Patient Care and Treatment

Psychiatric Disabilities

Description of Facility

The inpatient psychiatry program at the University of Michigan Hospital is on the ninth floor of the hospital building. It has 25 newly renovated bed units and offers both private and semi private room facilities. There is a reading library, fitness facilities, internet access terminals, and dining room access facilities. A number of community rooms are also supplied with television sets and comfortable seating places.

There is a special intensive care unit for those with psychiatric needs. It caters for patients that need more support from and is separated from the general ward area. The patients attended in this unit still have access to a number of amenities provided in the other sections.

Clinic location:

1500 East Medical Center Drive

Ann Arbor, MI 48109

Services/purpose

This clinic provides diagnosis and comprehensive treatment for patients with severe psychiatric problems. Patients often visit the unit for treatment under complicated circumstances. The hospital staff is dedicated to working as a team to deliver quality evidence-based care and treatment services to all patients visiting the facility. They also seek to bolster the dignity and respect for patients in secure healing surroundings. These nurses endeavor to improve the lives of their patients and assist them to improve their functioning in their places of work and their social relationships, including how they relate with family and other significant players in their lives. Communication, respect for patients and care continuity is what defines the service at the center. Experts from a wide range of clinical areas are deployed to render services at critical times to patients with psychiatric care and treatment. The method used in the treatment planning involves the participation of both medical experts and the patients to come up with best suited recommendations for the aspects of treatment during the stay of patients at the hospital. They have included group and individual psychotherapy approaches, medications and psychosocial strategies. The plans also include models for patients to continue with managing their illness even after they leave the facilities.

Personnel

The facility staffs apply interdisciplinary patient care services. There are treatment teams that guide each patient in their stay at the facility. The teams aim at providing a healthy environment for patient stay and care so as to facilitate the patients to focus on recovery. Once a patient is admitted, they are assigned a treatment team. There is a U-M faculty psychiatrist attending and a resident nurse practitioner or physician, a primary care nurse and patient care staff (PCWs). There is also a social worker and numerous activity therapists. The team is often joined by a clinical pharmacist to help out with education on medication and related decisions. The team treats the patient as the most important member in their midst. The hospital encourages all patients to take part in treatment planning from admission point to when they have been discharged and beyond. From all questions, the clinic does not employ the services of any external professionals

Funding

As part of the University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers, it acquired funds via this association which projected that 2014 fiscal year will end with a 0.7% or U.S. $17 million operating margin on proceeds of U.S. $2.52 billion. Moreover, in 2015, the Hospitals and Health Centers plan to acquire a 3% operating margin on proceeds of U.S. $2.66 billion. As a nonprofit organization, UMHS utilizes positive operational margins to fund sustained expansions in patient health, education, research and development, as well as the facilities required to assist these operations. Moreover, it received funding from not only grant awards but also larger philanthropic donations.

Treatment

The treatment team presents the patient with a formal copy of their treatment plan and discusses it with them. The plan is a guideline for both the team and the patient. The guide is frequently updated. The hospital and psychiatric unit, in particular, is proud to be involved in the mentoring and training of the next team of mental health practitioners of the new generation. It is regarded as the premiere educational site of the state. Medical trainees often work under special supervision of staff with the medical care teams as part of the training routine. Each patient's unique needs are considered when rendering therapies. Such therapies often incorporate a variety of evidence-based treatment approaches such as group psychotherapy, medication and crisis support and intervention for individuals. Involvement of family, electroconvulsive therapy, consultation from outpatient experts and group activities are part of the strategies employable.

Taking part in the therapeutic group activities is a critical aspect of a patient's treatment. The patient is assessed at the onset to assign a befitting type and level of treatment for each. Nurses, activity therapists, physicians and social workers are assigned to therapeutic groups. The activities apply a variety of approaches to enhance self-care which includes building skills, music therapy, physical exercise, discussion groups and a lot more.

Interviewee Detail

Nora Reese

Duties

• To assess patients experiencing active withdrawal symptoms and facilitate intervention measures to mitigate psychological and symptoms of withdrawal.

• To maintain and update over 200 charts for patients' and confidential files.

• To develop all calendars for absentees, schedules for nurse agency and minutes of staff meetings.

• To document, accurately, all aspects of assessment treatment for nurses, medications, instructions for discharge and follow up care.

• To prioritize the needs of patient care, treatment and maintain patient flow.