Therapeutic Staffing: A Case Study

For many Americans, there comes a time when people are in need of therapeutic services and need help finding the right treatment for them and or loved one. Often times therapy is very beneficial to people, but is not always offered with their insurance. Therapeutic services should be provided to all patients as a non-evasive treatment option because these services provide nontraditional alternatives that enhance patient care and therefore, insurance companies should cover these services.

As the staffing shortage continues to affect all aspects of the health care field; the burden of caring for sicker patients with dwindling resources and support is beginning to make delegation and support staff a necessity. The study highlights the need for support staff, but failed to provide concrete data to support the argument. An improvement in patient satisfaction was resulted, however no need mention on how that data was obtained is mentioned (press ganey scores, hospital surveys, staff/ unit acknowledgement). As you state in your post, the education and experience level on the RN's on the unit was neglected. It has been well documented that bachelors prepared RN's have 'better' rates of improved patient outcomes, which can account for

I work at the veterans’ affair hospitals in Houston and in November 2011, Veteran Health Administration (VHA) committed to developing an outpatient mental health staffing model which comprised an interdisciplinary care team to ensure adequate general outpatient mental health care .

It has been brought to the attention of our new Recreational Therapist staff at this facility, that there are not enough programs or accessible information pertaining to leisure resources for our current consumers who are being discharged from the facility. The specific issue we would like to address are solutions for our clients who struggle with PTSD. As an RT our job is to develop a treatment plan/service designed to restore, remediate, recreate, and rehabilitate an individual’s functional abilities and independence. To promote health and wellness as well as reduce or eliminate the barriers to participation in activities and life situations are the major goals as RTs to decrease consumer dependency. As a Recreational Therapist, providing clients with leisure- education is important so patients can be knowledgeable of what resources are available to them (Carter, M., & Van Andel, G. (2011). Without proper local environmental, leisure

In this career cluster assignment, I chose to look into Therapeutic Services. Therapeutic Services are careers that focus mainly on changing the health status of a patient over time (“CNFC.org”, 2001). I chose to compare three careers that fall under these services, which are Speech Language Pathology, Registered Nursing, and Massage Therapy. Although they all fall under the same cluster they differ in their own unique ways. These differences include education, income, skills, and requirements.

For many Americans, there comes a time when people are in need of therapeutic services and need help finding the right treatment for them and or loved one. Often times therapy is very beneficial to people, but is not always offered with their insurance. Therapeutic services should be provided to all patients as a non-evasive treatment option because these services provide nontraditional alternatives that enhance patient care and therefore, insurance companies should cover these services.

Scenario 1: A client, who has recently lost his job as an automobile dealer, is interested in exploring other career opportunities and has narrowed his search to those found below. Specifically, he is interested in a job that “pays well.” Which of the following occupations would you recommend and why?

The clinic I currently work at is adequately staffed in my opinion. There are two doctors, four full time physician assistance, three full time nurses, and five full time administrative/ clerical staff. We also have approximately ten part time or as needed nurses and three part time or as needed physician assistance. I would first determine my staffing mix by reviewing the numbers from the last six to twelve months. Then I would compare the number of patients seen to the number of providers working each day. I would then look for any correlation in the two. Next, I would use the positive correlation to assist me in determining the appropriate staffing ratios and needs. When a department is well staffed it provides better outcomes for the

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

I was always afraid to walk into a mental facility. I was under the impression that the personnel who works there were insensible against their patients, and that the patients who were secluded in those facilities were usually victims of society. Furthermore, I thought that ECT was an outrageous procedure; now I have a different perspective. I have respect for the individuals who work in mental facilities. I learned that I should be thankful to God for who I am, because there are people who are living in undesirable conditions. I also learned that the way we approach a person, our body language and our listening skills can affect our interactions with our patients and our peers.

Daniel Yardley is a 25 year old African American male living alone off campus but with a presentation style that appears to be incongruent with his responses. The individual has reported feelings of anxiety and depression but in a confident, upbeat, and secure manner. During the counseling session, Daniel appeared reluctant to offer great details to questions and avoided any eye contact. In addition to denying any homicidal and suicidal ideation, he also reported no past counseling experience. However, he is discouraged by feelings of depression and has attempted to break out of his temper as his self-reported social awkwardness continues to frustrate him. Since people think that he becomes too creepy and intense in relationships, Daniel also reports of numerous difficulties in maintaining relationships. Actually, most of his relationships are reported to be remaining at the superficial level despite of whether they are friendship or romantic in nature.

Accreditation benefits all stakeholders and stimulates continuous improvement The laboratory acquires national and international recognition, credibility and acceptance by public as well as clinical decision makers by providing accurate and reliable results. The laboratory also saves time and gains financially by getting correct results at first instance.[5,6] Accreditation programs can help drive improvements in the management of individual laboratories and laboratory networks and may also have positive spillover effects on the performance in other sectors of the health care system. (7 ) Other benefits reported from engaging in accreditation include increases in team work and internal cohesion, motivation to standardize procedures, integration

More noteworthy effect requires more noteworthy activity and will. And additionally moving in the direction of more evenhanded arrangement, general well-being and the therapeutic workforce have basic parts to play in social and political support at all levels, driving more impartial wellbeing, and social and financial, framework and we respect the commitments on facilitating value in this

I agree that therapists who are unwilling to keep a secret with one partner commonly operate on the premise that it is most imperative that he or she remain trustworthy and foster a strong therapeutic relationship with both partners (Goldenberg et al, 2017). Such therapist believes that a willingness to keep a secret with one partner undermines the ability of clients to be able to trust them. They also understand that collusion with one partner against the other by keeping a secret puts them in a precarious position and can ultimately undermine the therapeutic process. This process, known as triangulation, occurs when a third party (i.e. the therapist) is drawn in to form an alliance with one partner against the other (Long & Young,

Hospitals continue to address the issue of staffing levels on most units; however, psychiatric units are not being adequately staffed. The main reason for this difference is that the current staffing models that are being utilized were originally developed to assist with staffing of medical units. These medical staffing models are been redeveloped to consider the acuity of patients’ medical problems, but these current models do not take into consideration the acuity of mental ill patients or the acuity of psychiatric units. Although psychiatric units are part of the overall hospital, these units function is a very different manner. One of the main focuses of inpatient psychiatric units it the development and maintenance of the therapeutic milieu;