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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1. How would you describe Sally’s Disability to other professionals in your school? When approaching this topic with professionals in my school‚ I would provide them first and foremost with information of what cerebral palsy means. I would educate everyone using PowerPoints‚ YouTube videos‚ and online resources to help them understand the disability. I feel that before you can describe a particular student‚ you have to be able to have the background knowledge about the disability. Now‚ having knowledge
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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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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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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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around receiving a driver’s license permit is one of the few crazes that lingers‚ especially to recent high school graduate students. The events revolving my experience on getting my California drivers permit vary from having to deal with unpleasant surroundings‚ never-ending lines‚ and incredibly rude individuals. In the end‚ it was an experience worthwhile. As a recent high school graduate‚ I recall many of my fellow classmates having diminutive goals. There focus was inclined more towards going
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Challenging Experience Have you ever dreamt to study abroad? It’s really interesting and challenging opportunity. For me it was difficult and lots of work experience. Otherwise‚ when you travel for doing studies especially in foreign language that you don’t speak it‚ I face a lot of difficulties and all of these difficulties would be converted to advantages in future. Since I have started my goal to travel to the USA‚ the responsibilities are increasing. First of all‚ being far
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