Earlier Denise wondered about the changes in nursing in 30 years.
Its easy to think of all the technology, specialized scans, patient monitoring, and even nearly instant reporting of many lab results. Electronic medical records have their pros and cons. Then there is endoscopic surgeries, shorter stays, and other thing leading to the patients in the hospital being much sicker.
There are many good things such as improved relationships between doctors and other health care workers, as well as increased patient and family involvement in care and decisions. Even different hospital departments have more respect for each other and therefore work better together.
Its easy to think of all the technology, specialized scans, patient monitoring, and even nearly instant reporting of many lab results. Electronic medical records have their pros and cons. Then there is endoscopic surgeries, shorter stays, and other thing leading to the patients in the hospital being much sicker.
There are many good things such as improved relationships between doctors and other health care workers, as well as increased patient and family involvement in care and decisions. Even different hospital departments have more respect for each other and therefore work better together.
A conversation last night brought to mind a patient population we rarely see anymore. I remember numerous rooms with small children isolated due to meningitis. We also had many kids there for antibiotics for facial cellulitis. Both of these bacterial infections have pretty well disappeared because of the H-flu (or HIB) shot our kids got as infants. While H.Flu wasn't nearly as deadly as menningococcus that many of our young adults have been vaccinated for, it still caused some disabilities, and occasionally death. It is nice not to see these things anymore.
So the moral of the story is Get Those Shots
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coincidently, at my checkup last week i was told i was due for a tetanus booster, and while they were at it they were going to give me the combination vaccine to cover whooping cough as well, since it's been showing up again.
yow! was my arm sore and did i feel lousy for the next two days! i can understand why babies get so fussy after their immunizations. still, it's far better than the diseases!
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