If we also look at another issue as to why long-term care could be a large burden is the rapid inflation in expenditures for long-term care in recent years. Medicare and Medicaid expenditures on nursing home care were $9 billion in 1980, more than doubling to $25 billion by 1990, and doubling again to $54 billion by 1999. Likewise, Medicare and Medicaid expenditures on home health care increased from less than $1 billion in 1980 to $5 billion in 1990 and to $16.1 billion in 1999, down from a high of $17 billion in 1996 (Health Care Financing Administration 2000; Heffler et al. 2001). With this we can also see that out of pocket…
I understand your view but I don’t think it is realistic. In many states, Nurse Practitioners (NPs) work under a physician. As far as these specialties go, I don't see NPs getting paid the same as doctors for a few reasons. First, there are few specialty NPs versus primary care NPs not to mention even fewer those who are doing their own practice independently. Second, doctors have more knowledge than a nurse practitioner and although as NPs we run into more and more complex issues where we do not have enough knowledge to solve. And lastly, in primary care clinic, doesn’t a medical assistant do the same job as a nurse? However, because the nurse goes to more extent schooling, would it be fair to pay them the same salary? Because of doctors ‘extensive…
Your family may need more assistance from your family members as they get old. Unfortunately it’s not always easy for your family members to be around around the clock. Many turn to a nursing home that employs qualified staff to offer round-the-clock medical assistance. Your family members put their trust in these nursing homes to take gentle care of your loved ones, but many times what happens behind closed doors is far from the predicted.…
states require you to complete a state- approved program, and pass a national licensing exam.…
Recently, a small group consisting of three Breckenridge nursing students researched the education levels of a registered nurse. The title registered nurse is held in high regards respectively. Each nurse and perspective nurse is an individual and has a different home life from one another. Some of them may have to work a full time job to keep a roof over their head. Others may work part time or enough to keep their license active. All of those factors determine the individual’s level of education and commitment to work.…
Title: -‘A Report Submitted to the Continuing Care Committee within NHS Blackburn with Darwen Teaching Care Trust Plus’.…
As an administrator of a nursing home, the facility had just received announcement that the association is being purchased by a national group. As of a new policy to be implemented, a number of the populace will be displaced. Some of this populace have difficulty communicating, have no family that is close, and have not indicated that they support the reasonable of their medical information. Preparations are required to be made for these individuals. Before making any preparations for these patients, there are quite a few factors in place; such as communication methods with patients. We must take notice that every patient is diverse, and each patient communicates on different levels or none. We must not remember that communication is a progression that will engage exchange of information, judgment and emotions.…
Being a nursing home administrator with in a nursing home, excellent communication is a necessity. Communication is how care providers determine the quality of care that is given and needed for the patients. By being a nursing home administrator, it is my job to make sure that the HIPPA rules and regulations are being used by all employees. By making sure that HIPPA rules and regulations are being upheld, the nursing home is providing quality care to the patients.…
My interest with there occupations are related directly to my past experiences. When I had an opportunity of working with older adults at Buckingham Nursing home, I was very happy to go to work everyday and cover two sifts in a row sometimes. I liked working with the patients at Buckingham and the environment was very pleasing to me. I felt accomplished to be helping our seniors with daily living activities including feeding them…
G.O. has 13 years of nursing experience in Medical- Surgical Nursing, Psychiatric Nursing, Detoxification Nursing, Research Nursing, Project Management, as well as Public Health and Community Health Nursing. For the past four years G.O has served as Clinical Director, Director of Operations and Director of Nursing on both a local and national level. In these leadership roles G.O. has been responsible for Agency compliance with state and federal regulations, supervising office support, clinical, and management staff, balancing multi-million dollar budgets, initiating and monitoring quality improvement measures, and representing these organizations on several boards and committees. G.O. currently works as a Clinical Manager of Nursing of a small scale home health agency. G.O. is looking to assist the agency with expanding to open more offices in…
I have worked in several nursing homes as a CNA, and a CMT. I have had my CNA certification for almost 15 years, and my CMT certification for just about 5. The experience that I have is mostly in home health care. I enjoy this, because it is more one on one time with a patient. I personally believe that if you have a client, it is best to give them this attention.…
There are many advantages of assisted living and why it is a growing trend. One…
Considering this, other potential options were to explore volunteer opportunities in hospitals or clinics. Thus, I recalled my friend Fernando Moreno M.D., who has worked at Jamaica Hospital in Queens, NY for several years and proceeded to phone him and inquire. Being a friend, as well as a sweet, dear person, he offered to sponsor me and avoid the hassle of the application and interview process after informing him of my time constraint concerns. Here, this was another valuable lesson concerning future job employment with regards to networking. Sometimes, having a friend, relative, or simply knowing someone who works in a prospective company can be an…
I grew up with my grand parents who needed a lot of help from me. I used to help them in many ways at home and out side. After I came to USA, I always wanted to work with elderly people. Two years ago, I took a CNA class and started working in a nursing home. I was very happy for being able to help older people because it gives me satisfaction and I feel like I am doing for my grand parents. Now I see my self working in a extended care facility as a nurse and it is very exciting for me.…
This paper will focus nursing home health care disparities among the LGBT elderly. Throughout the paper, there will be research to identify the problem and support the factors that contribute to the identified problem. This paper looks at the issue of nursing home disparities among the LGBT community at a micro, mezzo, and macro level by identifying how the problem is engulfed in all levels of practice and how the problem can be solved by addressing all levels of practice. The solutions to the health care disparity will be supported by two different human behavior theories.…