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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contrast two social science views about the ordering of social life. For this assignment I will compare and contrast the two approaches to explaining social ordering of life by social scientist Erving Goffman and philosopher Michel Foucault who view orders in different ways. Goffman focusses on interactions between people‚ observing how people perform their social roles‚ producing social order via their actions and their ceremonial behaviours in everyday life. Foucault examined how social order is shaped
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Reflective Essay Carrie "Shellie" Cobbs Health Care Policy: The Past and the Future HCS 455 Mark Haddock August 03‚ 2014 Reflective Essay Implementing a policy is similar to implementing a new policy in a business or office setting. Improvements and implementing policy change move through a similar staged process model. The model is the plan‚ do‚ study‚ act (PDSA). As stated by the Health Knowledge website‚ PDSA “was designed to provide a framework to develop‚ test and implement changes which
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process of reflection and reflective writing Assignment 3 in IPLU1 week B requires you to be both analytical and reflective. The Oxford Dictionary says that reflection refers to calm‚ lengthy and intent consideration‚ contemplation or musing. Essentially reflection is focused thinking of an evaluative type. Reflection involves being honest with yourself about your previous ignorance and your new learning‚ however enlightening or hard it was to face. Much reflective thinking takes place in your
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REFLECTIVE ESSAY ON PEG FEEDING This essay discusses a clinical skill in which I have become competent during my placement in care home. I will use a reflective model to discuss how I achieved the necessary level of competence. Reflection can make a sense of the familiar and taken for granted situations and is an important human activity‚ in which people capture their experience‚ think about it and evaluate it (Driscoll‚ 1994). Here I have used the Gibbs model of reflection which includes description
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Early this week we where given a assessment to complete. I found the concept to be very interesting and I began to think about how the honest opinions of my peers would effect me. In an attempt to maintain an open mind and to maintain the effectiveness of the exercise‚ I tried to rate my peers based on where they actually stand. This is more difficult than one would think‚ I tended to want to rate some one else based off of how they would in my mind rate me. A couple days later
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At times‚ writers struggle to communicate effectively with readers. The reader can seem a distant but present threat‚ and writing in a clear fashion can seem impossible. However‚ various tips and techniques alleviate difficulties in writing effectively. For example‚ by directing my writing toward a specific audience‚ I can define for the audience my meaning and purpose in writing. Additionally‚ using diction‚ syntax‚ linear paragraph structure‚ and correct grammar can illuminate thoughts and clarify
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My best overall trait to bring to the university community is that‚ by some people’s standards‚ my identity does not exist. In the highly sexualized world we currently inhabit‚ it is hard for people to understand asexuality‚ a term for describing someone who does not feel sexual attraction. I have had people tell me that having sex is a basic human need and that‚ even if I did somehow manage to not feel any sexual attraction‚ I must be broken. Being called broken is a common phrase heard within the
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COPD include renal damage‚ malnutrition‚ muscle wasting‚ osteoporosis‚ and anemia. (McCance & Huether‚ 2014‚ p. 1267). Signs and Symptoms Patients suffering from COPD commonly experience symptoms of dyspnea on exertion that may eventually progress to marked dyspnea at rest. This represents a key feature of emphysema. Also‚ patients report experiencing episodes of acute cough with limited sputum production and the patient often appears thin. Moreover‚ tachypnea with prolonged expiration is observed
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As an RA‚ I hope to impact my residents and community by fostering a safe‚ welcoming‚ and supportive environment. Students living on their own face challenges without the support of their previous situations‚ and whether that support is emotional or academic‚ I will strive to personally aid them in their success. If I am unable to help‚ I will connect them to the university resources that can. To impact the BU community as a whole‚ I would encourage my residents to get involved themselves. There
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