"When will Nursing Nigeria be bold enough to say that they have political representatives that are unbiased embodiments of the desires of Nurses in Nigeria? Leaders who are not tainted by the dirty hands of greed. Who know what their country & profession desire..."
Author: Ayinla Daniel
Cardiothoracic Critical Care Nurse, Writer/Blogger, Digital/Health Tech enthusiast, founder of Care City & Apotheosis, avid reader; lover of good books; history, science fiction, a bit of politics & government. Amateur artist; art enthusiast. Amateur programmer. Writing about everything nursing, digital health, innovation, leadership and all beautiful things in between.
Five Personal Survival Tips For Newly Qualified Critical Care Nurses In Nigeria – My Humble Five | Six Minutes Read
"In Critical Care, Kidneys have stopped working, hearts are failing, lungs have collapsed, brains are shutting down, intestines have stopped moving, livers are tired, phew, it is a cocktail of organ/physiological failures here and there. You may be too busy trying to repair the lungs, and your attention has been taken away from the kidneys that have shut down for two hours, and then you have to return to trying to salvage the kidneys, and then the brain starts to sleep - Critical, I must tell you!"
Nursing After The Year Of The Pandemic | Part i
"In the wake of the pandemic, while we count losses, and nurture our wounds, we as a race, were able to still make progress in historical leaps & bounds. The gospel of Digital Health gained a wider audience & followership, as people, governments & organizations, began to realize the important need for us to have a healthcare system that had remote care woven into its fabrics."
What The Pandemic Teaches The Younger Generation About Their Health | 3 Min Reading Time
"It hit us unawares. With all our sophistication, politics & technology, we found ourselves gasping for air, as the pandemic squeezed us within its mighty unforgiving palms, driving life out of our sore lungs."
Care City Leadership Report For The Year 2020: Goals, Achievements, Strategies & The Future
"I wasn't the perfect leader, I made a lot of mistakes, and made poor decisions, but in all, I made sure I was learning, and in learning, I was growing and in growing, impact followed."
Should Africans Take The Vaccine: | Opinions | Ayinla Daniel
"Talking about vaccines. Will African countries buy these vaccines? I know that the developed world will definitely consider their children first, before even thinking about Africa, who cares about Africa?"
YOUR SKIN & YOUR WELLBEING
The human skin is anatomically & physiologically the largest external organ of the human body (covering about 22 square feet [2 square meters]). A vital member of man's anatomy. Though recent research try to tell us that there's another organ bigger than the skin. Let's leave all that for the lab guys. Ever seen a … Continue reading YOUR SKIN & YOUR WELLBEING
INFRARED LASER THERAPY 101: EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW | Featured
"HigherDOSE offers low-level laser therapy with chromotherapy, color therapy that uses the science of colors to adjust body vibrations to frequencies that promote health and harmony. Just one session can leave you feeling energized and stimulate the production of collagen in skin cells."
Mechanical Ventilators, Hope & A Miracle | The Art Of Nursing | Ayinla Daniel
"Is he going to survive?" I kept asking myself. The story I am about to tell you is a true-life story. My colleagues from work will know better. We all had the opportunity to nurse him, and we gave our best, believe me, it isn't easy working in the Critical Care Unit as a registered nurse or a medical doctor, you can ask around, it's back-breaking. It messes with your emotions {many nurses & physicians who work in the critical care unit don't know this, they are oblivious}.
How To Behave Around Unconscious & Dying Patients
As a healthcare professional, your conduct around unconscious and dying patients, speaks a lot about who you are.
The Innovation Series: Think Innovation Now
"Without innovation, the progress that we enjoy in every area of life will not be possible. Innovation has affected the way we dress, the food we eat, the way we transport ourselves from one place to the other, the way healthcare is been delivered, and even affects the more conservative domain of..."
Nursing Apologetic: A Discussion By The Bedside | Part 1 | Care City Leadership
"...Was the question a patient of mine asked me, while I was connecting her to the cardiac monitor. We started discussing, I told her about my decision to study nursing - how my..."
END OF LIFE NURSING: LIFE LESSONS FROM DYING PATIENTS | 5 Min Reading Time
END OF LIFE NURSING: LIFE LESSONS FROM THE DYING Ayinla Daniel “The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”Mark Twain End of life nursing is a very unique and sensitive aspect of nursing practice. It is one that requires the nurses … Continue reading END OF LIFE NURSING: LIFE LESSONS FROM DYING PATIENTS | 5 Min Reading Time
Launching of The Congenital Heart Diseases Foundation of Nigeria: A Brief Discuss, An Interview And More
"Congenital heart disease (CHD) is the most common cause of major congenital anomalies, representing a major global health problem. Twenty-eight percent of all major congenital anomalies consist of heart defects."
DIGITAL HEALTH TECHNOLOGIES AND CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH – Taking The Right Steps
"Complex AI technologies like machine learning and deep learning have provided promising solutions to most of the problems that healthcare professionals experience in the area of the practice of cardiology."
The Winners of The AI Wellbeing Hackathon Organised By AI Commons In Nigeria Emerge.
Africa is ready. Ready to take on the numerous healthcare challenges that plague the healthcare industry with the energy of artificial intelligence. I mean, here are brilliant Nigerians who have been able to create and design AI algorithms...
Institute of Nursing Research Nigeria Launches Her Journal Club
As we start this new journey, one that I strongly believe will be without end and its borders without boundaries, I urge us all, to come on board with ideas that can help us achieve this dream of greatness...
Innovation & Research – The Meeting Point | The Innovation Series | Ayinla Daniel
"...The adventure side of innovation is what makes it inviting. As we explore, discover, and create, we are learning; learning how to do things differently and more effectively. Where innovation is not welcomed, there is certainly going to be no improvements, no progress, and no fun..."
The Sustainable Development Goals & Digital Health – What Does The Future Hold?
I must confess, Africa is not resting on her oars. An army of innovative minds has taken to the streets of creativity to show the world what they can do. Young innovators and creators are exploring the possibilities of A.I to solve various community health problems, ranging from...
BLOCKCHAIN & HEALTH CARE | Ayinla Daniel
The Blockchain technology is a promising one that can solve a variety of problems that we face in the delicate area of Health Care Data.
