Alternate Clinical Experience: A.A. Meeting The meeting I attended took place at 8 pm Sunday night at Holy Name Church in Pompton Plains. It was an open meeting and held in the basement of the church. Upon entering I was introduced‚ greeted warmly and was offered coffee and cake. To my surprise‚ I ran into two members that I knew in the past. There were 16 attendees excluding me and another student. Among the attendees there were fourteen males and only two females with their ages being
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Over the course of this year I believe I still have some growing to do in the clinical setting. One of my weaknesses I have is lacking confidence in myself. Many times I doubt myself when I know I shouldn’t. For example‚ many times during post conference or even on the floor the clinical instructor may ask a question about a procedure or medication‚ instead of answering the question myself I will let someone else answer. A lot of times I know the answer the instructor is looking for‚ but I won’t
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open. I am currently an undergraduate biology major at the University of San Francisco. I am applying for this position because volunteering‚ lab experience and my studies have inspired me to try and gain more experience in healthcare. I believe that my experiences are well suited for being a medical scribe because I can offer previous clinical experience from when I volunteered at Saint Louise Regional Hospital. During my time there‚ I realized just how much a medical scribe was needed across all
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Kolcaba’s Comfort Theory: Analysis and Evaluation In my nursing practice I frequently care for long term elderly residents on ventilators and who suffer from stage 3 or 4 pressure ulcers‚ diabetic‚ venous ulcers etc. Instead of simply providing pain medications and wound treatment to ease their pain or giving medications to relax them‚ I wanted to learn ways to enhance the comfort of these residents. This led me to learn more about Katherine Kolcaba’s theory of comfort. I found her theory to be useful
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Reflective Report on Clinical Experience Arrangement of the Clinic Description The number of first year students is usually limited to 2 (it can go up to 3 depending on the day) together with a third year student. It means that there will be 3 or 4 people interviewing the patient at the same time and treatment in this arrangement. The third year students can benefit from the support of the supervisor but hardly any suggestion from the first year students as our role in the clinic is mainly
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Between both theories Family centered theory revolves around family and comfort care theory focuses on patient. Family centred theory works according to psychological needs of family (Chow‚ Ateah‚ Scott‚ Ricci‚ & Kyle‚ 2013). It includes working with family and child to provide holistic care; whereas‚ comfort care theory achieve holistic care by providing physical‚ psychospiritual‚ sociocultural‚ and environmental aspects (Kolcaba K. ‚ 2003). The main difference between two theories is that nurses
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Reflection on Temperature‚ Pulse‚ Respiration and Blood pressure I am a nursing student from Australian Catholic University. This role play is about the vital signs. Now‚ I am going to write a reflective write about the video of my role play of TPR which is a part of assignment and done by me and my other two friends. Firstly‚ in my video when I play a nurse role‚ first of all I asked about the patient’s condition such as how are you today. I also make the eye contact while taking to patient
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Running Head: CONCEPT OF COMFORT A Concept Paper on Comfort Deric Franco A. Sunico Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila Abstract During my nursing student stint as we were exposed to different hospitals‚ I have always encountered on chartings the phrase “kept safe and comfortable”. As I practice my profession‚ questions arises what comfort really means and its diverse perspectives. Being a ward nurse‚ aside from moving my patients towards health; providing holistic nursing care and client satisfaction
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clinician from the beginning of the course until now. What specific areas do you feel fairly proficient in‚ and what do you need to focus on for your final clinical course?
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had to look at my father who lost his mother at the age of two to understand the devastating effect of losing a person dear to you. As a child‚ I was always interested in science and I wanted to do a job with which I could help people. After this experience; watching the role that doctors play in helping people save the most invaluable thing in their lives‚ it became my ambition to become a doctor. It became my ambition to provide someone else with the opportunity that I was given‚ a second chance
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