Reflective Essay On Volunteering

While volunteering, I checked in patients, helped organize charts, and worked as a receptionist. This allowed me to serve the underserved population and work with a diverse group of professionals. It was inspiring to volunteer at the clinic because I witnessed esteemed professionals sacrifice their time to volunteer at a free clinic in order to help the community flourish. This inspires me to follow in their footsteps when I become a physician. I volunteered at the community clinic my freshman year; unfortunately, I became extremely busy with course work that I had to stop. However, I have registered to volunteer starting August and I plan to continue working throughout my senior year.

Do you you think students should be required to volunteer in their communities to receive their high school diplomas? I for one do not think you should be required to volunteer for your community in order to get your diploma. In my eyes no one should be forced to volunteer to do anything however, volunteering does teach responsibility and builds character. Volunteering for something on your own shows what type of person you are however, being forced to volunteer isn’t really volunteering. I do not feel like you should be forced to volunteer for your community in order to get a high school diploma but I do think volunteering is a good thing to do.

There is a need to identify the level and type of support an individual requires when eating and drinking. Any support while eating or drinking is to be provided respecting the service user’s human dignity, while the carer is exhibiting warmth and a calm attitude. The care plan informs whether the service user is able to feed him/herself, or needs assistance. Many service users will feed themselves when starting their meal, but will get tired and will then require assistance. The hands of service users with Parkinson’s may have to be gently directed so that they manage eating independently. The carer may need to cut the food for the service user. Service users with chewing difficulties, or swallowing precautions, or a history of choking need to be supervised while eating. Of course, these service users will also get a soft diet. Service users living with dementia may reject food which to them resembles to gruesome things (e.g., they may think meat bits in a dark sauce are cocroaches), therefore person-centered support is important. Service users with learning disabilities may find it hard to estimate distances, so the carer will make sure plates and glasses are well within their reach.

* If a person needs feeding, make sure to give enough time for them to chew and swallow the food.

We always had to make everything from scratch at home and could never eat out because of the chances of her having a reaction and not being able to breathe. Of course carrying an EpiPen was a responsibility she had every day, it has made me sorrowful as a parent to watch her go through this. Most teenagers enjoy going out to eat with their friends because they get to that stage and age where they start driving; Mom and Dad become not cool anymore, and they want

Nancy shares that Alecia eats well for the most part and does so independently, however fruits are often a battle and much negotiation and encouragement is required. At home, Nancy states that Alecia is not to leave the eating area until she has had a few bites of what has been served.

The patient presents with dementia, poor posture (her chin close to her chest) and dislikes solids, there for has to be assisted to feed and chooses only to consume liquids. Her communication skills are also poor and doesn’t have the capacity to engage in a flowing conversation but has the ability to answer a question using the words ‘yes’ or ‘no’ or by saying individual words. I was given the task of feeding the patient at lunch time as she requires one to one support at meal times due to her lack of willingness to consume solids and fluids. It is extremely important to maintain good fluid intake to reduce the chance of dehydration which could contribute to increased confusion in a dementia patient. To prevent this,

Rationale: Make meal times happy and pleasant. Encourage the patient to eat their whole meal. If they are not eating, offer them another choice of food. Report and record all food and fluid intake. (Nursing Assistant Education, 2014

The painting called The Volunteer’s Return (The Kunstmuseum Basel Oil on canvas, 97 x 77 cm.) was made by Swiss artist, Frank Buchser in 1867. Based on the title, we know that the painting represents the end of the American Civil War which lasted 4 years (1861-1865)

Volunteering in both a children's hospice and a hospital has given me the chance to significantly develop my emotional resilience and proficiency in communication, due to the contact with a variety of people and experience with children who are life limited, which can be very important in the health sector.

In this situation, I thought, the nursing staff was focussing on merely the absence of illness and disease without paying much attention to enhance the residents’ dining experience, which would have increased the level of wellbeing. According to me, objective state of health and the subjective experience of wellness are important in establishing an overall state of wellbeing. Throughout my experience, the feeding of clients seemed more like a ritual and less like social event, with lack of food preferences available to the client, and lack of verbal communication between the nurse/volunteer and the client. Since most clients had some form of chronic disability, more efforts should have been made to enhance the dining experience and make it more enjoyable, for instance by incorporating family recipes, asking for resident’s preference for seating, using outdoor areas if weather permits, playing music chosen by residents and making the table visually appealing by using colorful table cloths etc.

　As the three finish their treatment, I give them some pastries. I call them pastries, but they are the size of your palm and each girl got three. This should stave off hunger for now. These pastries were bought as gifts when Zena-san and I went on the tasting tour.

After a few minutes; I stop the activity and regroup. Find out who ate or even accepted a piece and talk about crossing the line from risk situation to risk behavior. Thank the Healthy

I believe that volunteering is an important experience that shows us to just how a group of individuals can come together for a common and selfless good. While volunteering at the Croatian Cultural Center I was able to truly see men, women, and children all come together to celebrate their Croatian heritage. While I was there, I was able to read to children not only in Croatian, but with Croatian books and texts that had significant cultural references and meaning. I also taught children and young adults cultural dances and saw just how important it was to be able to connect back to your heritage and culture even though you were an ocean away. I would describe my experience as being: fulfilling, genuine, and hopeful.

My name is Chao and I come from China. I wanted to take this course to improve my leadership abilities. I have spent time in a variety of managerial roles, often as a volunteer myself, and now I find myself leading volunteers. In China, we have a communal ethic, where the entire community and population pulls together to make sure that projects are a success. We have put together basketball and volleyball teams and tournaments with our school, and at the neighbourhood level organized exercises, dances and performances in the courtyard area of our neighbourhood. I found that not only was this something that I was good at, but that I enjoyed. So what I wanted to accomplish here in this course was to improve my skills so that I could do more to help the sporting projects that I am involved with.