Reflection Paper On Practicum

First Year Seminar is a beneficial, getting started-like course provided by West Coast University during the first term of the program. Since the Bachelor of Science in Nursing program is very rigorous this course is helpful in adjusting new students, such as myself, to a very demanding, fast-pace program. This class focuses on topics that help students organize and understand oneself and the mission of WCU mission to achieve the greatest success as a student. In my Signature Assignment term paper I will focus on my experience with FYS and what information I’ve gained to help me understand my learning style, strengths and weaknesses I have as a student, how working collaboratively benefits me and how I will go about achieving success at WCU.

Throughout the course of this semester, I have continuously grown as a writer. Prior to taking this course, I had little experience or knowledge when it came to writing. I used to struggle with forming my thoughts into writing, let alone a paper. I was never confident with what I wrote. My writing had no greater purpose other than the assignment. My writing process included: writing my paper, proofreading it, and turning it in. Once the paper left my hands, it also left my mind. Throughout this course we worked with others, visited the writing lab, wrote critiques, and we were able to revise our papers. I believe that all of this is has caused me to grow greatly as a writer.

An important cornerstone required when perusing a Bachelor of Science in nursing degree (BSN), is to gain practicum experience in a clinical setting. During practicum rotation, students can build on their foundation knowledge, think more critically and gain independence. The purpose of this paper is to reflect on my clinical experience during the second half of my practicum rotation, that captured the essence of my nursing practice.

The Planning Phase, allowed our team to work closely with the CC team, under the direction of the OR Director, and the Faculty Advisor. The OR department (PACU) at Cleveland Clinic was selected as the main area of interest in which to apply the knowledge, and skills gained during the courses in a real-world setting. I found that we need more frequent communication among team members and stakeholders, to make sure that our messages are clear and to coordinate better the observation, data collection, and analysis of the performance standards, in order to identify deficiencies or disruptions of the current PACU workflow process,

Assessing the unit and understanding how its processes work, and eventually identifying its issues have been challenging, yet rewarding. It was not as easy as I initially thought. I have noticed several clinical gaps, but finding a microsystem issue that could lead in an improvement without adding new responsibilities to the staff was particularly demanding.

The nursing staff will have the most important role in this process change. The nurses are the ones who see the patients first. The nurses will need to be on board and understand that this process change will help us give our patients the knowledge they need as well as increasing their satisfaction. Each nurse will be responsible for maintaining the educational materials while making sure the information is accessible to our patients. An important part of this process change is to make sure the staff is on board, and the patients are receiving the information. The nurses will be able to influence and hold each other accountable for this process change. The nursing staff has the best interest of the patients and wants to provide the best care they can. The nurses have the power to either bring this project along or they can hinder this project if they are not engaged.

Creating clinic flow policies and procedures creates consistency and allows for tracked changes when new issues arise. It provides guidance for staff who are new to a clinical

As OT professional, I am delight with all the important policy successes that the advocacy efforts have had in the last two years. I realized the importance of it and how we as an OT professionals as a member could do to support this association. OT professionals had demonstrated crucial importance in mental and behavioral health work this show the importance of the professional in this kind of set. The OT professional is relating to any kind of rehabilitation in all the disabilities that demonstrated the extend potential in the future of this professional. I chose the article “Thankful for his son’s future, Al Roker thanks occupational therapy” that an emotional testimony that it was use at the Welcome Ceremony at AOTA’s 2017 Annual Conference & Centennial Celebration in Philadelphia. As a

Within this project the teacher candidate was able to interact with a peer teacher candidate and communicate effectively about personal experiences within the field. The teacher candidate was able to implement the knowledge and skills learned in professional development in the teaching and learning process. The teacher candidate made reflective implications of behavior management strategies and formal pedagogical practices of the professional teacher she observed, and touched on future use in her own classroom.

During the first half of my Integrated Practicum, I was independent for the most time, applying my critical thinking, decision-making, communication, and research abilities, but I also asked for assistance or support from my Preceptor and CCD if difficult question raised. I followed the CHNC standards of building trusting relationship and demonstrated professional accountability, responsibility, and adaptability in approaching clients, groups, community partners, nurses, peers, and other professionals. I worked collaboratively in teams and fostered growth with other nursing students by sharing knowledge or alternative approaches or offering the topics to explore. I am confident that I am gaining the necessary

In my practicum I had a classroom of 20 children. 1 child was African American, the rest where Caucasian. All of these children were low-income children, on free and reduced lunch. This classroom was also a split classroom consisting of half kindergarten students and half slower learning first grade students. This made the classroom very diverse and allowed me to see different ways to teach students in this situation. My teacher taught her lessons by grouping children based on their learning level. This allowed for each student to get more one onone help from the teacher, along with having the lesson adapted to his or her grade level. One child in the classroom had developmental delay in fine and gross motor ability. This student left the classroom each day at a specific time and had received help from a specialist. I was fortunate to be able to watch the therapy and learn how they help students like this in the school district.

Over all have really enjoyed interning at ABC this year. It was especially great to work with all of you and learn throughout the year. I was very excited to work with you doing video and creating content. I found it very interesting learning the tricks of the trade in video making and going to the different locations throughout the summer. I was surprised, how much detail goes into sometimes just ten seconds of video. The whole process from creating questions to get the subject to respond with appropriate answers along with the filming techniques and the side stuff with editing, I all found new and interesting. Although maybe not always the transcriptions. The only part I wish I could have learned a little bit more about is editing, something

As part of the Science with Practice program, I am working in a laboratory on campus to supplement the lecture materials. The main focus of my work has been studying microcompartments in E-coli. Microcompartments are organelles found in bacteria that consist of a shell made of proteins. The organelle is capable of housing a variety of enzymes that play in metabolism, keeping them and the pathways, they catalyze separate from the rest of the cell. This separation provides the cells a mean of containing pathways that may involve a toxic intermediate, thus protecting the cell. As we learn more about microcompartments, we are hoping to find answers to several questions, including the microcompartments role in pathogenesis and their use for potential

This essay is aimed to reflect on my professional development and academic progression during the second year of my studies at the university. I shall use Gibbs (1988) reflective model in this piece of work

Every fourth-year teacher trainees will have to conduct practicum and will work under the guideline of their associate teachers and supervisors. The purpose of doing the practicum are to put training into practice, to become accustomed to teaching in the tertiary school settings, and to develop and expand each trainee’s teaching expertise and confidence. In the following paragraph, I will express what I have learnt from doing practicum to reflect on my past teaching strengths and weaknesses from the teaching practicum.