This polypharmacy teaching project has opened my eyes to the difficulty facing individuals who are prescribed multiple medications. Our patient was prescribed nine different drugs‚ however two of those were to be taken twice a day. That adds up to a total of eleven drugs to take daily. Taking eleven pills a day is troubling enough‚ but there also are specific instructions that must be followed for each medication. Some of drugs had the same instructions‚ though others did not. For instance five of
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This was my first week. I was really...glad that I decided to give Diagnostic Imaging a try for my Co-op. At first I wasn’t sure if it was going to be for me‚ and I was worried all the information I would get would go right over my head and I wouldn’t understand‚ but I am really happy I took a leap of faith and gave it a try. Through I did not find Ultrasound as interesting‚ I really loved being in Nuclear Medicine. I found it amazing how much detail you could actually see in the images. I really
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Reflective Essay: A Good Teacher… Standard 1: Development‚ learning‚ and motivation- A teacher has his or her own style or way of motivating their students. Motivation plays an important part in a student’s success of learning and development. There are times when teachers spend more time with their students than most parents do‚ thus‚ a teacher is fundamental in shaping their students success. If parents or teachers are poor leaders our children are the ones who are at a disadvantage. When
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Reflective essay: Dignity and respect 10053603 Introduction The Purpose of this essay is to reflect upon an experience which relates to the chosen topic of dignity and respect‚ this was highlighted in my self-assessment (please see appendix) Acknowledging a persons’ dignity can contribute to their sense of good health‚ well-being and independence. Dignity is an essential element of high quality care and involves aspects such as respect‚ privacy‚ autonomy and self-worth (The Welsh Assembly
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In What My Bike Has Taught Me about White Privilege by Jeremy Dowsett he talks about the term white privilege and what it means in today’s society. He says white privilege is a touchy subject today because people do not want to come off as being racist. White privilege has earned its negative meaning over time throughout our nation’s history with racism. Dowsett then goes into this analogy of comparing white privilege to riding a bike. He says that when riding his bike on the streets people can be
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take an autobiographical approach based on my own personal life experiences in a social care context and blend it with my learning during the college process. Firstly I would like to state that the views and experiences expressed in this essay are not general statements directed at the travelling community as a whole but just my own personal experiences with individuals‚ this also holds true for members of the settled community that I will discuss. In the essay I will give a brief outline of my history
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Offender based approaches to white collar crime is define with emphasis as an essential characteristic of crime dealing with high social status‚ power‚ and respectability of the actor. A strength to this type of approach allows the social stigmatism of the “criminal” offender to be destabilized in the public view. Drawing attention to the ideation that people within high society or social standing can and will commit crime. This approach while breaking the social norms of antisocial behavior lends
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Introduction The purpose of this essay is to use reflection on an aspect of my learning that I have come across so far as a student nurse‚ and how I plan to use this knowledge when I start my placements. This will give me a good base on which to build my interpersonal skills. After having a brief introduction on various religions‚ it brought to my attention the diversity in multi cultural societies and how‚ as a nurse I need a good understanding of treatment and communication barriers that I will
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and written matter‚ all correspondence‚ emails and documents exchanged between parties should be prepared with a thought to potential litigation. Attorney Client Privilege and the Work Product Doctrine are two separate and distinct issues and should be treated within the legal world as separate disclosures. Attorney Client Privilege‚ which originated in Roman and canon law‚ has evolved into a recognized judicial doctrine and is necessary in order to provide clients with access to effective‚ well
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‘Critically analyse the physical care‚ well being and interventions used in a client in your care’. This reflective essay focus’s on a 54 year old service user who suffers from schizophrenia. Coinciding with her mental health illness she has a diagnosis’s of diabetes type 2‚ she is obese‚ and has chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). For the purpose of this reflective essay I shall be focusing on how her diabetes was managed during her time on an inner city psychiatric assessment ward
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