Reflection on my personal effectiveness as a care worker • My communication skills • My caring Skills • My strengths and weakness My communication skills; Communication is the process of sending and receiving verbal and non-verbal messages‚ which involves exchange of information‚ feelings‚ needs and preferences. Communication consists of‚ Verbal skills: The tone‚ volume and the words we use. Non-verbal: Your body Language‚ facial expressions‚ touch and personal
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in meeting the module learning outcomes and build up my clinical skill such as Privacy and Dignity‚ Personal Hygiene‚ Elimination‚ Fluid Balance. Catheter Care‚ Pressure Area Care‚ Moving and Handling‚ Observation and Rapid Assessment. Kim & Loretta (2003)‚ stated that Atkinson & Murphy (1993) identified the key skills needed for reflection as ‘self awareness‚ the ability to recollect and describe accurately key aspect of the situation‚ critical analysis of the situation and synthesis of new knowledge
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Reflection 1 I arrived on the ward at 7.00am ready to begin a 10 hour shift. After receiving handover my mentor assigned me the job of bed bathing Mr T with the help of a health care assistant. Mr T was admitted with a broken radius and ulna; this means that your forearm is made up of two long bones that sit side by side. The inside bone is called the ulna‚ and the outside bone is called the radius. You have broken both bones. A fracture means just the same as a break. The bone ends are out of
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Reflective practice enables us to develop our reflective skills which can be used during the learning process‚ enabling health and social care professionals to improve the quality of care they deliver to patients (Baillie‚ L.‚ Black‚ S. and Dr‚ 2014). According to Dewey (1929)‚ the Educational theorist‚ he argued that “we do not learn by doing but by doing and realising what came out of what we did“(Baillie et al‚ 2014. P.264). In addition‚ (Howartson‚ J.‚ 2010) emphasises that when one reflects
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The intensive supervision model was adopted as an “alternative sanction” to assist in reducing overcrowding in the prison system and aid in the reduction of cost to house an already overcrowded inmate population‚ as well as reduce recidivism (Latessa & Smith‚ 2011). Nevertheless‚ the concept was to allow convicted criminals that posed “less of a threat to society” the opportunity to be placed on probation‚ with the stipulation they be strictly supervised (Latessa & Smith‚ 2011). This
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1) Intensive farming practices include growing high-yield crops‚ using fertilisers and pesticides and keeping animals indoors. Food production is increased but there are unwelcome side effects. 2) Prevents energy being transferred from the crop to consumers. Reduces biodiversity. May poison helpful organisms. 3) Chemical insecticides (which kill insect pests). Herbicides which kill plants or weeds. 4) Ground water contamination: Chemicals can reach underground aquifers if there is persistent
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Study Questions: 1.) Why is sub-soiling needed in soils with hard pans? Sub-soiling is essential especially to hard pan layer because it will help the roots penetrate deep and be able to explore and obtain water and nutrients from larger volume of soil. Hard span obstructs root’s downward proliferation and restricts root growth of crops (of crops that have vertical root growth). With sub-soiling‚ the needed soil depth‚ at least 80cm will be met . With sub-soiling‚ we can break hard pan without
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contribution to the care of an elderly gentleman‚ nursed in his own home living with his wife who provided him with nursing care between his private carer visits. The gentleman was also receiving care from a private agency and had district nurse involvement‚ as his condition worsened he had been referred by his doctor to a specialist palliative care team who assessed the patient and put him on the Liverpool Care Pathway (LCP). The LPC is a best-practice model of care‚ supporting care in the last hours/days
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model of care used‚ allows the residents to continue the lifestyle they previously had and provides an easier transition between levels of care. Except for the administration of medications and treatments‚ the residents do not have a structured schedule allowing them to be in control. Although‚ the facility is not affiliated with any religious philosophy‚ it has individuals who come in and provide spiritual services. All the residents were geriatric and required different levels of care. In the area
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The group in which I chose to observe was a foster parent support and training group. I work in the field of foster care‚ so I chose the group carefully to ensure that participators did not know my profession‚ I had no previous interactions with any of the members in the group‚ and I announced myself as merely an unbiased observer and was allowed to sit quietly in the back of the group. The participants in this group ranged from kinship families with grandparents‚ aunts and uncles‚ and even siblings
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