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Higher Educated Caregivers: Cutting Cost and

Increasing Care in Assisted Living Facilities

I. Introduction

A.  How does the staffing of higher educated caregivers in AssistedLiving Facilities cut down on costs and increase patient care?

1.  Examples of past research

2. Definition of Autoethnography and Purpose of use

3. Use of Autoethnography’s by Nurse’s/ Contribution to the nursing field

II. Methodology

1. Support of autoethnography
2. Citiques of autoethnography
3. Examples of other Nurse findings through autoethnography

III.  Autoethnography 

A. An Autoethnography (My Story)

1. Working in Assisted Living

2. Staffing of and Communication between

3. Resident Care

4. Nursing School and Caregiver

5. Relationships with residents

6. Other staff understanding of the mentally ill

IV. Discussion

1. Reflection of my journey and what I have learned.

III. Conclusion

A. How research compares to personal experience

B. What correlation is there between higher ed. staffers and patient care/ cost effeincy

C. What I have learned through this experience and what I hope others will gain from it.

D. Reflection of my experiences.

Formatted after:

Wright, J. (2008). Searching one’s self: the autoethnography of a nurse teacher. Journal of Research in Nursing, 13(4), Retrieved from http://jrn.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/13/4/338 doi: 10.1177/1744987107088046