Inpatient Family Services

Discharge planning is used to create a plan of care for a patient who is leaving a care setting. An evaluation is done to determine the patient’s continuing care needs once they have left the care facility. When patients are send back home or to a facility that does not require full time nursing care assistance, programs need to be put into place to ensure that the patient is receiving the proper continuation of care post discharge. Proper discharge planning can decrease the chances of a hospital readmit, help in recovery, ensure medications are prescribed and given correctly, and adequately prepare family or caregivers to assume proper post discharge care. According to the Family Caregiver Alliance, “It is important, not only for patients, but family

The NSW Mental Health Act 2007 lays down the foundation in the proper provision and facilitation of care and treatment to persons with mental health disorders and promote their recovery while protecting the rights of these persons. One of the provisions of the Act uplifting this objective is in the involvement of family and nominated carers of patients. As defined by the Act, designated carers may represent from the person’s guardians; the parent

The counselor will ask questions to clarify and summarize the family’s concerns. I will answer any questions and address any concerns raised by the family about the therapy process. I will also assist in laying down parental authority and a sense of impartiality among the children. This will reinstate equilibrium in the family and motivate all members to participate in the therapy.

Children can find it hard coping if a family member has mental health issues. It can affect their lives and their emotional/social and intellectual development.

Our clinicians trained professionals in the Mental Health field and have obtained a Masters degree level. Upon completion of the degree our qualified professionals have obtained licensure by following proper board required examination and hours of supervision. Our professionals in the associate level are also receiving proper supervision and consultation as required by the board in order to become fully license. Our intake coordinator works with providers and community partners in order to deliver a professional and timely processing of referrals made to our agency. The front desk receptionist makes sure that our clients feel welcomed into a safe environment and ensures proper processing of payments as well as directs questions and concerns appropriately. While Deepest Needs Counseling provides Outpatient therapy services, in an effort to provide the highest level of service; we partner with professional psychologists and psychiatrists in the area. Based on client’s needs, referrals for services are available in order to accommodate further evaluations and/or medication management

In the case of Jared, he is seeking treatment after being in an inpatient alcohol treatment center. In patient services helped him focus on addressing his addiction to alcohol and what triggers him to drink. Jared can benefit by using outpatient services. Outpatient services will help Jared by giving him more freedom to allow his commitment to family responsibilities at the same time attend his sessions (Erford, 2013). Jared must abstain from alcohol which requires a lot of willpower but outpatient can offer him support groups, individual counseling, and family counseling, so Jared will never feel like he is alone in his recovery.

I will be assisted by three employees: a registered nurse, a medical assistant, and a receptionist. Ongoing training and support for these employees will be provided by Phoebe-Sumter Medical Center.

Thirty professionally trained and licensed staff members with a minimum of five years work experience each are ready to address families and patients’ social and emotional needs. Our goal is to provide patients and families with exceptional care during trying times so they can attain their maximum level of psychosocial functioning.

The patient’s primary role in the Patient Centered Medical Home is to communicate his or her needs to the providers. Some common requirements of patients might be: to have someone available to answer any questions that arise about their condition, medication, or next steps in their care, assistance in scheduling appointments and coordinating transportation, someone to aid them with the understanding of insurance benefits, and someone to facilitate understanding of any medical conditions in order to allow them to

The most important elements to consider for an individual with a mental illness after being released from a mental health care facility is how they reintegrate with their family and receive social support. For example, if the individual is going to live with their family the best thing to do is to assess the families home and living situation, so that the environment is not threatening to them. It will undermine the treatment process and ruin any positive outcomes the individual has done up to this point. In order to supplement the

Proper treatment of the recipient’s psychiatric condition requires services on an inpatient basis under the direction of a physician.

The programing that is needed for this type of facility includes a Main Lobby, Main Reception, Main Waiting Area, Long Term Care, Outpatient, Rehab, Hospice Care, and a Restaurant. There will also be support for the family and the staff which will include an education experience, dedicated communal areas, counseling rooms, and spaces to distress in. All of these facilities together will create a unique facility that will meet the needs of the patient with top rated care, as well as create a support structure for the families and caretakers.

The professional organization I will explore is the American Psychiatric Nurses Association. This vison of the APNA is to instill the core values of “empowerment, inclusivity, integrity, collegiality, innovation, transparency, and stewardship.” It is the mission of the APNA Administrative Council “to facilitate collaboration and communication among psychiatric nurse administrators, to serve as a clinical resource in achieving shared goals, and to assist in the use of evidence-based practices and innovative systems for exceptional patient care.” APNA is the only psychiatric mental health nursing organization whose membership is inclusive of all psychiatric mental health registered nurses. A membership is available to those individuals who are registered nurses and dues are $135.00 per year. APNA has more than 9,500 members and allow them to be attached with a vibrant community of psychiatric mental health nurses. This allows many resources and programs, with the opportunity to advance in the area of psychiatric mental health nursing profession.

Since this case is happening in the emergency room is it necessary to inform the family that it is plausible that the hospital social worker will not follow up with the family; therefore, this meeting is very imperative for her to provide appropriate referrals to the family. Consequently specific skills, that can be used appropriately for one time visits in the emergency room, to engage Maci and her family during the assessment and intervention are many, such as: basic listening skills, family centered approach, solution focused brief therapy, and strengths based perspective.

A prospectus of the proposed research will be presented to the hospital affiliated Institutional Review Board of the participating outpatient clinic. To conduct the study, permission will be obtained from Prairie View A&M University Institutional Review Board. Once the proposal receives approval, selection sampling will begin with a table with a recruiting poster being placed in the lobby of the GI outpatient clinic. Flyers will be distributed to clinical staff and patients with information about the study for two weeks leading up to the study. Patients with unmanageable IBS to standard pharmacological therapy will also be referred to the study by physicians and nurses of the GI clinic. Participants that meet the inclusion criteria will conveniently