For practicum II this semester‚ I accepted a placement at the Pulaski County Alzheimer’s Respite Center in Somerset‚ Kentucky. My position included assisting Alzheimer’s patients in group activities‚ and in functions of daily living. This was a small facility with only six employees total and less than twenty clients attending daily. This agency used a social model of care only so medication were not dispensed on site‚ and the clients were mostly mobile requiring only a one-person assist. Lunch and
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Competencies used: During my interaction with client I used the competency that allowed me to assess the clients while understanding the methods of assessments that is used with the diverse a population . I used sensitivity tried to when dealing with the client’s educational background. I attempted to provide quality service and respect for my client all while promoting his independence‚ health and well being A summary of the students impressions: I was feeling anxious since it was my first
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Kevin Kim AP/IB/GT English 2 Mrs. New 19 September 2012 Reflective Essay Through the presentations‚ I learned that people who were close to a person that was arrested were cut off from their families. In the novel‚ prisoners such as Tsaezar received gifts that came in the mail such as tobacco and food. Other prisoners looked at this with great envy‚ because this was not common. People such as the Estonians would even sell things that they received‚ such as tobacco‚ and sell or trade it. Another
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Reflective Essay: A Good Teacher… Standard 1: Development‚ learning‚ and motivation- A teacher has his or her own style or way of motivating their students. Motivation plays an important part in a student’s success of learning and development. There are times when teachers spend more time with their students than most parents do‚ thus‚ a teacher is fundamental in shaping their students success. If parents or teachers are poor leaders our children are the ones who are at a disadvantage. When
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Avid is an important tool to help a student achieve their greatest success throughout high school. I believe this to be true because of the work ethic that I have today. During difficult times‚ I am able to incorporate what I have learned in Avid and become readily prepared to encounter any academic challenge that comes my way. This encourages me to strive towards the ultimate level of success and manage my time wisely in order to ensure these achievements. Avid has helped me overcome my academic
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Ever since I moved into the United States at a very young age of nine years old‚ I learned from the get go that I have to work extremely hard in school and extra curricular activities. In my freshman year of high school‚ till my second year of college‚ I have been involved in numerous activities. I have found that as my life gets busier‚ which forces me to become more organized‚ and my tasks are completed more efficiently. In my freshman year of high school‚ I was heavily involved in sports and
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This was my first week. I was really...glad that I decided to give Diagnostic Imaging a try for my Co-op. At first I wasn’t sure if it was going to be for me‚ and I was worried all the information I would get would go right over my head and I wouldn’t understand‚ but I am really happy I took a leap of faith and gave it a try. Through I did not find Ultrasound as interesting‚ I really loved being in Nuclear Medicine. I found it amazing how much detail you could actually see in the images. I really
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Disability experience and reflective journal: We are assigned to do this assignment by Dr.Shaima yasin. At the beginning we were taught about the instructions on how to do this assignment. We are going to use Gibbs reflective cycle to show our disability experience and reflective journal that we had in the campus. In the beginning of this experiment‚ we went to get the wheelchair that we are going to use. we took ourselves on a tour around the campus‚ we started from the classrooms in our faculty
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‘Critically analyse the physical care‚ well being and interventions used in a client in your care’. This reflective essay focus’s on a 54 year old service user who suffers from schizophrenia. Coinciding with her mental health illness she has a diagnosis’s of diabetes type 2‚ she is obese‚ and has chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). For the purpose of this reflective essay I shall be focusing on how her diabetes was managed during her time on an inner city psychiatric assessment ward
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-1- The first benefits I gained from the simulation lab is the opportunity to get familiar with the environment and equipment in the ICU so that I know what to expect in real patient situation. Second it allowed me to practice how to organize the room to make sure that no tub or lines get pulled during treatment. Third this lab was an occasion to use problem solving skills to come up with solutions when there was a change in patient status. -2- I learned from this experience that it is important
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