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Group Therapy for Addiction

Week 9: Group Therapy for Addiction Consider the following scenario: The psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner is working for a community health clinic that offers state mandated “intensive outpatient rehabilitation” services for individuals who face incarceration for driving while under the influence. Mr. Smith, a 24-year-old male patient, shows up for his initial intake appointment […]

 Provide a critique Kristen Swanson’s Theory of Caring, making sure to identify benefits,

Provide a critique Kristen Swanson’s Theory of Caring, making sure to identify benefits, consequences and feasibility of application in clinical practice as a family nurse practitioner. Provide evidence using 2 (two) scholarly articles in order to support your critique. The post  Provide a critique Kristen Swanson’s Theory of Caring, making sure to identify benefits, appeared first […]

A multidisciplinary care team for people with motor neurone disease usually includes a doctor, allied health  professionals (such as a dietitian, occupational therapist, physiotherapist, social worker and speech  pathologist) and local palliative and community care workers.

www.mndaust.asn.au Freecall 1800 777 175   1 Living Better for Longer: MND Australia Fact Sheet EB3 Multidisciplinary care team What you should know  A multidisciplinary care team for people with motor neurone disease usually includes a doctor, allied health  professionals (such as a dietitian, occupational therapist, physiotherapist, social worker and speech  pathologist) and local palliative and community care workers. Other team members who have particular  expertise are involved as needed, such as a respiratory specialist.  You can live better for longer with motor neurone disease when health professionals have a coordinated,  multidisciplinary approach to your care.  In many areas of Australia, the regional/care advisor from your MND Association liaises with the team,  assisting you and the team get information, support and referral to other services when needs change. About the multidisciplinary care team Multidisciplinary teams are also known as primary health care teams. Team members communicate with each  other about your care and help you get care from other members of the team when you need it.  Professionals providing multidisciplinary care can be from the same organisation, a range of organisations or  from private practice. They can work in the community, hospital, clinic, residential and other care settings. Each  discipline‐specific team member enriches the knowledge‐base of the team as a whole and, over time, the  multidisciplinary team composition can change to reflect changes in the person’s needs (Mitchell et al 2008). Multidisciplinary care and MND Over the course of your disease progression you may find you need to talk with a respiratory specialist about  breathing, an occupational therapist about equipment, a speech pathologist about communication, a  physiotherapist about joint stiffness, a palliative care team about support and your general practitioner and  neurologist for regular symptom review. You can live better for longer with motor neurone disease when these  health professionals have a coordinated, multidisciplinary approach to your care (Traynor et al 2003, Van den  Berg et al 2005). Importantly, multidisciplinary care provides you with a direct link to one person, who is a member of the team,  usually referred to as a key worker, case manager, care coordinator or team coordinator. Your multidisciplinary care team key worker […]

You are the manager of an ancillary service department at a large, 500+ bed hospital. Develop a proposal (750-1,200 words) that is directed toward your staff,

Choose two issues or challenges that the leaders of today’s health care organizations face. Select from among the following topics: Staff Shortage (Physicians, Nurses, Allied Health Providers, Ancillary Services) Reorganization in Response to Merger or Consolidation of Services Layoffs as a Result of Declining Revenues Influx of Registry, Part-Time, and Temporary Contract Staff Poor Performance […]