Reflective Review of my personal and professional practice Learning outcome: Demonstrating inclusive practice (PP1) My name is and I am the manager of a day care setting based in the north of London; in a rich culturally mixed community. I manage a 41 place centre offering full day care services for children aged 6 months to 5 years. I am responsible for the overall running of the setting including the writing of policies and recruitment of staff. I am also the settings SENCO‚ nominated
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The Role of the Professional Nurse in Relation to Sexually Transmitted Infections Introduction Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) have been described as “a major public health problem in Europe” (Fenton & Lowndes‚ 2004‚ p. 255). There is evidence that there is an increasing number of persons infected with STIs in the UK (Fenton & Lowndes‚ 2004; Cassell et al.‚ 2006)‚ and primary health care and specialist clinics play a significant role in the diagnosis and treatment of these infections (Cassell
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Foundations in Nursing Practice NPCG1014 Submission Date: 03/11/2014 Student Number: 23478594 Word Count: 548 The role of Communication in Adult Nursing Following the publication of the Francis report in 2013‚ which highlighted many failings within many areas of the healthcare service‚ these failings were brought to light through an investigation of the Mid-Staffordshire NHS trust but could easily be applied to NHS trusts across the country. As a result of this report and other similar failings
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Contribution: The research conducted has several strengths and weaknesses to be addressed. To begin‚ I believe that the following areas within the article could be altered: population studied‚ position of camera‚ time workers have to adapt and adopt implementation‚ employees observed working with residents‚ and a larger sample size. The following areas could be added: definitions of topics‚ a controlled group‚ and observation of long-term effects of the programs. Finally‚ the following areas should
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PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY: AN ACEDEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL CONSIDERATION Ross McDonald University of Phoenix GEN/200: FOUNDATIONS FOR GENERAL EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL SUCCESS February 25‚ 2013 Students transitioning from high school to college today face many challenges. They are besieged by a host of external influences that may shape or cloud their ability to take responsibility. These influences include family‚ friends‚ religious beliefs‚ personal biases‚ and socioeconomic background. Even
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2. Identify the role of theory in nursing research. At the beginning of this class‚ I had very little understanding of the way theory and nursing research are related. I knew nursing research was useful for practice‚ and I had had much experience with finding and analyzing nursing research. However‚ I was having a hard time making the connection between theory and its usefulness in practice. The presentation by Lori Loan really helped me to make some of those crucial connections between theory and
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My mom taught me to live by the Golden Rule; do unto others as you would have them do unto you. I have lived by this rule all my life. I have never had a problem getting along with others and treating them with respect until I started my nursing career as an LPN. I started working at the local hospital‚ working night shift. I really enjoyed going into work‚ helping the patients with their needs. I enjoyed visiting with them and finding out what would make their stay better. Then one day the supervising
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Evidence-Based Practice into Professional Nursing Practice In this paper we will discuss the integration of evidence based practice into professional nursing practice. Scott & McSherry (2008) define evidence based practice as the combination of individual‚ clinical‚ or professional expertise with the best available external evidence to produce practice that is most likely to lead to positive outcomes for a patient. Despite literature surrounding what evidence based nursing is and isn’t‚ nurses struggle
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Date: 13/6/13 Strengths and weaknesses I have a number of key strengths that are contributive to working as a competent manager. I have sound logic‚ am diplomatic and disciplined and approach social situations with an open mind and an eagerness to understand. While all of these are personal traits‚ undoubtedly they are ever present in my working life. Each of these traits‚ in my opinion‚ allows me to
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Weaknesses of modern democracy Political science 202 01/01/2013 “Democracy is the worst form of government‚ except for all those others that have been tried from time to time.” These are the words used by Sir Winston Churchill while he was expressing his resolve with democracy. Democracy is the dominant form of government in the world with the exception of a few countries. In Sir Winston’s statement‚ the phrase‚ “except all those others that have been tried from time to
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