Immersion Experience #3 Cultural Assessment Saint Petersburg College Introduction Nurses act as patient/client or “consumer” advocates. To do so‚ a nurse must at a minimum‚ listen; to do so well a nurse must do more than listen‚ a nurse must truly understand. When the client is of a different culture or ethnicity this becomes a challenge‚ as culturally appropriate or competent care is necessary and there are many differences between cultures. One way to enhance cultural competency is
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explains the hardships of what a refugee experiences. At only the age of 10 Ha‚ the main character is forced to flee her home because of war‚ leaving behind everything. After staying in a crowded refugee camp for a short period of time‚ Ha and her family gets moved to the USA to settle. There Ha has to adapt to their culture‚ language‚ and their way of life to fit in‚ like numerous other refugees. Ha’s refugee experience relates to the universal refugee experience. The primary purpose of people becoming
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A volunteering experience that really impacted my life was when I volunteered at the downtown station on Thanksgiving to serve food for the needy ones. Being able to help those around me had opened my eyes to the world. I am no longer self-centered about my life but rather focus on my fellow mankind and God’s will. This valuable experience has set a pattern in my life to keep on helping others and serve my community. I feel that I had become a better person by volunteering‚ and that only through
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My learning throughout the first year has been helped by an unerring optimism in the value of nursing‚ and an appreciation that each and every daily interaction augments my experience (Spouse 2003:200‚ Marris 1986 cited by Johns 2000:65). This enthusiasm‚ however‚ has caused an inhibitory effect on my self-directed researching‚ and created conflict in some placement areas. Whilst developing my role as a nurse‚ my activities as a person at home and beyond have diminished‚ as I attempt to adjust to
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Best Experience: My best experience at Children’s Rehab and Therapy Services is a little girl who comes in for physical therapy once a week. She is almost two years old. She was diagnosed with Torticollis/Shoulder Restriction. She was kept in the hospital for three months after her birth and was NG tubed for about six weeks and required a ventilator for eight hours. The doctors told her parents that she would probably never live a normal life and could probably never walk. The therapist reports
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members that worked in operations‚ marketing‚ finance‚ and supply chain; some of us never worked in teams‚ so it was important for us to know each other’s strengths and weaknesses and address each. We agreed as a group to make the most of our experience and try to help each other in achieving our goals. There were two sets of goals that our team worked for. We‚ as a group‚ hoped not only to deliver whatever requirements were in the program’s curriculum‚ but also we aimed to grow as individuals
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Every day we encounter experiences that help shape who we will one day become. Whether the events turn out to be good or bad‚ they ultimately leave a dent in our lives. One particular experience from my past has definably outlined part of who I am today. Ironically‚ I consider this event to be the best and worst learning experience of my entire life so far. “You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to an attorney
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wants to become in the future. There are wide ranges of competitive career opportunities in sport management‚ from sport entertainment to sports marketing that make it necessary to gain field experience. In order to land a career in the sport industry or any field‚ it is critical to gain hands on experience with the area of industry that suits your interests to expand your knowledge‚ skills and expertise needed for a professional job. For example‚ landing an internship entitles having the potential
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the students. Despite the excitement‚ I would not deny that I had a mixed- feeling on that. I was afraid if my students could not accept their new temporary English teacher‚ and how their reactions would be when I teach‚ since obviously‚ I had no experiences whatsoever in teaching. I was also curious on what would be their first impression on me as a teacher. Then‚ I got to know that my practicum school was at SMK Tunku Sulong‚ Jeniang‚ and unfortunately‚ I had no idea on where Jeniang was. I started
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Leadership experience Introduction Management is a vital process in the smooth running and operation of a company or organization. It is in the management level that a clear vision and mission of a company is set (Holan & Phillips‚ 2002). Leadership and management are therefore essential in achieving organizational goals and objectives. The Riverside Pediatric Associates case is common in companies and entities that fail to fit into the dynamics of an expanding work place. Human population
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