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Implementation Of An Online Adolescent Oncology Support Group, Jennifer Rupp
Implementation Of An Online Adolescent Oncology Support Group, Jennifer Rupp
Graduate Student Independent Studies
Adolescence is a time for social and emotional growth and learning how they interact and engage in the world around them. When an adolescent is diagnosed with a life threatening cancer diagnosis, it can have a substantial impact on their ability to maintain social and emotional connections with their peers. Disruptions in school and peer relationships can lead to isolation, withdrawal and poor coping. Many factors contribute to a teens inability to stay connected with their current peer group, as well as make it difficult to develop and meet new peers in the hospital setting that are also coping with …
Voicing Diversity: Creating Space To Listen In The Healthcare System, Margaret Foster
Voicing Diversity: Creating Space To Listen In The Healthcare System, Margaret Foster
Graduate Student Independent Studies
Throughout the United States over 20 million people do not speak English as their primary language. As part of legislation and The Joint Commission, health care organizations are required to provide interpreter and translation services to individuals with limited English proficiency (LEP). Through the provision of language services health care professionals can provide quality care that is patient centered and culturally sensitive to the needs of families. As communities continue to be transformed and become multicultural so too the healthcare system needs to transform, growing resources that empower and educate patients helping them navigate the healthcare system.
The Invisible Tool Kit : On-The-Go Techniques For Child Life Specialists, Vanessa Galan
The Invisible Tool Kit : On-The-Go Techniques For Child Life Specialists, Vanessa Galan
Graduate Student Independent Studies
This Integrative Master's Project, On-the-Go Techniques for Child Life Specialists by Vanessa Galan, reviews literature that explains the stressors patients and their families face during hospitalization. It provides supporting information outlining tools that a child life specialist has available to them at all times. These tools offer support, distraction, and coping strategies when time or resources do not allow for alternate diversions. These tools include complementary techniques such as deep breathing, empathic responses, guided imagery, humor/laughter, I spy, magic glove, one voice, songs, positions of comfort, and Reiki. It reviews how these tools provide support for many hospitalized children, and …