The Impact of Nursing Education on Emergency Bedside External Ventricular Drain Insertion for Patients With Acute Hydrocephalus.

Objectives Acute hydrocephalus is a neurosurgical emergency that requires immediate intervention. With emergency external ventricular drain (EVD) insertion and management, such rapid intervention can be a safe bedside procedure. Nurses play an integral role in patient management.

Factors Influencing Saudi Medical Student's Decision Towards Cardiothoracic Surgery as a Future Career, a Cross Sectional Study.

Introduction: There has been a progressive decline in students' interest to consider cardiothoracic surgery as future career in the distant regions in the world. There are many factors could explain declining interest in cardiothoracic surgery including diminished caseloads due to the expansive growth of interventional cardiology; length of training programs that influences medical student's perception. King Abdulaziz University student's interest to join the speciality explored in our study.