Description of the Experience The position of a manager is a foreign occupation to me. I have worked as a charge nurse for about 3 years but to be manager has always seemed overwhelming to me. I have to the opportunity to precept with Wayne Martin‚ who is currently the manager over the Emergency Department at Southeastern Health. He is also managing the MedCare Unit which is a critical care transport team for the hospital. To begin the morning‚ we started with a financial meeting with different
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LEARN Reflective Based on Previous Nursing Practice Look Back During a night shift in ICU‚ a 65 years old unconscious patient had massive bleeding from his IV catheter because I did not fix the end cap properly after starting the IV line. Elaborate Objective Recall Direct supervisor‚ resident physician and I were involved in this event. I fixed an 18 gauge IV catheter on the brachial vein of the patient’s right hand but I did not do the procedure properly. I put the end cap on the Luer lock but
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Reflective Essay At the beginning of the semester‚ my impression on writing essays was that doing them was bothersome and tiring. Towards the end of the semester‚ my feelings have completely changed. First I changed my writing style and then I changed my personal habits. For the actual writing part I took more time developing the outline. With concern to my own personal habits I simply organized the way I managed my allotted time between working on the paper’s structure and the paper itself. Moving
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. . A geopolitical community is defined by Maurer & Smith (2013) as "a spatial designation--a geographical or geopolitical area or place. Geopolitical communities are formed by either natural or human-made boundaries." A river‚ mountain range‚ or a valley may create natural boundaries. An example of this is most of the villages in Nepal‚ the country where I was born. Nepal is full of mountains‚ rivers‚ lakes‚ valleys and plateau. Most of the villages are naturally divided by hills‚ mountains and
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Chapter 1: Practicing the Science and Art of Psychiatric Nursing Test Bank MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Which outcome‚ focused on recovery‚ would be expected in the plan of care for a patient living in the community with serious and persistent mental illness? Within 3 months‚ the patient will: a. deny suicidal ideation. b. report a sense of well-being. c. take medications as prescribed. d. attend clinic appointments on time. ANS: B Recovery emphasizes managing symptoms‚ reducing psychosocial
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A Guide to Writing a Reflective Report What does it mean ‘to reflect’? Officially‚ it means to explore experiences in order to lead to new understandings and improved practice. At its simplest it means: • To think deeply about an experience. To go beyond the simple question‚ ‘What’s going on here?’ to ask ‘What’s really going on here?’ • To ask yourself what this experience means to you and your practice • To churn ideas‚ thoughts and experiences around in your head and make connections
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guide to writing a Reflective Report The purpose of the Reflective Report is to foster an ability to reflect on their experience and consider ways in which their developing understanding of the theory‚ which underpins practice‚ can help them to develop an attitude of critical awareness of their own actions‚ values‚ motives etc‚ and also to the actions‚ values and motivations of others that they work with. Students complete a weekly reflective report during level 1‚ and a fortnightly reflective report
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developed during my second placement at a specialist support centre for adults with learning disabilities. The service users there had various disabilities and needs such as Cerebral Palsy‚ in which I was able to communicate with and support. Nursing is such a
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Reflective account Before starting this unit‚ I did not think about my writing skills or did not know everyone has a writer’s identity. Initially‚ I did not realise emailing or texting a friend would be considering writing. I just saw it as a way to socialise with others. Having read subject content‚ I now understand when I construct email I consider my audiences‚ reflect on my writing and also editing‚ which are stages in the writing process as Cremin and Myhill (2012) explain. Additionally‚ I
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I am reflecting on medication administration using different stages of Gibbs Reflective Cycle such as description‚ feelings‚ evaluation‚ analysis‚ conclusion and action plan (Gibbs‚ 1988). Medication administration is a key element for nursing practice. During my CPU class‚ my tutor demonstrated how to administered medications to patient using five rights which were right patient‚ right drug‚ right time‚ right dose and right route (Bullock & Manias‚ 2013)‚ to follow the OSCA criteria step by step
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