your comments

Most medical shows on television are full of inaccuracies. Surely they could afford to hire someone to provide current and correct information, (such as a nurse). Who hasn't watched a 'Grey's Anatomy' or' House' episode and exclaimed, "What! That is...

History of 17th Century Bathing As with many beliefs and ideals of centuries ago, people often based their decisions on religious customs and superstitions. People of all social and economic classes living in Europe during the 17th century trans...

C diff, now called Clostridioides or Clostridioides difficile, is often found in nursing homes or in post-surgical patients after multiple doses of antibiotics1. Antibiotics disrupt the normal gut flora, and in a weakened immune system, it is allowed...

What about the facilities' responsibility? This is going to start a snowball affect for nurses. Think we have a shortage now?

No problem!

This is a clip used for prevention of bleeding from a biopsy/polypectomy site. It's perfectly normal, no worries. Most of the time people don't see them, you have eagle eye. They pinch the tissue together to prevent bleeding until it heals, and sloug...

Kate's Story Life will throw us curveballs, that's a guarantee. How we face up to these events is evidence of our character. I am so humbled and stirred by the life story that I'm going to share with you. Kate is a colon cancer survivor and was ...

Increased Rates in Younger People Colon cancer rates have decreased over the past years in the older demographic because of increased screenings. However, there has been an upward trend in younger people being diagnosed with colon cancer. I work ...

The past two years have changed our world in many ways. We have seen unsuspecting patients, family, and friends get sick, and sometimes die from Covid. The long-term effects of this virus have yet to be seen. With my job in the GI lab, I am abl...

That's very interesting, I'll look into that!

I'm so glad everything turned out OK!

Thank you for sharing! Good luck with your event. Let us know how it went

How was your colonoscopy? I hope everything went well