It is used by social workers and other professionals in helping fields. Miller and Rollnick realized that clients were not finding success in treatment because there was no outline, no format for addiction counselors to follow. They saw counselors becoming frustrated with clients’ lack; essentially telling them to come back to therapy
If she was educated about the importance of prenatal testing Nahla might have been normal today. Sadly, many minority women avoid the distress and discomfot of the medical industry and refuse prenatal care entirely. The skepticism results from doctors failing to effectively communicate the reasons behind such testing and failing to provide the patients with information regarding what the prenatal test is looking for and what such results mean. Because there is a lack of clear communication, some mothers are uncomfortable about recieiving such
During these frequent visits her primary care physicians became very familiar with Lia. Cultural barriers and basic misunderstandings prevented Lia’s parents from giving correct dosages of prescribed medication, so doctors were never sure if she was getting the right amounts and combinations of her medicine. Lia’s parents often didn’t follow medical instruction to medicate Lia. Lia’s PCP’s had her on a very complicated regimen of medication. It was difficult for the Lee’s to understand the dosing.
Becoming a CNA was easy for Daphne, but the career had its disadvantages. When after one year as a CNA, in a nursing home, she was accused of an act she did not commit. With an abuse offense behind her license, she was terminated and had to find another job. Always being written up for the negative things that take place on the job is another obstacle Daphne faced. Daphne had been written up and reported several times for having to leave the job to get to her kids for whatever reasons.
Joanna appeared to understand no English at all, I tried to calm her down and reassure her, but she did not seem to comprehend. The staff nurse thought that she was upset at seeing the boy after her procedure and went to get a mobile screen to separate the patients. Joanna then became more upset. I called the ward and
Matthew McHale 301 Assessment. Task B Case study You are a social care worker and a service user, Hannah, tells you that she is unhappy taking her new medication. She thinks she does not need it and so she is throwing it away. You know from her care plan that Hannah does need to take the medication regularly and gets confused. Hannah begs you to keep this confidential and not tell anyone especially her daughter, who she sees regularly, as her daughter will be very angry.
The communication of the patients lack of compliance is that the mother did not call the doctor back to help clear up her questions and she jumped to conclusions and switched doctors and didn’t even try to get a hold of the doctor’s office for clarification. o How might the caregiver improve communication in a way that would promote patient compliance? The caregiver
Bella’s guilt caused by her mother’s fear of loneliness has left her short of any male relations. She cannot escape the wrath of her mother, and continually surrenders to her mother's will. Also, Bella has felt she cannot start her own relationship because her mother, in an effort to protect her living children, she has trained them not to feel by hardening them with punishments such as locking them in a closet or beating them with her cane” (Bloom, Harold. “List of characters in Lost in Yonkers. p67-68).
Some think that as soon as a woman finds out she will be a mother, that she should have no problem quitting drinking. It’s just as hard for them to quit, as it is for someone who is not pregnant. For most mothers admitting to this can be a humiliating experience. Currently, physicians rely heavily on history-taking to screen for women at high risk of alcohol consumption during pregnancies (Cook). However, these screenings are not enough since patients are reluctant to admit the amount of alcohol they consume and physicians are reluctant to talk about it with patients (Burd).
Yiwei Hu 3/26/2014 Short Reaction Paper to Story of Genie: The Wild Child Among the psychological stories that I have ever read, the one that stands out is the story of Genie, a feral child. “Genie” is a pseudonym aimed at protecting her identity, and she was also referred to as “The Wild Child” because she was confined for 12 years in a dimly lit room since her infancy. Her father said that she could not be cared for because she was mentally disabled. When her case came to the limelight, she could neither walk properly nor speak, and she only managed to make noises that could not be deciphered. The psychological community was thus provided with a very valuable, but slightly imperfect, opportunity of investigating whether speech is a skill that is learned, or whether it is an intrinsic skill that people are born with.