- Planned, organized, and established priorities based on individual patient’s needs and scheduled activities and adjusted priorities and activities in response to unanticipated events. - Delivered care and provided care coordination for patients in an intensive care setting. - Initiated and coordinated interprofessional team assessments and plans of care including physical, spiritual and psychosocial needs of patients across the continuum of care. - Developed plans of care to achieve identified patient goals in an intensive care setting including planning for transitions within and from the hospital setting. - Communicated regularly with the interprofessional team members throughout the patient care experience.…
Dr. Robert J. White, a neurosurgeon of Case Western Reserve University, received a burst of media attention by promoting what he called “whole-body transplant for quadriplegic. Because the brain can’t function without the head’s wiring and plumbing Dr. White renowned, a brain transplant, at least initially, would be a head transplant. And because of yuck factor, he choose to call such an operation as whole-body transplant. Quadriplegics often die prematurely because of multiple-organ failure. Quadriplegics is a person who is permanently unable to move or feel his body because of injury or illness.…
I have been volunteering with the Spina Bifida Association of Alabama (SBA) for five years. I first decided to begin working with this association because working with children who have disabilities has always held a special place in my heart. Working with the SBA has helped me make a difference in my community and bring awareness to the disease of Spina Bifida. Spina Bifida victims have many limitations. The disease causes problems with their walking skills and most victims become confined to a wheel chair early in life.…
o General measure : patients education about disease, counselling • Acute attack : give IV methylprednisolone, if poor response to corticosteroid consider plasma exchange • Disease modifying theraphy: o Goals : to reduce relapse rate, decrease progression of disability, slow accumulation of MRI lesions o First line : interferon B, glatiramer acetate o Second line : natalizumab o New oral agent : fingolimod and cladbirine • Symptomatic treatment o Spasticity : baclofen, tizanidine, dantrolene, benzodiazepine, botulinum toxin o Bladder dysfunction : oxybutynin o Pain : carbamezepine, gabapentin o Fatigue : amantidine, modafinil, methylphenidate o Depression : alprazolam, lithium o Constipation : fiber, stool softener, laxatives…
In this study, a 74-year-old man with multiple chronic medical problems was hospitalized for respiratory distress. He experienced recurrent aspiration and required frequent suctioning and endotracheal intubation on several occasions. The patient was deemed competent and steadfastly refused feeding tube placement. The patient demanded that he be allowed to eat a normal diet despite being told that it could lead to his death. The patient wanted to go home, but there was no one there to care for him.…
The objective of this paper is to discuss in detail why Occupational Therapy Assistant is my program of choice. My Program The American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) defines Occupational therapy as the “only profession that helps people across the lifespan to do the things they want and need to do…
Impaired Healthcare Professionals: Healthcare professionals impairment is a very serious issue, it impacts their career, family, other staff, organization and patient's safety. Impairment means physical, mental or behavioral disorders that affect the ability to work. It may result from substance abuse, mental and physical health issues. Impairment can lead to medical errors.…
When I decided to volunteer at the Del Amo Gardens Care Center, I wasn’t quite sure if I was emotionally ready. In March of 2013, my grandpa suffered a very severe stroke. It caused so much damage that it paralyzed half of his body, so we had to put him in a nursing home. Shortly after starting my volunteering, however, any negativity faded away as I was eager to assist with the activities.…
If you're unable to work due to a long-term illness or injury, you might be dealing with the panic and anxiety of a denied disability claim. That's because around 65% of all claims are denied on the first application. Quite a few people, therefore, get that heart-dropping letter stating that their situation will not net them the financial support that they so badly need. The most important thing to do when you get that letter is to take heart!…
While observing Occupational Therapy Assistant Fatima deCouto-Garcia, (a BCC program OTA graduate), at The New Bedford Rehab Hospital, we were tasked with focusing on recognizing the performance skill deficits and contextual factors that brought a client to seek Occupational Therapy services. The facility we visited is considered an acute long term rehabilitation hospital and the patients we observed each had complex multi-facetted symptoms, diagnosis and treatment protocols. For the purpose of this reflection we will focus on one patient, a 45 year old woman, Jane Doe, who 6 weeks prior had her left leg amputated above the knee. Jane was described as a homeless, diabetic, suffering from depression. The high level of Jane’s daily methadone dosage was preventing her acceptance to a skilled nursing…
I had difficulties with volunteering in the beginning because I was new and inexperienced. Thus, I made many mistakes and slowed down the process. Additionally, there were times when I dealt poorly with our clients due to lack of information or misinformation. In one incidence, I wounded a client’s self-esteem with my lack of knowledge regarding Prozac in relation to their identification of a mental disability. The client was in a vulnerable position and my actions visibly hurt him and discredited his words, I never saw the client return.…
If you've stumbled upon this article, then you likely have set off to learn more about Physician Disability insurance for medical residents. Undoubtedly, you have either been approached by an agent, advised by a superior or spoken with peers about this type of coverage. Likely you already know that the best time to purchase a policy is when you are young and healthy - but what is the true benefit for residents and fellows in purchasing Disability insurance during fellowship or residency? The primary reason to consider purchasing Disability insurance during medical residency is pertaining to the idea that during this time, you are young and likely very healthy.…
MRC is Mississippi’s only comprehensive rehabilitation hospital, featuring programs specifically designed to treat people who have has a stroke, brain injury, or spinal cord injury. They also provide services for people with neurological and orthopedic illnesses and injuries. MRC has, twice, been the only hospital in MS to be names one of America’s Best by U.S. New & World Report as well as, twice, named one of only 16 Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems in the nation. They have gained worldwide prominence for groundbreaking West Nile research being conducted by their Center for Neuroscience and Neurological Recovery. I chose to interview Mary Palmertree Montana who is the Director of Medical Records at Methodist Rehabilitation Center (MRC) here in Jackson.…
Introduction: The Model of Human Occupation is a commonly used model in occupational therapy practice. This model will be the focus of the paper and was chosen because it is a large aspect of occupational therapy. Although I have learned about this model in different classes, I wanted to learn more about it on my own to further understand about the use of it in practice. This being said, I chose a quantitative research article on MOHO.…
Professional identity underlies many occupational considerations in rehabilitation counselling including standards for practice and conceptualisation of self in current or anticipated professional life. Rehabilitation counselling is an allied health specialist profession that operates within a vocational rehabilitation framework to assist people with disability and injury to maximise independence and inclusion in the community (Australian Society of Rehabilitation Counsellors (ASORC), 2017). Further, rehabilitation counselling necessitates specialised knowledge of disabilities, the disability experience, and contextual factors that impact this demographic (Jenkins, Patterson, & Szymanski, 1992). However, a closer examination of the profession…