Rehabilitation Facilities Improvement Plan

Rehabilitation centers are designed to help “restore some or all of a patient’s physical, sensory and mental capabilities that were lost due to injury, illness or disease” (Farlex, 2012). Many doctors will prescribe rehabilitation services after a patient has suffered through an amputation, neurological issues, a variety of orthopedic injuries, spinal cord injuries, stroke or other traumatic brain injuries.

UNC Lenoir Healthcare Rehabilitation center is a wellness rehab located inside UNC Lenoir Healthcare on the seventh floor. We are a fully staffed in patient acute rehab center. We offer rehab services and patients on our floor receive complete and comprehensive care from a multidisciplinary team of professionals. My interview today is with a seventy seven year old, white, widowed woman. She has lived alone since 2009 when her husband passed away and her son lives nearby and checks on her daily. This client was admitted to our rehab facility on 4/4/17 with a hip and wrist fracture due to a fall in her home. I will complete an assessment of the patient and her needs to help gather the necessary information for her care plan that we will go over

The long term effects of a stroke are different from person to person. If the right side of the brain was damaged the left side of the body will be affected and if the right side of the brain is damaged the left side of the body will be affected, also the left side damage to the brain will affect Speech, Balance, Vision and breathing ("Treatment - Stroke - Mayo Clinic," 2015). Extensive therapies are require after a stroke these are physical therapy, occupational therapy and speech therapy. There is also rehabilitation services through in home care, hospitals or skilled nursing facility’s depending on the circumstances. Counseling is available to help cope with the new changes happening to the inside and outside of the body ("Treatment - Stroke - Mayo Clinic," 2015). There are a few alternative treatments available to they are not approves by the food and drug administration ("Stroke Alternative Treatments," 2013). Some of these natural therapies would include aromatherapy, massage therapy and yoga, these help reduce stress and relax the mind and body ("Stroke Alternative Treatments," 2013). Some patients controlled their diet by taking notice of the amount of cholesterol that they were taking in from foods they were eating ("Stroke Alternative Treatments,"

This scenario takes place in an, Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility in California. Jane Doe had been employed with the facility for six years. She received her training at an accredited institution and passed her exams and received her CNA and went to work with the Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility six months later. She was assigned to, Unit C, under the supervision of Ms. Nancy Jones, a Registered Nurse (RN) with fifteen years of experience as a supervisor for the facility. Jane received her on the job training in the unit with supervising manager Mrs. Sue Day a Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN) with ten years of experience with the facility.

Rehabilitation is about getting back to normal life and living as independent a life as possible. It involves taking an active approach to ensuring that life goes on for people who have had a stroke. This can mean helping them to acquire new skills or relearn old ones. It may

Mr X, a 60 year- old Caucasian male, admitted to the stroke unit with a diagnosis Left MCA infract. He presented to the emergency department right sided hemiparesis, neglect of affected limbs, dysphasia and right side facial droop. He was on cardiac monitor for close observation for 48 hours. Stroke critical care pathway and commenced and care provided as per protocol.. Stroke is a serious and deadly condition including cerebral circulation within the brain and can extremely affect a person ability to maintain a safe environment, communication and mobility as well as other activities of living. The purpose of this essay is to give an overview of the Pathophysiology of ischaemic stroke, the required nursing care and the rationale behind it, followed by medical management and treatment provided to the patient.

Susan Hartman, a Chief Executive Officer of Healthsouth Nittany Valley Rehabilitation from State College was a guest speaker of the class. Furthermore, she is also the chair of the Medical Division Committee for the Pennsylvania Association of Rehabilitation Providers and a member of the Hospital Association of Pennsylvania. Her presentation was very fascinating and highlighted the importance of Inpatient Rehabilitation and Post Acute Care in the United States. She started her presentation with the continuum of care. Gradually, she explained about the Acute care hospital and long-term acute care hospital in which the patients from both care receives an equal number of beneficial and quality care to make them better longevity. Furthermore, she also disclosed about post-acute care industry readmission rates, which showed that the skilled nursing facility has 22.0 % and inpatient rehabilitation has 9.4 % rehospitalized after using post-acute care setting. Similarly, she explained that HealthSouth overview of hospitals with IRF patients in which the average age of all patients is 72 and the age for Medicare FFS is 76. Additionally, she also talked about the operational excellence in post acute care in which everything matters for the operational excellence, including the quality, cost effectiveness and investment in

She became a victim of left sided hemiparesis with pain in shoulder, numbness in left arm and hand, difficulty in speaking and walking. After the medical treatment and discharger after 1 week, physician referred for the rehabilitation. What will be the possible rehab treatment for this patient? o The first step is detailed history taking (in this case form guardian or care taker as the patient has speech problems) o Screening for the rehabilitation (mainly neurological, cardiac and pulmonary screening tests) o

Strokes are not isolated to the United States. It is reported that worldwide nearly 15 million people suffer from a stroke every year (“Stoke,” n.d.). The idea of home therapy for stroke rehabilitation has appeared in other countries as well. A group of researchers in Spain looked into the effectiveness of occupational therapy for individuals affected by a stroke. They focused specifically on home based therapy. The researchers sought out occupational therapy programs which “aimed to improve the participation of the individual in significant functions, activities, and tasks” and how that translated into a home program (Ávila et al., 2014). The study included twenty-three participants who had suffered a stroke. The Barthel Index (Fig.3) was

Many patients admitted to the stroke and orthopedic rehabilitation unit have impaired physical mobility. The length of time in rehabilitation is ten to fourteen days. Many times nurses, patients and family members form bonds that last long after the discharge. I recently had the opportunity to take care of a patient I will never forget. Mrs. C was admitted to the rehabilitation unit following recent hip surgery. She is eighty years old and had fallen raking leaves in her front yard. Mrs. C has a history of hypertension, arthritis and gout. Medications include aspirin, metoprolol and allopurinol as needed. Prior to admission Mrs. C lived independently and has two children who checked on her routinely. No cognitive or mental deficits are noted. Key parts of this paper include the introduction, NANDA, NIC and NOC elements, data, information, knowledge and wisdom and the conclusion.

De, D., & Wynn, E. (2014). Preventing muscular contractures through routine stroke patient care. British Journal of Nursing, 23(14), 781-786. doi:10.12968/bjon.2014.23.14.781

following a stroke the client usually has weakness in the left side of the body so physiotherapist will aim to create a work out plan

Stroke is a leading cause of adult disability and patients face multiple challenges, such as weakness/paralysis on one side of the body, social disability, inability to walk and self-care, the decline in community participation, and the decline in cognitive and emotional functioning. These challenges impede them from independently performing their daily activities related to work, school, parenting, or leisure. Evidence Based Practice shows that the best way to treat individuals with stroke is through the use of the mental practice. Mental practice is a training method during which a person cognitively rehearses a physical skill in the absence of overt, physical movements for the purpose of enhancing motor skill performance. It is a practice

Physical therapy is most often used for stroke patients, although birth defects and post-operative problems are also common patients for physical therapists. Stroke victims, more often than not, suffer physical harms that limit movement and other motor skills depending from the

It is common for patients to create learned non-utilization of their weaker arm. Study shows about demonstrates the serious rehashed undertaking work on utilizing the weaker arm can enhance both the measure of utilization and nature of development prompting enhanced capacity and independence. Limitation induced development treatment depends on learned non-utilize which creates amid beginning times following a stroke as the patients acquaint with adjust for trouble utilizing the impaired extremities by expanding dependence of the in-place