all about. After all‚ like most‚ I spent hundreds of hours shadowing a number of physicians and volunteering in hospitals. It was only through my two year experience as a medical scribe‚ both in the ER and in an oncology clinic‚ that I truly understood all the faces of medicine. Medicine‚ contrary to what I thought prior to my scribing experience‚ isn’t always glorious. As a scribe I have witnessed many of my patients‚ both in the ER and in the oncology clinic‚ die and I have dealt with the emotional
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Science Vol. 6‚ No. 9; September 2010 On a Personal Experience of Cultural Adaptation ---From the Perspective of Microculture Lisha Liu Qindao College‚ Qingdao Techonological University 79 Tie Qi Shan Street‚ Chengyang‚ Qingdao 266106‚ China E-mail: olivia_lisha@126.com Abstract This paper‚ from the perspective of microculture‚ mainly explores how the cultural anthropological theory “cultural adaptation” works on a personal experience of a student who pursues her further study inter-regionally
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That pit in my stomach was no longer noticeable. There were no feelings of disgust or of fear either. In its place was a newfound revelation—one that allowed me to picture myself working in a hospital setting with patients like him. That experience enabled me to feel compassion for other human beings besides my own family members or myself. I desired to learn more about him‚ specifically who he was before all the burns plagued his skin and ultimately who he will become throughout the healing
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Can Knowledge be defined? Explain and defend your answer. Knowledge is Functional Defining knowledge has been an ongoing debate for philosophers in the field of epistemology. To come to a conclusion about if knowledge can be defined or not we need to look at theories of knowledge and the different views philosophers who have studied epistemology have. To define knowledge one must find a definition that states‚ what is necessary for knowledge as well as sufficient and cannot be challenged by counter
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that set out five fundamental human needs and their hierarchical nature. They are quoted and taught so widely now that many people perceive this model as the definitive set of needs and do not look further. Abraham Maslow was what I consider to be a great‚ well accomplished phi anthropologist. Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs is a very motivational theory in psychology that argues that while people aim to meet basic needs; they seek to meet successively higher needs which I believe are better understand
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Learning is characterized as the method of developing fresh accomplishment‚ behavior‚knowledge‚ use or taste. Learning is an alteration evolved as an outcome of experience. This paper analyses a personal learning experience in relation with several prospects of the learning theory. Learning Experience I loathe going to busy places‚ particularly to social gatherings. I lean to mislay my self-belief and feel uncomfortable when I go to celebrations. This abhor for parties has developed in me since
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When a person is faced with obstacles‚ there is 3 options. They can overcome‚ fail‚ or avoid. One of the hardest obstacles that I have faced was my depression and social anxiety. Despite what you would think tho‚ it wasn’t easy. I’m sure that if someone has help it could make it a lot less challenging. Starting in about 4th grade‚ I went through a vast amount of life altering events that made me who I am today. From moving all the time‚ to horrible stepfamilies and constantly losing friends‚ I’ve
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Clinical Experience Assignment # 2 Virender Kaur California State University‚ Bakersfield Clinical Experience Assignment # 2 An issue that I encountered during one of my clinical rotations at Bakersfield Heart Hospital was a leadership and patient advocacy issue. On the last day of my clinical‚ my preceptor and I were assigned to triage. We saw one patient who came in with shortness of breath and high blood pressure‚ and another one who came in with headache. So‚ after doing the initial
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Paula: I feel that although these attempts at reaching out to you have been futile‚ I want you to know how I feel without any expectation that you respond. Firstly‚ I am deeply saddened that we have not been able to talk‚ and attempt to have some dialogue with the hope of closure and peace for both of us. I understand why this would be difficult for you given how our relationship ended‚ and I take responsibility for this. I acted out of hurt‚ anger‚ and I dug my feet in without also considering
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My personal experience that motivated me to choose social work ad a profession was the competence and quality of services provided for me by social work in the hospital when I visited during the time I was hospitalized after being physically‚ verbally and mentally bused by my ex-husband. The social worker demonstrated a personal demeanor in providing services needed. The social worker was competent and has a respect of my race. She noticed that I just came to the United States of America. She didn’t
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