“Reflection is active‚ purposeful thought applied to an experience to understand the meaning of that experience for the individual” (Ashby‚ 2006 p.28). Reflective practice is vital to the nursing profession. Although there is little evidence based information of the benefits of reflective practice (Schutz‚ 2007)‚ there are many benefits pertaining to reflective practice and resulting in a holistic patient approach and therefore nurses are able to provide better care. There are many models available to
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analysis of its contents (McMullen‚ et. al.‚ 2003). A portfolio captures learning from experience‚ enables to measure learning‚ acts as a tool for reflective thinking‚ illustrates critical analytical skills and evidence of self-directed learning and provides a collection of detailed evidence of a person ’s competence (Gray‚ et. al.‚ 2004). For Dewey‚ reflective thinking consisted of two parts: a state of doubt and a search to resolve that doubt. Thus‚ constructing a portfolio is an act of revealing one
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I was exposed to the idea that the dissimilarity that each person possesses may be a factor that leads them to communicate and interpret messages in their own way. The rationale for that suggestion lies within the different types of culture and society that they were raised in‚ as it may contribute to the noises that exist during a communication process. Also‚ every person has their own piece of mind on different issues; thus‚ conflicts and criticism are most likely to occur. The world is separated
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Presenting the poster presentation was very intense even though it was a 5 minute presentation because I don’t normally present something that last more than a minute to the audience and it was my first time representing something like this. I only took a minor role of presenting a topic when in a group or instructing on the board how it was done in my past life. I never talked for a long period of time. During the day of the poster presentation‚ my first time presenting something as an individual
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During the school year 2014/2015‚ I have practised the Clil module in the Vth C class of the Human Sciences High School‚ for a total of 22 hours of lessons. I followed in most parts the project module and my internship was splitted into two parts: one of 11 hours‚ (from module 1 to 9)‚ the second of 10 hours‚ (from 10 to 12). Some differences that arose between the provisions and the achievements are due to several factors: first‚ I had not properly calculated the times‚ both for skim and corrections
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• | Role of Selling in Modern Business [Topic 1].Attributes of a successful sales person was the main thing that appealed to me within topic one. Self discipline‚ good communication skills‚ hunger for success‚ willingness to learn and passion are all attributes that I believe I have. Aligning these attributes with my own was important as it assured me that I was making the right decision in pursuing a career in professional sales.I have been involved with retail sales for the last seven years‚ including
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It is extremely important that the CLS Program invest specifically in me with this award because I have always had an interest in mastering the language of Chinese. It would be a pleasure to gain the overall experience to learn the language in the specific country that communicates and lives around the language. The best method to learn a language is to be surrounded by the specific language and experience it personally. As a Chinese descent‚ my parents have always emphasized the importance of being
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The master cleanse is a book about of a cleanse/diet that takes 10 days to cleanse the body. The benefits this book talks about are all obtained because of the properties of the lemonade. Some of the benefits the author argues include eliminating toxins and congestion‚ cleansing the kidneys and digestive system‚ purifying the glands and cell through the entire body‚ eliminating all unusable waste and harden materials in the muscles and joins‚ building a healthy blood stream‚ relieving pressure
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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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I am from St. Louis Missouri. My experience with racism has always been between black and white. From fifth grade age 10 to my senior year age 18 I attended predominantly white schools with only one or two black people in each class. Not any Asians or Hispanics. I am very aware of African American being treated unfairly due to race. What I learned from this chapter is that other races of color also feel the intimidation of White people. It is not just African American that feels racial prejudice
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