Villardy Alce
Reflective Analysis
Knowledge of Application
1.2 I’ve been an Adventist all my life, so I have very deep and profound spiritual knowledge, faith and beliefs which I can say is the foundation for everything I do. I think it becomes easier to care for other people when one realizes that they themselves are no better if not worse than whomever they are caring for. Caring for someone as I would for myself becomes so much easier. I didn’t mind feeding, changing, or moving people during clinicals. I took A&P 5 or 6 years ago so it’s not exactly fresh in my memory, but I did love the class so I recall on a lot of the information during classes today. Human Growth & Development has helped me a lot in Fundamentals of Nursing but has popped up not just in the class setting for me but I’ve also been more observant of it all around me and even in myself. I’ve become my own case study as well as for psychology. When it comes to psychology, I’m still learning new things on that subject, it’s allowed me to better understand myself, other people, and their rationale for the things they say and do. The nursing sciences helped me to develop a critical thinking pattern when it comes to assessing not just in the clinical setting but more recently, in everyday life.
Wholistic Assessment
2.2 There was plenty ethnic and cultural diversity in the nursing home in which I did my clinicals. From medical diagnoses to their personality and gender, I dealt with black, Hispanic, white, Brazilian, and Asian patients. Every patient was different in their own way and was from different backgrounds, different family structures, and different world views. I was even “fortunate” enough to fun into a prejudiced patient. She refused to be fed by me because I was black. I couldn’t help but chuckle when she said, “If my parents were here,” being fed by me, “they’d die...’cause you’re a nigger!” That was precious because for a few years up until then I thought blatantly racist people were extinct and it was great to see and to hear the rare specimen. In all seriousness, it was very sad to think that she has lived with this all her life. I couldn’t help but feel sorry for her. I was still, however as respectful to her as I was to every other patient I met.
8 Natural Remedies
3.2 I used to work for an orthopedic surgeon at my church in south Texas and he implemented the 8 natural remedies in his own personal life as well as his clinic. We would go to the health fairs and teach it to other practitioners. Our clinic was a herald of the 8 natural remedies, so much so that we won awards; so coming into the program and going over the natural remedies was a breeze for me. There wasn’t that much we could do about the menu at the clinic because the diets of all the residents were already being controlled. The residents I performed assessments on, I tested for ROM. I wasn’t able to participate much in the activities they did except in worship on some Sabbath afternoons. I was however; irked by the fact that the residents weren’t let out often because 2 of the 8 natural remedies are sunlight and air which are very important elements that the residents were lacking. I asked my first resident what were 3 things she would change if she could and she said she’d want to go outside more and possibly swim, have more game activities, and finally take her to church. It bothered me that the facility wasn’t doing more for the residents.

Value-Based Behaviors
4.2 Working with the elderly and people who are physically and or mentally incapable of properly functioning within society has taught me to be humble. I think the most I’ve learned out of this experience is that I could and probably will end up in the same boat as an elderly person. How I care for them now is how I would want to be cared for when that time comes, when I see them, I see myself in the future. These elderly folks in the nursing home were at one time strong, beautiful, capable visions of health and now cannot do many things they used to. It has made me think about life and how I shouldn’t waste it, about how I should treat other people.
Evidence-Based Nursing
5.2 The sources I’ve used for evidence-based nursing is the Physical Assessment, Fundamentals of Nursing, and Nursing Diagnoses books. Next I used my mother’s nursing knowledge and experience. My mother, who’s been a nurse for 15 years, would give me her input on my clinical experience and also for school in general.
Therapeutic Communication Skills
6.2 My therapeutic communication skills have budded and blossomed since the beginning of the semester. I realize now more than ever, how effective and useful the language is when communicating not just with a patient, client, or resident, but also with people in general. It’s been a great tool for getting people to open up more and talk about themselves and the things they deal with and go through and also a great way for people to warm up to me and develop trust.

Practices
7.2 My role of provider of care for individual clients would be there for their total well-being. I have an immense love for people and an intense desire to bring the laughter and smiles back into their hearts. Health and wellness is the best way to start. I have every intention of becoming the best medical professional there is. The way I see it, why not?
Community Service Participation
8.2 This year the only community service