Systematic Review Of Literature Review

Occupational Therapy is a health, wellness, and rehabilitation profession devoted to the development of performance and function across their lifetime so that individuals can live their life to the fullest. The holistic approach taken by occupational therapy practitioners is particularly effective in the areas of wellness, health promotion, and prevention. The practice of occupational therapy can take place in health care and education settings, and in community based agencies and organizations. The timing is excellent for occupational therapy in the area of wellness and prevention. Occupational Therapy practitioners administer habilitation and rehabilitation services, which are among the fundamentals health benefits of the

1. Is the article proposing to answer a specific clinical question or questions? What are the questions?

The purpose of this meta-synthesis research was to synthesize a qualitative study performed to better understand the underlying reasons why only a fraction of cancer patients participate in cancer research trials. The attempt is to explore factors that influence participation in this type of study. Literature in the subject indicates poorly understood process of how patients are enrolled into clinical trials. This systematic review tries to improve the patient decision-making process in participating in cancer clinical trial and to provide Oncology nurses to treat patients with solid background utilizing evidence based practice (Biedrzycki, 2010).

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the challenges in providing quality care to the elderly. I will conduct an evidenced-based literature review addressing quality improvement initiatives and programs for older adults. Following the literature review, I will describe barriers and solutions of quality programs and initiatives for older adults. Lastly, I will identify the future impact on nursing care of older adults resulting from this experience.

While observing at Amer-I-Can Work Rehab, I was able to see what it is like to work at a privately owned outpatient physical therapy clinic. Many of the patients at the clinic were over the age of 50, with none under age 16, and many suffered form back injuries. In order to treat all of the patients, a variety of methods were used including stretches with and without resistance bands, isometric strengthening, traction, massage, electric stimulation and ultrasound.

Doctoral level counselor education programs will implement the 2016 CACREP standards to maintain accreditation. Adkinson-Bradley (2011), details the progression of clarity in the CACREP standards for counselor education and the foci for each revision. In recent years, professional identity has been the cornerstone of the CACREP standards and there is not a specific study that addresses how research reflects the doctoral level domains (Gladding, 2013).

While there are many ways that a person can specialize in the field of occupational therapy, one of the profession’s draws exists in the potential for variety and diversity. The goal of occupational therapy is to provide therapies and alternatives that allow clients to return to the things that they need to be able to do, and the things they want to be able to do. This is obviously a broad definition, and one that can be achieved in various groups, and through various methods. Occupational therapists can specialize in hand therapy, stroke rehabilitation, driving, community mobility, low vision patients, pediatrics, or geriatrics. In any of these specialties, a therapist can address their patient’s daily living activities, leisure, work, education, or social participation. An increased ability to participate in any of these activities can be facilitated through a variety of treatments: splinting, modalities, adaptive equipment, task modification, environmental modification, or activities centered on desired occupations.

Each day clients engage in meaningful and purposive occupations that can be affected by a multitude of incidents that may either support or hinder a client’s ability to function. Traumatic injuries are just one example of incidents that may hinder a client’s occupational performance. Injury can often times lead clients to experience disruptions in their capacities to achieve full occupational performance. Clients who do experience diminished occupational performance can find support through an Occupational Therapist (OT). The OT will utilize a therapeutic decision making process to determine the most appropriate theory along with the client’s knowledge of his or her own needs and wishes to guide therapy. Employing and supporting the client as an advocate for their own needs can allow an OT to determine theories of practice that are best suited for the client’s return to wellbeing. An OT should first attempt to realize the needs and wishes of a client and once an understanding has evolved of what is meaningful to the client the therapist can assess performance skills and patterns that can be addressed by theories developed specifically for OT.

The patient was compliant to all aspects of treatment and the home exercise program. There are no known alternate explanations of the outcomes of this case report. However, in comparison to the case report by Caldwell et al25., the patient in this case report displayed a faster decrease in pain and return to normal function indicated by 0/10 VAS, 0% neck disability and ability to perform all tasks for work at the last day of treatment, 3 weeks from the first day of physical therapy. Possible explanations for the faster recovery could be due to the slight difference of impairments as well as the addition to grade IV and V manipulations to the cervical and thoracic spine as suggested to have high correlation with decrease in pain and normalization

There is a relationship between research, practice and academics because each one are interrelated with the other one to develop advanced professional practice. There is a growing body of research, and evidence based findings inside and outside from our profession that needs to be scattered. Academics are responsible to teach to the new professionals the resources and evidence-based knowledge available to develop Occupational Therapy practitioner’s vanguard of new professional advances. The profession is active performing studies and developing new evidence to based our therapy interventions. We are seeking to obtain new knowledge to maximize our interventions and to deliver responsible and quality services. It’s necessary developing partnerships

Low back pain (LBP) is a common condition worldwide; approximately 50-80% of adults suffer from LBP at least once during their lives [1, 2]. LBP represents a major health problem because of its prevalence, high probability of recurrence, consequences, and healthcare cost [3-6]. LBP has physical, psychological, and economic impacts on individuals. Furthermore, LBP is still the primary cause of absenteeism and disability in every industrialized society [226].

Nurses and transportation workers were highlighted as occupations at high risk of having non-fatal occupational injuries by BLS. NHIS survey was used to determine the prevalence of MSD among these two populations relative to all other occupations. The main findings of the study revealed that low back pain was more prevalent among nurses and transportation workers compared to other occupations. Data collected by BLS regarding MSD and lost workdays was examined to further study the relationship between the two variables. Both BLS data and literature review indicate that although nurses are more prone to develop MSD compared to other occupations, they are less likely to miss work even when compared to high-risk occupations. The present study

Chronic low back pain has been shown to have a significant impact on individuals, their families, professional life, and communities. It is one of the most common health problems causing suffering and disability, and it is a leading cause of physical inactivity. In addition to the physical impairments and professional detriments, chronic low back pain increases the financial burden to the healthcare system by augmenting medical treatment costs. Muscle strengthening activity, on the other side, has been used clinically to treat low back pain. However, there is an inconclusive data regarding the preventative effect of muscle strengthening activity on low back pain. Thus, we wanted to see if being engaged in muscle strengthening activity reduces

In addition, this writer proposes early intervention physical therapy in addition to medical management to address the treatment of lower back occupational injury. The rationale behind this proposal serves as an incentive for the achievement on timely return to work in physically demanding occupations. Effective management not only promotes cost containment of medical and incurred costs for the employer’s expenditure of talent management in addition it serves as a value added behavior modification tool. The tool produces positive coping mechanisms for the injured worker. In addition it can lessen subsequent injuries of the same nature. This writer believes that this intervention can positively impact the bottom line of cost on the management

A systematic English-language literature review using PubMed was conducted. Searches included “etonogestrel implant and pregnancy,” “etonogestrel implant failure,” “Implanon and pregnancy,” and “Nexplanon and pregnancy.” The literature revealed that pregnancy with concomitant use of Implanon and Nexplanon is extremely rare. A total of 4103 women-years, comprising over 53,000 treatment cycles, were included in the initial clinical trials during Implanon development. There were no reported pregnancies during these trials leading to the resulting Pearl Index of 0.0 (95% CI, 0.0-0.9) (4).