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Assignment: 32 Reflection Activity Save Submit Assignment for Grading Question limon dh32.03 Check Sty Work Please read the following scenario and answer the questions that follow Dr. Susan Rice ask Bruce Goldman, CMA (AAMAL to instruct patient Dottie Tate in the use of a walker to prevent further falls at home. Dottie sientas Dr. Rice lewves the examination room and Bruce proceeds to set the walker correctly. However, when Dottie sees that Brice must once again at Dottle in a gat belt forbe protection the belt was used earlier in the examination to as Dottie's ability to ambulate-the patient gets feisty. She is visibly tired and vady to go home T eam to the wal l have to, but I won't wear that belt. It makes me feel like a baby. And it's such a brother who wants to go through all that we just don't need it" Could the situation have been avoided? If so, how? If not, why sot? Chock My Work

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The situation could have been avoided if the patient was told about the importance of living without falls and mobility at any age first. Mobility lets one live an independent life without having to lean on others and becoming a burden and this message could have been effectively conveyed to the patient so that she would do anything to avoid falls and retain mobility. In this case, the patient Dottie Tate, who was already weary found it more exhaustive when she tried out the gait belt for protection. Acclimatization is a real issue that people with any debilitating disease or those in old age have with using such devices, and Dottie Tate is not an exception. The doctor and the CMA ought to handle this issue with more care, caution, and appreciation, at each and every stage of trying out the gait belt. Such an attitude from them would not only have made the patient feel less embarrassed but would also have made her more comfortable and confident wearing the belt.