Stress & Nervous System

Google images 2022 By Rosabel Zohfeld, MSN, APRN, FNP-C   Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a severe, disabling, and often chronic condition.  PTSD develops mostly following exposure to a traumatic event involving actual or threatened injury to the individual or others. While most individuals experience trauma to some degree during their lifetime, patients with Post-traumatic stress disorder have marked cognitive, affective, … Read More

Image: Johns Hopkins Medicine  By Rosabel Zohfeld, MSN, APRN, FNP-C According to the National Center for Health Statistics, suicide rates among young people have increased by 47 % from 2016 to 2018. Across the U.S. and the world, many communities are experiencing much distress, and unfortunately, Suicide is the second leading cause of death for young people between ages 10 … Read More

By Rosabel Zohfeld, MSN-Ed, APRN, FNP-C Nurse practitioners advocate, speak for, and on behalf of individuals. They support and encourage healthcare, the nurse profession, and their role as providers through advocacy. Much more when the individual’s ability to make choices and decisions is diminished due to illness and social circumstances.  Political advocacy is an essential tool for advanced practice nurses … Read More

By: Rosabel Zohfeld, MSN-Ed, APRN, FNP-C Case scenario  Nurse A, RN is a graduated nurse who is very proud of her education. She finally lands her dream job and is hired as a full-time ER nurse. Nurse B, who shows no respect for her colleague, is training her for her new job; instead, she embarrasses her in front of others … Read More

by: Rosabel Zohfeld, MSN-Ed, APRN, FNP-C Telehealth, which can be interchangeable with Telemedicine, is known as the delivery of health services using electronic technology to patients at a distance (Cason & Cohn, 2014).  Due to the increase in the aging population and the prevalence of chronic diseases, there is a need for new care models, and telehealth is one of … Read More