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The DECIDE tool is used to help make a decision when it comes to communication. By using this tool I was able to communicate to my group how valuable communication was going to be throughout this project. I used the first three steps of the DECIDE tool when writing my email for the case study task. For the first step of DECIDE, define goal, I thought about what message I wanted to get across to the people I was emailing. I wanted to inform the other team members of the mediated communication we…

Urdang, E. (2010). Awareness of self—a critical tool. Social Work Education, 29(5), 523-538. doi:10.1080/02615470903164950 In this article titled “Awareness of Self- a Critical Tool”, the point that writer is making is that professional self is when the social worker know themselves such as their personality traits ,beliefs system, value and cultural heritage and their life experiences. In other words, professional self is the combination of the social worker personal self, what they value,…

Hello Professor Phillips and Class, I scored a 36 on the self-assessment tool. My nursing role is not in a patient care area and my support and knowledge of nursing documentation within the electronic medical record is fundamental. My area of support is with physician documentation of the electronic medical record (EMR), building medications and order sets for use with all inpatients populations. If there is a core or quality measures that requires tracking provider outcomes, I have facilitated…

During my first shifts on the neurosurgery unit I found I one area I struggled with was patient education when patient seemed to be non-compliant with interventions given to help wean the patient off oxygen.I had a patient over the course of this three day set who came in with pneumonia and history of congestive heart failure, her chest x-rays had begun to come back with little sign of pneumonia and CHF was well controlled. However we were not able to wean the patient off her oxygen. On the…

Chapter 9 in Tools for Mindful Living is about witnessing your thoughts. When we let our thoughts control our experiences, we ultimately alter that experience. Negative thinking is never the way to go when completing a task; all it does it put negative energy all around you and once you start thinking that all you are going to do is fail, then that is likely what is going to end up happening. Napoli mentions that we all have a ‘Mindless Monster’ who keeps us “stuck in the past or obsessing about…

are introduced to a manager named Burt, who is the owner and current manager of Tool Craft a company that specialises in selling high quality tools to small contractors and individual craftsmen. The company currently has a small group of staff who handle fairly simple tasks however Burt has been finding new clients causing there to be an overload of duties for Burt and his staff, damaging the overall structure of Tool Craft. In order for the company to function properly again Burt needs to…

“Arr! Arr! Arr!” is a classic exclamation of Tim the “Tool Man” Taylor, played by Tim Allen, whenever he talks about a fundamental aspect of a man’s nature on the sitcom, Home Improvement. Such outbursts are common in the 90’s show as it represents the call of the “manliest of the manly men,” who Tim is attempting to relate to through his faux television show, Tool Time. The target audience of Tim’s vlog of the 2010s show, Last Man Standing, is the men who are on the verge of losing the title…

(Service Planning Instrument) is a 90-item tool used by case managers to help assess the risks, needs, and protective factors of their adult clients. This assessment tool was modeled after the juvenile version of assessment tools (YASI: Youth Assessment and Screening Instrument). SPIn is used with adults in the Criminal Justice settings to help case managers determine their clients risk of recidivism as well as focusing on their individual needs. This assessment tool helps the case manager to…

Is cursive writing a powerful brain tool? In my opinion cursive writing is neccessatiy all schools should.There is no wrong or right way to write it's just a better way. Cursive writing is necessary because it helps the brain become stronger, it is a common teaching tool, and it reduces the effects of brain damage or weaknesses. First, cursive writing is important because it strengthens the brain. Medical brain scans provide evidence that writing in cursive helps stimulate the brain on…

Assessment 3: Mind Tools Communication Skills Quiz The Mind Tools Communication Skills Quiz is a questionnaire that assesses the communication process from “sender” to “receiver”. It contains questions on the different channels of communication which include face-to-face, voice-to-voice, and written. I scored a total of 52/80 points. According to my results, I am a capable communicator which sometimes experiences communication problems. Out of the five categories listed, three categories…