Nursing And Rehabilitation: Hoyer Shifting Patients

The case scenario portrayed Jackie, as a typical nurse who was conflicted and stressed out from both the demands of family and of the workplace environment. At home, she was pressured by her husband to take on extra overtime to supplement and augment the family’s income. Thus, in spite of feeling that her skills were not current, Jackie signed up with her previous hospital to be on the flexible staffing pool (Badzek, et al., 1998). As expected, “Jackie found the work extremely stressful. She rarely had the same unit and patient assignment” (Badzek, et al., 1998).

Atlas Lift Tech collaborates and works with health professionals at hospitals and other healthcare environments to provide safe handling of patients. The California Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1973, Section 6403.5 (AB 1136) requires that employers must provide safety devices necessary to ensure employee and patient safety. Atlas Lift Tech offers programs that manage safe patient handling and mobility to decrease the risk of employee and patient injuries. Since nurses have the highest rate of back injuries, lift coaches help alleviate this problem by coaching workers on how to use lift machines, such as Golvo and Viking Lifts. Atlas Lift Tech also promotes teamwork when handling and transporting patients.

Finally, Nurse Jackie got divorced a couple of months ago. She felt depressed most of the time, she was constantly late to work, making mistakes often, and her appearance was not appropriate for the health care setting. Her supervisor talked to her about the situation, and Jackie agreed to get help. She completed a treatment program last month and was able to spare her license and her job. She has more energy and is one of the best nurses in the unit.

This case study is about a patient, T.C., who I treated while a physical therapy assistant at an acute rehabilitation hospital. T.C. had terminal spinal cancer and at the time of admission had a fair prognosis to maintain function and strength enough to be discharged to his daughter’s home with home health care and family support, and he wanted to eventually go back to his own apartment. He was using a wheelchair as he was partially paralyzed from the waist down, and was able to use a transfer board to transfer from his wheelchair to bed and back.

Roger’s theory of the Unitary individual is however I feel nursing ought to be practiced. Nurses ought to read the person as an entire and not as a machine. analyse delineated the simultaneousness paradigm, humans area unit unitary, irreducible, and within the continuous mutual method with the setting (Rogers, 1970, 1992). In distinction to analyse, Newman known 3 paradigms. one in every of them is that the Unitary-transformative paradigm is analogous to Parse’s simultaneousness theory. The unitary-transformative theory describes humans as burled, self-organizing fields at intervals the larger burled, self-organizing fields. Applying the Unitary Transformative Nursing theory in an exceedingly clinical setting would require American state to look at not solely what's visible and obvious, however additionally that that is obscure as influences within the entire setting.

I started my career working in finance before moving on to train as a leaning disabilities nurse and social work.I qualified as a Registered social worker in July 2008 with BSc (Hons) Social Work and Nursing (First Class), from London South Bank University.I am Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) as a Social Worker and Registered with the NMC as Registered Nurse (RGLD) .I also hold a Masters Degree in Health Research with focus on Mental Health from Lancaster University.

Balance, strength, and mobility are used in day to day for activity of daily living that are used by both independent and dependent adults. Mobility is defined as “the

One nursing theory that has influenced my values and goals as a nurse is Jean Watsons Theory of human caring: Transpersonal Caring as the Fulcrum. Watson believed every person needs an interconnection with others and caring promotes this need. Through caring, a nurse can help the patient have balance and harmony of mind, body, and soul (Cherry & Jacob, 2014).

After a review of the clinical information provided by Ocean Breeze Home Care, the Medical Director has determined that power operated vehicle and the power operated vehicle accessory is not medically necessary. The information presented is limited, consisting of a diagnosis and proposed services for a scooter (Power Operated Vehicle). The information we have does not support a scooter as a viable option for you; with severe shoulder capsulitis, limitation of motion, weakness in your upper extremities and an inability to take more than a step without a walker. We would recommend that you have another evaluation as to what is the best equipment considering your present condition and activity of daily living abilities. Without clinical information

2381 with a Senate bill 1788 in 2009 that mandated mechanical lifts in health care died in the 111th Congress. The previous bill included: health care workers could refuse an assignment if the organization did not provide the equipment to care for the patient, a non-retaliatory system to report organizations that violate the standards, and grant funding to help organizations buy the equipment.

