The starting salary for a full time physical therapist averages about $755 weekly. The middle fifty- percent earns between $577 and $1055 a week. The top ten percent earn at least $1294 and the bottom ten- percent earns less than $400 a week. According to the American Physical Therapy Association's survey of physical therapists practicing in hospital settings, the average annual base salary of a full-time physical therapist is $48,000. The middle fifty- percent earns between $42,000 and $57,000.
The placement organisation is a 24 bed health mental assessment ward situated in West London. The male and female clients admitted to the unit have mental health and physical problems aged above 65 years, they are formal and informal. Nursing staff, psychologists, social workers, physiotherapists, nutritional therapist and an occupational therapist form the multidisciplinary team (MDT) that participate in the pharmacological interventions, implementation, assessment planning and evaluation of nursing care. June is a 75 year old Caucasian female of British decent. She was admitted to the ward in October 2011 from the Accident and Emergency department (A&E).
Treatment planning Chart A (Medical Model) |Demographic information | | |Please describe your client’s demographic information: | |The patient is a 68 year old, caucasian female, living with her spouse in a single level home. 6weeks ago, pt. was admitted to Tampa General Hospital with weakness in her (L) leg & arm. After an MRI of the brain, | |she was diagnosed with a (R) sided CVA from a hemorrhage
Running head: GLENGARRY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER A Case Analysis of Glengarry Regional Medical Center Synopsis of the Situation and identification of Central Problem: Glengarry Regional Medical Center is a small medical center which is located in a small town called Scotston. This hospital started off with only 35,000 people and five beds. Over the next three years, it further expanded to fifty five beds. This expansion continued and the hospital eventually had 166 beds and the name went from Glengarry Regional Medical Center to Glengarry County Hospital. Though, the community has expanded from 35,000 to 86,000, the amount of beds remained the same.
Shouldice Case The Environment Shouldice Hospital has a way of making customers feel comfortable by the environment it has created. Dr. Earle Shouldice, the founder, saw an opportunity to start a practice to repair hernias in a very efficient manner. Some customers have questioned the idea and the fact that the procedure seemed so quick and effortless, but after patients were being discharged with successful operations, people were learning about Shouldice Hospital by word of mouth. The demand for surgeries to be performed at Shouldice Hospital is increasing, and they are having a hard time determining how to satisfy customer’s needs. Because Shouldice prides itself on being very attentive to it’s customers, it is a hard for them to decide on what the best method is to meet the demand.
MBA 5401 Ruth A SchulerBrooks Case Study I-4 Supporting Mobile Health Clinics: The Children Health Fund of New York City In 1987 Irwin Redlener, M. D. team up with songwriter Paul Simon and founded the Children Health Fund (CHF). This non-profit organization provides health care to low income or homeless children and families. CHF created the first mobile medical office on wheels known to those as the “Blue Van”. The CHF is committed to a full range of children’s and families health care and preventative care and education. Today they are the nations’ largest provider of health care services to the homeless or low income children throughout the United States.
These problems have a major impact on the community. * In the coastal bend, there are approximately 900 foster children and approximately 300 volunteers able to serve these children. * Many of these children are of Hispanic or African- American descent. But many of these volunteers are white. The lack of ethnic diversity keeps some children from forming a bond with some volunteers that only people of the same race would understand.
55.7% of the populations speak a language other than English at home and 18.7% of the population in this community is below poverty level (U.s Census Bureau, 2010) Medicaid is the predominant health insurance of the patients at the clinic. Background Currently the clinic provides services 12 hours a day six days a week by appointment or walk-in. “It offers urology, surgical, orthopedic, ENT, gynecology and child development services to patients who qualify” (Memorial Hospital Los Banos, n.d.). It also offers education as part of its preventative measures and promotion of health. Staffed in the clinic are three nurse practitioners, two Registered Nurses, two Licensed Vocational Nurses, and five clerical staff.
The landmark study by the American Geriatric Society (AGS) conducted in 1998 found through a telephone survey that one in five older Americans are taking analgesic medicines regularly and 63% of those have taken prescription pain medications for more than six months (AGS, 1998, p. 635). Older people are more likely to suffer from arthritis, bone and joint disorders, back problems, and many other chronic conditions. The study by the AGS also found that 45% of people who take pain medications had seen three or more doctors in the past five years, 79% whom were primary care physicians. Previous studies also suggest that 25-50% of long term care facility residents suffer from chronic pain and 45 to
There are more than 35 different services offered at the campus and more than 900 doctors that are affiliated with Catholic Health. Population Served Sisters Hospital serves mainly inner city residence in Buffalo; the obstetrics department does serve not only the inner city, but many of the surrounding areas, because it is one of only 4 hospitals that deliver babies in the Western New York area. Services offered Sisters of Charity Hospital offers services including: Ambulatory Holter Monitor,