Psychiatric Nursing Case Study History The subject is a 52 year old divorce Caucasian female‚ of Poland origin‚ and has lived in the United States for over 20 years. She had been a patient at Tewksbury Hospital since July 2011. She reportedly has a long history of bizarre and impulsive behavior‚ but has had a steady decline since her divorce in 2004. The patient denies history of taking medication or hospitalization for mental illness. There is no history of mental illness in the family. The
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1. What assumptions has Sue made relative to the importance of education in nursing practice? Sue believes continuing her education and pursuing a bachelors degree in nursing will not contribute to her becoming a better nurse. Sue believes her clinical experience has more of an effect on her nursing skills and patient care than her classroom education. However‚ Sue recognizes there is a higher demand for nurses with a BSN. Sue is feeling insecure because she feels she could lose her position as
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At the end of my clinicals‚ there was a meeting about not over recommending a skilled nursing facility (SNF) for people who do not truly need a SNF according to the hospital. One of the criteria for not needing a SNF was if the person was functioning at the same baseline they were functioning at before surgery. This became a dilemma for one patient who had a total knee replacement because the patient could barely stand upright and walked with a severe genu valgum. According to the patient‚ she was
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to change her career path from nursing. The client states she has been a registered nurse for 15 years‚ is recently divorced and has 4 adult children. The client states she will continue to work as a registered nurse per diem while she acquires more education or skills to pursue a new career path. She has needs to be equipped at providing for her financial needs and to also feel motivated and positive about the new work she will be doing. With her background in nursing she would like to remain within
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Case Management Model Assignment – GERO 3450 The scope of social work practice is remarkably wide. Social workers practice not only in the traditional social service agency‚ but also in elementary schools; in the military; in business‚ factories‚ and offices‚ in federal‚ state‚ and local government agencies and legislative bodies; in private practice as individual‚ family‚ and marriage therapists; in hospitals and in mental health facilities; in courts and correctional settings; in home health
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How can we keep history from repeating itself and avoid the demise of the DNP like the others did (ND‚ DNSc‚ etc)? In order to maintain doctor of nursing practice (DNP) programs‚ these programs need to stay focused on their originally concepted focus and maintain this focus over time. DNP programs should never be allowed to be an entry-level degree for nurses. DNP programs need to be maintained at a level where the time‚ credits‚ and costs invested in the programs are congruent with the credentials
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R/s today she meet with the Mr. Brown for a level care assessment regarding his eligibility to be placed in a nursing facility. R/s Mr. Brown definitely qualifies to be a nursing facility. R/s in order for Mr. Brown to be place in a nursing home with Tri-County Hospice he has to qualify for Medicaid. R/s Ms. Isert was responsible for filling out the Medicaid application but has not completed it. R/s today Ms. Isert couldn’t
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that 20.8% of people aged 0 to 15 years old were diagnosed with asthma‚ whilst 11.3% were found to show current signs and symptoms of asthma amongst this age group. To gain a greater understanding of this problem this essay will critically evaluate a case study where Steven‚ a 15 year old Indigenous Australian male‚ has been presented to hospital with shortness of breath. When conducting a health history check on Steven it was found that he has been diagnosed with having asthma and that he has been
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Ulrich‚ Soeken‚ and Miller (2003) mainly discussed about the impact of managed care networks on the ethical concerns for practitioners. They present deception in managed care network to gain access to insurance as a moral and ethical issue commonly seen in current practice. Ulrich et al. (2003) found that 55% of practitioners believed that they do not need to be truthful to the health plans under managed care‚ so that the patient can received appropriate care. Under managed care organization‚ the
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throughout this process in order to understand potential risks of having a surgical procedure and what should be done if complications occur. That being said‚ I don’t feel like I would really enjoy this type of nursing because a lot of skills were not used. The main skill was a thorough nursing assessment. I enjoyed being in the OR and acutally seeing the surgery but I did not like being in a standing position for a long period of time. I would rather be running around a unit checking multiple patinets
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