This clinical has been a highly beneficial experience for me in my nursing career. I learned a variety of skills and have learned about myself as a nurse as well. By working with my assigned mother I learned both what my strengths and weakness are. One strength I encountered was my ability to work with the mother and all her visitors with ease. I was able to communicate effectively between all parties without making an awkward atmosphere or without losing my focus on the patient’s care. One weakness
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Clinical Pilates and Back Pain The fundamental principles of the Pilates method are known as an exercise method that in properly trained hands can promote back health and enhance overall well-being. As health professionals‚ we all have patients that would benefit from increasing their physical activity‚ as well as those we see too often with strains‚ sprains and the common injuries resulting from too much too soon of the wrong exercise for their bodies. The Pilates method is a known exercise program
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Clinical Reflective Journal The first day I visited psychiatric ward‚ I felt nervous and excited because of the psychiatric ward which is totally different from general ward. I sensed that all patients who are walking in the corridor and some of them keep murmuring‚ and those behaviors I seen are seldom appearing in the general ward. However‚ after I found that they can communicate with others normally and have no aggressive behavior after approaching the patients. I learnt we should establish
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PROCEDURE – ACCIDENT/INCIDENT INVESTIGATION EFFECTIVE DATE: March 1‚ 2007 1. PURPOSE The purpose of this procedure is to identify the duties‚ roles and responsibilities of workplace parties so that an effective and immediate accident/incident investigation and reporting process is in place. This will include identifying all contributing factors of the accident/incidents and hazardous situations and making the necessary recommendations to prevent the accident/incident from recurring. 2.
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Examination of Clinical Psychology Vicki Roberson 480 AUGUST 7‚ 2011 Elizabeth Kane Examination of Clinical Psychology Clinical psychology was not discovered until 1879‚ at the University of Psychology‚ in Leipzig‚ Germany‚ by Wilhelm Wundt. Much has transpired before the discovery such as Theodor Fechner published The Elements of Psychophysics in 1860‚ and in 1874‚ Wilhelm Wundt published the Principles of Physiological Psychology. Both of the publications were needed to state
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Critical Incident Analysis INTRODUCTION A critical incident analysis is one in which human behaviour is observed and data collected to provide a practical approach to solving practical problems as well as developing some psychological principles (Flanagan 1954). This critical incident analysis will address some of the important issues around the care that Sarah received as identified in the initial incident (Appendix 1). The focus will be on confidentiality as this was the basis of the incident. The
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The beginning of the semester we were given an assignment to write our goals‚ strengths and weaknesses going into clinical. We were informed that they had to be obtainable when deciding what they would be. I thought hard on what mine would be and thankfully with the help of the clinical staff I was able to create my goals‚ strengths‚ and weaknesses. My goals for the semester are that I will successfully perform 87 percent of chest examinations unassisted‚ I will observe less then 15 percent of all
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I will reflect on an incident that occurred during my shift to develop positive attitude towards nursing informatics. In this reflection‚ I am going to use Gibbs (1988) Reflective cycle. This model is a recognized framework for my reflection. Gibbs (1988) consist of six stages to complete one cycle which is able to improve my nursing informatics and learning from the experience for better practice in future. The cycle starts with description of the situation‚ analysis of the feelings‚ evaluation
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My clinical nursing experience at Chestnut Hill has had a profound impact on my academic and professional journey in nursing. As a nursing student in an accelerated program‚ I am consistently saturated with a host of medical and nursing care knowledge. In a very short period of time‚ this information must be absorbed and retained. Consequently‚ I have found it very difficult to bridge the academic realm of this program with my clinical experience until now. For example‚ if I am assigned to a patient
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Clinical Synthesis I Ayva Rodriguez Felician College Clinical Synthesis I The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) recommended nine essentials of baccalaureate education for professional nursing practice ("Essentials‚" 2008‚ p. 3). One of the key nurse managers’ key competency is practicing the AACN essential I that uses written‚ verbal‚ nonverbal‚ and emerging technology methods to communicate effectively with a variety of disciplines to inform decision making by using inquiry
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