File:Flowchart for a 999 emergency call.svg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flowchart_for_a_999_emergency_call.svg Pass criteria Incident Grading (P1) Incident grading is the process how each emergency service responds‚ by the action of priority. Police The police have four categories they use to prioritise the incidents that occur Grade 1 (Emergency Response) An example of an emergency response would be any situation where there is a risk to a person’s life or
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CRITICAL THINKING This handout is available in an alternative format on request WHAT IS CRITICAL THINKING? Critical thinking is a higher order of thinking: it is the practice of using a number of different advanced thinking skills in a variety of complex ways. Critical thinking focuses on thought: it looks at how facts are proven‚ arguments are formed‚ conclusions are reached‚ not just what the facts‚ argument or conclusion may be. Critical thinking is self-reflexive:
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Critical thinking‚ according to Micheal Scriven & Richard Paul are defined as the intellectually disciplined process of actively and skilfully conceptualizing‚ applying‚ analyzing‚ synthesizing and evaluating information gathered from‚ or generated by‚ observation experience reflection‚ reasoning or communication as a guide to belief and action. Critical thinking is the general term given to a wide range of cognitive and intellectual skills needed to effectively identify‚ analyze and evaluate
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essay we discuss implications of discrimination in nursing care and examine the importance of anti-discriminatory perspectives in nursing. In this paper‚ the case study I will elaborate is of an elderly woman who was of a non-British ethnic origin and spoke little English. A junior nurse visited her home to provide care but her attitude towards the patient has been discriminatory and abrupt‚ a situation that calls for serious reflection on the issues of racial discrimination at the clinical setting
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CRITICAL REFLECTION ON THREE QUESTIONS SCOTT J. WISNIEWSKI INF103: COMPUTER LITERACY INSTRUCTOR: LIVIA MUSE-JOHNSON March 18‚ 2013 For this paper we will be doing some critical reflection on three basic; yet much argued questions. The first is an argument of Marc Prensky’s. Are our youth the digital natives that he coined? Are the older generation digital immigrants? Second‚ we will be looking into making money online and the question being asked: Are there limits? Lastly‚ we will
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Introduction I am a registered nurse of twenty years of experience. After graduated from my three-year training in a nursing school‚ I had been worked in an intensive care unit (ICU) and a pulmonary unit of a public hospital. Now I am working in a non-government organization serving the mentally disabled. No matter which specialty I am working in or how senior I am‚ I found learning being crucial for professional competence‚ job satisfaction and personal growth. In this paper‚ I would like to reflect
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Introduction Critical numeracy is the ability to make decisions about everyday issues that involve mathematical concepts (Watson‚ 2008). The approach to prove the importance of critical numeracy was based on selected articles which were used to critically analyse percentage. Watson (2004) suggests a three-tiered hierarchy of goals for developing the quantitative literacy skills. These tiers suggest increasing movement away from pure mathematical skills into context and then into critical thinking (Watson
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assignment the article selected is titled “ Enhancing Critical Reflection of Students During a Clinical Internship Using the Self-S.O.A.P. Note”. In summary‚ this article’s purpose is to describe how journaling techniques can be used for reflection of a physical therapy clinical internship. This article just happens to focus on physiology students. During a six week clinical internship 15 physiology students were told to write reflections of their clinical hours using the Self-S.O.A.P note method
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skills in different aspects English‚ for example listening and speaking skills. However‚ the demerit was that there was few chances to practice spoken English. During the English lesson‚ the teacher preferred to use Cantonese for the sake of taking care of the classmates who were weak in English. I could just make appointments with the English teacher to practice my English when I was free. To make improvements‚ I could only use the programs provided by Self-Learning Language Centre. In order to
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Critical incident analysis The aim of this critical incident analysis is to describe my personal experience dealing with a grade 4 sacral pressure sore. Firstly I will include a brief overview of the setting and what happened. Then I will explain my initial response to the incident and analyse the positives and negatives of it while highlighting the key issues and outcomes of the event. Lastly I will explain the new skills and knowledge that I have acquired after being involved in the incident
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