Roxanna Stead, Author at NurseAvatar

Blue Zones Link to Health and Wellness

January 1, 2020

Loma Linda, California (1 of 5 Blue Zones) Blue Zones Link to Health and Wellness What are the Blue Zones? "Blue Zone" is a term used for several geographic regions where some of the world’s oldest people live. This term...

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Medical Technology

CRISPR: Deconstructed for Comprehension

January 1, 2020

Roxanna Stead

CRISPR: Deconstructed for Comprehension Introduction CRISPR stands for "Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats." It is a simple yet powerful tool of technology used for editing of genomes. It is an easy to use tool that researchers utilize to...

Career

The Spectrum of Nursing Specialties

January 1, 2020

Roxanna Stead

The Spectrum of Nursing Specialties Introduction Nursing is a cohesive element that holds the health care journey of a patient together. Throughout the whole experience of a patient, regardless of any available assistance, nurses work hard and tirelessly to detect...

Nursing

Empathy: The Key to End of Life Care

January 1, 2020

Roxanna Stead

Empathy: The key to end of life care Introduction In the United States, the most significant part of health-care professionals is represented by nurses. Currently, 3.6 million nurses are practicing to provide complete patient-centered care to the patients. Nurses...

Education

Online/E-learning Versus On-Campus/Traditional Nursing Degree Program

December 31, 2019

Roxanna Stead

Online/E-learning versus On-Campus/Traditional Nursing Degree Program Many people are familiar with the traditional way of learning than attending classes and listening to lectures on campus. However, in the current digital age, advancement in technology is changing almost everything, including learning...

Medical Technology

New Artificial Blood Could Be Transfused Into Anyone

December 1, 2019

Roxanna Stead

New Artificial Blood Could Be Transfused Into Anyone According to Victor Tangermann, a Japanese newspaper called “The Asahi Shimbun” reported that the Japan National Defense Medical College might have created artificial blood that has the potential to be used in...

Career

Making the Most of Your Nursing Career

December 1, 2019

Roxanna Stead

Making the Most of Your Nursing Career I want to begin this blog by stating that your career is what you make it; in other words, the effort that you put into it. This effort needs to begin with making...

Nursing Tips

Tips and Tricks of the Trade

December 1, 2019

Roxanna Stead

NurseAvatar Tips and Tricks of the Trade • Blood Stains: For blood stain removal use hydrogen peroxide. Apply a few drops to the blood stain and allow stain to foam up. Afterwards rinse with cold water. Keep it...

Wellness

Take a Personal Time Out!

December 1, 2019

Roxanna Stead

Living Well Wellness is essential for everyone. Everyone should know that you cannot take care of anyone else if you don't take care of yourself first. The mind and body need to work together in harmony. If the mind is...

Medical Technology

Breathing Management at Your Fingertips: Smart Inhalers

December 1, 2019

Roxanna Stead

Breathing Management at Your Fingertips: Smart Inhalers The first technology advance I would like to discuss is the advancement of inhalers. For years, individuals with asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and various other respiratory illnesses have been using multiple types...

Roxanna Stead

Blue Zones Link to Health and Wellness

CRISPR: Deconstructed for Comprehension

The Spectrum of Nursing Specialties

Empathy: The Key to End of Life Care

Online/E-learning Versus On-Campus/Traditional Nursing Degree Program

New Artificial Blood Could Be Transfused Into Anyone

Making the Most of Your Nursing Career

Tips and Tricks of the Trade

Take a Personal Time Out!

Breathing Management at Your Fingertips: Smart Inhalers

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