My Professional Career For A Nursing Home

The majority population of long-term health facilities is comprised of geriatric patients with complex comorbidities. Studies show that one-third of these patients have cognitive impairments, and over one-half have physical limitations (Tjia, Bonner, Briesacher, McGee, Terrill & Miller, 2009). It is important to know geriatric patients have increased vulnerabilities. When patients are poor historians and family is unavailable, the nurse often becomes their only advocate during facility admissions. Adequate discharge planning is imperative for patient safety and successful transitions from hospitals to long-term care facilities. It is the equal responsibility of both care

The profession I am pursuing in the Kaplan University is Bachelor of Science in Health Care Administration. With this profession I can definitely have a different option on where to work either in a hospital, long term care, doctor office, and hospice agency. This type of career long term care administrator is a very well paid job, but that comes with a lot of responsibilities a lot of long hours. One of many responsibility is budget planning, personal, board meeting, and employee overview. As an administrator you also need to be in compliance with local, state, and federal laws making sure guidelines are being followed.

Nursing Home Administration is an area which specialized in medical and health services management. Nursing home administrators specialize to supervise clinical and administrative affairs of nursing homes and related facilities. They also have a working knowledge of the physical and psychological effects of the aging process. An administrator’s duties includes overseeing staff and personnel, financial matters, medical care, medical supplies, facilities, and other duties as specific positions demand. This paper will discuss different aspects of nursing home administrator and I will follow up with an interview by Kathy Kondolf, an administrator at Heartland of Zephyrhills.

2. I am a current employee at Nationwide Children's Hospital and once I graduate from Harrison I will like to advance within my company and become a program manager or Coordinator for the hospital. My ultimate goal is to one day own a nursing home, so that I can be a nursing home administrator.

“High rates of staff turnover in nursing homes is not a recent phenomenon. As far back as the mid-1970s studies have documented average turnover rates for registered nurses (RNs), licensed vocational nurses (LVNs) and certified nurse’s aides (CNAs) ranging between 55% and 75%” (Mor,V., Mukamel, D.B., & Spector,W. D. 2009, 1). Long term care facilities (LTC) have staffing issues related to the high turnover of licensed staff. The effect can have a heavy financial burden and also affect the care given to residents. Many ask the question why is it hard to attract and keep nurses at a long term facility. The International

Choosing a home care provider for your loved one can be challenging. You want to be certain that you’re leaving them in the hands of someone competent, compassionate, and skilled. At BrightStar of Northern Michigan, providing quality elderly home care services is the main focus. The Traverse City, MI company specializes in elderly assistance, senior care, and Alzheimer’s care.

2009 was the year, my career in care started, I was assigned to community outreach program, supporting clients in their homes. The role was challenging, demanding physically and mentally but highly rewarding. It required team work, or lone working, with little or no supervision, I managed this, as I had established a good rapport with my manager and clients, prioritising workloads and meeting deadlines, being a good listener with exceptional communication skills, medicine administration or prompting, handling and recording client finances, supporting clients to attend appointments, shopping trips, social events, supporting clients with learning Disabilities, challenging behaviour, autism, Down syndrome, dementia.

IntroductionIn this article I will be discussing the outcomes in nursing homes. My reflective position in thisarticle is too broaden the investigation of staff ratios to include turnover, and to assess alternativedata source options for further use in nursing homes.DevelopmentSome key points that I found interesting about data source for staffing variables; is that all statedrequire Medicaid Cost Reports, but I found very striking that they vary state to state. Alsostaffing measures can be calculated from Cost Reports in some states; The Medicaid CostReports vary with respect to whether hours worked or hours paid is reported. I don’t not agreewith this because it can end up overestimating the staffing level. I can use this knowledge assoon as I start working in my health care career.

This paper will review the many aspects of long-term care problems and many challenges there are within Long-Term care. We will look at rising costs within long-Term Care, patient abuse, will look at the quality of life, shortages of nurses and demand that the elderly are putting on the medical field. The type of care that Long-Term Care had been giving to its patients and the changes within Long-Term Care.

While I have been looking and wondering what it is that I can be in Healthcare Administration field, two options came across. I could be a Nursing Home Administrator or Behavioral Health Directors. Right now we’ll focus on one. Let’s see what it takes to become a Nursing Home administrator.

Problem- Certified Nursing Assistants and Patient Care Assistants require more training in dealing with patients with mental illnesses and neurological issues within long term care facilities. Mental illness in long-term care (LTC) facilities is a serious problem. Estimates among the 3.2 million residents, but a recent review indicated that dementia, depression, and anxiety disorders were the most common disorders, occurring more frequently than among community-dwelling older adults). While 68% of LTC residents have been reported to have cognitive impairment, 41% show moderate-severe impairment). Currently, most programs offer a curriculum set by the Texas Department of Aging and Disabilities. The curriculum focuses is placed on Activities

Introduction In the article, “Facilitating Change Among Nursing Assistants in Long Term Care, Etheridge,Aubry and Couturier talk about the implementation of change in long term care organizations, a process by which new nurse assistants are informally integrated into LTCO’s in Quebec, Canada.Their goal was to identify factors inherent in nurse assistance practice in long term care organizations that can influence their involvement in changing initiatives. To collect their data,they went to different health care facilities and determined information on the workers. The health care investigators also took a set of health care workers and asked them a set of questions in order to analyze their data on changing LTCO’s Development For the study,

The continuously changing long term care environment requires healthcare administrators to protect the interests of residents they care for while effectively managing and leading their healthcare teams. Successful long-term care facilities incorporate varying management and leadership principles to encourage, support, empower, and coach employees. Engaged and motivated employees result in high-performance organizations. These high-performance organizations historically rate well in overall patient and employee satisfaction as well as patient safety. To explore and observe successful management practices, a case study involving two drastically varying long-term care facilities was analyzed and examined. The purpose of this paper is to

Shayna, working in a Long Term Facility (LTC) can be very daunting at times. In my personal experience while working in LTC, is the demanding workload placed on staff with minimal staff recourses. My mother has worked in LTC 30 plus years, recently we had a discussion about patients are becoming more diverse, and the geriatric population is changing. One of her concerns was similar to yours, trying to find a balance in providing care that will help individuals maintain or reach their full potential. With lack of communication, increased demands on staff, and a changing population I can understand you feelings of frustration at times. Based on my research the nursing model utilized in your facility is quite beneficial. The apparent issues

Not everyone has the calling to be a nurse but I am one of the lucky ones to be called to this wonderful profession. Being a nurse has its ups and downs like any other profession, but being able to make a difference in someone’s life is an absolute blessing. It took me a long time to reach my ultimate goal of becoming a registered nurse but I made it with a lot of help from my family.