Photo by Matthew Wikfors Chizoba Nwankwo, executive director of outcomes research in the Center for Observational and Real-world Evidence at Merck & Co., Inc, Switzerland, spoke to students about her experiences as a female leader in health services and the job opportunities available in the field on Nov. 10. The […]
Tag: Medicine
Diversity in Health Care event advocates for equity
Photo by Kim Bongard Over 300 students and faculty visited Trustees Pavilion for an all-day symposium called Diversity in Health Care and Human Services II. The symposium is supported by the Undergraduate International Studies and Foreign Language federal grant that Ramapo received last year to enhance the Certificate in Spanish […]
Tennessee nurse’s error results in a patient’s death
Photo courtesy of Courtney McGough, Flickr A former nurse at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee was arrested and charged with reckless homicide and abuse due to a medical error that she made in February, which had caused one of her elderly patients to die. RaDonda Vaught, the nurse who made […]
Mandated vaccinations should be legally enforced
Photo courtesy of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Wikipedia In a report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the second largest outbreak of measles since 2000 was confirmed. The number of outbreaks of diseases has been steadily increasing over the last few years, as the anti-vaccination […]
Medical marijuana should be allowed in sports
Courtesy of Ashton, Wikipedia As we move into a more progressive time period of the history of the United States, certain ideas, actions, and ways of life that were stigmatized for years are now becoming more acceptable in the eye of the public, one of them being the use of […]