Expectant parents place the health of their unborn baby in the hands of their doctor.  In doing this, they believe the physician to be able to handle any complication that could occur during the pregnancy, in particular any problem that presents a major risk to the health of the unborn child or the mother.
However , all too often a number of physicians, when confronted with evidence suggesting the presence of signs of a potential serious complication, such as a placental abruption, seem to either
(1) ignore the evidence if it is …

The American Nurses Association (ANA) defines nursing as the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of illness and injury, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response, and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities, and populations. The human response includes the response of the individual and family to actual or potential health problems. ANA notes “… Nurses are educated to be attuned to the whole person, not just the unique presenting health problem. While a medical diagnosis of an illness may be …

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I have been working on an article to submit to one of my nursing journals.  The topic is adaptive technology.  Adaptive technology, also known as assistive technology, is just a phrase to describe products that can be used in a way that a person with a disability might be able to use it.  These products, hardware, software, allow those with disabilities to carry out normal day to day activities.  The government lists several sources for adaptive technology which I wrote about earlier.
I was recently working on a life …

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Is that time again.  School time that is.  With the school year just beginning, sports related injuries are on the rise. Each year there are more than 25,000 cheerleading injuries, often sprains and bruises. But in 2007, one girl was not so lucky.
Elizabeth Nicks, now 15, was a cheerleader performing a human pyramid when she toppled to the ground. She was rushed to the hospital and found to have a subdural hematoma, observed for five days, and released.
A subdural hematoma is a collection of blood on the surface …