As a resident assistant you are tasked with the roles of being a community builder, policy enforcer, campus resource, crisis responder, and a problem solver. Balancing these roles can be difficult, but the way to balance them is to connect them. Being a community builder does not always mean attending big events, it could mean engaging with residents , accompany them to dinner, walk to class together, or even just hanging out with residents and showing them they have someone on campus they can…
What do you consider to be your most meaningful contribution to Colleges Against Cancer during the 2015-16 year? I think I consider my participation in Relay for Life event as the most meaningful contribution that I have made to Colleges Against Cancer during the school year. I was not able to attend Tuesday meetings especially on winter quarter because of a job I had that needed me on Tuesday nights. However, this did not hinder me to constantly communicate to my other committee members. When…
How to Read a Prescription Label Teaching Project As a nurse teaching is a part of everyday life. Learning to teach properly is essential. Clients, residents and patients alike all learn and receive information a little differently. Having skills and ways of covering these different ways of learning can decrease risks for more serious problems later. The overall outcome for the presentation and paper are the middle and late adults having the ability to correctly understand, use and benefit from…
activities that enhanced our residents’ quality of life. Prior to taking this course, I felt I had a good understanding of the TR process and that the programs provided by my department were genuinely therapeutic to the residents. Even after taking this course, I still believe that our recreation department offers quality programs with therapeutic benefits. However, taking this course has served as an evaluation…
scoffing at them, and even go as far as ignoring the students when asked for assistance. Their responsibilities consist of holding events in the lobby, holding events in coordination with other groups on campus, petulantly dealing with their building’s residents (including their personal conflicts), sitting at the desk all day, staring into their phones, and filing the…
to do volunteer work, they made me aware that this is an organization is a for profit organization. That means all the employees are getting paid to do all of the work that they do, and the price to live here is going to be more expensive for the residents due to having staff members available 24/7 around the clock. I asked, “how much charity work is done here,” and Lisa Schmitz the Administrator said, “There is not many people that opt to come in for free other than churches and some bands that…
colleagues who work hard every day to make the residence experience better. As a University Housing Representative, I have the ability to limit your extra curricular involvement, which would include your involvement in NRHH. While your role as a Resident Assistant doesn 't directly relate to role in NRHH, the impact your are making impacts the department and students and that I have jurisdiction…
the kind of work that this job requires. I know so many people who are CNA’s and hate the work that they do. If you come and do this job and do not enjoy doing it, you will not do perform very well. A huge part of this job is interacting with the residents and showing compassion for them. While in this field you need to know that every resident’s needs and situations are different; what works for one, may…
responsible to organize a care conference for three of the residents in the residential home that I work with. To organize this care conference, it is imperative that I will fully know the goals for each of the resident. I have to prepare every necessary documents that are needed, facts about the resident like their record when the first move in to the facility, physical and medical history of each resident, and the recent report of the resident. As the LPN who is responsible for this…
On Tuesday, August, 23, 2016 at approximately 07:00 PM, resident Ung Gi Koh came and asked Resident Assistant (RA) Todd McKinney about a "awkward situation" of how to carry unique, and possibly embarrassing personal items over to University Gates Apartments. RA McKinney suggested putting it in his suitcase that resident Koh had lying on the floor. Resident Koh liked the idea and took RA McKinney 's idea. At approximately 7:15 PM, resident Koh returned from his journey with the suitcase and…