a. Description of activity (what happened) I had an initial appointment scheduled at the library and while I was in route to the library the client had sent me a text message stating that she had arrived at the library approximately 20 minutes early and was there waiting on me. I had responded to the client that I was approximately 5 minutes away and would be there as soon as I could be. I had arrived at the library and while I was walking into the library a client that I am familiar with arrived
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Description I was asked by a nursing assistant to assist a resident to eat. Her food consisted of pureed fruit and thickened cordial. The elderly resident was unable to communicate and appeared to be unaware of her surroundings and she also fell asleep several times. I was unsure of how much food to offer in each spoonful and may have given her too much as she occasionally coughed. When assisting her to eat I was instructed to sit her up but did not sit her far enough forward as I found out later
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As a requirement of my role as Support Worker for Options Of Independence. I must support my service users with administering medication‚ in order for me to administer medication safely under the Royal Pharmaceutical Society guidelines‚ Handling Of Medication in social care 2007‚ and under Dundee City Council guidelines‚ I must check that the medicines are correct by checking the medication pack and label on the box must be by the pharmacist or dispensing gp‚ and identify the service user correctly
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functional perspective ‚ we join groups because groups are able to accomplish things that individuals cannot accomplish when they work alone (Stewart ‚ Manz Sims ‚ 1999 ‚ pp .5-6 . This is entirely different from that of an individual presentation wherein the person works alone for the project and does not have to deal with others just to come up with a good presentation . Group presentations require brainstorming discussion ‚ and constant communication among the group members . This is not very difficult
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Reflective account 6 Description Throughout this reflective account i will refer to the individual I was working with as Gloria. I have not used her real name throughout this piece to protect her identity and to ensure that I am maintaining confidentiality. “You must respect people’s rights to confidentiality” (NMC 2013) Gloria is a 74 year old lady who lives at the residential care home at which I am currently on placement Gloria is under the Adults with Incapacity Scotland Act 2000 due to a diagnosis
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my chosen profession- Mental Health Nursing‚ evident. The reflective account will include my own practical and learning experience of the specific event that took place during the ‘Broadening Perspective’ practice concentrating on the aspects of safeguarding /advocacy and risk management. As the main requirement of the assignment is to produce a reflective account‚ the reflective process will be used (Taylor; 2010) and the ‘Gibbs’ Reflective Cycle (1988) (Appendix 2) will be applied. The first stage
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The purpose of this task is to produce a reflective account of a work based incident using Gibbs model of reflection. The reflection will be based on communication skills in the ward setting. To maintain confidentiality of the patient in this reflection they will be known as Mrs X‚ in accordance with the NMC code of conduct (2008). Mrs X was an elderly lady admitted to the ward for rehabilitation. It became clear from the morning nurse handing over that Mrs X had been very ‘difficult’ to nurse
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patient with COPD: a reflective account Barnett M (2005) Caring for a patient with COPD: a reflective account. Nursing Standard. 19‚ 36‚ 41-46. Date of acceptance: October 15 2004. Summary Reflective practice has been a familiar topic in nursing journals and the term is regularly used in professional nursing practice. However‚ it was not until I used Johns’ (1994) model to analyse and explore my feelings and actions in daily practice that I fully understood the concept of reflective practice and discovered
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A REFLECTIVE ACCOUNT OF MY PERSONAL CULTURE AND EXPERIENCES THAT INFLUENCES THE SUPPORT GIVEN TO USERS OF SERVICES AND OTHERS IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE SETTINGS Nowadays‚ people are becoming more aware of their own beliefs‚ culture and values which are vital in health care settings. Being in a different country with diverse cultural and religious beliefs‚ I personally believe in the existence of God and Jesus as our saviour. Therefore‚ as much as possible I follow and put into practice the teachings
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This is a reflective essay based on my experience working on poster group presentation about Indigenous people living with depression and anxiety‚ to assist me in the process of reflection I will be using Gibbs reflective model (Gibbs‚ 1998). I was recently fortuned to have been part of a group that worked as a team for our poster presentation‚ to achieve some goal through working among a group can often be inspiring because many members have to efficiently agree and cooperate. For my group presentation
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