“The RN assumes responsibility for the care of the sick, injured, disabled, and the dying. Registered nurses work both independently and in collaboration with other healthcare professionals” (Buhler-Wilkerson 2017). RN’s supervise the work of licensed practical nurses (LPN) and certified nursing assistants (CNA). RN work settings include hospitals, physician’s office, ambulatory care, nursing home, schools, clinics, and home health. They also provide health care at homeless shelters, camps, and prisons
to provide health care. The Practitioner is much like a family doctor, FNP’s work with patients throughout lives to diagnose illnesses, prescribe therapy and medication, conduct routine check-ups, order patient laboratory tests, assist in minor surgical procedures, and focus on disease prevention. Edelman, Kudama and Mandle (2014) suggested that the modern movement for nurse practitioners began in 1965, which allowed nurses to become primary care providers in various health care settings. The purpose
The facility is located in a small town of Puerto Rico. The modern clinic is equipped with an emergency department, a pharmacy, a clinical laboratory, an imaging center, medical offices, ambulatory OR, and facilities for stereotactic biopsies. The facility is focus on technology innovations. It is the one and only stabilization unit in the rural area before transferring patients to hospitals. The clinic provides 24/7 services. Although Dr
I. PALLIATIVE CARE & ITS INTEGRATION INTO CANCER CARE Palliative care is a branch of medicine with the goal of preventing and relieving pain and suffering. According to WHO[1], palliative care: “provides relief from pain and other distressing symptoms”; “affirms life and regards dying as a normal process”; “intends neither to hasten or postpone death”; “integrates the psychological and spiritual aspects of patient care”; “offers a support system to help patients live as actively as
The purpose of the assignment is to educate practitioners about the application of strength-base perspective in clinical social work as a field of specialization. Throughout the years, it might happen that clinical social workers were not aware of the strength-base perspective. The reason been it might be due to ignorance, inability to apply strength, lack of information about Continues Development Program and APS points. Clinical social workers can apply strength-base perspective through methods
The healthcare industry is a conglomerate of services designed to meet the medical needs and assistance of the growing population. Medical services range from check-ups to ensure healthy development and growth to rehabilitative, ambulatory and acute care services for the entire population. But what about healthcare for the elderly or people with multiple chronic conditions and/or disabilities; how do they receive healthcare? Long-term healthcare was established to address the medical needs of people