Reflective Analysis Essay

Additionally, this week I spent additional four and a half hours shadowing Marie, who is a nurse supervisor at Chicago Proton Center. Marie, as a nurse supervisor still interact with patients but also she is in charge of making sure the nurse department runs smoothly and everyone is following the nurse department's policy and procedure as well as organization's objectives. She also said that as a nurse supervisor beside overseeing patients, she is in charge of hiring, work scheduling and creating

During clinicals there was a lot going on: new employees, new residents and residents leaving. I found clinicals completely different than being in the classroom and learning from mannequins. However, I did find it eye opening of what a rehabilitation center is like. Personally, what I thought was a good clinical experience was being able to spend time with the residents. I know we were there to practice our skills and learn from experienced NAC’s. But it had felt amazing knowing we were able

Taking the Bachelor Science of Nursing broadened my knowledge, especially while taking the Community health nursing II, this course taught me strategies and tools that can be used to improve the health status and health needs of the residents of the community. According to Clark (2015) “In caring for populations, population health nurses employ the same steps of the nursing process as are used in the care of individuals and families: assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation”

In this week’s workshop (three), I felt as though I did a lot better than the workshop from the week before. Looking back at how I conducted myself last week, I really struggled to even just keep the counseling session conversation running smoothly. However, this week I felt as though I improved on the areas of my weaknesses. I decided that I needed to become confident when being the counselor in the role-play activity, even if this meant faking my confidence. I found that this helped me do a lot

Reflective Journal As I was growing up, my parents would make me practice over and over again a certain material I would be struggling with in school or anything they thought I needed to improve on. They would always tell me that practice improves, they are strong believers that we (or at least me) learn best by practicing and doing. Therefore, I have learned that I personally gain better knowledge of concepts or a specific thing by practicing it. I also, consider myself an auditory learner. Seeing

In the United States, it is often difficult for someone from one co-culture to participate fully in a group dominated by members of a different culture (Galanes & Adams, 2013). When communicating with individuals from a culture other than our own, it is possible for either party to walk away from the situation feeling that we did not communicate very well. In Lesson 4, we learned that there are many behaviors and social norms that we learn and follow while interacting with our own culture on a normal

Week one and two were very impactful and eye opening. At the beginning of the semester I was not sure what the class was going to be about. Although I knew the class was about integrated health I was unaware of what that was exactly. The fist day of class I was very nervous because I dis not know what I was getting myself into but after the second week I feel better about the content and I am very excited about what I am going to learn. I was also very surprised to find out how many different aspects

I would express my feelings towards reading and writing as ambivalent. Before I entered high school I would have not even considered reading or writing in my spare time for my own interest. It all started when I was a little girl, my parents did not sit down and read to me like I wish they would have. My parents occasionally like to read newspapers, magazines, novels, etc. With my newly born brother at the time, they would not have a lot of time to read with me anyway. Since I was not introduced

value. The event I have chosen involves a patient who we found unconscious and had a ‘Do not attempt resuscitation’ (DNAR) order in place so therefore, died. To reflect on my chosen event, I will be using Gibbs Reflective Cycle (1998), I have chosen this cycle due to using this reflective cycle successfully in the past when working in a care home to thoroughly reflect on my experiences. Reflection is important in healthcare because it helps us to learn from our past experiences

Case Report: Reflective Analysis Beliefs and worldviews are important aspects in life since they provide guidance in making decision, and how we interact with our environment. All humans are capable and have the ability to make choices in life. These choices can be changed or influenced by our worldviews and beliefs (Valk, 2010). In this paper, I will discuss my central belief about the individual person, personal worldview and how it influences my approach to patients, discuss what constitutes