Clinical neuropsychology

Foreground Question: Is physical therapy with exercise more effective than exercise in reducing pain in people with shoulder impingement? P: People with “shoulder impingement” I: Physical therapy with exercise C: Exercise O: Reduce pain Background Question: What is “Shoulder Impingment Syndrome?” Shoulder impingment syndrome (SIS), or medically known as subacromial impingment syndrome is a physiological condition in which structures within the shoulder complex are compressed. In healthy…

Implementation Plan Development Methods of securing support for the proposal and obtaining necessary approvals The first and foremost approval to obtaining support is from fellow nurses in order to “buy them in” as they will be an important asset in the formal approval of the executives. Talking to colleagues who work at the bedside of the patients and understand what the change is all about is an important part in the implementation. Administration approval will also be an important tool as…

Another goal is to encourage the client (s) to examine their preferred answers to their problems that they are going through. Since, clients possess strengths; the goal of this therapy is to use those strengths to solve their problem. (Gehart, 2014). The goal of Narrative Therapy is to use the client’s language to find out what is going well in the client’s lives to enable the client to anticipate a positive change in their life (Gehart, 2014). The goal of Narrative Therapy is to assist clients…

validate existing data; rather, it enables medical practitioners to use tried and tested techniques to make clinical decisions. This paper review literature to reveal the way EBP incorporates patient values, preferences, and clinical experiences in nursing practice. The analysis section translates the implications of evidence and knowledge when implementing best practice in nursing into clinical practice. This is followed by an explicit explanation of the relevance and numerous benefits of EBP…

Theory The theoretical orientation that I have begun to align with is Rational Emotive Behavior Group Counseling Theory (REBT). Albert Ellis created this theory in 1955. This theory revolves around the core concept of rational and irrational beliefs. A rational beliefs are consistent with reality, logical, enhances both the self and relationships. On the other hand, irrational beliefs are seen to be a psychological disturbance (Dryden, 2005). An irrational thought is illogical, defeating and…

The Department of Health and Human Services (2012) defines a clinical incident as an event that could or did lead to an unexpected, unintended harm to an individual, financial loss, physical or emotional damage, and/or a complaint. In the case study, "Getting to the Root of the Matter", a 65-year-old patient with a…

My area of interest is Forensic Psychology. Forensic Psychology is described as “the professional practice by psychologists within the areas of clinical psychology, counseling psychology, [and] school psychology…engaged as experts…in an activity primarily intend to provide professional psychological expertise to the judicial system” (Cherry, 2015). This field involves being knowledgeable to legal issues and legal codes and having the ability to translate them into psychological concepts. Persons…

Hospital) from 13.7% to 5% within twelve months using an arts-based program. To encompass a clinical governance framework for this project, all pillars extenuating the significance of accountability for improving consumer safety, quality and effectiveness within a health service will be discussed with relevance to the implications of an art-based therapy intervention (ACSQHC 2010; ANMC 2016). Effective clinical performance and evaluation will be demonstrated through the implementation,…

Baylor Personal Statement I could hear conversation coming from inside the room. Confused and eager, I positioned myself behind the door. Why was no one excited? The faint murmur of the next sentence cut straight through my heart, “Due to the lack of oxygen during your son’s birth, there is a high probability of him developing disorders during his childhood.” This couldn’t be happening to my baby brother. I had waited months to finally hold him, and now I had to wait a few more weeks, until he…

diagnosis. Within the assessment process a clinical assessment is completed to narrow down the thoughts as to why a person is acting out with abnormal behavior. Standardize, testing that is used to determine where a patient may stand when completing a different test. Once the test is completed, they are then compared to “normal” behavior. Reliability is the term that is used to measure the consistency of testing results. The last but not least…