I decided to take this class due to the service aspect of the course. I came from a high school in the Philadelphia suburbs that encouraged service to the community. Students were required to log service hours by themselves and during school service days. During my time in high school‚ I had logged over 300 hours of community service both locally and through the class sponsored trip to the Dominican Republic. One of my favorite locations that I served was a senior assisted living community that
Premium Community High school Dominican Republic
Nursing home A nursing home‚ convalescent home‚ skilled nursing facility (SNF)‚ care home‚ rest home or intermediate care provides a type of residential care. They are a place of residence for people who require continual nursing care and have significant deficiencies with activities of daily living.[citation needed] Nursing aides and skilled nurses are usually available 24 hours a day. Residents include the elderly and younger adults with physical or mental disabilities. Residents in a skilled
Premium Nursing home Nursing Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
multitude of companies that seek to create an environment where learning and creativity can flourish‚ but in practice fall short due to a lack of understanding of what is truly required to facilitate reflective learning. DiChiara concerns his comments around the means in which the organisation can engage groups to nurture and develop communities where reflective practice takes place. In contrast‚ Raelin (2002) concentrates on the reflective skills (Raelin ’s five principal skills) that can be used by
Premium Reflections Reflection Learning
INTRODUCTION In this essay‚ I will reflect upon my practice placements and discuss my development in relation to professional/ethical practice‚ care delivery‚ care management and personal/professional development. These are the four domains related to the learning outcomes required by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC‚ 2004)) for entry in to the professional register. They are all concerned with promoting high standards of professional practice and good quality of patient’s care. I will also
Premium Nursing Health care Health
workers must happier and healthier service user. To be sure the service user is always at the centre of care‚ health care professionals need to be able to understand how it feels to be in the service user’s position‚ using those services. Also‚ the service user has to be involved in all levels of their care and development to always make the patient feel like the main priority. Allowing service users to make their own decisions is a large part of service user centred care as they would feel more
Premium Health care Health care provider Patient
Service Learning Project Reflection Personal growth as a result of service activities Making generalization is obviously improved from this service-learning project with the experience of group works and individual works. I had opportunities to explore research skills and practice for my MPA project. Especially‚ I could practice data analysis in both qualitative and quantitative. As a result of service activities‚ which increase my self-efficacy to deal with step-by-step research procedures utilizing
Premium
this class is the service learning at the harvest table. This experience was humbling and eye opening. It can be hard to remember that there are so many people out there that are struggling financially. I could have these children in my class and not even know it. From this experience‚ I was able to interact with a few children and see that they are just as capable as any child. I think about the book that we read for this class as well when I think of this service learning experience. One thing
Premium Education Teacher Learning
Learning Disabilities I believe that of the millions of young children who are diagnosed with a learning disability‚ only a few receive the full scope of assistance that they need in order to grow and succeed. Despite the advances our society has made when it comes to special education and offering resources to special needs children‚ I still believe that society is falling short of operating at its greatest potential to aid those with learning disabilities. I also feel that our culture devalues
Premium Educational psychology Disability Special education
I thought the quote above is very important when thinking about service learning and how we can make a change in our community. We should not spend too much time dwelling on the existing reality and instead should focus more time on what we can do about it. It is so easy to complain about what is already going on instead of trying to come up with a plan that could change our existing reality. When thinking about my service learning site People Serving People it is one of the first things that come
Premium Education Psychology Teacher
Learning disabilities is caused by the way our brain develops. It appears they are triggered by a dysfunction of the central nervous system. For me having an insight into learning disability has provided me with awareness to the causes and the way care and treatment is provided. Markovna et al. 2004 define communication as a difficulty to receive‚ send and comprehend information as well as process verbal and non-verbal aspects. Communication is identified as one of the essential skills that students
Premium Communication Educational psychology Psychology