The owner, Susan suffered an injury while engaging in sports activities. She came up with the idea for this business during her recovery. She found that while there were plenty of business that sold fitness and conditioning equipment, they lacked in knowledge. They often gave poor advice on how to use the equipment and what was best to purchase based on customer needs. In order to provide high quality service, each Fit Stop will employ a physiotherapist( to provide advice on such problems as injuries or back pain), and a person with a bachelor’s degree in kinesiology( to provide advice on training for sports and other physical activities).
An example of this, when evaluating a patient I determine how many hours of a personal care assistant they will receive per week. I always think about the patient first before thinking about what is going to save my job money; and this is my constant struggle. Altruism is something I believe is the reason I became a nurse. Autonomy The state of existing or acting separately from others. My current job autonomy is necessary.
I learned a lot about this career in a short 30 minutes, and have found this assignment to be very helpful in choosing to go into the career. My mentor was born in Alamogordo, New Mexico and graduated from Alamogordo High School. He attended Lubbock Christian University for four years and after graduating, enrolled in the University of New Mexico medical program. At LCU, my mentor took a course to become an Emergency Medical Technician but later wanted to study general surgery. After working as a general surgeon in Phoenix, Arizona for six years, he specialized in orthopedics in Cleveland, Ohio and now works at a sports medicine practice in Alamogordo.
Medical Assisting 1st and 2nd hours 23 April 2013 Job Shadowing Physical Therapist The primary function of a physical therapist is to evaluate and treat people who have “functional limitations" that affect their daily living. For example, people who have pain, weakness, lack of flexibility, decreased balance, etc. A physical therapist evaluates the neuromuscular skeletal system to look for reasons why these things may be happening and provides a "physical therapy diagnosis" and recommends and implements treatments. These treatments may include "gait training" (showing someone how to walk, etc), balance training, manual techniques, exercises, education, stretching, massage and/or modalities. The person I job shadowed was Randy Makam.
A Day in the Life of a PACU Registered Nurse A Healthcare Interview Felisa Spencer HCS/325 August 23, 2015 Tamica Lewis A Day in the Life of a PACU Registered Nurse While sometimes being a nurse takes away from their home life because of the hours they have to work, Registered Nurses are a very important part of the PACU (post anesthesia care unit). The PACU receives all ages of patients who receive anesthesia in the operating rooms. This paper will explains that after general, epidural or spinal anesthesia, how all patients should be recovered in a specially designated area (henceforth 'post-anesthesia care unit', PACU) that complies with the standards and recommendations. This is where the Registered Nurse come in to play after the
It was my first placement on a rehabilitation and palliative care ward. I was working a late so before me and my mentor finished we had to handover the patient information to the nurses just coming on shift. In particular we had been caring for a patient with diabetes, we went through all of the
Kyle Goff INTRODUCTION As a personal trainer, when I speak with other people in my field we often discuss training programs and methods, exercises, and how to motivate people. However, the biggest and most shameful void in my profession is that of injury prevention. When I am personal training people in the weight room, I have one on one time with that person to show them proper form and technique. I give all new clients an orientation and make it a point to let them know when their form is incorrect no matter how experienced they are. However, as a group fitness instructor it is much harder to do this in a class setting.
During my visit, patients were being treated for a number of reasons. There was an elderly woman who was using light resistance weights on a machine to try to improve the range of motion in her shoulder. Dennis, who is a physical therapist, shows various leg exercises in the early stages of rehabilitation after having knee surgery. Several athletes from local high schools came for appointments later in the afternoon, with injuries ranging from ankle sprains to MCL tears. I saw the patient who had one side paralyze, Dennis tried to stand her up and walk for few minutes and talking with her so got her attention.
Due to the complex nature of disaster preparedness, hospitals need to monitor and update their emergency operations on an ongoing basis to maintain a constant state of preparedness to ensure appropriate response and recovery within the shortest possible time frame. Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital, where I work, holds an annual emergency preparedness class to all employees. During our emergency preparedness class, the coordinator in our hospital showed us how to use the “medsled” rescue sled, specifically on how to use with baby on board since I work in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Practicing on preparing for emergency and how to communicate with the staff during a drill will help staff to be more prepare for the real one. In hospitals, the communication dynamics during disasters may differ because of several reasons.
Some athletic trainers open up their own clinics. Some benefits of being an athletic trainer is that they get to know their clients and can work with them any time during the day because they will always be around them. They also get to understand the nutrition aspects of the injuries and illnesses in their clients. Usually in conducting their therapy they use therapeutic exercises. Some downfalls of being an athletic trainer are that they are limited to working under medical and osteopathic physicians and they tend to work two full time jobs (1).