Reflection Paper : Reflective Journal Synthesis

On October 27, 2016, we met to obtain clarification on your work destinations and work performed on the day prior.

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I started the week in Ortho Colorado on Monday. I cleaned beds and rooms and made sure the rooms were stocked. I printed off the next days schedule and wrote it on the board. I also made patient charts for Thursday and Friday. I was in the Breast Center on Tuesday, which was my first time interning there. I shadowed a women named Jess who showed me around and she showed me what I would be doing. On Wednesday and Saturday, I was in the PACU and it was busy. I ran around and got anything the nurses needed and restocked bays.

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In last week's journal entry I stated that this week PVEPD would be conducting active shooter training, but the training is postponed for now. During this week’s shifts, I finished the putting together the emergency operation plan binders, cleaned the briefing room, and went to the department’s shooting range where I had the opportunity to shoot AR-15 and a Glock 22. I spent both Monday and Tuesday’s shift at the shooting in the basement of the police department. The shooting range which is located underneath the department and can be accessed through the parking garage. There are two rooms in the basement one room is storage for the gun range and the other room is the actually shooting range. Each room requires a special type of key and passcode

During my second year internship, I started counseling with a client who was in transition to the shelter after she became pregnant. When I first met her, she was an emotional mess and did not know whether she wanted to keep the baby. She thought very negative of herself and did not know how to cope with her daily emotions. A few weeks

According to the “Social Mindfulness: Skill and Will to Navigate the Social World”, seven studies were conducted to test social mindfulness. The results found that people with the mindset that concerned others left interdependent others more choice than people who were more focused on themselves and that socially mindful people developed more favorable judgements that socially unmindful people. The studies also found that people who looked trustworthy were greeted with more social mindfulness than those who appeared untrustworthy. Lastly, the study found that social mindfulness could be detected in personality by being positively related to Honesty-Humility and Agreeableness and

The shelter provided several services to help these women get back on their feet. About fifteen beds, complete with bedding and warm blankets, were placed about the room. A space heater was located in a corner next to a television set. A bathroom and showers were provided, as well as laundry facilities. One of the objects in the room that surprised me with its usefulness was a computer. All three of the women at the shelter were unemployed. During our visit with them, one of the ladies was working on filling out job applications on a computer provided by the shelter. They told each other about various job openings that they had come across earlier in the day. They even mentioned that they would like to apply for employment at the new Mount Vernon Grand Hotel. Obtaining a job is the first step to getting back on their feet. I realized that the shelter was very wise in providing a computer for the residents to use for this purpose. During our visit, two volunteers from the Salvation Army brought a chicken and noodle casserole and a few loaves of bread for the residents. I was surprised by the variety of services that were provided by the Winter Sanctuary, and it was clear that each of

Researching the issue of smoking and tobacco addiction in Russia has allowed me to learn more about the history and culture of the country, and increase my understanding about the effects of smoking in Russian-speaking communities. Although no one in my close family smokes, I was surrounded by smokers when growing up and the issue of smoking remained unaddressed until I moved to Australia, where there are many anti-smoking campaigns and education about the effect of drugs on the mind and body. After researching the topic, I realised that my knowledge and understanding about this issue had been very minor before conducting this investigation.

Two weeks after our initial encounter with Felix, we were able to get in contact with Delores Martinez, the case manager at the California Hispanic Commission. She is the primary case manager that oversees year round shelter, and works outside the facility by providing guidance to families and referring them to other agencies that can help with a bigger scope of services. Some of these agencies include B.R.I.D.G.E.S rehab (provides residential treatment and social rehab to adults from ages 18-59), Spirit Family Services (provide walk in counseling for recovering alcoholics, domestic violence programs for men, and parenting classes), and Prototypes Community Assessment Center (aid in substance abuse and homeless intensive treatment, where the

In the beginning of my placement I felt like I did not have the credibility to work with this population because I don’t truly know how they feel because I never experienced what they have experienced. I did not think I had much to offer to the survivors and I was scared that the survivors might question my credibility too. I was really worried about all this and I

This journal reflection will discuss my expectations for the course, interests in learning, and how I plan to use the course to aid in my work in the adult education field.

I was browsing through online one day and looking for my ideas on what I can do for my wolf project and I found the hands on central Ohio website. There’s a list of volunteering opportunities around Ohio for people to sign up. The reason I sign up to volunteer to work at a community shelter was because I have never been to one of those places before and this could be a chance to meet a group of people that are living in a different kind of lifestyle comparing to me. My Dad volunteered with me today since it was my first time there. One of the stuff members took us on a tutor of the place. He explained to us at this place they accommodate single women and families. Their goal at this place is to help move people more quickly into stable housing

During the first month of my field placement, I quickly realized that working with the homeless was going present a challenge for me. It seemed like I was back to my first year of teaching, as each day, I was emotionally exhausted. Teaching for twenty-four years, I thought I would have been a bit more calloused by now, and able to avoid becoming so emotionally attached. I cried after I left the shelter on my first day. Even after the second day, I cried when the children had to get into the van to go to the congregation for the evening. Similar to teaching, this was going to be a job where I would have to find my way by experiencing it each day. I retrained myself to be as present in the moment as I could at the shelter, always being careful

To begin with, it is important to start with the fact that more than half a million people in the United States are homeless and forced to live on the streets and either sleep in an unsheltered location, or at a housing project (emergency shelters, short-term transitional housing, or safe havens). Moreover, according to a Social Solutions’ article (2016), 15% of the homeless population are individuals who have experienced homelessness for a period longer than a year (chronic homelessness). It is because of those facts about homelessness that I had decided to volunteer at a faith-based temporary overnight shelter and subsequently record my experiences and what I observed during my visit.