How to Earn Contact Hours for PA School What is a PA? PAs (Physician Assistants) are medical professionals who diagnose illness, develop and manage treatment plans, prescribe medications, and often serve as a patient’s principal healthcare provider. With thousands of hours of medical training, PAs are versatile and collaborative. PAs practice in every state and… Read more »
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Compassionate Care When They Need it Most: A Journey in Hospice Care
Hospice Care is defined as a type of health care that focuses on the palliation of a terminally ill patient’s pain and symptoms and attending to their emotional and spiritual needs at the end of life. In this article, however, we want to throw out sterile definitions and take a closer look at what it… Read more »
Join the Fight Against Covid-19
Join the Fight Against Covid-19 By Zainab A. CCMA, NCPT, NCIVT The sudden need for healthcare professionals after the novel coronavirus that is COVID-19 broke out here in the Unites States of America is astounding. Everywhere you look there are more and more hospitals and clinics looking for healthcare workers to help with the ongoing… Read more »
Make Time Spent in Quarantine Time Well-Spent
Make Time Spent in Quarantine Time Well-Spent By Zainab A. CCMA, NCPT, NCIVT One of the dreariest things about being stuck at home under a state-issued order is not having enough to do other than watch T.V. all day or scroll on your phone. It can be mentally exhausting to not be able to see… Read more »
Preventing Infection with proper handwashing
? Proper hand washing techniques prevent the transmission of infection and help save lives. Over 280,000 people die of infection related nosocomial infections in various health care facilities yearly. A nosocomial infection is an infection which someone acquires after they have been admitted to a health care facility for another illness. Typically, within 48 hours… Read more »