The Second Service Learning Experience With The Dna Club

“Waste” is a short essay in which Wendell Berry critically analyzes the growing epidemic of trash that is polluting the nation’s land, waterways, and the air. Berry explains to the readers how the remnants of floods and litter that leave farmlands scattered with trash, makes more work for the farmers who have to rid their land of the trash before they can use it. Along with the floods, roads and highways also lead to a barrage of garbage from people who are too lazy or ignorant to take proper care of their garbage, which Berry claims leads to “. . . a constant precipitation of cans, bottles, the plastic-ware containers of fast food joints, soiled plastic diapers, and sometimes whole bags of garbage,” (Waste 1) along the edges of their fields. The garbage of the country continues to be a burden for everyone, whether it impacts them directly or not. Although it would be impossible to eliminate garbage completely from the country, the waste could be greatly reduced. Most of today’s trash is a consequence of the laziness of American society.

At the clinical site, being a student nurse, I witnessed issues such as a lack of respect for a patient, including inappropriate ways of speaking and behaving to the patient by nurses, and inadequate explanations by nurses to the patient. The nurse in charge displayed an uncaring attitude toward an independent, but cognitively impaired wandering patient with the use of inappropriate speech to this elderly patient. There was no respect and dignity for the patient in the nurse in charge behavior and words.

For the most part, hospitals are places where one comes for healing and it is place where our clients should feel safe and away from harm. Nurses have an important role as a patient advocate and are to provide all clients with safe, compassionate, and quality care at all times. Nonetheless, the hospital can also be a dangerous place for inpatients. It is a foreign environment to clients and there may be alterations in their medical condition in regards to their physical and/or mental status. With this said, there is a need to improve upon how we care for our clients, especially those who are at most risk for various incidents.

The survey issued to the residents had 25 individual responses. When residents were asked if the quality of care was inconsistent, 28% said yes, 48% said sometimes, and 24% said no, as shown in Figure 1. When asked if they were stress out or upset with the inconsistent care 4 of the resident said no, 9 of the residents said sometimes, and 12 of the residents said no. When the residents were asked from their experience if employees were leaving this organization frequently, 80% said yes and 20% said no, as shown in Figure 2. A fourth of the residents say they get the emotional care they need. Blank-Blank percent say that CNAs spend the time with them that they need while blank-blank percent say the care they receive is rushed. About 60% of the residents said that care providers seemed stressed and always on their

You, as a staff member have to realize that each patient is an individual. Each patient has unique healthcare needs. There are

Small patient groups within the wards, along with large community meetings, there feelings are shared and patients' comments taken seriously, and work assignments, recreational activities, are assigned to make the hospital less like a "holding" environment. .

I am part of the West Houston Medical Center organization, and the hospital’s mission statement states: “We are a family of dedicated Healthcare professionals committed to providing exceptional healthcare and service by exceeding the expectations of every patient, every day” (West Houston Medical Center, 2016). For that reason, it remains essential for all team members that we are responsible for ethical patient treatment centered together with patient valued care when it comes to providing caring for our patients. The care which patients receive along with the hospital 's business operation plays a substantial part in which way the members of the surrounding neighborhoods view the organization. The principal goal of the hospital is “To be one of the best hospitals in the country based on quality and satisfaction indicators” (West Houston Medical Center, 2016). We hold values such as “Put patients first and foremost”, “Treat each other with respect and dignity” combined

A study conducted by Young, Minnick, and Marcantonio (1996) compared the opinions of more than a thousand staff nurses, numerous nurse managers, and more than two thousand patients from 17 hospitals regarding certain aspects and perceptions of patient care needs. Interestingly, staff nurse and managers

This summer, I received an invitation to stay at my friend’s house on the Rappahannock River. During my stay, we spent the majority of our time outdoors amongst the nature and wildlife. Upon our arrival, we dropped everything and grabbed the canoes. As we set off, I looked at my surroundings. While the water was calm, peaceful, and a comforting shade of dark blue, something else grabbed my attention: the litter. Near the docks, I could not help but notice the bright yellow Lay’s potato chip bag and the six pack rings from someone’s soda. Seeing the trash just floating in the water frustrated me. Here I was in this gorgeous environment, and my eyes cannot stray from a potato chip bag! As I floated away, there was little I could do. However,

Let’s be honest here, we all litter when driving in our cars, how many of us rolls down our windows to dispose of a wrapper, cigarette, or something of that nature? We tend not to care about the effects our human footprint leaves on the earth. The tiniest things like littering eventually lead to bigger things and stuff like that needs to be brought into attention. Bob Johnson, a philosopher and artist set out to produce and promote “Artful Trash Management”. The leading proponent being his “River Cubes” are public display sculptures innovatively harvest waste, especially those in the river streams, and transform the resulting heap into vivid discussions to what we humans produce in waste and leave behind.

These encounters allowed me to make my assumptions of a nurse should conduct themselves. Most nurse exhibits good ethics and compassion towards their patient as so it should be. When the movie began, the first nurse that walked in had no bedside manners. The second nurse had no hospitality which is not therapeutic in any way. It is surprising to know that some nurses can be so cold against their patient. This is truly heart breaking especially when this action is towards a terminally ill person. There is no dignity in this negative action. Nurse Susie attempted to advocate for Ms. Viviane. On the other hand, there was a point when she neglected to listen to Ms. Viviane when she refused a test. Patients have the right to accept or refused treatment ad should not be forced. This is where patient education would have been

They were not respected by the nurses, which lead to the patients not respecting each other

Why would picking up trash be a good project? Well, it would be a good project because it would help clean the community. Littering is a big thing that can hurt the environment. Was there ever a fine for littering? Because If there was, it is not being enforced too well. Littering can kill animals if they eat like old soda cans, plastic bags and cigarette butts. If that gets in an animal’s system then their stomachs

We collected our minds and our project and loaded the bus ready to pour everything we know. We weren’t in the parking lot for more than a few seconds and I already saw more than twenty pieces of trash! Excitement was exploding from me. It seemed like even if you took one step forward on the beach you would miss so much trash. You would think you would be done with one area, yet you look back and it seems like the litter regenerated! A turtle fin, plastic chair and one hundred thirty six more pounds of trash later we were tired and hungry. As I was eating lunch, I examined the twelve bags we just collected. What seemed like nothing was actually everything. There was an absence of words that came from me. Now for the second part of our trip: informing the public. With our brochures and coasters in hand, my group and Mrs. Smith marched right into the first restaurant. We asked to speak to the manager of every store and restaurant we visited. One of us would explain our project goal, another would explain and handout our products. In a period of about twenty minutes we left empty handed. Everybody we had talked to thankfully accepted what we had to offer. Not only did we make a positive impact, we had fun while doing

I have a long list of complaints and problems. Mainly, I want respect when I am there. I have earned it by always being respectful and pleasant to every one of the staff or residents I encounter. I want the nurses to tell me, before Michael and I leave for a trip anything I need to know about his medications. They tell us after and then are upset with us when we did not magically understand specific rules regarding them. Kathy chased me in the parking lot. My mother lives there, and we come back from his daughter's wedding, and she pursues me as if I was taking off because one of his prescriptions is for Norco. Because on a previous trip not all of the tablets were returned. That is because he took them! Yes, he was sore and tired traveling to Oregon to see the eclipse. By the way, he was fine, better than fine; he was relaxed and unsymptomatic because he was away and with me and happy and comfortable. I have pictures, and people say, "He looks so healthy because they are surprised to see him not all scrunched