Assessments

Human trafficking is not a problem nurses encounter only in high-crime emergency departments or border hospitals. According to the National Human Trafficking Hotline, survivors of trafficking report healthcare settings as one of the few places they have contact with the outside world during their exploitation — yet in a 2014 survey of trafficking survivors published […]

A stroke is a medical emergency that occurs when blood supply to a certain part of the brain is disrupted due to a blockage or rupture in any of the brain’s arteries. Interruption in blood flow causes an interruption in the supply of oxygen and nutrients to the pertinent brain area. Early intervention plays a […]