Practicum Project Observation Report

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The last few days that I have been at my practicum site has exposed me to many different aspects of post acute care. I started to observe and record my feedback from the nurses, pharmacists, and therapists on the discharge procedure. One of my major projects is to propose a better way and give feedback to the senior leaders on their discharge method and how to better this process for the family members and patient. The discharge method can be very overwhelming at times because the patient and family more than likely went through a situation that happen unexpectedly. Also, during this time, I started on my other project, which is to reformat the post job offer questionnaire. This project is very detail-oriented. During this time, I only have

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