I have been working at Birthcare in Parnel for this clinical project. I wanted to immerse myself into a primary setting where I could focus on primary care and breastfeeding. My first impressions of birthcare were that it is more of a hospital than I had anticipated with women arriving with babies on blood sugars‚ AC T&R’s and other ‘cares’ that I had thought would not occur in a primary setting. I had this preconception because I am use to working at Waitakere hospital where we often transfer women
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Skills My belief is every child should have the opportunity to achieve their potential so I am passionate about making sure this objective is potentially a reality. Consequential of spending years amongst children as a mum and aunt‚ one of my greatest attributes is the ability to adapt my practice to suit the various stages of human development. This was evident within my placements where I had no problem engaging with‚ and forming and maintaining appropriate relationships with families and children
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I work in a Jewish care home on EMI dementia nursing unit for the elderly. My clients suffer from dementia. They are in different stages of that illness‚ from mild to severe. Some of them are in end of live care. My clients come from different backgrounds then me and where raised in a very different way to how I was raised. It is important that I will remember this and respect their beliefs‚ as we all have personal beliefs and preferences based on our background and upbringing. I have been brought
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On January 15‚ 2016 I was involved in a major car accident when a driver ran a traffic light and collided into my vehicle. After the accident I suffered from neck and back pain due to severe whiplash‚ as well a bone bruise on my right elbow and left knee. At this time I failed to let anyone in the training unit know of the accident because I believed that I had enough time to heal from my injuries and would be able to complete my hours. A few weeks after the accident I noticed that I was not getting
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On Friday Oct/16/‚ at 6:30 pm I received a phone call from Maria Julaj (Kelly’s client). Maria J‚ said that her friend that she referred to the program is not happy with the services. Her friend is Viviana Cox and Claudia is a FSW. I replied to Maria J‚ that I will call her friend and talk to her. On Sunday Oct 18 @ 11:00 am I made a phone call to Viviana. Viviana stated that on Friday Claudia did a home visit for only 5 minutes. Viviana asked Claudia for assistance calling the insurance because
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Look back: On my second week of clinical at Credit Valley Hospital‚ I experienced an event that I will not forget. One of my nurses patient was being vicious‚ acting inappropriately and violent towards the nurses there‚ causing an uncomfortable environment and putting his safety and other safety on the line. I have always heard of patient abuse‚ patient neglect‚ patients being sexually abuse‚ etc.… but I have hardly ever heard about staff mistreatment from patients‚ patient’s family members‚ and
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Erick Erickson’s Life Span Theory is known as the 8 ages of development as he defines 8 major life crisis’s which he says are significant in terms of human growth and development. During each stage Erickson believes that there is a life crisis which we need to work through. There are 2 outcomes one positive and one negative‚ which will have implications for the development of our identity. We will develop a mixture of both outcomes from each stage. If the positive outweighs the negative then ego
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I worked as a teacher of children aged 5-12 with learning difficulties ADHD and Autistic spectrum children. My work included attending to the pupil’s personal needs and implementing personal programmes‚ including social physical and welfare matters. I encouraged pupils to interact with others and engage in group activities for example peer group activities‚ games‚ chanting slogas and music class. I also encouraged pupils to act independently as appropriate for example by arranging their bags‚ shoes
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My time in Evangel Student Care Centre ( Canberra ) has been an extraordinary taste of a unique experience for myself. My job scope is the role of a teacher/mentor for the children in the care centre. During the first day after making first contact with Ms Xiao‚ I gained knowledge of the basic routine of the centre and the general job scope of my volunteer work. I was then instructed to perform a counselling task for one of the children isolated in the counselling room due to his rebellious nature
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Caring for others has always been a deep passion of mine. As part of my course I have recently attended placement at a local residential home‚ where I would talk to and assist in caring for the service users. It was at this placement that I discovered the importance at providing support to people who may be feeling confused or distressed‚ particularly individuals with dementia. As a nurse this is an important skill to have. Initiative is another of these skills‚ in which I developed during my
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