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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My Goals and Walden University Vision and Mission Being an Emergency Room nurse for 7 years and working as a traveling nurse in many different parts of the country has impacted my future and decision of going back to school. My personal career goal is to become a Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) with specialization in pediatric critical care area‚ mainly pediatric emergency medicine. I have known since a very young age that I had a gift for working with children. My colleagues always call me the
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I have set goals for my career several years prior to becoming a student of this fine Institution. This has been to continue to enhance myself within my career in healthcare administration. I have been a medical biller and an accounts receivables manager for several years. I began my career in healthcare administration back in 1998 when the industry was in the beginning of transitioning to what it is today. From the first year I started working in this industry it has been my goal to reach the
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challenges facing my generation today: the unrest within the nation‚ people who go to bed hungry every night‚ and this spring‚ when I will be lucky enough to graduate from high school in the upper 10% of my class‚ there will be other students who are also graduating even though they cannot read their own diplomas. Because of this reason‚ I am thankful to be able to apply for admission to the University of Georgia to further my education. As a student‚ I share similar educational goals for academic success
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My career goals Everyone has a dream about future. The picture coming to my mind about my future is so fantastic. I dress up in a professional way and go to my own office in a big company. I am an accounting manager of the company whose employees have paid vacations and many other benefits as well. This dream really attracts me. I graduated from a Chinese college with an accounting major. I’ve worked for many years as an accountant and accounting manager. I have a medium level professional certificate
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I have established this through my volunteer work with year 7’s in my school‚ as well as Key Stage 1 and 2 students in a neighbouring primary school. This has taught me to develop my communication skills to a higher level. It also made me more self-driven to be looked upon as a role model by children of all ages. I believe this is a very crucial step towards me becoming a successful child nurse. My other positions of responsibility included being a prefect. This
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beginning. I learned the language just because my father thought it is significant. Nevertheless‚ I have changed my opinion of learning English as I have learned it for many years. I find English has a fascination for me since I love the way that foreigners use their words. Though I am the native Chinese speaker‚ I extremely hate to write the Chinese composition. I always can hardly write the beautiful and proper sentences; accordingly‚ I didn’t get good grades on my Chinese composition all the time. English
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Financing Long-Term Care in Nursing Facilities Long-term care in nursing facilities is very expensive and is paid for by both public and private payer sources. Long-term care is defined as services needed by a person when their ability to care for themselves has been diminished by an illness‚ aging process‚ or a disability. Most persons living in the U.S. at sometime or another will require some sort of long-term care whether it is given in a facility or at home. It is estimated that there
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Hello everyone‚ My name is John Santiesteban and I’m currently a nurse. I am attending this class in order for me to achieve my masters in nursing. My enthusiasm for nursing first took root and flourished after losing my father. My father became very ill and needed medical care. When I saw that my father was starting to become weak and frail‚ I thought to myself "What access would my father have to good quality health care?" I asked my mother "Where is the nearest hospital?" and my mother replied
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