She was born April 21, 1993 weighing only three pounds fourteen ounces and was sixteen and a half inches long. She was a preemie. When I held her it was like holding a baby doll. After a brief stay (2 weeks) in the hospital she came home. Her father moved in with me to my parent’s house.
When the house was first built it had nine rooms and throughout the years the room count grew to twenty-eight with many renovations and extensions to the home. In the house lived three generations of the Maggie Walker family. Her husband, mother, house maid, her two living sons, their wives and children were most of the people whom resided in the house. It also is one of the only historic houses throughout Virginia with an elevator, which she used to get to her room on the second floor. It was installed because she had to use a wheelchair because of paralysis, which she developed later on in her life.
A student will normally be given a work placement which could be in a residential or nursing home, a hospital or another caring establishment. Some students may take the course as a foundation and then go on to be Nurses, Doctors, Paramedics or Physiotherapists. H&SC can be studied at Key stage 4/GCSE level from age 14. The aim of Social Healthcare is to provide guidance and support for people from all walks of life to live positive and fulfilling lives. Social care can often be challenging , both physically and emotionally, it is really important that service users are treated as individuals and that we as professionals recognise this and endeavour to meet their personal different needs, which in turn enables them to exercise choice and control over their lives.
The nurse has a responsibility to find out if Henry is a vulnerable adult and if so what makes him vulnerable and what makes people in general vulnerable, including concerns that could arise from being vulnerable for example abuse. Patients have rights, so the role of the nurse will be looked at in great depth which will include clinical skills, communication, decision making, teaching, caring and knowledge, and how to address the patients’ rights using some of these skills. Henrys autonomy will need to be promoted by the nurse along with confidentiality, the nurse will have to justify professional conduct and any interventions needed to support Henry and his daughter, this will include autonomy and advocacy. Henrys daughter is very keen to see her father have the operation even though there are major risks involved. Henry is not so convinced and as the procedure looms closer he asks his nurse to help him make a decision on whether or not to go ahead with the procedure.
Out of these numbers 2,472 living in emergency shelter funded by the Ma Department of Transitional Assistance. Most of the families are single mothers. These families include 4,413 children and Youth. Of these 2,379 were less than six years old. Reaching its shelter capacity DTA has to place families in motels for periods ranging from a couple weeks to a couple months (McCormick Center for Social Policy, 2000).
Introduction This paper will discuss the Perceived Stress Scale, Mini-Mental State exam, and the Beck Depression Inventory. It will identify how the test is done, what appropriate age the test can be used, and how these test would help in the nursing process. It also relates to the vulnerable population of psychiatric patients. Assessment Tool Analysis To be able to assist patients with their physical, mental, and psychological health concerns, assessment tools may be used. This allows the medical staff to use the knowledge they obtained in school in order to help the patients in improving their life.
It is crucial for counselors to be able to navigate the complicated lives of their patients in order to help them achieve a “higher” level of mental health. Counseling Overview: Is It Effective or Not Effective This paper will perform a literature review on the subject of counseling to attempt to determine the effectiveness of counseling within the mental health field, including what types of counseling that are effective and other related topics. The information will be pulled from academic journals, professional counseling websites, and other credible and related resources. However, in order for a tool to be effective it needs two components. First, the tool needs to be specifically designed to do a job.
There are 27 colleges in 26 states that actually meet the standards set by the Veterinary Medical Association. You must take three tests before going to a veterinary college: the Graduate Record Examination (GRE), the Veterinary College Admission Test (VCAT), or the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT). Salary for veterinarians starting out is around $42,000 and in some cases up to $128,000, but that is only for mostly self-owned clinics. As time progresses, a veterinarian, before retirement, will probably end up making around $75,000 yearly if not more. That's more money than most other
Depending on the avenue you decide to take depends on the education you will need. For me I will need the experience of knowing how and dealing with different variety of people with Skills in the following, bed bath, Medicine reminders, toileting, dressing feeding, cooking, cleaning, transportation, CPR I will have to have training as I go along with the different situations I come across. (Explore health career, 2013). It also all depends on where someone is living, If they are in their own home there may be in home care a Nurse that comes to check certain things on the patient that you are not qualified to do. So if that is the case then you would just be responsible for what the person would need as cleaning, companionship med reminders, If there is no nurse then you will be responsible for keeping notes and making appropriate findings and reporting them immediately to your supervisor or the nurse on call if emergency arises.
The patient needs to understand his new medical condition in order to gain understanding of the disease process, signs and symptoms, complications, medication regimen, follow-up appointment as well as the benefits of physical activity, diet and weight control. By explaining what causes a myocardial infarction, sign and symptoms, complications using educational video, traced of the heart to demonstrate how it functions will help the patient. Modifying dietary choices, weight control and physical activity will promote better health. This process should be repeated until patient and family voice understanding. Patient and family involvement in plan and care is very vital.