GNT 1 – 724.2.4-01-07 Contemporary Nursing Issues Mary Purvis Healthcare Issues In order to determine the safest and most appropriate discharge plan for this patient the case manager will work closely with the interdisciplinary team who is directly caring for the patient; together they will come up with the most effective‚ appropriate‚ and safest discharge plan. In this case study‚ there are several important healthcare issues the case manager needs to address with the team prior to
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Home Health Care Marketing Plan Marketing Management– MM522 Home Health United is a home healthcare agency working with physicians and hospitals in the Chicago‚ IL area. This company’s mission statement is the following: “To be the best and most efficient home health agency‚ delivering the best services to all our patients who are homebound and need the healthcare.” The company will start out as a small agency with two administrative individuals handling the scheduling and the medical billing
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Personal Philosophy of Nursing Nursing is a profession that I aspired to be a part of because nurses represent the very core of love‚ compassion‚ and caring. When I began working as a Supervisor in a Skilled Nursing Facility‚ I then developed my personal philosophy and set of values regarding nursing care. “Philosophy is defined as the study of the principles underlying conduct‚ thought‚ and the nature of the universe. A simple explanation of philosophy is that it entails a search for meaning in
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Abuse in the Nursing Homes March 19‚ 2013 Many families have the tendency to send their elderly ones to nursing homes because they cannot provide the care to them needed. When in actuality those elderly adults are being abused and mistreated in the nursing homes. At these nursing homes elderly people are only being assisted in dressing‚ bathing or when they need medical attention. The elderly should be able to live comfortably‚ be given the respect they deserve and human rights as
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Running Head: Elder Abuse In Nursing Homes‚ The Effect on The Community and Preventive Measures to Decrease Elder Abuse. Elder Abuse In Nursing Homes‚ The Effect on The Community And Preventive Measures to Decrease Elder Abuse Abstract This paper serves to define and identify the various
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Stop the Abuse in Nursing Homes! The number one concern most people have when dealing with a disabled or an elderly loved one‚ is finding a safe environment for them to live in as well as having someone to help care for a loved one. Nursing homes should be number one on a list of safest places for an elderly or disabled loved one‚ but these days there is no guarantee that the nursing home a family chooses will be safe. In 2001 “about 5‚280 nursing homes were cited for abuse violations‚ according
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stage individuals are impacted through a number of biological‚ psychological and social factors‚ and face many issues such as living arrangements and elder abuse. Erikson’s psychosocial theory of ego integrity versus despair and the stress as a transaction theory help provide some insight into why the issues of living arrangements and elder abuse occur during this stage. Late adulthood is a period of various biological changes which can impact on an individual’s health and ability to function as
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A Day Being a Nursing Assistant For the past five months I’ve worked as a nursing assistant. It all started my senior year in high school. I went to LCCTC and I attended the nursing assistant program. In nine months I graduated and started working as a nursing assistant at a nursing home. Being a nursing assistant is hard. You have to have patience‚ love‚ caring‚ and do your job right. The nursing home I work at is called Willow Valley Retirement Home. They have a lot of buildings‚ but I work
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July stated that the amount of abuse occurring in nursing homes in our nation is increasing dramatically. Physical‚ Sexual and verbal abuse is occurring and something needs to be done to stop it. "Thirty percent of nursing homes in the United States---5‚283 facilities---were cited for almost 9‚000 instances of abuse over a recent two-year period (Special Investigations Division of the House Government Reform Committee). Reading this article on nursing home abuse really opened my eyes up to
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Research has shown that nursing home abuse is prevalent all across the United States. Nursing home abuse and neglect is an issue that continues to haunt the elderly population. One third of the 1‚600 nursing homes in the United States have been cited for abuse (Whitaker‚ 2001). According to Hooyman & Kiyak (2005) neglect is defined as caregiver not providing goods and services necessary to avoid physical harm or mental anguish. According to Pillemer (1988) elderly abuse is synonymous to maltreatment
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