Practicum Experience Case Study

A practicum experience should be a great introduction into Human Services and all that a population can has to offer you. Your post really reflects the opposite of this experience sadly enough. The agency where I am employed and use for practicum has a single program manager and is sometimes very overburdened by the demands of the clients and additive dramas. Even though we have a weekly practicum meeting scheduled there have been times when this simply was possible because of incidents and clients demand her attention right away. This does take priority. Maybe you can project not so much on the agency but what you can take away from your clients when you are at the site.

2. A new graduate nurse is working in the pediatric intensive care unit. She has been employed a total of 5 months, 3 of which were spent in orientation. Her patient, a child with a cardiac defect and pneumonia, has a very unstable condition and has needed an increasing amount

Types and number of staff that this facility needs, and the rationale for this. How these needs differ in facilities that attend to different long-term care populations

Long-term care facilities are a traditional approach to caring for the elderly or chronically ill members of society. These facilities are set up in a couple of different ways to provide specialized

Due to the patient to nurse ratio on the floor, the floor RN would be more focused on the shift’s operations such as the administration of the medications, ensuring that the patient’s ADLs are taken care of, and collaborating with the inpatient care team when family had demands or questions. On the other hand, the APRN would look more closely on the bigger picture, the care provider would not only look into the patient’s daily needs but also the welfare of the family and the organization. The APRN may dig deeper into the signs and symptoms associated with the psychological or psychiatric aspects of the patient’s condition that can sometimes manifest as somatic or physical illness. For example, the patient might have been sleep deprived due to some emotional stress related to the upcoming court hearing. The APRN would explore on why the patient is having an issue with sleep deprivation, make the care plan, intervene appropriately, and then evaluate the outcome. The APRN could also refer the patient to a psychiatric or legal counseling and assist the patient and family members embrace wellness by establishing trusting care relationships, recognizing the clients’ needs but setting limitations, and reassuring them that the APRN would facilitate towards the resolution of their health care

health problems to assist nursing home staff with the provision of appropriate care. The facility

After following all recommendations of the treatment program, including attending a minimum of 3 twelve step meetings each week, the nurse is required to attend weekly aftercare meetings for one year. Once the nurse is approved to reenter the nursing practice their license will be monitored for 3 years and all positions must be approved by the AP (Alternative). Their license must also reflect that the nurse remained at the same facility for 2 consecutive months during the first year and for 3 consecutive months after the first year. During the first year of the initial AP completion there are certain guidelines the nurse must follow. These include not working from the hours of 11PM to 7AM, not handling controlled substances, not working in a PACU, OR, Labor and Delivery, ICU, substance abuse facility, or Cardiac Cath unit. They also need to work under the direction of another RN and should not float between units. Additionally, for a minimum of two years the nurse should not work as a traveling nurse, in home health or hospice, or as CRNA. The program and random drug screening lasts for a total of three years, at which time the license will be reviewed and limitations

Nursing home facility is for patients who need extended care because they are very sick or unable to function without continued nursing and supportive services in a formal health care facility. These patients are sick and/or are in need of assistance but they are not ill enough that they require the intense treatment and care offered at a hospital. About forty-seven percent of all nursing home facility care is paid for by Medicaid and residents and their families pay approximately one-third of the cost for the facility services. In recent years the length of time one stays at a nursing home has greatly decreased. Even with the decrease in stay there is still a fifty percent chance of an individual in his/her lifetime having to spend some time in a nursing facility. Both of these previous mentioned trends is reflective of the nursing facilities moving toward becoming more technologically sophisticated as well as being able to function as more of a

The purpose of this paper is to identify the type of facility and the resident being served. In addition, this paper will identify the role of the Nurse Practitioner (NP), and the regulatory issues as it supports this role.

According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the aging population is likely to impact the necessary size and composition of the health care workforce (Center for Health Workforce Studies, 2006). There are now 35 million people over the age of 65 in the United States. It is estimated that about 1.6 million older adults will be living in nursing homes with almost half of the residents being over the age 85 years old (Kovner, Brewer, Fairchild, Poornima, Kim, and Jadjukic, 2007). The purpose of this paper is to he identify of facility and number of residents being care for. What would be the role of the nurse practitioner in this facility and the regulatory issues as it supports this role?

Within the world today there are different types of health care facilities to serve the different types of individuals and health care conditions. Temple Living Center East is a long-term care facility that serves the individuals who requires prevention, healing, and rehabilitative nursing care services for non-acute, long-term environment for the elderly. Temple Living Center East will be working on updating the secure unit for the individuals who require special care because of the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s. There will be several tasks that should be completed before the

The information contained in this report was gathered in a private nursing home over 2 weeks that for the sake of this essay, be called “facility x”

A 40-bed capacity aged care facility that offers hospital level of care with registered nurses on duty in each shift (Anne Maree Rest Home, 2014,b). Weekly visits from the doctor helps keep the care going in the right track. A physiotherapist visits weekly and is also on call whenever needed. There is a low ratio of residents to health care givers to ensure quality care at all times (Anne Maree Rest Home, 2014, b). Staff is highly trained, ensuring safe and efficient care to the elderly. The organization train employees to be of excellence because this ensures success of the body (Wentland, 2007). Residents engage in activities developed by the

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.

A student, in the practical nursing program, giving the best care by using and applying skills, principles, and guidelines is the main concern. Seventy-five percent of patients in hospital are elderly simply because of their fragility and decrease in their immune system which would cause mature adult to develop a health problem. Every week is about meeting new patients with different type of diagnosis so skills can develop and one of the patients has caught a particular attention.