Eric, this type of situation is very overwhelming when taking care of an elder person. Setting up priorities in term of care is very important. Taking care of three kids is not a joke, at times; if care is not taking the individual will break down physical and psychologically, and if that happened, no one will be able to take care of each other. That is the reason why the nurse needs to do a comprehensive assessment in order to know the extent of relationship of the family. The role of Susie needs to be known as well as the role of the three kids. When the nurse does a thorough assessment of the family, the needs and care for the elderly mother will be able to plan for in such a way that will not affect Susie and the three kids. At the initial
During the Great Depression, when every ounce of life was bleak, withering, and hopeless, maintaining fortitude through adversity differentiated living another day and meeting the ravenous hands of death. Thursday’s Child, a historical fiction novel written by Sonya Hartnett, explores the struggles of an Australian family during the Great Depression. Harper Flute, the narrator of the novel, reflects on the events of her early life with her family members. Da (Court) is the patriarch of the Flute family and is the deplorable and cowardly father of Audrey, Harper’s older sister, Devon, Harper’s older brother, Tin, Harper’s younger brother, and Caffy, Harper’s youngest brother. Mam (Thora), Harper’s mother, maintains her sense of bravery during
“It all started in 1991 with a young girl in a yellow dress. She looked a bit sad, a bit lonely, a bit out of place. As Chief of Police Bill Hegarty walked through the Grand Rapids Police Department that day, the little girl caught his eye. And as he looked at her, he saw that she simply looked out of place. He saw that she looked scared” (Children’s Assessment Center, n.d.). About twenty years ago the Children’s Assessment Center of Grand Rapids opened their doors with the intention to reduce the amount of trauma children endured in the case of sexual assault. The Children’s Assessment Center is a place where children can be interviewed without being scared and can receive the treatment they need to heal from their abuse. “Traditionally, child forensic interviews have taken place in police departments, schools, and CPS offices. Such settings may be intimidating for children and could increase children 's beliefs that they are in trouble or have done something wrong” (Tavkar, 2007).
The police received a call at 6 PM about a missing person. The call came from the mom of the missing person. Officers Stephen Potter and Jordon Saunders responded to the call at the private residence. When we arrived at the private residence on 3146 Mayfield Drive Columbus Ohio, 43221 at 6:11 PM we began questioning the mom of the missing person. The mother’s name is Mary Russell, and the missing person is Hannah Russell. Hannah is caucasian, about 5’5”, brown eye, long brown hair, weighs about 125 pounds, and is 17 years of age. Hannah social security number is 331259941 The home phone number is 277-0020 and Mary cell number is 595-3325. There a total of 3 people who lives at this residence the mother and her two daughter, the other daughter name is
Assessment is an essential tool in the early childhood classroom. Teachers are always assessing students in the classroom using informal assessment and formal assessment. According to Copple (2009), stated that assessment is “the process of looking at children’s progress toward those goals. Thoughtful attention to assessment is essential to developmentally appropriate practice in order to monitor children’s development and learning, guide planning and decision making, identify children who might benefit from special services or supports, and report and communicate with others, including families.” (p.44).
Depending on the patient's level of self-care, the nurse must work with the family to enhance such self-care. The family may view an elderly, disabled, or otherwise incapacitated patient as a child and unable to adequately perform tasks of self-care. According to Orem,
to help us achieve a high level of care for every child and to ensure we are meeting their needs. The pastoral carers are responsible for monitoring the children within their groups and recording events, behaviour and development. Twice a year the pastoral carers are required to transfer this knowledge from note-taking, observations, record books, assessments of the children they care for, onto ‘progress reports’ for the parents to receive.
“You need to work on your math, because you need to earn your points.” (care giver was sad, angry)
“The goals are to maximize an individual’s functional independence and quality of the life through development and learning improvements in social skills and communications, reductions in disability and comorbidity promotion of independence, and provision of support to families”(Lai, 2014). We are looking for the child’s weaknesses and strengths. What behaviors need to be targeted and how the change will come. William or Will for short refuses to comply with staff. When asked to stop talking or to finish his work and get in trouble with other students. Monthly behavior incidents average about 10 per month.
The Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children (KABC) is a standardized test that assesses intelligence and achievement in children aged two years, six months to 12 years, six months. The K-ABC was developed to evaluate preschoolers, minority groups, and children with learning disabilities. It is used to provide educational planning and placement, neurological assessment, and research. The assessment is to be administered in a school or clinical setting and is intended for use with English speaking, bilingual, or nonverbal children. There is also a Spanish edition that is to be used with children whose primary language is
The Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children, Second Edition (KABC-II) is a revision of the Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children (KABC) (Braden & Thorndike, 2005). Alan S. Kaufman and Nadeen L. Kaufman authored both renditions of the Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children. The KABC was developed in 1970 – 1980 and published in 1983, whereas, the KABC-II was published in 2004 (Braden & Thorndike, 2005). The major differences between the KABC and the KABC-II is that initially there were 16 subtests, but during the revision only eight of those subtests remained while ten new subtests were added (McGill, 2015). In addition, the revision included strengthening theoretical foundations, increasing the number of constructs measured, enhancing test clinical utilities, developing tests that fairly assess children from minority groups, and enhancing fair assessment of preschoolers (Braden & Thorndike, 2005).
The first step a nurse should take in helping this family is offering education and community resources that would be beneficial during this time. Facilitate good interpersonal relationships among family members. Monitor the safety of the patient at home and make referral for social activity, nutritional programs, homemakers’ services, and nursing home as needed. Monitor of exercise, nutrition, preventive services, and medications.
The three parent child observations that have been documented will be analyzed using knowledge from class material and with peer-reviewed articles. Support will be given to show the connection between the articles, the class material, and to each observation. Each observation took place in a different location and each supporting article discusses how the actions of the parent and child relate to different aspects of a parent child relationship.
James is a 13 year old Haitian American male living with his biological mother. Youth’s biological father remarried about two years ago and has a younger half-sister and 2 younger step-brothers. Youth has found it difficult to have siblings and sharing his father's love, however feels like he is getting better at it. Youth spends the weekends at his father's home. Youth was referred from an emergency service. Family identified the presenting problem to be youth getting bullied at school, poor communication with mother at home, and experiencing anger. Youth identified his mother and students at school "picking on him" as triggers. Youth stated he becomes triggered by students picking on him in the classroom as well as on
A nurse may determine their values and opinion about the issue because this allows the nurse to become a more open listener. Knowing the situation at hand, it’s important to offer some solutions such as offering education and resources such as in homecare services that can help managing chronic health issues. And when facing with financial expenses the nurse should explore possible ways for him to obtain coverage or to find primary providers that provide licensed care at a lower cost. When looking at Emilio S point of view, he enjoys gardening, going to church and doing small projects around the house. As a nurse, I would consider that his independence means a lot to him. Trying to negotiate an outcome for both daughter and father can result in an effective solution. The last step involves evaluating the outcomes, do the interventions work for both the daughter and father? If E.S can have his independence while getting professional care from home.
The child I observed was a seven-year-old girl in Year 2 who sat on the second highest ability table in a mixed class. While not in school, she lived a substantial distance away meaning she travelled to and from school by car and was often the first child to arrive in the morning and the last to leave in the afternoon. I will focus on the social and emotional development of this child who, from now onwards, will be referred to as C.