June 12th Tuesday

 

The people do in this community do the tribal and the casino has a part in it. They get to vote on what is decided upon the community. They have a chief that oversees the tribal council.  The tribal council has a lot of power in the community but they all must come to an agreement that benefits all of the community and not just certain people. To them it is important to have everyone benefit from the health care system. They try to influence many to go to the health center.

The members of the health care team are the doctors, nurses, cna's, dietary, respiratory therapy, laboratory, security, physical/occupational therapy, wound care, and psychiatrist. They are all part of the health care team that help try to make every patient feel welcomed and help them out by taking care of them.

When someone arrives to the hospital and they need help they take care of the patient. They want to make sure the patient gets the correct care. They are very patient friendly and want to influence them to come back more. They want to show them they can be trusted so the patients come back to get taken care of. They will try to make the patient feel as comfortable as possible and build trust with the patient. Everything I have learned so far in the hospital and from everyone I have talked to is that they want the Native Americans to trust the health care. They will have the families in the room because that will help the family support each other.

The differences in between this organization and our organization back home are I feel like here they really have more time and make more time for the patients. They care for the patient and the family, they show that by having the big rooms for hospice patients with extra room for family members to stay at and be able to talk to the physicians. They are very patient center and I love that about this organization. I also feel like every staff member is happy to work for this organization and enjoys coming to work I would love to have something like that. The similarities in both organizations is that they both have a game plan if anything were to happen. They are both very well properly trained for any disaster that could occur. They train the staff correctly for any emergency the Cherokee hospital has t stabilize a patient before being able to send the patient out. Which is very important for them to have all the special training they need.

Yes, they have complementary and alternative medicines in their culture. I spoke with one of the nurses her name is Jennifer. She informed us that they have acupuncture, aromatherapy, yoga, and herbal medicine. They are very open-minded regarding this they want to try and help the patient out and do whatever will help the patient feel better. For example, the nurse told us about a physical therapist taking out some patients on his break to go for a hike on his own time which shows that he cares for his patients.