The Maggie L. Walker House is the historical home where Maggie L. Walker, a pronoun African American woman, resided for most of her life. The house was built in 1882 and was owned by two prestigious doctors before Maggie purchased the house. Much of the original décor and furniture are still in the house from when she actually lived there. The Maggie Walker House became a historic site in 1978, about 47 years after her death. 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.
With some buildings in East Halls being almost 70 years old, it is no surprise that they have become unsanitary over the years of rigorous use. The bathrooms in the East Halls dorms need to be rebuilt; they are extremely unsanitary leading to the easier spread of germs throughout the student body. The small cost of time and money is nothing compared to the amount of freshman that will experience the benefits of this renovation. Although East Halls are not the oldest residence halls on campus, there is no doubt that they get the most use. East Halls is home to about 8000 students living in 14 different buildings.
I felt a little strange but I didn’t say anything, but now I feel very sorry. If the time can go back, I will help the patient eat all of the medications before we leave. She put all the pills in a small cup and gave the cup to the patient. She told the patient to eat them and then we left. When we went out of the patient’s room, I felt a little strange so I asked my buddied nurse: "Do we need to watch patient eat there pills before we leave".
There is currently a larger nurse-to-patient ratio than most nurses would like. Along with the stress and long hours associated with the career choice of nursing, nurse burnout is a very common complaint in today’s society. Nurses often complain of being short staffed and having too large of a patient load. Interest in this topic comes from wanting to pursue management at some point in my career and working on a floor in which a second shift nurse could have twelve patients. Not only will nurses feel better, but better patient outcomes occur when units are better staffed.
Our presentation is on Katharine Kolcaba’s Comfort Theory. Here is a quote from her book that captures the essents of her theory “Cure sometimes, treat often and comfort always. Katharine Kolcaba was born Katharine Arnold Dec. 8th, 1944 in Cleveland Ohio She is married and has 2 daughters and 8 grandchildren In 1965 she received her Diploma in Nursing from St. Luke’s Hospital School of Nursing in Cleveland. In the mid 1980’s Kolcaba wanted to further her nursing career, so she returned to school. In 1987 she earned her RN and Masters of Nursing from Case Western Reserve University.
So I took her dinner and fed on the bed. In this paragraph, I would discuss on my feelings or thinking that took place in the event happened. Before I started to feed her, I introduced myself and approached her to build a good rapport. I asked her permission to feed her. She looked at me and didn’t respond anything as she looks like blur.
Today, our clinical group went to the Life Services Senior Center in midtown Tulsa. My assumptions about an “adult day care” facility were pretty inaccurate. I assumed most of the participants (I learned they were called participants, not clients or patients) would need quite a bit of care and I guess, envisioned it similar to a day care facility for children, like for instance changing soiled briefs. Mrs. Pyron had told us there would be three different areas we would rotate through so I knew there were three different levels of care but I didn’t realize the minimal care most of the participants needed. The majority of the participants were part of the big room and they just required a little assistance, minimal care.
Aging Process Summary During this resident assessment at Oakwood Commons I interview 70 yr. old, white, female with a history osteoporosis, aneurysm, anemia, kidney disease, kidney transplant, type II Diabetes, blindness, hypertension, chronic fatigue and history of falls. I introduce myself and explained that I would be asking a few question to learn more about the aging process. I informed the resident she had the choice of whether she wanted to answer a question or not. The resident was open and cooperative in answer the following question on how she perceived her physical and mental health and the aging process. I thanked the Resident for this opportunity.
Margery Devine is an 87 year old woman currently residing at the Greenbriar Home Health Services in Southern New Hampshire. Greenbriar is a nursing home that I volunteered at many years ago, but I had never met Margery until the interview. The interview took place in the cafeteria at Greenbriar shortly after her lunch time. I had called the nursing home a few days before asking whether I could interview someone about such a grim subject manner and they recommended speaking with Margery. She is a sharp and witty woman with a really sweet demeanor.
Annotated Bibliography Your Name Kaplan University Annotated Bibliography Porter, E. J. (2005). Older widows’ experience of home care. Nursing Research, 54(5), 296-303. This article discusses a study done on widowed women over the age of 80 who receive care in their home.