Transitions are a part of each and every person’s life, defined as a passage from one fairly stable state to another fairly stale state (Meleis, 2010). While human beings constantly face transitions throughout the lifespan, nurses work with people going through a health and well-being transition and have the ability to support or negatively affect the person during this vulnerable time (Meleis, 2010). In the mid-1960’s, theorist Afar Ibrahim Meleis began studying the impact of transitions on health and illness and the role nurses play in assisting patients to manage these transitions successfully (Meleis, 2006). This paper will discuss theorist Afar Ibrahim Meleis, define the Transition Theory and its multiple components, and apply the theory to nursing practice today.

The client is a 46 years old woman whose roles included caring for her siblings and being a mother to her three children. She is very outgoing, loving, and kind and saw the best in her siblings even when they are divided emotionally. Her occupations included attending church, doing laundry, cleaning, visiting friends and family. The family support she received came mainly from her brother who she resides with temporarily due to a surgery to insert a pacemaker. The pacemaker was inserted shortly after she received a terminal diagnosis of an autoimmune disease. In the process to recovery she relied heavily on her social support of church members.

Transition theory is one of the most applied theories in the nursing practice. In fact, whether or not nurses are aware of this theory, it is often used in the nursing practice because nursing is all about helping people that are going through changes, whether they are physical changes like an illness or developmental transitions like the birth of a child. Meleis reiterates this point as he states “Nurses often are the primary caregivers of clients and their families who are undergoing transition. They attend to the changes and demands that transitions bring into the daily lives of clients and their families” (2000, p. 13). Before going any further in exploring Transition theory, we must define transition. Meleis states that “Transitions are both a result of and result in change in lives, health, relationships, and environments” (2000, p. 13). Transitions are the times when a nurse can step in and act as a therapeutic medium and help the individual have a smooth transition from one semi stable state of being to another semi stable state of being (McEwen & Wills, 2014, p. 237). This is the essence of Transition Theory. It is the process that goes on between people undergoing some changes in their lives, and the nurse who is guiding care for a stable outcome.

I am excited to write about my experience of community health clinical orientation because I feel the students’ opinions are considered and value in order to continue to better the nursing program. The online orientation was great because many times, having orientation all day on campus can be draining and many students do not focus towards the end of the day. I was concerned about the lack of communication and organization; however it is understandable, there are many changes in the beginning of the semester. I liked having an audio in one of the power points because it provided more information since in my opinion the power points did not contain enough information to guide us into the semester as well as what professors are expecting from students. The videos required to watch also formed stress in all the students because they were not available and many did not know who to reach out to for help due to the lack of communication. I was able to only get through fifteen minutes of one of the videos before it stopped working and I enjoyed those few minutes because community nursing has an important history. The quiz provided was a good strategy to make sure students studied the power points and I believe this type of orientation should continue because it allows students to focus more and it’s an encouragement to read the information.

During the visit to the Mapleshire Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, I was able to tour the facility and also meet and speak with employees and patients. When I arrived at the center, my first interaction was with the assistant director of activities whose name was Madison. Madison has been officially employed at this facility for two years but has been involved for many years since her mother is the admissions director at the center. She was able to answer the majority of the questions other students and I had about the daily functioning of the facility. After interviewing Madison, I took a tour of the facility and spoke with two patients. The purpose of this paper is to reflect and share my insight from interviewing the employee and two patients, and the observations I noted after the completion of a three-unit tour. Additionally, it is necessary to relate my experience to the content learned in class and compare the similarities between the classroom work and the reality of the older population.