ic Case 4: Brittany Long Guided Reflection Questions Opening Questions How did the simulated experience of Brittany Long’s case make you feel? Brittany Long’s case gave me the experience of providing care for a patient diagnosed with sickle cell. Initiallly‚ I was unsure on which pain medications to give being that she had orders for acetaminiophen‚ ibuprophen and morphine. I decided to stck with the morphine after retrying since her pain level was severe. Describe the actions you felt went well
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chose‚ the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA). The American Occupational Therapy Association is an organization for all occupational therapy practitioners in the United States. It was originally called the National Society for the Promotion of Occupational Therapy. However‚ in 1923 it was changed to the American Occupational Therapy Association. The Association’s mission is to advance the quality‚ availability‚ use and support of occupational therapy. Through standard settings‚ education
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and analyse our biggest problems No art passes our conscience in the way film does‚ and goes directly to our feelings‚ deep down into the dark rooms of our souls. These words from the film star Ingrid Bergman define the way in which we can become submerged in a film‚ to the point where we confuse fiction with reality. From a psychological viewpoint‚ to recognize ourselves in a movie character or a scene is incredibly useful for helping us reflect and analyse our biggest problems and fears. Cinematherapy
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Alfred Adler’s (1870-1937) early childhood struggles of poor health‚ physical limitations‚ feelings of inferiority‚ and relationship problems with his siblings had influence on the development of his theory. Adlerian Therapy is a growth model which emphasizes an optimistic outlook on human nature and confirms that people have power over their own fate and are not victims to it. Unlike Freud‚ Adler stresses choice and responsibility‚ meaning in life‚ and the striving for success‚ completion‚ and
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1. Introduction Rational Emotive Behavioural Therapy (REBT) was established by Albert Ellis and he has found that what individuals accepted unequivocally influenced how they responded rationally. Accordingly‚ when their beliefs became irrational‚ it would make individuals feel skeptical‚ edgy or bad tempered and would even prompt pounding toward oneself state of mind (Psych Central.com‚ 2014). REBT is a pragmatic methodology to help people in taking care of and vanquishing troubles and in addition
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their problems as separate from themselves and thereby disempower the problem. c. Is able to re-author life narratives in such a way that they identify themselves in a new healthier manner. How change happens: 1. A family is asked to describe their problem story‚ and eventually how they managed to survive their problem story. 2. The therapist will begin to deconstruct the problem by externalizing the family story so that clients experience an identify separate from the problem and the problem
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Abstract Acupuncture therapy has been known as a practice related to oriental medicine‚ and recently has been detected as a potential therapeutic tool for which there is good scientific evidence. Depression and anxiety are usually classified as mental illnesses and it is more useful to think of them as disturbances in brain health‚ which is directly related to the physical makeup and brain mechanisms and emotional and relational issues. The ancient Chinese practice of acupuncture could be used for
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Ms. Kristin Goetz‚ the Clinical Coordinator for Radiation Therapy at CCBC‚ came to Eastern Technical High School to speak with the Allied Health students about the Radiation Therapy program and profession. Radiation Therapists (RT) use high power x-rays to treat tumors and keloids. Therapy only treats the site of disease contrary to chemotherapy‚ which goes directly into the bloodstream and kills cells all over the body. The oncologist writes a prescription for radiation based on the patient’s stage
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people might question the relationship between occupational therapy and physical therapy. Some think the professions are the same or that the terms are the same; there are a few different therapies for people who have been faced with a stroke‚ a disability‚ or any injury that has caused physical restrictions. The methods and techniques used in these therapies can overlap with each other‚ but both occupational therapy and physical therapy covers all aspects of the patient’s health including their physical
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Original Article A Comprehensive Case Management Program To Improve Palliative Care 1 1 Claire M. Spettell‚ Ph.D.‚ Wayne S. Rawlins‚ M.D.‚ M.B.A.‚2 Randall Krakauer‚ M.D.‚3 Joaquim Fernandes‚ M.S.‚ 2 2 2 Mary E.S. Breton‚ B.S.‚ J.D.‚ Wayne Gowdy‚ B.S.‚ Sharon Brodeur‚ R.N.‚ B.S.‚ M.P.A.‚ Maureen MacCoy‚ B.S.N.‚ M.B.A.‚2 and Troyen A. Brennan‚ M.D.‚ M.P.H.4 Abstract Objective: The objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of comprehensive case management (CM) and expanded insurance benefits
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