I had arrived early at 2:25pm to start at Spanish Meadows Nursing Home. I assisted in the dining room by setting the table with gift prizes on separate tables: left had a gift for women, middle a special gift for anyone, and right had a gift for men. It was on Thursday during class that there was a bag and tissue only in pink and blue with two things. I bought four more gift bags and tissue paper from Dollar General. There were six gifts: three divisions of woman and man is the color of pink, purple, and blues.…
Employment is a major element of QOL because it affects many other important elements in QOL. Taylor’s unemployment may cause life style consequences such as financial hardship, inadequate recreational opportunities and loss of independence and also found difficulty in maintaining social relationship. Cognitive and communicative impairments after TBI are often common. Cognitive disturbances may disrupt number of elements of cognition including memory, orientation and attention and functioning. Therefore, it is necessary to provide cognitive and behavioral therapies along with drug therapy to help Taylor to manage the above concerns.…
It was a lovely day and I was able to attend the unit meeting. Our care manager discussed a lot of pertinent information that can improve the quality of care that we are giving to the residents in the unit. She emphasised about the completion of short term care plans, bowel book and incident forms. She also reminded the staff regarding the incoming staff auditing, infection control policies, management of outbreak and confidentiality of the residents. In addition, she informed all the staff to keep the medicine cupboards locked at all times, avoid overfilling the white bags and be aware of the toileting needs of the residents.…
She identifies as a married, while, Caucasian woman who is in her late forties. This is her third marriage and they have been married for seven years. When she moved her from back east she has teenage children, as well as he did, so they had a blended family, that caused complications that have stuck with her to this day. She identifies as Latter-Day-Saint and this is her first marriage that she says is religious. She was a self-referred client, who was seeking to decide if she wanted to stay in the marriage or not.…
It was my first day of training. UCSD Medical Center (or whatever the name is). First stop: Emergency Room. As I walked inside I saw doctors and nurses bustling about. To my left a resident was stitching up a bicyclist who had been in an accident.…
My day started a bit off, I had an emergency that morning that made me run a bit late for clinical. This made me miss some important information such as, how nurses in NCBH hand over to the next shift, but aside that, I had a wonderful day working with nurse Mrs. Osei. She welcomes me by introducing herself, which I responded likewise. She took me with her to do her morning rounds and administer medication to her assigned patient. After we were done with her morning medication, I went to one of her patient whom I was assign to by Mrs. Natasha to perform mini mental survey and general assessment on the patients.…
How Study to be Conducted This study will focus on protecting patients from fall and fall-related injuries after stroke in an Acute Rehab Unit. At first it would identify the patients who are at great risk of fall currently and after going back to the community. The Morse Fall Risk Assessment (MFA) tool will be used to initially identify fall risk patients in the unit. CDC’s Injury Center has created a tool kit, called STEADI (Stopping Elderly Accidents Deaths and Injuries).…
Does Value Options Health Insurance Cover Drug And Alcohol Rehab? Value Options health insurance will cover the costs associated with outpatient and inpatient drug and alcohol rehab. The Affordable Care Act, which is also known as the ACA, requires health insurance companies cover the cost of addiction treatment. However, the amount of coverage that one can get for addiction treatment can vary from plan to plan.…
I began to realize, these people were not broken objects without meaning or purpose. They could not be defined by their bodies, ages, or aliments. They could only be defined by their lives, passions, and purposes. Through my experiences with the inspiring residents during my first fieldwork, I was able to learn that everyone has a story to share; however, to see this you have to look past their external appearances. Antoine de Saint Exupery once said, “One sees clearly only with the heart.…
A Respiratory Therapists role in long-term care facility and Homecare My time working at CCOH and RHCS was exciting and interesting. Although they are both respiratory therapist jobs, they each demonstrated something different. While CCOH showed how it is to work in a long-term facility and have consistent patient interaction. At RHCS driving around to the client’s place of business or residence to check on, or collect the equipment, made it personal able.…
To all the doctors, teachers, peers, and family members who didn’t believe I would amount to greatness, thank you. When I was young, I didn’t understand why school seemed more challenging for me than it did for everyone else. I couldn’t discern why I was unable to distinguish my right from my left no matter how many times my teacher sighed and told me it was simple or why I could complete math problems perfectly then copy my answer wrong between the work area and the answer line.…
My placement is at We care rehab clinic, Stoney creek facilitating my role as a physiotherapist assistant. Goal is the desired result that person plans and commit to achieve it. My goals are to improve my assessment skill, interviewing and counselling skills and improve my extraordinary communication skills. 1) To improve my assessment skill:…
I was a recovering teenage anorexic working at a critically acclaimed restaurant—the irony never failed to escape me. Bay Wolf Restaurant in Oakland, California was my first job. It taught me how to love food and myself again. I had moved to Northern California from Southern California for an eating disorder rehabilitation center a month earlier. I learned about the position from a girl at rehab and was hesitant to look into it.…
A Day with a Hospice Nurse Hospice nursing is more than just “nursing”, its listening, showing compassion and being and advocate for peace and comfort. Hospice nurses provide individualized care to their patients and families during a time of difficulty and transitioning. During each of our visits, the nurse demonstrated respect for the patient’s views and wishes by asking permission before entering or performing and part of the assessment. She was also actively listening to concerns and asking what else she can do for them.…
I have to say 2015 was a pretty good year for me. Of course to go along with those good things of course there has to be some that aren’t as wonderful. An example of this would be like when my grandma had to go to the hospital. She had to go because she was becoming very ill since our grandfather had died. She hadn’t been out of her house in a very long time; she hadn’t moved from the couch much rather than to eat, use the restroom, or something had to do something she absolutely needed to do.…