“It would be better for the true physics if there were no mathematicians on earth.”- Daniel Bernoulli
They say that Physics belongs to engineers and mathematicians for Physics uses a lot of numbers in its principles and theories but Bernoulli who was a mathematician himself denied that physics was for mathematicians like him. Physics is not just for mathematicians and engineers but also for nurses and other professions involved in medicine.
The use of physics principles in the practice of medicine is called Medical physics. It is most often used to describe physics applications related to the use of radiation in medicine—for example, the physics of diagnostic radiology, radiation oncology, and nuclear medicine. More broadly defined, medical physics may include the physics of other electromagnetic waveforms used in medical procedures such as electrocardiography (the study of electrical impulses in the heart) and laser surgery.
A nurse like me specializes in issues related to radiation safety in medical procedures. It is always require to us nurses to have some safety safeguards, to protect patients, to health care workers, and to the general public; to conducts risk assessment of procedures and protective equipment used in radiological and nuclear medicine; acts as consultant on issues related to radiation safety in a medical context; and evaluates and monitors compliance with regulatory radiation guidelines.
Well, all the things I mentioned above are just part of Physics that was and continuously imparted to us nurses but there are still specialists in the field of medicine who are more knowledgeable enough in the use of physics principles particularly radiation like the doctors and the physicists. But t is necessary that we nurses must posses enough information and knowledge regarding these things because we, nurses, assist the doctors in taking care of our patients.
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