No. 104 June 2012 Peer Pressure Peers play a large role in the social and emotional development of children and adolescents. Their influence begins at an early age and increases through the teenage years. It is natural‚ healthy and important for children to have and rely on friends as they grow and mature. Peers can be positive and supportive. They can help each other develop new skills‚ or stimulate interest in books‚ music or extracurricular activities. However‚ peers can also have a negative
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Reflective essay: Related to an area of my work In this task I will be reflecting upon an incident undertaken on area of my work. The model of reflection I’ve chosen is Gibbs (1988)‚ which involves reflection on the description‚ feelings‚ evaluation‚ conclusion and action plan (Gibbs 1988). The Gibbs (1988) reflective cycle is fairly straightforward and encourages a clear description of the situation‚ analysis of feelings‚ evaluation of the experience‚ analysis to make sense of the experience
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REFLECTIVE ACCOUNT. “Reflection is a process of reviewing an experience of practice in order to describe‚ analyse‚ evaluate and so inform learning about practice” (Reid‚ 1993 p.305). I am going to reflect on an activity during my placement at a childminder’s setting. While writing about this‚ the model of reflection `I will use is the most commonly used model by Gibbs (1988)‚ which is the model I will look at here. There are six stages in Gibbs’ model‚ namely:- (1) Description (2)
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Word Count: 1499 In this assignment I have chosen to discuss manual blood pressure a clinical skill‚ I performed whilst on placement as part of a community mental health team. I have chosen this skill as I was nervous about performing it in practice and could reflect on my experience. The aim of this essay is to reflect and discuss learning achieved and my application of the clinical skill in practice. The NMC require that as a nurse “you must have the knowledge and skills for safe and effective
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When defining relapse the concept is returning to treatment‚ abuse‚ and the addiction after a substance abuse has been in remission. The different symptoms associated will likely indicate an individual has returned to using again. Relapse is the concept of remission. With showing higher levels of core symptoms. Also an undesirable state or condition to return to because you romanticizing of the good times when an individual begins to have a craving. When reconnecting with one’s former user. Therefore
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At 6:25 PM‚ S/O Tom Kollar had notified Security Supervisor Steven Gibbs that he had received a report about a vehicle on fire in the B building parking lot‚ as well as notifications from Safety Representative Jolynn Heller in regards to the issue. The Fire department was called by Supervisor Gibbs at 6:26 pm‚ who in turn notified him that they were sending a unit immediately to the site and called LPS Jeffrey Matweecha in regards on escalation for the incident. He advised coordinate with Safety
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How can AKI be prevented? According to the National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death 2009‚ up to 30% of cases of acute kidney injury may be preventable and the best ’treatment of AKI is prevention.’ [3]This can mainly be done by identifying patients most at risk as early as possible. This would involve constant monitoring of urinary output and serum creatinine levels for the high risk patients. However in general‚ all hospitalized patients with acute illness should be monitored
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Abstract Pressure ulcers are a common problem in the acute care setting. Critically ill patients are at a high risk for the development of many types of wounds. It is the responsibility of the nurses to provide nursing care that prevents development of pressure ulcers. Certain patient risk factors such as‚ advanced age‚ underlying disease processes‚ and severities of illness are not modifiable‚ yet they directly increase a patient’s risk of wound development. Development of pressure ulcers cost
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Using Gibbs’ (1998) model of reflection‚ updated by Bulman (2012)‚ reflect on a challenging experience from your practice and analyse the strategies used to manage it. 3276 Words The purpose of this essay is to reflect on a challenging situation I experienced during clinical practice as a student nurse. The essay will discuss my thoughts and feelings surrounding the situation and analyse the coping strategies I used in managing the situation‚ linking to relevant theory throughout in order to provide
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Strokes and Prevention Megan Berger Written and Oral Communications Kaplan Career Institute CMP 199K Mrs. Matherson March 7‚ 2014 “Stroke is the number four cause of death and the leading cause of adult disability in the United States” (American Heart Association‚ 2012). A stroke or “brain attack” transpires when a blood clot blocks an artery or a blood vessel ruptures‚ interfering with blood flow to an area of the brain (National Stroke Association‚ 2014). When
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