Reflective Essay 2

With P.T.S.D( Post Traumatic stress disorder) this made problems with most his relationships. Being married to the lovely Cynthia Applewhite, their marriage went south at the alcohol problems causing nightmares that became memories. As Cynthia recalls , “[she] pleading with Louie to stop drinking. It did no good”(372).The alcohol has been the effect of their partnership, especially after the abuse passed back and forth from each other. Eventually with his wife filing for divorce, Louie sobered up and got help from Billy Graham. Louie had once said , “If you look into the heavens tonight, on this beautiful California night, I see the stars and can see the footprints of God,...and he’s not too busy running the whole universe to count the hairs on my head and see a sparrow when it falls, because God is interested in me … God spoke in creation” (381). Allowing this to heal his drinking and abuse problems, and concentrate on god,his family, and future.However he was still stuck on finding “ the Bird”, up until October 1, 1950 when he passed on. Relieving him from the final weights resting on his shoulders.

* establishes a system of praise and constructive criticism - rewards and improvement; grows with the organisation

Even though he will not let himself be beaten for no reason, if he has made an inadvertent mistake, he will try to correct it, as he does with his grandmother, after accidentally embarrassing in church. “Later, I convinced her that I had not wanted to hurt her and she immediately seized upon my concern for her feelings as an opportunity to have one more try at bringing me to god. She wept and pleaded with me to pray... I promised; after all, I felt that I owed her something for inadvertently making her ridiculous before the member of her church.” (Wright 119) And he follows through with that. He prays, daily, for an hour. That hour is torture, but he keeps his promise, abiding by his moral code. He is different from the boys and girls of his church congregation, and class: they have been indoctrinated and do as they are told, docilely. One boy walks up to Richard, prompted by the congregation, who think that Richard is doomed to burn in Hell, and tries to convert him; it is obvious that the boy has no real conviction in God of his own, rather, the belief in God has been forced upon him by his parents and community. “Though older than I, he had neither known nor felt anything of life for himself; he had been carefully reared by his mother and father and he had always been told what to feel.”(Wright 116) Meanwhile, Wright, in stark contrast, resists the attempts of his Grandmother and extended family to indoctrinate him into religion, instead deciding to

There is a sentence in the endnotes of the text that really hit home for me and it was “nevertheless, we can never fully rise above our own assumptions, and none of us can completely rise above our cultural and historical conditioning” (pg. 118). When I read this my mind went back to a time when I thought I could take no more of what life was handing me. I went to my chaplain with what felt like the world on my shoulders and anger in my heart because I thought that I had been stupid to give my boyfriend a second and third chance, he had hurt me just like ‘everyone else’ but my chaplain reminded me that it is my faith in god and my heart that is why I kept giving him new chances. He did so by having me recall one of my favorite passages from the bible “Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the

This unit does not introduce much new material. Instead, we expect you to integrate technical and theoretical knowledge acquired from study across your degree. We refer to two frameworks that may support you in carrying out this integration:

Even though Mac ate their only food source, which could have killed them all, because Mac had redeemed himself in the end, Louie forgave him. Also, when Louie went to the church service, he realized that he needed to forgive the bird instead of murder him, “... Louie wished to give forgiveness...” (280). This shows that although the Bird was one of Louie’s worst nightmares, and wanted to kill Louie, Louie is so forgiving that he is even willing to forgive Watanabe so that he is able to have a good life after the war.

Reflecting on this course over this semester, there have been many lessons learned that will be valuable, as we enter the business world. Our first lesson was to learn to work together, as a team, to prepare a short memo, long memo, letter, and email for use in the business world. This is a lesson that will experience many times as we do our daily work. Punctuation and grammar are so important to present to the client and other organizations that we are professionals. It could mean the loss of a sale or acquiring new business. It’s like dressing for work; looking professional or unprofessional.

He was now stuck on a raft with two other survivors, Phil and Mac. This setting changed Louie’s life. He was forced to adapt in order to survive. He was forced to eat raw fish and get drinking water from the few times that it rained. Unfortunately, Mac didn’t make it and died. It took 47 days for the, to be rescued only by a Japanese navy ship. They were sent to a Japanese POW camp where the conditions were brutal. This setting forced Louie to adapt again. A quote from the story says, “The same attributes that had made Louie the boy of terror of Torrance were keeping him alive in the greatest struggle of his life.” This setting taught Louie the skills of survival, resilience, and perseverance. He was beat constantly by the guards. On one occasion, Louie was punched about 250 times by everyone in the camp to show him

On a mission, Louie’s bomber crashed into the ocean where seven of the crew perished. Louie and two of his companions, Phil and Mac, survived the crash, but were now stranded with no reassurance of rescue. To manage their inescapable starvation, Louie found a way to help hoax their stomachs: “ Louie began describing a dish and all three men found it satisfying, so Louie kept going, telling them about each dish in the greatest possible detail… they conjured up the scene in such vivid detail that somehow their stomachs were fooled by it” (153). Louie fought back at hunger using this strategy three times a day. After forty-six days and a night, Japanese forces captured Louie and Phil, and sent the men to POW camps. Beaten and starved, Hillenbrand wrote, “Louie had another, private act of rebellion… Louie either found or stole a pencil and began keeping a diary” (210). With his rebellion, it could be said that the pen is mightier than the sword, or in this case the club. Even though Louie’s family doesn’t know where he is, they know he is capable of getting through anything because they know of his resilient character. After receiving the death notice, Louie’s sister commented, “‘None of us believed it. None of us’”(226). Though Louie seems that he could get through everything by himself, Phil helped make him stronger. Without Phil to aid and encourage him, it is likely he would have gone insane. It is clear Louie, with help from Phil, had to utilize his resilience, and change, however necessary, to

The first trait Louie displayed was perseverance. One place where Louie showed perseverance was on page 107, “Louie decided to divvy up breakfast. He reached for the raft pocket.

Louie does not want to have his faith help him, he only wants to drink every night and get drunk so he doesn’t have to worry very much about the war times. Louie’s wife is trying to talk to him into going to church so he can get better. Once Cynthia felt like she needed a little more help to convince Louie to go to church she had the neighbor help dog on him to go. After awhile of denying not to go he finally gave into going to church. Since Louie and his wife Cynthia are going to church more often he is a new

One of the men died, but because of his determination Louie, and the other man, Phil, ended up surviving and they drifted for 47 days before they were captured by the Japanese. They were taken to Japan where they spent the rest of the war enduring the cruelties of the Japanese POW camps. Louie survived all of the hardships throughout the war because of his resilience and will to survive. After the war, Louie could not forgive his captors who treated him so terribly and his life started to fall apart. He eventually was redeemed from the horrors of his past, and forgave them causing his life got immensely better. He lived to the age of

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Vital signs are a fundamental component of nursing care and indicate the body’s ability to maintain blood flow, regulate temperature and regulate oxygenate the body tissue. Taking vital signs are essential in revealing any sudden changes in the body, which could potentially indicate clinical deterioration of the patient.

This is a reflective essay based on a event which took place in a hospital setting. The aim of this essay is to explore how members of the Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) worked together and communicate with each other to achieve the best patients outcome.