Expert 2687 – Mental Health Nurse
Expert 2687 has 18 years of clinical and administrative nursing experience she began her career in med-surg, ER, cardiac rehab and ICU and went on to providing care to patients in the home setting with a home health agency. She also has experience in administration, as a supervisor/manager and case manager. Our expert has been…
Read MoreWill These Technologies Replace Stethoscopes?
The stethoscope, worn around the neck with pride by many healthcare providers, is an essential tool used to assess the heart and lungs. Technology is advancing in all areas of healthcare and medicine, could technology replace the beloved stethoscope? Electronic stethoscopes are being used to collect electrical signals from a patient’s chest through a small…
Read MoreExpert 7599 Telemetry Nurse
Our featured expert 7599 has been a Registered Nurse for more than 20 years with over 17 years of experience as a staff nurse on a burn unit. During that time, she also gained experience working in areas such as PACU, ICU, CCU ambulatory, and telemetry units. Since 2010, this expert has been working as…
Read MoreNurses: Honesty and Ethics
From the Gallup’s annual Most Honest and Ethical Professional Poll, 2019, nurses are rated the highest in honesty and ethics. Americans were asked to rate the honesty and ethics of a wide range of professionals using the scale “very high, high, average, low or very low” and 85% rated nurses as “very high or high.”…
Read MoreForensic Nurse Expert 4962
Expert 4962 has been a Registered Nurse since 2001 and became certified in forensic nursing in 2012. Her testifying expertise includes strangulation, blunt force trauma and physical child abuse. She has additional training in the forensic evaluation of gunshot wounds, strangulation, and advanced death investigation. Prior to taking a focus on forensic nursing, our expert…
Read MoreFacts on Patient Safety
The World Health Organization (WHO) released a “Patient Safety Fact File” and noted that patient safety is a serious worldwide concern and it is estimated that “the risk of death occurring due to preventable medical accident, while receiving health care, is estimated to be 1 in 300” (WHO, 2019). The report includes ten facts: (WHO,…
Read MoreExpert 1701 Perioperative Nurse
Expert 1701 has over 35 years of perioperative nursing experience and 17 years working as a private scrub nurse for a cardiothoracic surgeon. She has clinical experience in OR procedures related to cardiac, thoracic, vascular, general, spinal, orthopedic, advanced laparoscopic and robotic. She has been the OR Team Lead since 2000 and provides care before,…
Read More2020 Year of the Nurse and Midwife!
The executive board of the World Health Organization (WHO), has designated 2020 as the “Year of the Nurse and Midwife”, this is in honor of Florence Nightingale’s 200th birthday. Florence was born May 12, 1820, and died August 13, 1910, and was the foundational philosopher of modern nursing, whose story is familiar to every nurse[1].…
Read MoreUseful Apps for Brain Injury and Disability
Technology has become a vital part of everyday life and with modern advances in science and technology, patients with mild to moderate brain injury and other disabilities can stay connected, organized and improve accessibility. Smart devices have some built-in disability functions and features, for example, the iPhone has a feature that allows someone who is…
Read MoreThe Evolution of Wheelchairs
Wheelchairs change the lives of those with partial or complete mobility impairments every day; modern wheelchairs have become lightweight and compact, powered and even adapted for sports and standing. In 1595, King Phillip II of Spain was sketched in a wheelchair that somewhat resembles a stationary reclining lawn chair; in 1680, Confucius was depicted being…
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