I’m beside myself with excitement! I found out last month I was officially accepted into Western Michigan University’s 4+1 Occupational Therapy program this January! I look forward to a career where I can make an impact on everyone I work with, helping them to lead independent, productive, and satisfying lives, regardless if their challenge is large or small With three years of study before me, improving my financial aid game is essential. While my family struggles money-wise, I take my federal loans and work closely with WMU’s Financial Aid Department for assistance, but there’s still a huge gap to be filled.…
Case Study #7 You are a fieldwork supervisor of an OT student in an acute care hospital. Your student asks you out for drinks after work. The type of problem would be an Ethical Distress since this “Occurs when situations challenge how a practitioner maintains his/her integrity or integrity of profession”( Behm D., Joanna, OT Ethical Standards). (Behm D., Joanna, OT Ethical Standards).…
Diabetes Capstone With the high percentage of Hispanics getting Type 2 Diabetes it raises concerns within the healthcare field. Are we doing everything we can to educate the Hispanic community on preventing Type to Diabetes? Bringing healthcare providers to educate the Hispanic community will help decrease the rates of Type 2 Diabetes among Hispanics. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the setting in which Type 2 Diabetes among the Hispanic community is observed, a detailed description of the problem, the impact of the problem in the work environment, the quality of care provided by staff, and patient outcomes, the significance to the nursing profession, and the solution to the problem. Setting in Which Type 2 Diabetes is Observed…
I am thinking about going into occupational therapy assistant, upon graduation. I am looking at St. Catherine University in St Paul. I first heard about St. Catherine University on the internet. I typed in occupational therapy assistant schools on the internet, where I came across a website which listed every single school in the nation that has accredited occupational therapy assistant program. The list provided me with the name of the city, address, phone number and the email of the counselor, which I found out to be extremely helpful and useful.…
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…
At first I didn’t want to be an occupational therapist assistant. I had dreams of becoming a nurse and following my passion of science. I became a certified nursing assistant in hopes of becoming a nurse then began to realize I didn’t like nursing as much as I assumed I would, but this exposed me to occupational therapy. I quickly realized I wanted to be an occupational therapist assistant where I could see personally the results of my efforts, and spend more time with patients impacting their life, as the occupational therapist assistant impacted my residents. I have always loved helping others and empowering others to help themselves.…
• How old were they when they were diagnosed with diabetes? How did they find out they had diabetes? I got it at 19 during a routine check up • Describe the diet and activity they practice to manage their diabetes? I Avoid flours and sweet stuff and also do lots of walking and drink tons of water. • What medication do they take (if any) to manage their diabetes?…
The incidence of diabetes in America has grown to epic proportions; consequently, the rise in chronic disease originating from uncontrolled diabetes is also rising. What are the reasons patients are not able to adequately control diabetes? The focus of this research was to identify barriers that keep diabetics from maintaining adequate control of their disease. There are both learned behaviors and congenital behaviors that play a role in glycemic control.…
Senior Care and Diabetes Diabetes affects senior Americans at an epidemic rate. Most seniors who have diabetes have what is known as "Type 2" diabetes. This type of diabetes results in too much sugar in the blood and can lead to a number of severe complications including loss of vision, nerve damage, heart disease, and so forth. Because diabetes is such a serious disease, the identification and treatment are critical.…
Introduction The topic for the Evidence Based Practice Proposal is Type 1 Diabetes. I want to know what interventions can be provided such as education that will encourage patients with this disease to maintain better control of blood glucose levels. A hemoglobin A1c level is an indicator of how well controlled the patients’ blood sugar levels are, and how well they manage their diabetes over the course of three to four months. The hemoglobin A1c test is checked by having blood drawn or by using a machine and finger prick (Mayo Clinic Staff, 2015).…
Throughout my life the phrase, “You can’t quit now, you’ve already made it this far” has been thrown around by my coaches, teachers, family members and friends. It has been this constant reminder that I should always push onward through the challenges I face in life. The challenges that make it difficult to want to persevere and cause me to struggle to reach my goals. It was this constant reminder, that no matter the challenges that we face in our lives, the struggles that may set us back from our daily routines or the problems that may arise throughout our journey, we can overcome them, push them behind us, and advance onward with our life in happiness. I’ve come to discover that this simple phrase of not quitting because you’ve made it so…
HIDALGO COUNTY’S DIABETIC POPULATION Norma Valdez-Rosa South University Online July 14, 2016 EVALUATION The nursing care plan consists of five components and is the essential core of practice in order for the registered nurse to be able to deliver holistic patient centered care. The nursing care plan is a tool used to help identify patient problems and ways to meet the needs of the patients based on evidence based practices. The final phase of a nursing care plan is the evaluation; this is where the responses to the nursing interventions are reviewed to determine if the goals have been met.…
This morning we are in the home of 32-year-old Kevin, who suffers with type 1 brittle diabetes. The following interview was brief, but informative: (Angel) Kevin, you were diagnosed at 10, any memories during that time? (Kevin) I recall my weight of 125 lbs and a few days later weighing 80 lbs. It caused frequent urination and couldn't eat without vomiting.…
Genetic risk assessment: 1 out of 10 (low risk) Environmental risk assessment: 23/69 Both of my assessments are pretty low, but I know that I can definitely do more to further reduce my risk. No, none of the questions on the assessment surprised me. I understood how each question related to diabetes.…
Type 2 Diabetes and patient teaching Teaching people about the causes, symptoms, treatments and preventive measure of type 2 diabetes. Hopefully by getting the information out there we can lower the people effected by diabetes of all kinds. The most common is type 2. Diabetes affects 27 million people in America.…