Medical School

Thinking about the process to study and prepare to pass the dreaded and costly USMLE Step 1 exam can be daunting. Not only are you dealing with the long, stressful hours of medical school but now...

Professional issues in nursing is one aspect of the Hesi exit exam that nursing students are tested on. It involves a wide range of topics from delegation to conflict resolution in nursing....

Cataracts happen when the lens in a person's eyes begin to get cloudy. this affects their central vision and can be treated through surgery. The cloudy lens can be surgically removed and replaced...

Nutrition is one of the areas nursing students are tested on during the HESI exit exam. To be better prepared to answer these questions, the nursing students not only needs to learn about the...

Getting into the nursing school of your choice might prove to be difficult due to compettition and the increasing number of people trying to get into the nursing career. If you have been invited...

Tuberculosis is a contagious disease that is transmitted through the air. A patient who is coughing and complains of chills, night sweats, weight loss and loss of appetite amongst other things may...

A barium enema is done to examine the intestinal system. It involves inserting barium sulfate into the intestines. It is used to help diagnose colorectal cancer and other intestinal diseases. The...

People dream of becoming nurses early on in life or later in life. regardless of age or circumstances, everyone has to go through the same process. Some schools of nursing require you to take a...

A bronchoscopy is a medical procedure donE to observe or visualize a person's larynx, trachea and bronchi. It is done using either a rigid metal or flexible fiberoptic bronchoscope. It can be...

A person may have seizures for various reasons. It may be due to medication, electrical disturbances in the brain or brain injury. Nursing care for the client at risk for seizures involves...

Psych or mental health nursing is one of the areas nursing student are tested on during the hesi exit exam. It is important to study effectively in order to be well prepared for these questions.

We all have heard about DNA testing and cancer research. They both use various methods to visualize DNA to draw certain conclusions. There are many ways to look at DNA. However, the most...

Examination in the medical field MBBS 1st year and final year were considered the toughest exams in the Guiness book about 10 years ago. I dont know what's the current status now but whatever it...

Want to study for the MCAT and blow the competition out of the water? You have already overcome the first obstacle, deciding that you want to go to medical school. Congratulations. Now you want...

Medications can be administered by injections in any of the following methods: intramuscularly (IM)into the muscles, Subcutaneously into fatty tissue or intradermaly into the skin. Each method...

Patients with cancer undergo different types of treatment from chemotherapy to radiation. radiation may be external where therapy is irradiated ont a patient or internal where radiation materials...

Blood transfusions involves infusing or transferring blood or compenents of blood from an outside source into another person. The outside source may be from donations by strangers to the recipient...

The older a person gets, the more at risk they are for falling due to physiologic changes related to ageing and several other factors including but not limited to confusion, medication and disease...

Anyone with an aspiration to be a Doctor, Nurse, Physical Therapist or X-Ray Tech will have to memorize the twelve (XII) Cranial Nerves. I have the fortunate opportunity of having a very wise...

Uterine atony is a condition where the uterus does not contract after a female patient has given birth to a child. This may lead to hemorrhage which when excessive may lead to a poor outcome for...

Decide if you should retake the MCAT. Taking the MCAT (Medical College Admissions Test) is not fun for most people. It requires a lot of preparation and time. After taking the MCAT once, people...

The Gram stain, used to distinguish between Gram-positive and Gram-negative cells, is the most important and widely used and microbiological differential stain. In addition to Gram reactions, this...

How to get into medical school. Getting into medical school is no cake walk. There are many hurdles that students must jump through in order to even be considered a qualified applicant, and then...

Named for its inventor, August Kohler, Kohler Illumination is an ideal approach to the illumination of slide in a microscope. Because Kohler Illumination applies light evenly to the entire viewing...

Health care workers including nurses, come in contact with people from different cultures due to the nature of their work. It is therefore important for nurses to be culturally competent. You may...

If you are considering a career as an orthodontist or dentist, then you must attend dental school after graduating from college. Applying to dental schools is not a complicated process, but...

Anatomy is one of the most difficult subjects for any student of medical fields. However difficult and stressful it may be, there are some things that can help with this class.

The medical school interview is a major component of your application; it is also often the most daunting. If you prepare and relax, you can use it as an opportunity to tell the school things...

A code blue is a call for help in the hospital. Usually a patient goes into cardiac arrest or has respiratory difficulty. However, any medical staff can call a code blue if they need emergent...

The HESI exit exam is administered in some nursing schools around the United States. It is usually given towards the end of a nursing program and in some schools , it is imperative that the...

The muscles of the human body are structured to support the bones and over 600 of them exist. There are skeletal muscles which are referred to as voluntary muscles because the body has control...

Planned change is when you put a series of actions into place to achieve a predetermined goal. Unplanned change on the other hand has unpredictable outcomes. In nursing, Lewins change theory can...

Are you considering applying to medical school? Getting a high score on MCAT is the first step toward becoming a successful applicant. Start planning for MCAT and get this monster out of your way...

Lung function is vital to sustain life and the anatomy of the lung is unique. Lungs take in oxygen and filter out carbon dioxide through the process of breathing air in and out of the lungs. Air...

When a patient has difficulty swallowing, he may not get the adequate nutrition that he needs. Therefore, its important for his health care provider to provide another route for feeding. A...

So, you got some sort of notification inviting you to interview at a medical school... First, congrats. Here are some tips for making your preparation easier. If you want tips on the actual...

The NCLEX-RN exam is given by the National State Council Boards of Nursing NSCBN in the United States. In order to be a licensed registered nurse in the state of New Jersey, you have to register...

In the health care setting, patients present with health problems that are complicated by other health problems they have at the same time. Providing adequate care for these patients is the...

The eye is an intricate organ that makes sight possible. The eye helps us to see color and shapes through lenses while light goes through the pupil. Sight is precious and eyes need to be taken...

A nursing diagnosis is the second step of the five step nursing process. It helps the nurse identify potential or actual health problems in patients which can be resolved by nursing interventions.

In health assessment, you will be taught how to inspect a persons skin, to look for abnormalities and to make sure everythig is as it should be. Here are a few short steps to doing a skin...

The kidneys may fail due to any number of reasons. Recovery from kidney failure depends on if this failure is chronic or acute.

Surgery is a part of nursing because some clients may require surgical procedures and it is important to be able to care for them adequately for safety reasons and a quick uncomplicated recovery....

The practical nurse does more than the ulicensed assistive personnel. There are still things they cannot do though. Here are a few things to keep in mind if you get questions about the practical...

Delegation is something that nursing students are tested on most of the time. You will definitely get delegation questions on HESI and Nclex. Here are a few tips on how to delegate to a UAP.

Going to nursing school can be very expensive. Not only that, it is so time consuming that you may have to quit your job. Here is one way to go to nursing school for free without looking for...

The stress and anxiety associated with doing well on the HESI exit exam can be quite high. SO its a good idea to do something that will give you and your classmates a level of confidence that will...

SOmetimes, a client may not be able to take in nutrition by mouth and instead will need to take them in via tubes like nasogastric tubes, gastrostomy tube or an intestinal tube. Here are a few...

Lab values are very important in delivering care to clients. On nursing exams , its important to know the implication of certain laboratory values from blood tests,fluid tests, organ function...

Its okay not to do well on the first HESI. Its just that people tend to feel more under pressure to do better the next time. When you pass it the first time, the pressure will be off.Read on for...