LiYan Mao Anthropology 2202 Instructor: Lisa Beiswenger 11/16/13 Expressive culture: behaviors and beliefs related to art‚ leisure and play. Art and culture: Art is the application of imagination‚ skill and style to matter‚ movement‚ and sound that goes beyond the purely practical. Western fine art: rare‚ expensive art produced by artists trained in the western classical tradition. Esthetics: refers to socially accepted notion of quality. Ethno-esthetics: culturally specific definition
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Abstract Leadership in nursing is an important role that facilitates the delivery of successful nursing care and patient satisfaction in the medical field. In every work atmosphere‚ there are always leaders and followers. Both contribute to building a safe and effective workplace. The leaders motivate staff members and inspire them to work up to a particular goal‚ while the followers are guided by the nursing leaders. There are a few different leadership styles‚ some good and some bad‚ which
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Reflective Writing - some initial guidance for students. Jenny Moon‚ University of Exeter Introduction - reflection and reflective writing Reflection lies somewhere around the notion of learning and thinking. We reflect in order to learn something‚ or we learn as a result of reflecting. Reflective writing is the expression on paper/screen of some of the mental processes of reflection. Other forms of expressing reflection are in speech‚ in film‚ in graphic portrayal‚ music etc. The expression
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Assessing social work practice using the PCF Integrated Critical analysis and reflective practice Critical reflection and critically reflective practice are central to social work – indeed ‘Critical Reflection and Analysis’ is one of the nine domains of the PCF‚ with capability statements built into all levels. However‚ aspects of critical analysis and reflective practice are built into many domains within the PCF. For example‚ how does a student social worker learn about ‘professional and
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Situation Whilst on clinical placement‚ a male resident with dementia and I were sitting in his room within the nursing home for which he resided for the past two years. The resident was becoming anxious about his family‚ stating that they lived far away and he missed them. He showed me a card from one of his daughters she had sent for his birthday. As I was reading what she had written I became overwhelmed with empathetic emotion and wanted to cry due to her emotive words. Target To maintain
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My original purpose for beginning this education was to achieve a master’s degree. I had no thought process put into the idea except simply achieving the degree. As time progressed into my first semester my competitive nature kicked into gear. I did not just want to achieve a degree and slide by the next two years I wanted to excel. I had found my drive again and I wanted to soak up everything I possibly could about technology. A considerable amount of time and effort needed to be put forth
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Through this reflective exercise I recognized that it is very important to discover a reflection style that works best for me in order to gain all the benefits of the reflective practice. The intentions of my final reflective exercise were confirmed by Caldwell and Grobbel (2013) who stated that students need to take the time to “discover which reflection style works best for each nursing student or practicing nurse will open the door to amazing learning opportunities” (Caldwell & Grobbel‚ 2013‚
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What is nursing? What exactly does it mean to nurse a patient‚ and how has this definition changed over the past centuries? What does the discipline of nursing consist of? In this essay‚ I aim to attempt to answer these questions‚ along with the help of a myriad of nursing researchers whose studies have helped to broaden my perspective on what exactly it is that I now do for a living. I will be discussing the different types of nursing knowledge that assists us as nurses to care for patients and
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Japan Journal of Nursing Science (2008) 5‚ 71 doi:10.1111/j.1742-7924.2008.00111.x EDITORIAL Nursing theory – remembering our future Modern nursing theory began with Virginia Henderson in the 1960s. In her grand theory of nursing‚ she defined nursing as “assisting individuals to gain independence in the performance of activities contributing to health or its recovery (Henderson‚ 1966‚ p. 15). Since the 1970s‚ the literature on nursing theory has focused upon two levels of nursing theories:
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to what I have now learnt in healthcare‚ this seemed to me almost the opposite way of working as I was used to and so I wish to reflect upon this. I intend to look at why confidentiality is so important within healthcare and how it relates to the Nursing and Midwifery Council’s (NMC) Code. I will look at the strategies in place to protect the privacy of healthcare users‚ including the areas where confidentiality is even more important. I will also be looking at the various occasions that arise in
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