Overview Patient is a 83 year-old female‚ presented to the ED on 7/2/13 with complaints of chest pain caused by what family believed to be aspiration pneumonia‚ also with worsening stage 4 sacral wound. Patient has a past medical history of a subdural hematoma secondary to a fall from a ladder‚ IDDM‚ bleeding gastric ulcer‚ and aspiration pneumonia. EKG and cardiac enzymes were ordered in the ED‚ EKG was unremarkable with a normal sinus rate and rhythm‚ enzymes within acceptable range. Patient sacral
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I was once told that Occupational Therapy (OT) is a rare blend of science and humanism‚ intellectual rigour and compassion‚ and when asked to reflect on my first year as an OT student‚ I simply could not agree more. When introduced to OT at the Wits Career’s Day I was instantly impressed by the wide scope of practice that OTs have after completing a basic degree and by the holistic nature of treatment. It is an application requirement of the Health Sciences department that each OT applicant completes
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English has never been my favorite subject in high school because I struggled with essays. When I created an essay‚ I knew what I wanted to say and what point I was trying to make. However‚ putting words down to express my ideas and using correct grammar‚ was very difficult. My MLA format and spelling was adequate‚ nevertheless I would have many grammar issues and my thesis sometimes needed improvement. My English professors focused on famous writers‚ their work and the consequences of plagiarism;
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synthesis essays‚ especially since many of the essays I had to write in previous years were mostly objective analysis that did not require any voice in argument. As a person‚ I find myself to be frank and sarcastic‚ and I think I have incorporated some of that voice in my argument essays. This is true in the argument essay in my senior portfolio in which I argued against Singer’s stand that charity rescues impoverished countries. I incorporated many rhetorical questions in my argument essay which greatly
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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 use to reflect on situations
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Our first assigned essay was to analyze class readings and add our personal experiences to agree or disagree with the ideas presented. I really enjoyed writing essay-one the first time around and also enjoyed revising it for my final project with the knowledge gained from my first semester in English 101. Essay-one included my personal experiences‚ anecdotes of authors from class readings‚ and gave me a chance to write about something deep within my inner self. It being essay-one‚ I had and knew
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communication more effectively is something I should do now rather than later. On a daily basis I am communicating with other registered nurses‚ personal care assistants‚ administration staff‚ physicians‚ therapist‚ families and most importantly patients. Hiding and trying not to communicate with these individuals not only hinders me in providing care‚ but it prevents me from fulfilling the basic need of nursing. Today I can communicate effectively one-on-one with individuals‚ although there are
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reading various essays and stories. Essay writing was a major part of the class. We wrote essay on race and ethnicity‚ gay matters‚ language technique essays. Each essay taught us about a different style or form of writing. Comparison and contrast essays taught us how to write an essay comparing two similar things. This type of essay was my favorite to write. In my essay I compared the careers of Lebron James and Kobe Bryant. The most difficult essay for me to write was the argument essay in which we
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semester proceeds. This course has helped me gain the edge to make my papers much better than they were before I had taken this class. The hardest thing about writing in my opinion is the transitions between points in my essays. This is the main thing that takes points off of all my essays. I will really need to improve on this if I expect to be a great college writer‚ so this will be my main point of emphasis as the course moves on into the second semester. I hope to have this mastered by the second semester
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critically read The Eater Reader by James Miller and then develop our essays on each chapter. The essays each requires each class member to write an analytical essay on the text in the chapter. The essays then go through a process to make them better. The professor would write down his or her thoughts on the essay and students would read each other’s essays to critique them. That allows the author of the essay to develop the essay into a meaningful piece of work. After that process of completed the
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