Psychiatric hospital

A cultural encounter is the act of directly interacting with patients from culturally diverse backgrounds (Honner & Hoppi, 2004). There are two goals of cultural encounters. One goal is to generate a wide variety of responses to promote verbal and nonverbal communication accurately and appropriately in each culturally different context. The second goal is to continuously interact with patients from culturally diverse backgrounds which assists in validating, modifying existing values, beliefs,…

At St. Michael’s Hospital, the mission statement is supported by how the hospital performs, and reflects caring for a patient’s well being in “physical, mental, emotional and spiritual health.” (http://www.stmichaelshospital.com/about/mission.php) This is reflected in the content of the website in multiple categories. For example, there is a section dedicated to the policy documents detailing advance care planning. This section provides an explanation regarding advanced care options for…

Conceptual and Theoretical Framework For the purpose of the program evaluation, the CDC’s Framework for Program Evaluation in Public Health will be used as the conceptual framework for the proposed project. The CDC’s framework for program evaluation in public health provides a guide for performing a program evaluation that assists evaluators in both gathering accurate data and making appropriate conclusions from the evidence (USDHHS & CDC, 2011). Under the framework four standards and six…

had never even met a surgeon until meeting Dr. Ross. While I sat in the wheelchair, confused and in the worst pain I had ever been in, I remember the look of fear on my mother’s face. Then Dr. Ross told me “I’ll see you in the OR” as I left for my hospital room. When I was brought into the OR I remember looking around,…

The Apple Watch and healthcare marketing might sound incongruous when you envision the common uses for Apple 's latest invention. Yet, as with all mobile devices, it 's the perfect device to capture patient attention as consumers use smartphones and tablets to find quick information. Perhaps you 've heard skeptics say that wearables will stay relegated to monitoring our heart rates or blood pressure while doing cardio exercise. Nobody said it should stop there, and the potential for wearables in…

Kercsmar (2008) notes that for asthma management to be effective, more emphasis must also be put on asthma self-management patient education. There are key underlying features in this kind of education relating to asthma including basic knowledge about asthma, symptom recognition, trigger identification, knowledge and understanding of optimal controls, use and purpose of devices and asthma medication, and utilization of asthma action plan, which must all be incorporated in the education process.…

often find themselves receiving treatment in a lengthy hospital stay. There is a high chance of an error occurring when patients are being transitioned back into the community because it is hard for the hospital clinician to obtain all of the medical history necessary to properly treat the patient at hand. This creates a large problem because if some of the health history is not known, re-hospitalizations may occur, which is something hospital clinicians try to avoid at all costs. Quality…

The biggest reason she chose this profession was to help people. When she was a child, she was born with aortic stenosis. Therefore, she was in and out of hospitals all her life growing up. She ended up having to have two heart surgeries. Kelly remembers her second surgery that she had at the age of 14. It was at Egleston, Children’s Hospital in Atlanta in 1991. She had to have her aortic valve replaced with a mechanical one. She was in ICU for one week. She grew close to the nurses and decided…

I originally began my pursuit of medicine because of my interest in the sciences. As I explored various fields from psychology to public health, I found myself drawn to working with local hospitals. Following a few months of volunteering at St. John’s Regional Medical Center, my first experience witnessing the birth of a child significantly impacted my decision to pursue medicine. It was a quiet Thursday night, but the Labor and Delivery unit was bright. Working with the nurse to prepare for an…

performance, and a general attitude of discontent among staff members. In order to be successful in his administrative duties, Dr. Behr must find methods to address and remedy the difficulties which are hampering the operations at Koeberg District Hospital. This paper will discuss the problems he is facing, identify and explain the components of job design which…