As a reluctant and nervous nineteen-year-old‚ I walked in to my first day as a nurse aid to a brightly lit‚ and mostly bubble gum pink Women’s Service’s unit. I worked there through nursing school; and happily accepted a job as a nurse after graduating. Nine years‚ and a lot of joy‚ tears‚ and learning in between‚ I continue to call this place my home. There is much satisfaction in being part of the continuum of care of women and families during the antepartum‚ labor and delivery‚ and the postpartum
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Reflective Journal on clinical practice Event | Evidence | On 4th June‚ H’stix was done to a patient. | It is my first time to perform H’stix to patient. I misunderstood that a small drop of blood was enough but it should be more for the blood glucose detector to measure. | From 5th - 7th June‚ Vital signs taking was done | There is a big time improvement for vital signs taking after three-day practice. The procedure of vital signs taking becomes smoother.Since the patient is an isolation
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Overview: Neonatal Nurses are specialized nurses to provide care to the newborns having serious medical problems like prematurity‚ infection‚ surgical problems and birth defects after birth. These nurses provide to the critically ill newborns for the first 28 days of their life. But in many cases these newborns may need attention and care for months also. Neonatal nurses provide care to the babies till their 2 years of age. There are approximately 40‚000 babies born with low weight in United
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Being that I am planning on pursuing the field of nursing‚ I want to make the biggest positive impact and make a difference to lives all around. Working hard at school on my academics and being as involved as I am with extracurricular activities‚ I feel‚ will get me as prepared as I need to be for the future. Academics is a big part of how I will be able to achieve my lifelong goal as a pediatric nurse practitioner. Throughout my entire high school year I have taken every AP and Dual classes that
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TEACHING PHILOSOPHY A PERSONAL BELIEF 24 NOVEMBER 2010 “A good teaching philosophy evolves.” Where am I with my critical rationale about teaching and learning? What are my aims‚ values‚ beliefs‚ insights‚ and convictions in the context of Accounting education? The reality of teaching and learning is never perfect. Accordingly‚ a critical rationale of both should be a work in progress. Both teachers and students must be curious enough for lifelong learning and research‚ broad enough to accept
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Reflective Essay Through my research‚ the article that I had found was roughly about the Nigerian farmers decided to sue Shell company in Dutch court claiming the oil spills ruined their livelihood. There was serious damage in Niger Delta due to Shell leaking pipelines. Their fish pond‚ farmland and forests in three villages (Goi‚ Aruma‚ Ikot Ada Udo) were all being destroyed. Their villagers want Shell to pay the compensation for their loss and cleanup the damages they made. But Shell rejected
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I am currently studying Access to Nursing‚ Midwifery and Health Science in Waltham Forest College. This is my sixth reflective journal based on Gibbs (1998) reflective cycle and in this essay I will write about my whole college experiences in course 2015/16. Even though I did not expect my college course to drastically transform me‚ I have notice huge changes in myself in this one year course that I take the first step toward my dreams career life. Naturally‚ I always expected college to be a challenge;
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writing skills will no doubt open many doors in my professional life as well. I don’t exactly know what I want to be when I grow up‚ but I know that I want to be able to write properly and grammatically correct. In high school‚ I have written many essays on novels‚ but nothing more elaborate than that. I wanted to be exposed to different formats of writing and different topics to express myself‚ and that is exactly what WRTG101 offered me. I was a little intimidated by the course because I have never
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REFLECTIVE PRACTICE Reflection has been defined as an active‚ persistent and careful consideration of any belief or supposed form of knowledge (Dewey‚ 1933. Dawn‚ 2007). Reflective practice is a process to improve quality of performance in the workplace‚ skills up to date throughout workplace and leads to understanding the field of care. Reflection requires self-awareness and analysis (Schutz et al‚ 2004). To reflect the incident‚ I have used Gibbs (1988) reflective cycle because it easy to follow
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Student Reflective Practice Building Deeper Connections to Concepts Kathleen R. Murphy My classroom is quiet except for the light sounds of tapping keys on keyboards. There is an occasional rustle of papers as students pour through their labs searching for data and information. I move slowly through the rows of tables‚ looking over shoulders‚ commenting quietly on work‚ and answering a question here and there. Suddenly a student calls out‚ "Oh‚ I get it‚ Ms. Murphy! I just had an aha moment
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