During my first day of clinical‚ I encountered an issue that I believe is very significant. As a student nurse‚ our duty for this day was to follow our health care aide around the ward and assist in completing resident care. The resident required assistance in many of her daily tasks. The health care aide asked if I would perform one of those and do perineal care for her. I turned down her offer because I did not feel comfortable with my skill level. The resident had a bowel movement during the night
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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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Assignment: Clinical Assessment Mr. and Mrs. Lawson brought their 4-year-old adopted daughter‚ Clara‚ to see Dr. Mason‚ a psychiatrist. Clara was polite in greeting Dr. Mason‚ but did not smile and kept her gaze down as she took a seat. Mr. and Mrs. Lawson sat next to Clara and began explaining their concerns. They described Clara as a quiet child who has recently begun throwing temper tantrums‚ during which she is inconsolable. Her sleep and eating patterns have changed‚ and she no longer wants
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Running Head: CLINICAL SUPERVISION Clinical Supervision Kyle Reardon Argosy University Clinical Supervision Professional competence is shown in many counselors throughout the world. One way that competence is displayed by counselors is their ability to utilize clinical supervision and consultation. Even long standing professionals in the field of counseling continually seek supervision. When confronted with difficult ethical decision making and unique situations in its best to gain
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Chentsova-Dutton‚ Y. (2011). Towards a Cultural-Clinical Psychology. Social and Personality Psychology Compass‚ 5(12)‚ 960-975. Cultural psychology research requests a move past depiction to clarification of group variety. As far as concerns its‚ clinical psychology demands the significance of unique individuals‚ while likewise broadening the scope of human variety. Cultural–clinical psychology incorporates these methodologies‚ opening up new lines of request. Clinical psychology is concerned both with depicting
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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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When working in practice‚ it is important that correct health and safety checks are carried out on a regular basis to prevent injury to staff members‚ clients and external companies. Different clinical areas require different checks to ensure risks are reduced for those who come into contact with them. Clinical areas include consulting rooms‚ operating theatres and radiography areas. Checks can be carried out daily and periodically to maintain correct functioning of equipment and fixtures within the
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good time because all of the students are tired form a long day and most of the other girls are anxious to go home. I even stayed late with Marnie several times to understand how to fill the concept map. Only on the last few days before the end of clinical I found the other sample ones on blackboard were actually what was required. 4. I was assisting the nurse to do the tracheotomy care‚ afterwards I went write the charting of what happened but I didn’t know that the proper terminology was to write
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This essay is written to reflect an critical incident that I have experienced during my Professional Practice Experience 4 placement at Bankstown hospital using Gibbs Reflective Cycle. At the time of the incident‚ I was following the clinical guidelines and practice my medication administration skills by giving subcutaneous injection to a patient at the abdomen site‚ under the supervision of an register nurse. Before the injection‚ I have checked the site for redness‚ bruises and pain‚ which there
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Hussein Kobeissi 11-17-10 3rd Clinical Psychology I Search. The career field that I am interested in pursuing is clinical psychology. There are many reasons why I want to follow this career‚ but none of them are storied really. The actual reason I want to become a clinical psychologist is within my own mind‚ and my own life story; no one event will tell why I am so interested. Ever since I was young‚ I loved to know why and what makes things work‚ everyone knows that about me in my family.
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