Throughout my education‚ science based courses have been a central core. One course that left an indelible mark was called‚ “Medical Careers”. I had the invaluable opportunity to shadow and learn hands-on material from both doctors and nurses at Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Hospital. It was not until then that I decided to pursue a career in the medical field. However‚ in such an extensive field‚ it was difficult to narrow down to a single profession. Eventually‚ I was able to discover
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Reflective Journal 1 This is a reflective journal on the nursing care of psychiatric patients in the inpatient setting. This journal will reflect on the milieu management‚ new learning experience‚ and my expressions of my own feelings towards the psychiatric facilities at John Hopkin’s hospital in Baltimore‚ Maryland. Milieu Management Milieu management‚ also known as environmental management‚ is a driven method put in place to ensure restorative benefit from the environment in which the patient
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could have considered an alternative way to encourage her to sit where she should be. In Dewey’s publication How We Think (1910) Dewey draws the readers attention to routine action and reflective action‚ where routine action is largely pre set guidelines‚ not giving consideration to individual circumstances. Reflective action is considering the individual situation and adjusting as necessary (1910). I should have reflected on the situation as it were happening. The child could have been quickly pacified
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concept to those starting nursing although an essential skill needed for the continual improvement and support throughout their career (Caldwell & Grobbel‚ 2013). This initial reflection is to learn the process via developing an understanding of what qualities one has as well as what is needed to become an accomplished nurse after graduation. ‘Reflection’‚ in regards to nursing‚ is defined as conscientious and meticulous consideration of intrapersonal thoughts. Hence ‘reflective practice’ is the self-assessment
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For my finial reflection I have decided to reflect on the reflective practice itself and my abilities to practice reflection‚ as it appears I am having some issues with the process. After receiving an A- on my last reflection‚ I spoke with my Faculty Advisor (FA) with the intention of discovering why I was not achieving marks in the A+ range on my reflections‚ and what I need to work on to improve on the quality of my reflections. Her feedback was that I was too broad in my approach; I spend too
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I began my studies at the University of Phoenix online in the year 2012. My studies were in general Psychology accelerated courses online. My intentions were to further my education in order to transition from the educational field‚ and begin to pursue my career in Behavioral Health and Sciences. However‚ during this transition in my life‚ I began to encounter some distracting and difficult challenges along the way that were very stressful and emotional for me. Many of my challenges were very drastic
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Reflective Practice Portfolio Q1: Recall a situation in your clinical experiences in which an ethical decision was being made. If you have not been involved in this process yet‚ ask your preceptor to share an experience with you. Be sure only to discuss the situation as a case scenario without use of names of persons involved. Which ethical decision-making principles came into play? What impact did the ANA and/or ICN codes of ethics have on the decision that was made? Answer A 48 year old African-American
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Reflective Practice Reflection: Reflecting on the experience of a person who is incontinent. Time and date: May 5th 2012 Pat is a patient where I am doing my work experience in a nursing home. I introduced myself as one of his carers sat down beside him I made sure he was comfortable I introduced myself and asked was it ok to sit down beside him maintaining good eye contact and speaking in a low friendly tone of voice. Thinking and feeling: I felt that I was able to talk to Pat and I made
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I believe that implementing strategies to promote‚ maintain‚ and restore health is key to the nursing career; the main goal of nursing is to improve an individual’s health. In my clinical experience‚ it’s to maintain the individual’s health issues or diseases. An example of using teaching/learning principles is when taking a resident’s blood glucose a family member asked me what the normal range for blood glucose is. I explained that a blood glucose level between 70-100mg/dL is desired. Then I went
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School of nursing Carmen Torres of Tiburcio TEACHING-LEARNING PLAN FOR THE FAMILY AS CLIENT Student name__ Joey Park _____________________________ Professor Vasquez Family Learning diagnosis________Hypertesion: Knowledge deficit____ __________________________ Date____10/22/12_____________ * Learning Objective | Topics/ContentOutline | Strategies | | ResourceMaterials and Equipment | Evaluation Methods | * | | | | | | After nursing I.
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