Pt2520 Unit 1 Assignment

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Professor and Classmates, If I was put in charge of staffing a new Alzheimer unit a hospital, I would want to hire people with knowledge, compassion, and understanding about Alzheimer. A personal background checks and drug test for every individual that I would think that are going to be reliable and good assets in my team. In addition, I would want to hire staff that have at least a proper training on how to care to patients with Alzheimer. I would also need a Registered Nurse or Licensed Practical Nurse that need to be present on all shifts (responsible for managing the resident’s daily medications and any other medically related requirement on a daily basis, the RN or LPN closely monitors the resident healthcare requirements and they effectively

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