Reflections

Topic #1: My experience with Big Brothers Big Sisters of St. Cloud, MN has impacted my life in various ways. I had the opportunity to use my leadership skills and be a positive role model and true friend to a child in need. The child I mentor has impacted me a tremendous amount. Prior to us meeting, she was unable to trust anyone. Recently, it became apparent that my involvement with my “little sister” created a bond between us. By listening to her story, being non-judgmental, and showing her…

this transition is a good opportunity to reflect upon my weaknesses and strengths as a manager and leader, along with management skills that I would like to implement or improve upon as I begin a new chapter in my career. During this time of self-reflection, I believe that it is important to recognize that some of my management skills may be firmly in the category of a strength or weakness, while others may be in both, depending upon certain aspects of a particular skill or the changing…

For this week’s reflection, I chose Target because is another store that I shop quite often and it is less than five minutes away from home. In Target you can find from shoes to home and patio furniture and their exclusives clothing design that are fun and energetic to wear and most of all is affordable to all. Target regularly reinvents its stores, including layout, presentation and merchandise assortment, to create an engaging shopping experience. Target also strives for the safety of their…

Putting knowledge into practice I feel is the fundamental concept of nursing. Each clinical practice and SIM gives me the opportunity to further comprehend the concepts of decision making, reflect on what worked well in my assessments and decision, and what areas I can continue to work towards improving my technical skills, clustering of data and relational capacity with clients. I feel with each experience in practice, my depth of understanding of nursing diagnosis and intervention is…

Eportfolio Reflection Callasandra Harrington-Small May 27th , 2017 While completing an online module, as well as an in person SALS workshop I learned many things. I was unaware of the many helpful hints that the study strategies module had, as well as how APA Citation is something you will never memorize. Both these workshops are both valuable and informative for a new and coming PN student eager to understand and have as much knowledge possible throughout the duration of the two…

Clerkship is one of the busiest time for any medical student during their training. A particularly stressful time for me was during my pediatric rotation. Not only was it my first clinical rotation in clerkship, I was also taking two master-level courses and continuing my extracurricular involvement with the IMAGINE clinic. I was completely overwhelmed and felt like there was endless amounts of work to do. In order to maximize the amount of time dedicated to attending clinics, classes and…

English has always been something that I have always struggled with. Fortunately, my courses have always been taught by amazing instructors and peers that have given me helpful constructive criticism. My experience with struggles and mistakes has always been a source for growth. The development and improvement of my writing skills has always been one of my goals. I worried that my writing skills would hit a wall and not improve by the end of the course. In the end, I was wrong, as the many…

In Siddhartha, the title character not only learns how he learns best, through his own discovery and self-reflection, but that the desire to learn comes from within. Essentially, his journey leads to the conclusion that the desire to learn is a self-driven force, but in order to gain true wisdom you must shed yourself and gain a new perspective. This revelation came to me during middle school, when I craved intellectual stimulation, but was only able to grow when I adapted other’s perspectives.…

The Drive Reflection The Drive was surprisingly easy to write. It was easy because I was simply jotting down my emotions. I already had the whole essay in my head before I knew we were writing an essay. Though, I did not want to write a school essay on it. I finally had to after I spent hours trying to think of a different idea, but this one always came to mind. I finally said, “Screw it” and started it. When I was writing The Drive, I had a lot on my mind always thinking of ways I can tell my…

My reflection upon the capstone project is very scary and rewarding at the same time. At the beginning of class, it seems very scary and intimidating. “A 20-page paper is due on a certain topic and then I have to present it?” That was the question I asked myself. I am not very good with talking in front of my peers and much less writing a 20-page paper when I have not been use to writing that much since high school. After I overcame the fear and stress of that big of an assignment, my nerves…