Immersion Experience #3 Cultural Assessment Saint Petersburg College Introduction Nurses act as patient/client or “consumer” advocates. To do so‚ a nurse must at a minimum‚ listen; to do so well a nurse must do more than listen‚ a nurse must truly understand. When the client is of a different culture or ethnicity this becomes a challenge‚ as culturally appropriate or competent care is necessary and there are many differences between cultures. One way to enhance cultural competency is
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explains the hardships of what a refugee experiences. At only the age of 10 Ha‚ the main character is forced to flee her home because of war‚ leaving behind everything. After staying in a crowded refugee camp for a short period of time‚ Ha and her family gets moved to the USA to settle. There Ha has to adapt to their culture‚ language‚ and their way of life to fit in‚ like numerous other refugees. Ha’s refugee experience relates to the universal refugee experience. The primary purpose of people becoming
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Understanding Human and Relational Communication During this course I have encounter many ways to understanding human communication. I have also read a book relating to understanding human communication called “That’s Not What I Meant” by Deborah Tannen. Today I will be disgusting about what I have learned from each book and also talk about understanding human communication and relationships. I also take examples from my and other people encounter with these situations. In chapter one through
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Correspondingly‚ police officers need to be more trained and experienced when dealing with people with mental illness. Rossler and Terril (2017‚ p.190) explain “how officers lack the requisite experience or training to properly manage and deescalate encounters involving [people with mental illness]”. (Borum‚ 2000‚ Mulvey & White‚ 2014‚ Teplin‚ 1983 as cited in Rossler‚ Terril (2017‚ p.191) state how in some circumstances‚ officer encounters with people having mental illness can escalate and result
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The objective of this article is to elucidate the therapeutic encounter with a therapist for neck and back massage. The appointment was booked over the phone in advance pertaining to the neck pain and stiffness suffered for few days. Whilst booking the appointment the receptionist explained that the session will be for one hour and gave clear instructions to arrive 15 minutes early and to bring the insurance information. Picked an evening time slot 7.00 pm - 8.00 pm on 28th Tuesday because of day
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A volunteering experience that really impacted my life was when I volunteered at the downtown station on Thanksgiving to serve food for the needy ones. Being able to help those around me had opened my eyes to the world. I am no longer self-centered about my life but rather focus on my fellow mankind and God’s will. This valuable experience has set a pattern in my life to keep on helping others and serve my community. I feel that I had become a better person by volunteering‚ and that only through
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Brandon Flowers with some jumping up and down. From the events I have gone to this one was more passionate but I enjoy dancing a little so that is the only compliant I have about it. The energy shown by the crowd was amazing it was great to experience. The arena we were in also was neat and the fact that I was in the pit it felt like everyone in the stands were looking down at you as if you were the musician. It was the first time I listen to more than one song of The Killers consecutively
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Fire Officer 1 March 4‚ 2014 Why I Want To Be A Fire Officer It will be fourteen year in May since the first time I said I wanted to be a fire officer. I remember being at the academy with my classmates as we talked about what we would like to accomplish in the fire department. One thing I said that echoes in the back of my mind is that I wanted to make a difference in the fire department and the community by bringing new innovated ideas and not trying to fix anything that’s not
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My learning throughout the first year has been helped by an unerring optimism in the value of nursing‚ and an appreciation that each and every daily interaction augments my experience (Spouse 2003:200‚ Marris 1986 cited by Johns 2000:65). This enthusiasm‚ however‚ has caused an inhibitory effect on my self-directed researching‚ and created conflict in some placement areas. Whilst developing my role as a nurse‚ my activities as a person at home and beyond have diminished‚ as I attempt to adjust to
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Best Experience: My best experience at Children’s Rehab and Therapy Services is a little girl who comes in for physical therapy once a week. She is almost two years old. She was diagnosed with Torticollis/Shoulder Restriction. She was kept in the hospital for three months after her birth and was NG tubed for about six weeks and required a ventilator for eight hours. The doctors told her parents that she would probably never live a normal life and could probably never walk. The therapist reports
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