Assignment 1: Planning & Engaging Stakeholders My MSWII filed placement is Ohio Guidestone (Central Ohio, 195 N. Grant Ave, Ste. 250, Columbus, Ohio, 43215). Ohio Guidestone is a diverse organization, dedicated to strengthening children, families and communities through behavioral health treatment and skill building services. Matching with NASW values, it provides a 360o support network like Home and Community Based Counseling and Support, Individual Youth Mentoring, Parent Mentoring, Early Childhood Mental Health Services, Maternal Depression, Residential Treatment Services, Psychiatric Services to create a positive, lasting, measurable difference in the lives and communities we serve. Lisa Clark is the regional director of central Ohio services.…
October 23-24, HealthLink211’s Program Manager, Jody Gold had the privilege to attend Hacking Medicaid hackathon in Colorado Springs. Attendees came together to solve the complex challenge of finding new solutions to Medicaid, including patient engagement, care coordination, behavioral health/integrated care, and more. Hacking Medicaid and its attendees all share a core belief that we work better when we work together. This is the foundation of which HealthLink211 was created. The opportunity to meet and work with like minded people is an honor.…
1. Describe the primary issues presented in the case study. The case study of the doctor in the sleep study clinic represents issues with health disparities, race, poverty/socioeconomic class, ethnicity and culture. The doctor clearly puts his own needs first as well as remains at the job due to its proximity to family and friends.…
1. Discuss use of internet (blogs, YouTube, websites) to communicate as an individual health professional or as a health organization/system. You could share various sites, have students explore then discuss pros/cons, adv/disadvantages According to Reed and Edmunds (2015) the use of blogs, are an emerging learning tool that are easy to use that can enhance healthcare professionals' exposures to new information regarding new disease process's, communication, collaboration, and skills. I believe that the use of the internet, blogs and social media can provide nurses with a way to express their feelings, and reflect or seek support from friends, colleagues, peers or virtually anyone on the internet.…
SBAR COMMUNICATION TOOL The Situation, Background, Assessment, and Recommendation (SBAR) is a communication tool that provides a structure for critical conversation requiring healthcare providers immediate attention and action (Mason, Leavitt & Chaffee, 2014, p. 433). The purpose of the SBAR is to improve communication between nurses and physicians in an emergent situation; it can make communication more consistent and predictable (Cornell, Townsend, Yates & Vardaman, 2014). The joint commission recommends the use of the SBAR tool to improve communication (Joint Commission on Accreditation of HealthCare Organizations, 2012). It provides a consistent method of hands-off communication that is clear, structured, and easy to use.…
Meeting with several health care professionals and community members to engage in inter-professional collaboration for my course work personally and professionally beneficial. Speaking with multiple community organizations and resources taught me of the resources to use in completing my course work for Community Health Nursing to educate low income individuals ways to improve obesity and provide them with resources for preventative education opportunities. Also speaking with health care professionals within my organization and working with them to make changes will provide my patients with a safer environment for them and their infants, while including their family members in their care.…
1. How will you contribute to the mission of the NURSE Corps Scholarship Program in providing care to underserved communities? Health illiteracy and lack of healthcare access in low income areas are well documented by my studies. This population is also known to have many comorbidities and a shortage of primary care providers. I want to make a difference in low income communities because they are underserved and improvised.…
Why do patients join PLM? Does the platform work for any disease? PLM is a social network for patients. The goal of PLM is to improve the life of patients with chronic and life-changing diseases by sharing one’s health issue or experiences.…
Patient Education Handout on Diabetes The purpose of this paper is to design an education handout on Diabetes and explain why Diabetes is a problem in the United States. The handout aims to promote teaching and health literacy in adult prisoners to help control and delay type 2 diabetes. The reason why I selected this health issue is due to the high number of diabetics that I care for in my organization. I can say that type 2 diabetes is affecting more Hispanics than any other ethnic minority population in my organization.…
Anderson and McFarlen (2013) identified the community- as- partner model for CHIP, based on Betty Neuman’s model, and developed in 1972 as a total person approach to patient problems. The model and subsequently the community- as- partner model are known as system models. There are four concepts central in nursing; person, environment, health and nursing, delivering a structure for the community-as- partner model. Based on this model, the person can be the population, the environment can be the community, health is considered as resources for everyday life, and nursing is considered prevention. Furthermore, nursing primary prevention is to promote and protect health; secondary prevention takes place after the problem occurred with the aim to…
Have you lived (for three years or more) in communities which are medically underserved, or where the majority of the population is economically and/or educationally disadvantaged? My family immigrated to the United States when I was five years old. We are originally from a rural town in India where people do not have access to adequate healthcare services. Poverty continues to prevail in these communities, and children often do not have the financial resources to pursue higher education.…
e-Mental Health (eMH) is a term for mental healthcare practice supported by electronic processes and communication. The mass availability of powerful computers, easy to write programs, and smart phones has transformed the effects of technology on health and healthcare. Clinicians have long recognized its use for hard to reach areas but have been slow to harness its power to change the care of urban populations. Young people with mental challenges have very limited access to mental health services. Although the burden of disease for addiction and mental illness in that age group is dramatic, access to targeted prevention or care is nearly impossible across the globe.…
There are many different approaches in developing a relationship with patients, one of which being holistic, patient-centered care. Holistic care is described as “all nursing practice that has healing the whole person as its goal” (American Holistic Nurses’ Association, 1998, Description of Holistic Nursing). A holistic approach allows the nurse to view the patient as a whole, as opposed to focusing in on one small aspect. By viewing the entire person, we are able to provide spiritual, medical, and any other type of care that may be necessary in aiding the recovery of our patients. “Holism involves studying and understanding the interrelationships of the bio-psycho-social-spiritual dimensions of the person, recognizing that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts,” (Dossey, 2010, p.14), which further emphasizes that by using a holistic nursing approach, we are able to take not only a patient’s physical well-being into consideration, but also the emotional, spiritual, and mental well-being of our…
The topic that I selected is increasing the evidence based practice use. Evidence based practice (EBP) is one of the popular topics in nursing today. It is defined as a “problem-solving approach to clinical decision making within a healthcare organization that integrates the best available scientific evidence with the best available experiential evidence” (Hain & Kear, 2015, p. 2). Applying evidence based practice into our daily nursing practice can improve the quality of care of the patients.…
Utilization of Social Media in the Nursing Profession Matthew Drapeau State College of Florida Utilization of Social Media in the Nursing Profession Matthew Drapeau State College of Florida In our technologically integrated society today, social media has become a fundamentally effective tool for communication between colleagues, friends, and family. Almost everyone uses some form of social media to foster personal exchange with their peers, including health care professionals. A common example of social media are websites, primarily: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Pinterest, and LinkedIn. These social media platforms allow the instantaneous sharing of pictures, videos, and stories to virtually anyone in the world.…