Patient Therapy Scenarios

Many people have many different definitions of a family. Some include family as the people they live with, some include their entire extended family, and some include friends, neighbors, coaches, and teachers. According to the Vanier Institute (2013), a family is “a combination of two or more persons who are bound together over time by ties of mutual consent, birth, and/or adoption” (para. 2). Whichever way you look at it, families often play a major role in life. It only makes sense that when a person begins to go through a drastic change in life such as illness, the family will be involved. This is why it is important that nurses learn how to provide suitable client and family centered care. They can do this by following the four

Staff met with Treating Therapist Patrice Davis to discuss IVP/IRP Breanne's progress to date. Patrice elaborated to Staff that Breanne needs continued support in locating employment. Patrice and Staff both agreed that finding employment would do wonders to help boost her ego. Patrice also informed Staff that Breanne was no longer staying in the shelter, due to a curfew violation. Patrice informed Staff that Breanne was now staying back home with her mother's home. Staff indicated that there was possibly some enabling behavior by mother that encouraged her early departure from women’s shelter. Staff noted that Breanne’s silence regarding her shelter status coupled with her mother indecisiveness may be a sign that some enabling is taking

Alice has just come out of an intensive inpatient treatment program and due to her home life with her husband having a job that requires him to be away a lot, leaving her alone with their two young daughters, I would recommend that Alice be a part of an intensive outpatient treatment program (IOP) (Brooks & McHenry, 2015). One of the reasons that I recommend a IOP for Alice is due to the structure that an IOP will give her and potentially her daughters that are living with her as well. Within the IOP she will be receiving continuum care that was similar what she was receiving in her inpatient facility. The goal would be within three months to reevaluate where she is with her goals to see if she could go to a level of care that is not so intensive.

Patient is a 30 year old male who presented to the ED via LEO with HI. The Patient is under IVC paperwork due to complaint aggressive behaviors towards family. The patient reports that his brother and him got into an altercation over him dating the same girl he did 10 years ago. TACT contacted family about event that took place and was able to reach mother and brother. The patients mother reports that he tried to punch brother because he would not let him use his credit card to buy something while they were out at the store. She reports that the patient has never dated the brother's girlfriend and only seen her once before. The Brother reports saying in Georgia and is home for the holiday's. Brother reports that his current girlfriend lives

This is 34 year old AAF. Patient is here to be establish as a new patient, and several compliants as listed above. Patient is a non-smoker, denies use of alcohol or illicit drug use. Patiet is acurrent resident at Lovelady Center. Patient deneis depressive moods, thoughts of suicide or homicide.current pain

During my therapy visits, the patient often talks endearingly about his family. Using this as a facilitator, he acknowledges the fact that a change in his lifestyle will be delightful for the whole family. With the family

I completely agreed with you about the safety issues that are encountered daily in the surgical areas. There has been implementation of safety intervention to remedy these concerns on patient safety. In most cases, nurses are rushed with the consequences that patients are not properly prepped in the pre-op areas prior to the surgical procedures. Personally I have been in same problem of being rushed to bring the patient in the room. In this particular incident, I just finished a case in another room and have not interviewed this particular patient. I informed the Anesthesiologist and the surgeon to give me few minutes to interview the patient prior to transfer to the operating room. To everybody’s surprise the surgeon wheeled the patient

On Monday, August 29, 2016, at approximately 1:38PM, I, Officer Larry Thomas, was contacted by medical staff to come to the peep area, in reference to a patient control assist.

L.M.’s main personal compliant at the beginning of Family Based Treatment was feeling that no one listens to her. She was quick to volunteer in the participation of additional therapeutic hours with this intern along with the over two-hour weekly family sessions and her own outpatient therapy. When asked if she would be interested in meeting with the intern for a few sessions, she remarked: “I could use talking to someone who will listen.”

I am coming to you to ask a favor that I hope both of you will oblige in.

During the first session boundaries and ground rules were set. In this session my goal was to get to know the whole family and learn about each of their concerns and what they each wanted to gain from therapy. I went around the room and asked each one to describe how each one viewed their family structure as a whole. I let Marge begin since she seemed to be the most eager one in starting family therapy. Her main concerns were having her husband’s support, her son’s

Family as client, seeks understanding and knowledge on how the health of one affects the family unit. This approach to family nursing is something close to my heart. Four years ago, my husband was a prominent successful business man. He was the owner of the family restaurant that had been in the family for 100 years. Our marriage was a typical burnt out marriage, not enough hours in the day for everyone. We have two children, Nodyia 29, married in Oregon, then there is Vito Jr. 15 (now) and intellectually developmentally delayed. My husband is affectionately known as Big Vito to everyone, and loved by all, after all he is the life of everyone’s party. That

Moreover, the family understands the specifics about the individual's condition and their daily routines. This can help health care professionals to decide if the person is following the proper steps in their therapy. Once this takes place, is the point that health care professionals can make adjustments to reflect changing realities. Those patients, who have their families involved, will be able to receive better care by ensuring that nothing is overlooked. This is the point that physicians will have a more complete picture surrounding their underlying levels of health. (Saleeba, 2009)

Family is something that plays a tremendous role in our life. Even though the structure of families has changed over the years, it is important to acknowledge that there many families out there whether they are traditional families, nuclear family, stepfamilies or others which tend to have different types of problems in their families. Therefore, many families attempt to go to family therapy in order for them to obtain help in solving the different types of issues they might have at home. As stated in the book Family Therapy by Michael P. Nichols (2013), “The power of family therapy derives from bringing parents and children together to transform their interaction… What keeps people stuck in their inability to see their own participation in the problems that plague them. With eyes fixed firmly on what recalcitrant others are doing, it’s hard for most people to see the patterns that bind them together. The family therapist’s job is to give them a wake-up call” (2013).

Marriage and family therapists help clients always with the help of the person’s family. I too believe that a person in order to resolve mental or emotional disorders requires the support and understanding of those closest to them, and with the use and knowledge of family systems theory this can be achieved. I also think that communication or lack of, very often is the seed behind problems within the family, that is why I appreciate the fact that marriage