Hi,
Does anyone have any feedback for which opportunity would be most valuable in terms of clinical experience? They all sound interesting to me, but I was wondering if anyone with more clinical experience could give feedback about which description might give me the most opportunity to grow and gain clinical experience.
· Caregiver respite- stay with a patient at their private home while caregiver gets out of the house to run errands, have some personal time etc. This is typically 4 hours/week- patient may be alert and oriented and wanting to socialize with you, or the patient may be in bed and you are there as a safety presence for the caregiver.
· Socialization- visiting with patients who are living in assisted living, skilled nursing facilities, or group homes. You would spend 1 hour or so 1x/week socializing w/this patient. Discussing life review, bringing them to facility activities etc. This particular assignment has a little more flexibility involved as far as scheduling is concerned.
· Palliative Care Unit’s (PCU’s)- This is helping our paid staff in one of the PCU’s. You would be available to help staff prepare rooms, cook food, organize linens, and assist w/pt. needs such as feeding a patient, socializing with patient, combing or brushing patients hair etc. This opportunity is a scheduled shift that you would have 1x/week between 2-4 hours, each shift would be totally different as the patient census would fluctuate.
Does anyone have any feedback for which opportunity would be most valuable in terms of clinical experience? They all sound interesting to me, but I was wondering if anyone with more clinical experience could give feedback about which description might give me the most opportunity to grow and gain clinical experience.
· Caregiver respite- stay with a patient at their private home while caregiver gets out of the house to run errands, have some personal time etc. This is typically 4 hours/week- patient may be alert and oriented and wanting to socialize with you, or the patient may be in bed and you are there as a safety presence for the caregiver.
· Socialization- visiting with patients who are living in assisted living, skilled nursing facilities, or group homes. You would spend 1 hour or so 1x/week socializing w/this patient. Discussing life review, bringing them to facility activities etc. This particular assignment has a little more flexibility involved as far as scheduling is concerned.
· Palliative Care Unit’s (PCU’s)- This is helping our paid staff in one of the PCU’s. You would be available to help staff prepare rooms, cook food, organize linens, and assist w/pt. needs such as feeding a patient, socializing with patient, combing or brushing patients hair etc. This opportunity is a scheduled shift that you would have 1x/week between 2-4 hours, each shift would be totally different as the patient census would fluctuate.
