Documenting Complementary Therapies

• Outlines the policies, procedures and protocols of documenting complementary therapies
• Outlines social profiles and assessments of complementary therapies
• Discusses the need to inform residents of the various complementary services that are available
• Discusses consent as a component of professional documentation
• Outlines the documentation needed for care plans
• Describes evaluation techniques in regards to care plans
• Outlines what must be included in the documentation of education in complementary therapies

Description:

This chapter guides nurses in the documentation of an aged-care facility that utilises complementary therapies requires. This includes the planning stage where policies, procedures and protocols must be considered as well as social profiling, the use of programs and consent, care plans and an evaluation stage.

Topics:

• Introduction
• Policies, procedures, and protocols
  • General principles
  • Practical issues
• Social profiles and assessments
• Programs
• Consents and authorities
• Care plans
• Educational records
• Conclusion

Speaker/Author:

Sue Forster
Sue completed her general nurse training in the Queen Alexandra Royal Naval Nursing Service in the UK and abroad. She has extensive clinical, educational and managerial experience at senior levels gained from a long nursing career in Europe, Australia and Africa.

For the past ten years Sue has managed her own educational consultancy business. Her special interests include gerontic care, continuous quality improvement and human-resource management. Sue is dedicated to the education and empowerment of her nursing colleagues through the provision of sound evidence-based practice within an holistic framework of quality care.

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