Author name: Evans Mutinda

malnourishment

Ricky, age 4 years, arrives in the clinic with his mother. Ricky lives with his mother and father, who both work full-time, and his infant sister. Their extended family lives in a different state more than 100 miles away. Both parents are of average height and in good health. Ricky’s mother mentions that Ricky often

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IOM reports

Skim the following IOM reports: Committee on Quality of Care in America. (2001). Crossing the quality chasm: A new health system for the 21st century. http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=10027 Aspden, P., Corrigan, J. M., Wolcott, J., Erickson, S. M. (Eds.). (2004). Patient safety: Achieving a new standard for care. http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=10863 Page, A. (Ed.). (2004). Keeping patients safe. http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=1085

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elements of conversation

Now that you have thought through this conversation scenario, you are ready to select a communication event, related to your goal, for which you will prepare covertly. Choose a communication event that mirrors the communication goal you have selected, then you will begin to prepare for this event privately or secretly – covertly. As you

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conversation

Now that you have a clear goal and declarative statements, it is time to plan a rehearsal. A rehearsal can be helpful when you need to think through all the details needed for a production to go well. You are not putting on a play, but you are moving toward your event in Week 3

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risk for COVID-19

https://lgbt.foundation/coronavirus/impact (Links to an external site.) (Links to an external site.) Although this group is not more at risk for COVID-19, there are a number of ways it can effect their community more than others. Can you review this website and other sources of literature and offer a few thoughts? How might this relate to this weeks

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Alzheimer’s symptoms

Eleanor is a 77-year-old white female resident of a skilled nursing facility. Recently her daughter requested an evaluation from the staff psychologist because she noticed that her mother’s Alzheimer’s symptoms appeared to be getting worse. Eleanor was admitted to the facility six months ago with moderately severe cognitive and physical decline and had to be

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emotional and physical benefit for participants with disabilities

Adapting the means in which a leisure professional instructs participants with disabilities is also important.  Dattilo provides some considerations for instructional strategies.  For those of you going into recreational therapy, you will learn more about task analysis, breaking down an activity/task into its core components to be taught separately.  I have had to use activity

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