Geriatrics

Pitts interact with his patients with care and efficiency. Since most of his patients were geriatric we often treated their entire family some times in one visit. The community valued him, I would hear stories about the amazing community work Dr. Pitts partakes in. Not only did you hear the work Dr. Pitts did for the community from the patients…

nursing school. Working as a CNA was one of the experiences I’ve had because I learned to love and value the elderly for they were once our heroes. Therefore, they deserve our love, care, and respect. I graduated from nursing school and worked as a geriatric nurse for a couple of years. After nursing school I decide to take a break from school and decided to have a second child. I had a beautiful daughter and named her Veronika. A couple of years after Veronika was born I went back to school and…

certain cultures in which showing emotion in such a context is inappropriate. When considering the strengths and weaknesses of both existential therapy and REBT, it seems that the multicultural aspects of these approaches would fit well with a geriatric population, depending on the location. For a group of individuals that often face physical ailments and limitations, the empowerment that existential theory promotes could be considerably therapeutic, even in collectivist cultures. Furthermore,…

Acute care service is a level of health care in which a patient is treated for a brief but severe episode of illness, for conditions that are the result of disease or trauma, and during recovery from surgery. Acute care services are usually delivered by a team of health care professionals from a range of medical and surgical specialties using technical equipment, pharmaceuticals, and medical supplies. The acute care settings include but are not limited to the emergency department, intensive care…

Throughout the region and perhaps the country the staple ghost story is the story of a ghostly hitchhiker. “Endless variations on the “vanishing hitchhiker” story are some of the most frequently shared of all community tales across the United States. Whoever started the hitchhiker story in our own region simply proves its persistence in American lore as one of the more widespread… (Thacker 38)”. In Mountain Mysteries by Larry Thacker the hitchhiker is known as “Gabriel’s Messenger”. There are…

years of ED nursing experience and accuracy of acuity assignment. However, gaps in the literature include: a universal audit tool to audit patient records for accuracy, accuracy of the acuity assignment in specialty populations such as pediatrics, geriatrics, or minorities, and lack of randomized controlled…

Although I may not specialize in this, I would like to practice geriatric nursing. I became interested in elder care when I ran across an article on Facebook. It explained that most elders in nursing homes or long-term care homes are often mistreated in some form and in some cases, abused. I then began reading related…

Some candidates will be RNs who want to move into administration. They may be advanced practice nurses with specialized training in areas like pediatrics, geriatrics and oncology. Some candidates will have direct administration experience, such as a clinical supervisor for a small unit. They will have experience with overseeing day to day operations, resolving issues and coordinating care with health care professionals…

What Careers are in Neuropsychology? Most careers in neuropsychology can be found in academic and clinical organizations. Neuropsychologists strive to apply neuropsychological practices and to help people with illnesses or mental health problems overcome neurocognitive problems. Those who are interested in neuropsychology careers will find three job descriptions below. Clinical Research Assistant Clinical research assistants conduct placement interviews, review assessments and administer…

Aundria McCadney Reflection Paper #2 (Adams Place) When I found out Adams place were coming to speak I thought they was just going to talk about long-term care just like every other nursing home. The most shocking was to learn that they offer other health services as well like independent living, assisted living, and rehab. Both of the speakers provided some good information about being Health Administrator in the nursing home settings. Also, describing their policy on what the Health…