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These new imaging methods will help researchers find new treatments, but if this research on alcoholism is any indication, they will also eventually be able to tell us which treatments are most effective. We will be able to tell this not only for diseases but for individuals with those diseases as well.
All of this is happening at a time when nurses are being given more and more responsibility. As technology becomes more familiar and simplified, it seems likely that some of these tests, if not their interpretations, will fall within the responsibility of nurses such as nurse practitioners.
This imaging technology will affect medical care in other ways, too. If they can view the brain as it functions, they may be able to use such technology to see exactly what is going on in cancerous...
It will also change how nurses work with these patients in fundamental ways, because even in situations of long-term illnesses, such as cancer, they will have immediate feedback about what they have done. How rewarding it would be to be a nurse on a cancer unit when what you do provides nearly immediate feedback about what the next step should be. Imaging advances will revolutionize medical care and make what nurses do more important than ever.
Marinkovic, Ksenija, and Oscar-Berman, Marlene. "Alcoholism and the Brain: An Overview." Alcohol Research & Health, Vol. 27, 2003.
This imaging technology will affect medical care in other ways, too. If they can view the brain as it functions, they may be able to use such technology to see exactly what is going on in cancerous tumors, and evaluate the effectiveness of the cancer drugs that have been selected for a patient.
Imaging of organ and cell functioning is going to change how medicine is practiced in fundamental ways. It will also change how nurses work with these patients in fundamental ways, because even in situations of long-term illnesses, such as cancer, they will have immediate feedback about what they have done. How rewarding it would be to be a nurse on a cancer unit when what you do provides nearly immediate feedback about what the next step should be. Imaging advances will revolutionize medical care and make what nurses do more important than ever.
Marinkovic, Ksenija, and Oscar-Berman, Marlene. "Alcoholism and the Brain: An Overview." Alcohol Research & Health, Vol. 27, 2003.
IOM Future Nursing Report a) Discuss the work of the Committee of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Initiative on the Future of Nursing, at the Institute of Medicine, that led to the IOM report, "Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health." The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) in partnership with the Institute of Medicine (IOM) are responsible for the "Initiative on the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action" report. The report
Another key facet of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is that it has enacted legislature that makes it easier for people with previously existent health care conditions to both get health coverage as well as to get the treatments they need. Again, the result of this aspect of the health care reform measure is that it should make it possible to increase the general wellness of the American
Nursing is not only a profession, it is a ministry. Nurses not only provide care for their patients, they oftentimes minister to them in order to provide comfort and in some cases, peace of mind. Nursing is a profession that the healthcare system cannot do without. We know that the profession of a physician goes back to even Biblical times, but even though nursing has been around for many years,
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