One of the barriers I have encountered to become a professional nurse was a multicultural issue. In nursing school‚ I learned how to respect the rights and dignity of all patients. Here in Miami‚ a cosmopolitan city‚ I had the opportunity to interact with family and patients from other cultures. In my personal case‚ I have learned that I do not need to understand all beliefs completely‚ but I do need to respect them. For example‚ some manifestations of this barrier were: discrimination‚ racism‚ prejudice
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the horrific smell of unwashed bodies came over me‚ almost making me choke in disgust. It was rather humid and I was finding it increasingly difficult to suck the oxygen into my body. I was suffocating like a fish out of water‚ labouring with every breath. The walls‚ the ceiling and the floor were all the same dull colour. My hospital room was small. I could not even take two large strides before I reached the other side of the stinking cage. Then an unearthly caterwauling sound filled the air. The
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Life Goals Setting Personal Goals early on in life will help you later on in life when life gets tougher. Goals are most important when wanting to get through life‚ and to strive in life is a great personal achievement in life‚ but to strive you must set goals. “Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not‚ Genius will not‚ Education will not. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan “Person” has solved and always sole the problems of the human race”
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My personal mission statement is to be the best that I can be and work hard to help others be the best they can be. This statement is important to me because I have always found that I am at my best when I am helping people‚ whether its helping people at my job or at the grocery store. There are many things that fall into place with that‚ which to me‚ mainly includes education‚ because I am a student and I work in a college where I work with students and I listen to their problems and relate to them
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Personal Educational Platform Marva Collins once stated‚ “There is a brilliant child locked inside every student‚” and I sincerely believe that my personal educational platform is based upon this quote (2007). I believe the ultimate goal of all teachers and school leaders is to be the key that unlocks the brilliance in every child. Many people would believe that only the teachers would play a vital role in accomplishing this goal and not school leaders‚ but I believe otherwise. School leaders
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significant in that it has seen the failure of multiple intimate life goals of mine‚ some of which I’ve pursued for years‚ others‚ for months. However‚ the failure of these goals manifested all at once making me grasp for explanations. Initially‚ my perception of these failures was negative‚ similar to that of most people who fail to realize self-determined goals. However‚ as time went on and life unfolded‚ I’ve come to realize that my negative perception of these failures in particular‚ and failure
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I didn’t think I would have any personal achievements and improvements in the fitness assessment I did but I ended up having some. One of my improvements was on the cardiovascular endurance beep test and that became my personal achievement that I succeeded in. At the beginning of the semester‚ I wasn’t so confident in doing well on the beep test because I don’t have good stamina and I get out of breath really easily. When I first did the beep test I got to level 5.6‚ which was not that bad‚ but
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Throughout my life I have been taught many things; however‚ there’s something that has remained close to me. "To the world‚ you may be an individual‚ but to an individual‚ you may be the world." When connecting this statement to my personal background story that is so essential to my identity‚ it gives me the encouragement to pursue my studies in the field of biology by researching and advocating in urban communities as a doctor of osteopathy. It was the heart wrenching‚ moving experience with my beloved
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The time when my fifteen year old daughter wrecked my car. On this day I had a doctors appointment so I decided to pick Brittany up from school and take her with me. We arrived at the doctor’s office on time‚ now keep in mind it’s cold in most doctor’s office‚ so I suggested that if she got cold she could go set in the car so I gave her my keys. The nurse called back to see the doctor‚ Brittany remained in the waiting area. Twenty minutes had pasted and the nurse was knocking on the examination room
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Examining My Personal Values When I start to examine my personal values and think about how I developed them‚ I start to think about my childhood days. As I grew and developed‚ my mother would always share what she called little lessons of life that would help me through the years‚ from childhood to adulthood. These lessons involved values‚ such as trust‚ honesty‚ respect‚ integrity and the importance of family and to always to what was right in every situation. She would tell me how important
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