Goals are something that I have always thought about in my life. Whether it be graduating high school, passing a test, or going to college. Back then I had a lot of simple goals that were easy to accomplish, but now it’s time to start making those goals much bigger. As for my first goal I would like to graduate college with no complications. To do this I will have to always stay on task, turn work in when it is due, and taking care of things before it’s too late.…
Self-Reflection Journal Self-Reflection Week Five Based on the readings of this week, what are 3 major issues you are facing in your practice that are consistent with national issues? Emergency department (ED) overcrowding is an issue throughout the United States. Our ED has experienced significant increases in volume. Coupled with the issue of hospital throughput due to lack of inpatient beds, ED congestion is extremely concerning (McClelland, 2015).…
When it comes to understanding yourself and your personality on a deeper level than normally, you must take personal stories into perspective that have shaped your life while growing up. According to McAdams, “defining oneself through a personal story is an act of psychological and social responsibility” (Engler 2009). Psychological and social responsibility relate to how you act onto actions around you and how you tie society into your viewpoint of the world. In other words, explaining yourself through a story can show several things such as how your emotions played an affect, the type of response you displayed to something that happened, and as well as the lessons you learned through a personal but also social aspect. In addition, McAdams…
It has made me realize the proper balance of nutrients my body needs in order to run properly. Tracking my diet also has made me notice the flaws in my diet. There are many things I have to work on in order to eat the correct amount of each food. I did get the results I wanted. I was at the correct amount of calories each day and got a lot of essential vitamins/nutrients.…
Self-Reflection Journal Self-Reflection Week Five Based on the readings of this week, what are 3 major issues you are facing in your practice that are consistent with national issues? 1. Emergency department (ED) overcrowding is an issue throughout the United States. Our ED has experienced significant increases in volume.…
Weekly Self S.O.A.P - A. S- Discuss your SUBJECTIVE feelings for this week: I rather enjoyed myself this week. It was nice to take a break from med surg and shadow a team leader for a few hours. I observed how the ICU team leader, Kalang handled the stress of understaff nursing and seeing how she organized the day’s schedule. I observed the meeting in the morning with all management from the units to see how they were handling staffing issues and what they could do to help when one unit has difficulties.…
Helen, the unit I worked on prior to where I am now, was a Med-Surg unit and our nurse manager initiated the change to do bedside report as well. It was a change that as nurses we were not use to. It involved having to go into the patient’s room and give report with the patient present. It is supposed to involve the patient in their plan of care, which in turn is supposed to improve patient satisfaction, as well as overall care. Our nurse manager would out of nowhere appear and follow her employees around to make sure that bedside report was being done.…
Self-Reflection 2 Eliut Lopez-Enriquez Millersville University Moral distress comes in many ways to many nurses. My moral distress situation came about when an unresponsive patient came to the emergency room and the family had a Do Not Resuscitate/Do Not Intubate paperwork. I was the primary nurse; the house supervisor was present to ensure that the proper paperwork was at hand. After verification of the paperwork and talks with the family, the team stood by to ensure the patient no further suffering and no further distress felt by the family.…
I first became interested in counseling when I was helping a friend with serious drug related problems and family problems seek help and counsel from advisors. Being just sixteen, I didn’t know how to help him efficiently and felt both powerless and helpless at trying to find adequate resources and services to help him deal with his problems. While I did eventually find counseling services and potential help for him, the effects of his psychological problems were so brutal that he committed suicide. This profound experience of losing a close friend to suicide forced me to develop a strong interest into understanding the role, guidance and motivations that leads people to such extremes. At this point, I had already cultivated the desire to…
Having completed my first video session, I felt confident. I thought I used a variety of skills while attending non-verbally throughout. After, analyzing the DVD and critiquing myself, I am apprehensive with much to improve upon. Overall, I was able to attempt confidentiality, encouraging with non-verbal and verbal responses, questioning, paraphrasing, and summarizing. In all areas, I could better my skills and execution of the skills.…
D & H Mining, Inc. employed me for two months as an off side (return side) roof bolter at the No. 3 mine. Danny Tucker owns and operates the No. 3 mine and Gerald Ball is the section foreman. No. 3 mine produces coal with a continuous miner. The day shift worked from 7 am to 5 p.m., 10 hour shifts Monday through Thursday and eight hours on Fridays and every other Saturday. I carried the Personal Dust Monitor (PDM), when the company conducted dust surveys to measure the respirable dust concertation on the section during the work shift.…
Joanna Flores Reflection English 1AF- Section 32 Prof. Smith Self-Reflection Essay Over the Fall semester of 2017, I have expanded my level of reading and writing in Stretch English. Some strategies that have helped me succeed this semester are annotation, revision, summarization, and drafting. As for reading to learn, articles in the New York Times have helped me a great deal. I learned to read different pieces and understand various authors’ ways of writing.…
Aly Daniels Journal #1 Thoughts from the Week: The week seemed to take forever, once I entered the classroom. However, the favorite part of my day is the end of math, right before I leave for the day. This is my favorite part of practicum because it is a time when I actually get to work with, help, and interact with the students. This week was especially amazing because I helped a student who normally becomes frustrated during math.…
Have you ever pondered the idea of existing solely for yourself? We exist in life individually, but when we share our stories with others we create the possibility of someone else being able to relate. In a way, sharing my personal journey statement can bring me together with others who see the same vision as myself. I know this isn’t the kind of story you’d expect to hear, but I can guarantee you this is a story that needs to be heard. My journey of self-development has taken scale on a variety of experiences.…
I have come to the point where I cherish these journals because I am able to express my emotions coherently with an unbiased audience, in a way they are comforting. Emotion is something that defines who we are as person, our daily attitude, and how we will perceive unique events in our lives. I really enjoyed this chapter because of the main focus of emotion. To be honest I rarely show my emotions, I try to surpass them, but I am fully aware when I am experiencing diverse emotions and the feeling they give me as I experience my daily distinctive life. I understood the definition given by the author concerning emotion as something that defines you for a major time in your life, it may be a day or a few weeks, but it is something that is prolonged.…