The Clinical Setting Health Professionals

Differentiate among the professional psychology specializations (clinical, counseling, and school) in terms of philosophy, topic areas, and settings. Clinical Psychology: Clinical psychology is the psychological specialty that provides continuing and comprehensive mental and behavioral health care for individuals and families; consultation to agencies and communities; training, education and supervision; and research-based practice (APA). “That art and technology which deals with the adjustment

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY Academic, professional, highly skilled US dental licensed dental specialist with extensive knowledge and experience of pediatric dentistry dedicated to the evidence based dental care of children including children who have complex medical conditions, Intellectual and Neurodevelopmental disabilities ACADEMIC/ PROFESSIONAL STRENGHTS • Clinical experience and knowledge of pediatric dentistry in hospital setting • Clinical practice of evidence based pediatric dentistry over eight

Education in Health Professional Schools Technological innovations are influencing education strategies and specifically advancing the domain of health professional education. Simulation is becoming more popular as a means to provide innovative learning experiences and foster understanding of didactic content, as well as offer an avenue for students to refine their collaborative practice skills. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) in its report, To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health Care System, recommended

patient health outcomes in clinical practice settings. “Trends such as low morale, a general apathy regarding professional collegiate support, heavier workloads, reduced resources, and higher patient acuity can contribute to job dissatisfaction, poor work performance, and may be putting positive patient health outcomes at risk” (Bally, 2007). Background/Key Issues The Canadian Nurses Association (2004) defines mentoring as, “a voluntary, mutually beneficial and usually long-term professional relationship

Clinical pharmacy is defined by the American College of Clinical Pharmacy as “a health science discipline in which pharmacists provide patient care that optimizes medication therapy and promotes health, wellness, and disease prevention.”. Clinical pharmacy is a health specialty which assists in the appropriate use of drugs and devices and it is practiced in various settings including hospitals, community pharmacy, clinics and nursing homes. Clinical pharmacists are people who coordinate with healthcare

discussion is the chosen professional career goal of a Health Care Administrator in a Clinic in the Otolaryngology or Gynecology department, Administrator in a nursing home or hospital Emergency Room. I will speak on the health care career plan in the chosen health care sector, professional goals, and current acquired skills in the health care field, the skill that will need to be altered or changed. I will discuss the plan to achieving those professional goals, the professional organizations that can

specific clinical standard audit which was conducted across two surgical wards at St John of God Murdoch Hospital. The 10 clinical standards were derived from the health commission of Australia which can be used by any health professionals and multidisciplinary team within the clinical setting. The main ideas for this nationally recognised clinical framework is to ensure patient safety and to improve the quality of individual health care. In spite of the ten nationally accredited Clinical Standards

Nova Southeastern University March 2, 2015 Transforming Nursing Education Health challenges of the twenty-first century requires highly educated nurses trained not just in acute care hospital settings but a variety of clinical setting; this broadening in clinical education allows the nurses to self-understand and identify resulting in a transformation from lay person to professional nurse (Benner, Sutphen, Leonard, & Day, 2010; Institute of Medicine, 2010). Nurse administrators

graduate degree for the current Advanced Practice Nurse (APN) roles of clinical nurse specialist, nurse anesthetist, nurse midwife, and nurse practitioner. Therefore, the DNP will be the educational requirement for APNs by 2015 and will coexist with PhD programs. Although PhD prepared nurses will continue to perform research and disseminate findings, DNP prepared nurses will apply and evaluate these findings in the clinical setting. In this manner, the two degrees work together to improve patient outcomes

he Importance of Social Experience and Social Skills Education in a Health Care Setting Shelly D. Worley Introduction: This is critique of an article titled “Communication in Nursing Practice”[1] by Lambrini Kourkouta and Ioanna V. Papathanasiou. This article under discussion describes the various ideas behind the methods of communication and why they are important between a health practitioner and his/her patients. Many of these ideas are based in theory and although much of it is true