Learners will examine the principal psychological perspectives and then apply them to the health and social care sectors to gain understanding of the potential value of psychology in these sectors. On completion of this unit learners will have considered the psychological approach to studying health and social care. The unit encourages reflection, and will be valuable to those learners intending to work with people in a caring capacity. It will also be useful to learners who intend to progress to study at a higher level. The psychological approach is embedded in several other units in the programme and is extended, in particular, in Unit 29: Applied Psychological Perspectives for Health and Social Care, and Unit 30: Health Psychology.
Late Adulthood and End of Life Paper By Debra Thompson Instructor: Aneta Bhojwani PSY/375 March 6, 2012 Late adulthood and end of life is as the setting of the sun flowing into the night. This is a time of sound reflection of one’s life in terms of accomplishments and regrets. During this time of life one’s accomplishment honestly define how well he or she spent his or her life; new goals are prepared to help the next generation. The regrets during this time are much like a weight on one’s soul in terms of fail relationships, miss opportunities, and personal goal's fulfillment. This paper will evaluate how individuals can promote health and wellness into late adulthood and mitigate the negative effects of aging; analyze ageism and stereotypes associated with late adulthood.
Nursing Sensitive Indicators Nurse sensitive indicators included in this case are Mr. J’s use of restraints, complications of pressure ulcers, and patient satisfaction. Had the nurse who was caring for Mr. J been aware about the risks of pressure ulcer development with the use of restraints, the beginning stage of a pressure ulcer could have been prevented. Better RN assessment of Mr. J’s restraints, repositioning Mr. J every two hours and a thorough skin assessment should be done at every shift. The NA should be instructed to notify RN if they see anything out of the ordinary with patients, such as the redness to the lower spine of Mr. J. The nursing staff assigned to Mr. J will need additional training about restraints as far as appropriate use of restraints and how to care for a patient who is restrained.
The results that are achieved are depending on the design elements that will support the success with rooms designed and dedicated to the patient and his or her family. Clinics are now designing patient environments to accommodate the critically ill or disabled patients; this student will attempt to incorporate specialized design into the clinic if the floor plan allows (Pub med, 2006). Health care services are challenging because of the nature of the patient flow. At each stage of the process the patient will experience waiting time; this is a problematic area of the health care operations. This must be managed carefully in both the waiting times and also the patient’s perception of waiting, this student will provide optimal solutions to this in facility planning part two (Healthcare Services Operations,
The results were that the chance of developing a cold correlated with stress index scores. The life event lowered the immune function and increased vulnerability to the virus. However there were several problems with this research, one of which was that it was an indirect study- there was no direct measure of the immune system for example no blood test or medical test was taken as evidence. Consequently we cannot determine how far the participant’s immune system was affected in relation to the stress. Another key problem was that there were was no direct manipulation of the independent variable so the study doesn’t tell us which element of the stress index is most important and related to the decrease in immune function.
The main focus and potential improvement for KRMC are admissions, emergency room wait times and the amounts of time patients are discharged from the hospital after a stay. Whichever areas are chosen for consideration of improvement will affect the organization financially and in the area of patient satisfaction. These areas need improvement after viewing low data scores from surveys with past patient satisfaction results. Admission and discharge instruction can be improved by giving appropriate instructions during training on how admissions and discharge documents are done. This can reduce the readmission process and rate at the organization along with financial gain and improving the satisfaction of patients.
This was an attempt to minimize those additional injuries. The ED physicians, trauma surgeons, and neurosurgeons came together to develop a protocol that would allow ED nurses to remove certain patients from backboards before the ED physician could assess the patient. The average back board time for patients who met the criteria for the study project protocols decreased from several hours to 8 to 14 minutes. No skin breakdown was noted, and also, there were no negative neurological injuries experienced by patients removed from back boards before a physician's clearance. Since there is no real way to truly “fully immobilize” a person, or evidence showing that back boards achieve the desired
Transition into the advanced professional nursing role includes the ability to deal with role ambiguity and to collaborate effectively, recognizing the similarities and uniqueness among the various stakeholders. Graduates of the program will be able to: • Identify and analyze common ethical dilemmas and the ways that these dilemmas impact professional practice. • Integrate resources to resolve ethical dilemmas. • Incorporate professional and regulatory standards in practice. • Actively participate in the ongoing development of self and the nursing
One of the interventions that the team chose will be discussed thoroughly; although, cognitive interventions could be used in so many different scenarios depending on the condition of the client that will be treated. Cognitive Behavioral therapy, or behavior modification, trains individuals to replace undesirable behaviors with healthier behavioral patterns; based on this cognitive behavior the students will share, discuss and give examples on how an elderly person who has had a minor stroke and is fearful of falling could be treated by using cognitive intervention. Also, the client will show some resistance towards the physical therapy treatments that will be offered; therefore, the students will provide some possible approaches to aid the client to accept the therapy. The team will also be discussing how the chosen method could be used in other scenarios as
Cultural Biases Brandi Burris University of Phoenix NUR 440 Cultural Biases An individual’s willingness to examine their own possible biases is an important step in understanding the roots of stereotypes and prejudice in our society (Jaksic, 2003). Starting at an early age, the human mind has the ability to quickly and automatically categorize people. This is a fundamental quality and the categories give order to life, and every day, people are grouped into categories based on social and other characteristics. The purpose of this paper is to describe a workplace experience in which barriers to understanding the elderly population such as biases were identified and how they affect healthcare delivery. For the purpose of this paper,