Individual Reflection And Analysis

On 08/20/2017 at 1002 hours FTO Wheeler #4361 and I responded to St. Luke’s Hospital emergency room entrance, on 3555 Cesar Chavez St., regarding a women in a hospital gown trying to break the caller’s vehicle window with a brick. Officer Wheeler and I were in full police uniform driving a marked patrol unit when we responded.

Discuss specific ways in which your leadership accomplishments and service activities have resulted in major change or lasting service to the university or to the community.

This class has helped me understand so much more about myself and how I function on a daily basis. It opened my eyes to information I may have never known. The one things I enjoyed most about this class was learning about brain development and how each structure of the brain has its own function to how feel, move and think. It was very interesting to know that our brains are not fully developed until the age of twenty-five. The brain is the control center for how we survive and how we live our live.

I would express my feelings towards reading and writing as ambivalent. Before I entered high school I would have not even

In this week’s workshop (three), I felt as though I did a lot better than the workshop from the week before. Looking back at how I conducted myself last week, I really struggled to even just keep the counseling session conversation running smoothly. However, this week I felt as though I improved on the areas of my weaknesses.

In order to be able to function to the best of my ability I must from time to time take stock of myself through a self-assessment. This is so that I can accentuate the positive aspects of myself, and also to correct any deficiencies that maybe an issue.

As the very first semester of my college career is coming to a close I can’t help but to look back at how much I have grown since the beginning. Coming into college at Valdosta State I read a few things about Freshman Learning Communities (FLC) and decided on the day of orientation to join one. Doing this was the first best decision I had made at Valdosta State. Being in the FLC I was placed in has taught me many things like teamwork in Documenting Student Success, speaking and communication skills in Public Speaking and how to develop and write a paper in English. Although all of those things are important to me one class in particular stood out to me. The English class I was in gave us outcomes which were what was expected out of the students

As a Mildly Adaptive person, I usually conform to the rules within our military structure, thus less creative, although I emphasize well-defined and detail-oriented approach to efficiently achieve reliable results.

While I have faced a multitude of challenges, one of the most impactful ones by far has been my experience with physics. Though I had already taken a physics course at my former high school and performed well, the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics (NCSSM) requires at least two additional trimesters of physics to graduate. So, in the fall of 2015, I began taking my new physics course. While physics in general may be a challenging subject to many, the physics courses taught at NCSSM are often on the more extreme end of the difficulty scale. Because of this, I was consistently on the verge of failing throughout the majority of my first trimester in physics, and I was hovering just above a failing grade of D when midterm reports were released. After holding multiple conversations with various school faculty, including my academic advisor, counselor and physics teacher, I began to understand the consequences of receiving a

Electronic medical records had a great impact in the ushering in of the age of Nursing Informatics. (Himss, 2010)EMRS present healthcare professionals with the ability to retrieve and organize data in a quick and efficient approach. With information so readily available, patient safety increases and we know that patient cost goes down. This happens because patient medications, allergies, history, demographic, and treatment information is more collectively available.

An example of when I displayed resilience was when I was assigned a unit as a hospital volunteer and took on different roles that what I anticipated. My supervisor was on maternity leave for the duration of my rotation, so I was placed at the nurses’ station to aid them with tasks as needed. The difficulty I had in this role was the ambiguity when I came for my shifts and feelings of being a burden to the staff by not having designated tasks. Rather than continue these negative thoughts, I came up with a new strategy to be of help by reducing the staff’s workloads or prepping paperwork in advance to allow them more time to focus on the patients. Additionally, I sought feedback on areas I could improve on to not only help the unit staff, but also patients and their visitors. These tactics are similar to what we discussed in class pertaining to developing our growth mindset. By enforcing these strategies, I was able to contribute to a more positive and rewarding atmosphere during my shifts with everyone I met.

In preparing for the shadowing clinical experience I have read and reviewed from Garcia, Schager & Schoon (2014) chapter one, chapter two, chapter three, chapter six, chapter seven, and chapter thirteen. I also previously attended an orientation to Washington County Public Health on September 19, 2016. Also, I have read material for Washington County Public Health policies. After this material was completed I was assigned to a local public health nurse that was close to my community to shadow. I contacted the individuals and communicated what information I was looking for in this clinical experience, when and where to meet, and what the dress code would be for the experience.

I believe I can keep a cool head during difficult situations which allows me to think clearly and not worry. When my team sees this, they feel secure and are able to let go of the negative and keep moving forward. This leads to my team and I being proactive in starting new projects instead of worrying about something we couldn’t control.

Over the course of the semester I have learned a great deal about the field of psychology and how to best use the resources provided for me at The University of Southern Mississippi. From the class lectures to the psychology small groups all of these things have prepared me for my journey as a psychology major.

My involvement in research as an undergraduate has prepared me to overcome any challenge that I will inevitably encounter. In the lab, I stepped out of my comfort zone, and as a result I learned a lot, both academically and personally. I learned to take things in stride; to work step-by-step, little-by-little. When I read and write in smaller increments, rather than trying tackle it all at once, not only am I less stressed out and anxious, my understanding of the material improves greatly as well. Additionally, my critical thinking skills have greatly increased, not only as a result of aiding in the design and execution of various research projects, but because of the numerous research articles I have read. With each article, I had to