For this fourth clinical‚ I was more aware of what I was expected to due. I chose two patients‚ both begin female. I was happy to have two female patients this time around. My primary patient for clinical was an eighty-five-year-old female who had been admitted for adult failure to thrive. I kept my patient’s admission diagnosis in my mind‚ and was informed that she had been previously emotional due to being discussed about her new living situation. She was now going to go live at a nursing home
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Applying Psychology in the Occupational Therapy Field As an Occupational Therapist‚ I will be treating clients who possess a variety of developmental‚ physical‚ and mental conditions. I will be therapeutically assisting clients who suffer from a disability‚ illness‚ or an injury. I will guide a client to develop‚ recover‚ and maintain their daily living‚ social‚ and working skills towards their goals. My intervention as an Occupational Therapist would be teaching the client
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One of the situations I experienced in clinical this week was my conversation with 38 years old man‚ a man married to a nurse‚ a father of three girls and a writer‚ who was in for a dual diagnoses of depression also drug and alcohol use disorder. He was talking to me on how he got into drug and extreme alcohol abuse. He was telling me on how he got injured at his former work place back in 2001 and the whole time he was talking to me I couldn’t help but feel bad for him but at the same time question
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would be that I simply wanted to help people. I have always been passionate about working with children‚ but I had not quite figured out what professional path would be the perfect fit. I would like to share with you how I decided to choose occupational therapy as my career and how my academic experiences‚ research background‚ and personal hardships have prepared me for graduate school. I began at the University of Illinois as a Psychology major because it seemed to be the most logical way to work
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After this experience‚ the rest of the clinical shift went astonishingly well. With that great self-confidence and the motivation to efficiently accomplish all the other tasks‚ I realized that the coordination with my partners was the primary influence towards my self-esteem today. My partners and I communicated with each other on every aspect to clarify and divide responsibilities. We started the shift by splitting up and individually going into the patient’s room to wake them up and ask if they
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My clinical rotation at White Memorial Medical Center was a memorable experience for me. The nurses that I was assigned to or shadowed were very kind with sharing their experiences as well as their knowledge when it came to taking care of children. My first day at White Memorial Medical Center‚ I was lucky enough to be picked by the charge nurse named Robbie at the PICU. She picked two more students to shadow her nurses. She had four patients ranging from ages 3 months to 15 years of age. I had a
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Occupational therapy is a health care profession which aims at improving the performance of activities by the patient‚ providing a means for the prevention of functional limitations‚ adaptation to lifestyle changes as well as maintenance or improvement of his/her emotional state and social participation. (Hammond‚ 2004). Occupational therapy includes both therapeutic and educational interventions and aims at improving performance of daily living tasks‚ facilitating successful adjustments in lifestyle
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During my field placement visit in the Fall semester‚ I was asked the question “How are you implementing CRT into your placement?” That question was difficult to answer at that instance because I was not sure in what way to implement the critical race theory (CRT) into my field placement. I still find the question and the concept of implementing CRT in my placement to be tough. The difference now is that I have a better understanding of CRT and how it can relate to clients that I work with. I used
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Clinical supervision according to Machado & Botnarescue (2011‚ p. 56)‚ “was initially promoted to improve instructional practices by providing supervisors with a structured and cooperative approach”. I am struggling as to what to say to Ms. Jones based upon her performance. Since my evaluations are short and sweet with little needing improving‚ I find it hard to be on the other end of an evaluation. First‚ I would sit down and provide Ms. Jones with the checklist that we were given and go down
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started therapy. She was referred to a therapist to help her learn motor skills so hopefully one day she could function like other kids. Over this past year I had witnessed many healthcare professionals work with my niece‚ but none of them brought interest in me until I met her occupational therapist. After watching the weekly sessions and learning what to do to help her develop the needed skills she needed I realized that I had found the job that I wanted to pursue.
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