Personal care

Shadowing a Health Care Professional My grandmother recently suffered from a hearth attack; therefore she was placed in a rehabilitative center for a couple of weeks. Over spring break I periodically visited her. Many different health care professionals saw her during her stay. I plan to be a Speech Language Pathologists (SLP), and thought it would be the perfect opportunity to shadow a health care professional. I got watch a modified barium swallow study, which I have wanted to see for quite…

a phone call about my career and it steered me talking to UMA professionals and from there I started Healthcare Management courses. I believe one reason I've always had a passion for the medical feels as growing up my grandmother was always a home care nurse for the elderly. She absolutely enjoyed what she did and was good at it as well. But I finally realized my children also deserve to have a better life. I've noticed if you don't have any type of a…

the community. In recent years I have had the privilege of working and volunteering at Pembina Place Personal Care Home. This experience has exposed me to individuals who are further declined than my grandparents, and who are involved in little to no outside community activities. Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s were very common within the PCH I was working in. Interestingly, the residents of the care home did not shift my view of old age in a negative way. Instead, their willingness to engage in…

study was conducted over the course of two years. The students are asked questions pre and post study abroad about the following motivations to go abroad: World Enlightenment, Personal Growth, Career Development, and Entertainment. Comparing pre and post scores for all of the mean scores shows the highest increase is in the Personal Growth category. In the study the students reflected on study abroad and said they were always problem solving by navigating a new city, learning a new language and…

productivity and hinders personal time management. We all heard of the social platform known as Snapchat, who has a millions of users worldwide, but college students spend more time on snapchat than they actually study. When classes start, we are not used to the rhythm of school, and it takes a while to adjust. Maybe on the second or third of school, we get a homework load that looks overwhelming. Snapchat is a distraction that prohibits productivity and hinders personal time management. I…

Volunteerism If I am in a voluntary position as a social worker, I must abide by the ethical code set forth by the National Association of Social Workers. The NASW ethical code makes no distinction between social worker activities performed on a volunteer basis and activities that are performed for pay. According to the National Association of Social Workers, it is expected that social workers will adhere to the standards and principles of the NASW ethical code whenever they are in a social…

essential part of my personal life as well. However, still it is easy to keep track of this part of my life going and manage it well by specifying time to it. The challenge will raise if I decided to get married and have children which will affect my management to all of my responsibility. If that happened, I would manage my time differently to ensure that my personal life takes the proper care it needs. Especially if I got children, I might take a part time job to take care of them in their…

Personal injury law allows a plaintiff to obtain compensation following an injured caused by the neglect or intentional act of another party. There are a myriad of scenarios that can give rise to a personal injury case, although there is no guarantee of liability in every situation. In the following entry, a personal injury attorney from Trecker Williams & Fritz-Attorneys at Law in Honolulu, HI discusses a few of the more common personal injury cases Common Cases Handled by a Personal Injury…

Personal Injury Attorneys at Law, represent victims. Finding Personal Injury Attorneys to work with you in your case is a huge relief because you have a professional that can be defense to your case. Dealing with any personal injury case is not easy and many victims find it hard to get fair representation. One cannot seem to get the right firm, willing to represent them since most do not have ready cash, others cannot get assistance due to ignorance of the society and in most cases, Injury…

The Treasure of Lemon Brown A treasure is something personal to someone which can only really be appreciated by the owner and is passed on to others. Lemon Brown says in The Treasure of Lemon Brown, “Every man got a treasure. You don’t know that, you must be a fool” (pg. 9). However, some people don’t understand this idea. Many people assume that treasure is literally wealth or other frivolous cares, while several others feel that is an experience or something precious which they are…