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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cupboards‚ transport patients and serve morning tea. I really enjoyed doing a variety of jobs as I got to experience many different roles in the nursing home and meet many of the elderly‚ staff and visitors. When starting my service activity‚ my personal aims were to learn from and participate in new and different experiences. To participate in activities that were out of my comfort zone and to embrace everything I encountered. My aim was to learn new life skills and
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originating from my desire to become a teacher is my articulation as I wish to be quite sophisticated and clear in order to be respected and easily understood. 4. American Accent – Pronunciation Quite an iconic part of my vocal history is the development of an American accent during my eleventh year of schooling. Due to the submersion in American media content‚ I unconsciously adopted an American accent. I would often have others comment on and question my accent and it required a fair amount of
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assist Chelsea to stand. I found this to be the most difficult portion of the procedure because I was unsure where my feet should be placed. Chelsea gave me tips on how to remember where my feet should be placed based on experience from working as a personal support worker. Moreover‚ it is important to consider proper body mechanics while assisting a patient to protect yourself. Prior to coming to lab‚
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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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I have been working at Birthcare in Parnel for this clinical project. I wanted to immerse myself into a primary setting where I could focus on primary care and breastfeeding. My first impressions of birthcare were that it is more of a hospital than I had anticipated with women arriving with babies on blood sugars‚ AC T&R’s and other ‘cares’ that I had thought would not occur in a primary setting. I had this preconception because I am use to working at Waitakere hospital where we often transfer women
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On Friday‚ April 7th‚ 2017 at approximately 1015 hours I was doing my daily safety and security checks in D Pod. I was doing my safety security checks‚ I noticed that inmate BLANK was quietly sitting on her bunk bed with head down. I noticed that the inmate BLANK was not her usual self; it’s a sign of depression. During my safety and security checks in D Pod‚ I noticed the inmate BLANK was acting and behaving differently than usual. Not only she was sitting in her bunk bed with head down‚ her cell
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On January 15‚ 2016 I was involved in a major car accident when a driver ran a traffic light and collided into my vehicle. After the accident I suffered from neck and back pain due to severe whiplash‚ as well a bone bruise on my right elbow and left knee. At this time I failed to let anyone in the training unit know of the accident because I believed that I had enough time to heal from my injuries and would be able to complete my hours. A few weeks after the accident I noticed that I was not getting
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Look back: On my second week of clinical at Credit Valley Hospital‚ I experienced an event that I will not forget. One of my nurses patient was being vicious‚ acting inappropriately and violent towards the nurses there‚ causing an uncomfortable environment and putting his safety and other safety on the line. I have always heard of patient abuse‚ patient neglect‚ patients being sexually abuse‚ etc.… but I have hardly ever heard about staff mistreatment from patients‚ patient’s family members‚ and
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I was able to manage my assignments effectively. I prioritized each patient that I should be taking care by their needs. I always started by listening to shift report and looked for a patient that has impairment with Airway‚ breathing and circulation. I took care of those patients who are unstable right away. For example‚ I took all my patients vital signs and reported the valued to the nurse. I informed her that one of my patient blood pressure was elevated and we gave him blood pressure medications
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