As a student nursing performing clinicals in both short-term and long-term care facilities‚ I have noticed a few differences among the two. To begin with‚ long term care does not have “patients”‚ they have “residents”. In long-term care facilities they have residents who live there‚ where as acute care has “patients” because they only stay for a short period of time. In fact‚ discharge planning starts upon admission when entering in a hospital‚ especially for the elderly because the longer the elderly
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Competency Goal II To Advance Physical and intellectual Competence Functional Area 4: Physical In today’s society there is an increase in obese children. I make sure that each child gets the proper exercise that he or she needs. I try to teach the children to stay healthy by getting the proper exercise that is needed for them. I take the children outside everyday if it’s not too hot‚ or too cold. I practice forms of yoga in the morning and the evenings with the children. This is
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The French and Indian War that began in 1754‚ eventually spread to Europe in what was know as the the Seven Years’ War. Back in America‚ several notable events happened. Britain attempted to institute several policies which‚ in the colonists view‚ had adverse effects. In an effort to replenish a diminishing army‚ Britain began forcefully enlisted colonists. This practice was known as impressment. Britain also instituted several other practices such as seizing supplies and equipment and demanding
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This paper will describe the Long Term Acute Care Hospital (LTACH) which is affiliated with Carson Tahoe Hospital (CTH). Long Term Acute Care hospitals were essentially non-existent in 1979. Now‚ there are over 450 facilities nationwide that are licensed as LTACS (McDaniel‚ n.d.). The discharge plan I will be describing is for a 66-yr-old female who was admitted to (CTH) for revision of a chronic enterocutaneous fistula which was draining from her abdomen through a very large open wound. This fistula
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Life Goals There are many things in life people intend to accomplish‚ but never get far at doing them. Having set realistic goals‚ that you are able to achieve‚ and working hard to reach them is a step in helping your personal life now‚ get to where you want it to be for a better future. Starting college has helped me in many ways like setting my own goals for personal reasons‚ academic‚ and career. Personal goal in life at this moment‚ would
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life‚ I do not yet know what career I would like to pursue‚ or even what general field I would like to study or work in. I do have certain goals that I know I shall work to attain. These goals are fairly common among most people. Such as the goal of financial security‚ and financial ability to support a family; the goal of continuous intellectual and physical competitiveness; as well as a goal of general well being‚ and happiness. In America‚ many people with these goals go to a college or university
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Carnival Cruise Lines: Long and Short Term Strategies Contents Contents 2 History of the Carnival Corp 3 Mission and Vision Statements 5 SWOT Analysis 6 Business Ethics for Carnival Cruise Lines 8 Social‚ Cultural‚ Demographic‚ and Environmental Forces 10 Social Forces 10 Cultural Forces 10 Demographic Forces 10 Environmental Forces 11 External Forces 11 Economic forces 11 Government‚ Legal‚ and Political Forces 13 Internal Operations Strengths and Weaknesses 16 Management
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Caring for Dementia Patients Rodrick Williams English 122 Professor Susan Turner – Colon Caring for Dementia Patient It can be very difficult caring for a patient with dementia. Most caregivers are unaware of the problems‚ they must face. A family member attempting to care for a loved one without training will eventually turn to a Nursing Home that has experienced staff in the care of dementia patients. Although many families feel a sense
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The 1979 Revolution and resulting government policies have an overall negative effect because economically the government handled the economic oil infrastructure very badly and wasted its money on unnecessary projects. As the price of oil (Iran’s major export) rose‚ the Shah attempted to modernize Iran. This "pushed aside" the merchant class and forced poorer peasants to become migrant workers in towns. The coming of the revolution The Shah spent $100‚000 million on a celebration for the Iranian
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The most significant theme in John Hersey’s book "Hiroshima" are the long- term effects of war‚ confusion about what happened‚ long term mental and physical scars‚ short term mental and physical scars‚ and people being killed. The confusing things after the A-bomb was dropped on Hiroshima where that the city had been wiped out‚ all means of communication where gone‚ all the roads and street signes where wiped out‚ destroyed or blocked by collapsed buildings " saw through the darkness that all
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