patients, but it happens. Nursing homes are not all bad. Even if some patients are not cared for properly, those are just some cases. There are so many good things about a nursing home. For instance, my grandma was a widow for a few years whenever she went into a nursing home and found herself a boyfriend. They also have bingo and other fun activities for them to participate in. Around Christmas time, different organization go in and sing carols for the patients. At nursing homes, everyone gets to be
Nursing Home Neglect Estimates indicate that approximately 10 percent of the elderly population are neglected, abused or exploited every year. In 2050, the elderly population — those aged 65 and up — is expected to reach nearly 90 million, as opposed to the 40 million in 2010, consequently increasing the number of nursing home residents throughout the nation. Nursing homes need to address this problem today, so they can prepare for tomorrow. Federal Regulations Regarding Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect
Assignment Title HOW TO IMPROVE THE END OF LIFE CARE OF PATIENTS WITH DEMENTIA LIVING IN THE NURSING HOME Contents Introduction Literature search strategy Literature review Conclusions Reference list Introduction World Health Organization defines "Dementia is a syndrome – usually of a chronic or progressive nature – in which there is deterioration in cognitive function beyond what might be expected from normal ageing. It affects memory, thinking, orientation, calculation, learning capacity
Good morning. For these paper I will going to give research about a job I plan to do as a Certified Nursing Assistant. My career is a good choice; I learned many skills at Whitney Young Job Corps center to help me with my success; we get up to get ready for work by 8:00 bright and early. In my job field I’ve learned a lot of things like taking people’s blood pressure; we’ve also learned how take blood for research purposes and getting familiar with being able to take and give blood correctly. Some
The topic of my research paper is dealing with the nursing field, a registered nurse(RN), I chose this topic because I always wanted to help people and follow in my aunt's footsteps. A registered nurse is a nurse who has graduated from a college’s nursing program or from a school and has passed a national licensing exam. A registered nurse play a big role in the medical field. The role of a RN consist of performing physical exams, checking health histories and interpreting patient information. The
Nursing hasn’t always been the first option for me but reality made it my option, I was cut out to be a doctor from the start because I was always inspired to be in the health fields. Along the line, I had the opportunity to have nursing education during which I saw a nurse perform deliveries without the doctor. This really changed my mindset and made me see nursing from a different perspective. I saw it as a professional course that had so many skills making it unique to other professional programs
Nursing is a profession that works persistently to maintain its focus on the improvement of a patient’s current health condition, and to provide care that leads to complete satisfaction. Nurses are responsible for the well-being of their patients, and they too must be satisfied with the care they provide. Without these components, a nursing unit is at a higher risk to not be successful in meeting patient satisfaction goals. A nurse manager must work to maintain a work environment that will support
According to the documentary Chasing Zero, on the 4th of July weekend, Julie was working a double shift. After completing her first shift she took a nap in a patient room because she had not finished her paper work until around 0100 and was too tired to drive home. Around 0900 she met her patient, a 16-year old girl who was getting ready to deliver. The plan was to break the young girls water and start Pitocin so she could deliver. Julie followed her units protocol to prep the patient’s epidural
decrease, creating a shortage for the elderly population. This disproportionate ratio will hinder some people’s desire to remain at home and will result in earlier than desired admittance into formal care. If informal care continues to be a choice for the aging population, the health industry will need to increase training and development in licensed nurses to provide home care and provide financial support for current informal caregivers to remain in their
I chose to go into the field of nursing after participating in nursing oriented classes at high school. In these classes I was able to receive hands-on experience caring for patients in a nursing home. I felt as if I was able to make a difference in patient's lives by being able to connect with them in a way that is only possible by being their nurse. Originally I found interest in the healthcare field after having speech therapy as a young child. I wanted to go into speech pathology when I first