registered nurse, and the care of individuals (patients/clients) in the future. Integration is an integral part of how different agencies, including the national health service (NHS), provide the highest quality of care for patients. Integration of health and social care can be described as finding new ways to organise care which will stop the duplication of care given and help to provide more preventative care (National Evaluation of the Department of Health’s Integrated Care Pilots 2012). A…
The Case Study is about a ninety-two-year old British who lives on her own in a two bedroom flat. Prior to Hilda’s fall, she had good physical and mental capacities. Hilda was admitted into the hospital after this fall which happened as a result of a dizzy spell. Hilda has a nephew Hassan and a good friend Daphne. Hilda’s condition improved after her admission but her physical mobility is reduced. The consultant is concerned that Hilda cannot stay alone. The social worker is also concerned…
person I have chosen to interview is Anita Nelson at Mercy Medical Center located in Baltimore, Maryland. Here she is the Mother/Baby delivery Social Worker inside the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Mercy Hospital mission is to provide excellent clinical and residential services within a community of compassionate care. Their values include prayer, dignity, hospitality, justice, excellence and stewardship. Since 1874, the healthcare ministry of the Sisters of Mercy has touched millions of…
need and therapeutic communication. During the interviewing process, I used Hilegard’s theory of nurse-patient relationship. I started building interpersonal skills, and at the same time, performed Levine’s theory that the patient is the center of nursing…
The Major Challenge The major challenge that is seen at Long Island University’s Center for Physical Rehabilitation is back pain and the need for improving function. Lower back pain is one of the most common reasons for people missing work or going to see their doctor. "About 2 percent of the U.S. work force has compensable back problems each year. Various estimates of the total annual societal cost of back pain in the United States range from $20 to $50 billion. Nonmonetary costs of low…
support. As it stands, a high percentage of A&E workload is directed towards people who have self-harmed (DH, 1999). Self-harm is one of the top five causes of acute admission and the corresponding individuals require urgent psychosocial assessments before discharge (DH,…
for this population and may decrease risks for other complications. This need ties into Healthy People 2020 goals, web of causality and Erickson’s stages of development of middle…
Introduction and context Luke is a 19 year old man who was brought in to the Department of Emergency Medicine (DEM) in protective custody under an assessment order and an interment treatment order to an acute mental health facility with a diagnosis of drug induced psychosis and querying schizophrenia. Luke comes from a low socioeconomic background and is currently receiving youth allowance payments. Luke is a smoker with a history of illicit drug use and alcohol abuse. Luke has recently moved…
inter-professional, or the ability to provide good collaboration skills, is crucial to providing excellent, safe, and quality care to patients. The ability to communicate and connect, not only with patients and other health care professionals, can help build trusting relationships, prevent errors, and provide a higher level of care. Communication is one of the most important aspects of nursing practice. Communication not only involves verbal and non-verbal communication, but also active…
of daily living in this case personal cleansing and dressing to discover any probable patient health problems or any challenges in performing the activity of living. Part two will deal with nursing actions that would assist the person with the activity of living based on the Roper Logan & Tierney Model of Nursing. Information the nurse must gather during the assessment of…