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Spices Paper

Christelle Vavilus
100720822

Maria Obando
1007

Durham College

NURS 2516

Professor: Kari Matthews

August 4th, 2019


The purpose of this paper is to summarize our experience during our rotation in

Rehabilitation and Long-term care. We embarked on a journey that dates back to the early 1970s

in gerontological nursing; which provided care to our senior citizens. Since the early seventies,

the proportion of the population for our elders has been growing steadily and significantly, this

caused the increase for geriatric nurses (Touhy et al., 2012). In this essay, we will highlight our

case with a brief description of the spices tool, past as well as present history of our patient, and

finally a tailored care plan. Throughout our experience during our long-term care rotation, we

encountered many humbling experiences as well as lessons in which we can apply to our

everyday life. We conclude by supporting the idea that the older age population needs as much

specialized care as it continues to flourish and grow.

Within the health field, there are guides available for making decisions as well as assess

significant, accurate data. One of the guides which we used in this assignment was the “SPICES

Tool”. Fulmer SPICES is a tool that asses six common conditions for our older adults. This

includes sleeping problems, problems when eating and feeding, incontinence, confusion,

evidence of falls, and skin breakdown, hence the name SPICES. Upon using this tool, it gives the

health care providers a generalized background of the patient’s overall health status in order to

create a care plan for high risks patients, as well as identifies symptoms an elder may encounter

during hospital stays or home setting. Prevent the early signs of these symptoms can shortened

hospital stays, and minimize any drastic injuries to the patient. Before completing an interview, it

is always best to inform your patient on what you will be delegating as well as obtain consent.
Prior to conducting our interview with our patient, there were guidelines we needed to

follow to ensure nurse-client relationship was not overlooked. We first explained and gain

consent from our instructor about the assignment, we then explained to our patient the purpose of

this assigned and continued after consent was obtained and felt comfortable enough to share her

past personal and health history with us. Our interview commences our cooperative patient Mrs.

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