This reflective essay will look in to aspects of communication on two separate interactions with patients in a clinic area. Key areas that can be improved on will be identified and established; using appraisal forms allowing for critical reflection‚ and a shortlist of the main points will be evaluated and discussed. Relevant literature will be used to examine the areas identified‚ and how these communication skills can be improved on in the future‚ and how they can be put in to working practice.
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Hearing is an extraordinary phenomenon. It allows us to experience the joy of music‚ the sounds of nature and is fundamental for communication - yet is often taken for granted. Having personally witnessed the deterioration of my grandfather’s hearing‚ I have been able to appreciate how significantly impaired hearing can impact on one’s quality of life. Tasks and interactions that were once so simple became strenuous without the aid of adequate hearing. As I pondered further on the matter‚ I was
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Diploma in Health and Social Care Level 3 Unit 331 -Support use of medications in social care settings Learner Name: Date: (Please read the learning outcome and write a description of your practice) Learning outcome 5.1 - demonstrate how to receive supplies of medication in line with agreed ways of working All medication is collected at their allocated pick up point. Medication is checked to see if it is all correct so that if there are any errors it can be dealt with immediately. Any changes
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use feedback both from tutor and peers to talk about the effectiveness of our presentation. The presentation was about how to care for a diabetic patient and our objective was to cut across learning outcomes 3‚4&5 these were; the role of the nurse‚ communication skills and working in a diverse society. This topic was chosen because it was related to scenario one of module2 and by the end of the presentation more in depth knowledge would have been gained concerning caring for patients in that
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Introduction During my clinical rotation at Kaiser Permanente on April 30‚ 2012‚ I proceeded to listen to nursing knowledge exchange (NKE) with my nurse‚ to obtain information in regards to my patient Ms.Sunshine*. Then I went into my patient’s room and introduced myself and proceeded to do a head to toe assessment. Subsequently‚ I started to obtained the subjective data and objective data that can be found in Appendix 1. I created a list of nursing diagnosis that were individualized to Ms. Sunshine
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Reflective Account 4 Description I am currently on placement within an acute setting of a general hospital. The ward in which I am a student is a haematology ward which is defined as ’the branch of medicine that deals with diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs’.(World net web‚ 2013) Within the ward patients can receive a wide range of treatments such as chemotherapy‚ bone marrows‚ platelets and all blood related disorder medicine. Throughout my time in the ward I have been exposed
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Certificate in Education and Training. Reflective Account Considering your learning in this unit or drawing on your own experience‚ provide a reflective account in relation to the following: a. Explain why it is important to promote appropriate behaviour and respect for others. b. Ways to promote equality and value diversity. c. The importance of identifying and meeting the needs of learners. d. Ways to maintain a safe and supportive learning environment. I have been in
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Reflective Account “End of Life” Last year 23 September 2012. I had a resident called “Mrs X” she was a 72year-old widowed living at ---‚ a Nursing Care Home. She’s not a religious type of person as she was Atheist. She has lived in the home for the past two years‚ and during that time I was assigned as her key worker. Mrs X had One Son and 3 grand daughters they are all regular visitors to the home. She has recently been diagnosed with renal failure‚ and her life expectancy is only a couple of
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M Middleditch REFLECTIVE ACCOUNT HSC 2028 J/601/8027 After helping Mr A get washed and dressed and as he is unable to weight bear or walk‚ in accordance with the risk assessment in his care plan he needed to be transferred into a wheelchair using a hoist. On explaining our desire to transfer him using the hoist ‚ he declined ‚ stating that he could do it himself ( he has some degree of short term memory loss ) and he asked
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Reflective account Before starting this unit‚ I did not think about my writing skills or did not know everyone has a writer’s identity. Initially‚ I did not realise emailing or texting a friend would be considering writing. I just saw it as a way to socialise with others. Having read subject content‚ I now understand when I construct email I consider my audiences‚ reflect on my writing and also editing‚ which are stages in the writing process as Cremin and Myhill (2012) explain. Additionally‚ I
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