The Residents

safely. The option for liquids was water and fluids that were as thick as honey. These thick fluids were good for elderly’s who were at risk for choking on thin fluids, like water. The body position of the resident was also very important when they had difficulty swallowing. For instance, a resident by the name of Ms. Good had dysphagia or difficulty swallowing and was bed ridden. Strategies I used with feeding her for safety purposes were as followed: I positioned her in a 60-90 degree upright position

What is an issue facing your current residential community or the larger Denison community? As a Resident Assistant, how will you work to address this issue? * Being a RA is not only about creating a community for the residents and ensure that they always feel that they are welcome in the building, but also, another important aspect of the position is about confronting negative behaviors, which I feel that sometimes hasn’t been fully addressed in some of the residential building, such as a violation

and major responsibilities for a successful Resident Advisor are availability, communication, and awareness. Availability, being there when your residents need it, is important because it presents you as someone that they can rely on and who will always be there when they need it. Communication, creating an environment where both myself and the residents are comfortable sharing questions and concerns, is important because the only way to assist a resident is to know what’s going on and without communication

Residents have the same rights as you do from the right to refuse to the right to be informed. When a patient refuses in the nursing home its always best to give the patients a little time and then come back to them and maybe once they get themselves together and do what you asked them to do. Residents right are the most important thing to learn. You must make sure that the resident doesn't feel like someone is taking over their lives. When dealing with coding and working with medical records you

What is your motivation for applying for the Resident Assistant position with Housing and Dining Services? Coming to KSU as an incoming freshman, and starting potentially one of the biggest steps of my life was nerve wracking. However, after being here for two months I can easily call this place my second home. I currently live on the eighth floor of Moore Hall with some of the greatest people on earth. In the short amount of time that we’ve been together, my hall has thrived and molded into, not

In February of 2016, I applied and was selected to be a Resident Assistant in Newman Towers here at Loyola for the 2016-17 academic year by the Office of Student Life. The Student Life office can be seen as a meso-level social unit in that it is a medium scale department within the greater Loyola community that consists of a status system, which is a set of statuses. These statuses, which are positions in a social unit, are achieved, since they were attained out of one’s own action, and formal, since

(1) When I think of the resident advisor position I consider it a position of great responsibility. This reason is because as a RA one is responsible for the safety of not just the people on their hall, but also the people in the entire building. One has to efficiently do room inspections to make sure people don’t possess things that could cause fires, or anything else that might endanger the other people living within that residents hall. They are there to inform residents on changes or upcoming

hold and to perform well, and still have a social life. As a RA you are called on to do a mutilate of tasks that need to be done in a certain amount of time, while at the same time you are still a student, and still hold college experience. As an Resident Assistant you hold many responsibilities, and held accountable for so many other people during the time you are shaping your own education. By far being an RA, a student, a person who can make bad decision at times and a sociable being is one of

Task 2: Surveys to Residents and CNAs After collecting the surveys I distributed, I found very vital data. I surveyed all competent residents and all employed CNAs. The surveys asked questions based on the quality of care provided and the stress levels from this issue. Many of the residents commented that they would like CNAs to stop in and visit. Some of the CNAs said they could complete all the tasks if a third CNA was on duty. I created the survey through SurveyMonkey and handed them out personally

new people. As a resident assistant, I really hope that I can further my networking and communication skills. I hope to form bonds with residents and members of the resident assistant team. I also hope to really gain a lot from working as a team, and working with everyone as a whole. 2. Why do you want to be a Resident Assistant? What skills do you possess that would make you a good candidate for the position? * I would like to be a Resident Assistant so that I can help the residents. I know that my