Tammy R Garlinghouse LMSW

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• Top Issues Staff Nurses Face on the Job

  Nursing is a field where art meets science. From psychology to physiology to microbiology, a nurse’s educational background and practical experience cover a broad gamut of skills needed to facilitate a patient’s physical healing and emotional well-being.With the many duties and areas of...

• The Common Cold: Symptoms and Management

  We all have had more than one episode of a common cold in our lives. This is the commonest infection we all experience.  A cold usually begins 2 to 3 days after being exposed to an infected source. Once you catch a cold, it will last for about a week but sometimes it can even go on for more than...

• What Is Right-Sided Congestive Heart Failure?

  What Is Right-Sided Congestive Heart Failure?Heart failure is called by other names, such as congestive heart failure (CHF), cardiac failure, left-sided heart failure, and right-sided heart failure.The heart is an organ that pumps blood to various parts of the body and is a little larger than...

• Walking the Emotional Tightrope of Nursing

  A long-standing job in its own right, nursing has for decades provided the awe-inspiring medium between a patient and the care they require.  In addition to many difficult and potentially stress-inducing work requirements, a nurse must be able to operate in such an environment whilst remaining...

• Drug-Induced Lupus Erythematosus

  Drug-induced lupus erythematosus (DILE) is an autoimmune condition caused by the chronic use of certain drugs. In this instance, the body starts attacking the healthy tissues by mistake. This is mostly caused by the overreaction of certain medications. DILE is similar to systemic lupus...

• Blood in Urine: What Doctor Should I Call?

  Blood in urine can be sourced to cancerous growths, infections in the urinary and genital system, or kidney stones among other diseases. The level of medical care and specialist intervention is determined by the symptoms that you show. Although it is a sign and not a disease, it should not be...