...requirement for graduation. Through the offering of mandatory community service, students can not only experience personal enrichment and development of a moral center, they benefit their own community, in an expert from The Dalton School's Community Service Mission (75). In my own high school, Fossil Ridge High...
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...peacefulness, appreciation and understanding of the recipient. To me, this minor phrase means a lot. Receiving it reminds me that an action was acknowledged. Volunteering comes with this gratitude, which to me, cannot be replaced. While assisting people in different circumstances, these words are often said and greatly appreciated. The immense amount of effort spent volunteering is an aspect of my life that goes unnoticed by peers and adults. The experience began during my freshman year when I joined the club STLF, or Students Today Leaders Forever. Throughout...
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...This beginning process in itself was helpful in understanding and sorting out my values and plans. Overall camp was incredibly helpful to me and I gained perspective about the importance of taking the lead when it comes to my community and future. I have tried to bring this experience with me into the classroom and into the school environment in general. The things I learned have influenced how I communicate with my peers and have emphasized the importance of having a positive impact and looking at the reasoning and ethics behind my decisions and words. As well as leadership, volunteering is another important role of Girl Scouts. I have completed my bronze and silver awards which are both awards focused on volunteering. In order to complete my silver award, I had to work independently to analyze problems in my community and carry out a plan to resolve or in some way help an issue. I chose to put artwork in a local nursing home and rehabilitation center, after I had a close family member stay there. I wanted to improve or in some way brighten a day for someone staying in the facility, as dealing with medical problems...
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...My exposure to patients with a variety of diseases and disabilities only intensified my passion to be a helping hand in medical community. While I affirmed my interest in healthcare, I had lingering doubts about a career in nursing. In my clinical hours, I couldn’t help but be intrigued by the geriatric physicians who occasionally checked up on the patients I was assigned. I was drawn by their privilege to diagnose and formulate a medical plan for the patient. Upon doing my own research, I was enticed by the greater extent that medical students explore the pathological mechanisms of disease. Though I decided withdraw from nursing school, my respect for the profession and the wisdom I attained from holistic care will...
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...great information about becoming a volunteer. As a volunteer As a volunteer, you can volunteer on your own or with your family or with a group. Volunteer your time, skills, services and talents. Opportunities are available with children, teens, adults, individuals with special needs and seniors. Volunteer your expertise and experience on a community board. Share your time as an instructor. Design a web page, troubleshoot computer problems, build a bookcase or serve as a mentor Volunteer by coordinating an event, project or publication. Volunteer by making an in-kind donation (new or used). Our partner agencies need everything from computers (hardware and software), office equipment and supplies, household goods to clothing and canned goods. There are so many ways an individual can volunteer these days. Finding one that best suits you is important. You want to be comfortable while volunteering and know your gaining a great deal of knowledge to help improve your education. Search criterion When researching for information on volunteer opportunities in a local area, go online. The search criterion to start is to google local opportunities in your home town, the local area is Houston ,TX. The first listing is Volunteer Houston, http://volunteerhouston.org. Volunteer Houston web site offer lots of useful information including, Volunteer programs, businesses, organizations, and events for Houston and...
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...world in a practical way and the number of hours required should be increased to maximize the educational benefits. Students receive a rare chance to experience the real world by volunteering. Although it may take time away from academic work, students learn precious, life skills such as time management, independence, teamwork, and leadership through community service. By volunteering, students become knowledgeable about the real world. Students are able to see the world in another perspective, rather than the high school environment. Such skills cannot be taught in the classroom and for this reason community service is crucial. Students may find completing their forty hours of community service to be a burden because of the leisure time taken away. However, volunteering is an excellent form of service that students can perform for the well-being of their local society. Students are able to give back to their community by volunteering at charities, hospitals or nursing homes. By performing simple tasks such as organizing papers, serving the elderly or cleaning parks, the quality of the community is improved. Therefore, an increase in the number of hours required will benefit all citizens of society. From the countless career opportunities available, students may become confused while thinking of a future career. By volunteering, students have many professionals to look up to for possible career choices. For instance, at a hospital, students may see the job of a doctor, nurse...
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...It was the summer before my eighth grade year, and the last place I wanted to be was at my church’s vacation bible school. I was scheduled to make confirmation in the coming fall. One of the requirements was to volunteer, and I asked myself: “Why do I have to volunteer? How is this going to help me with confirmation? Isn’t this just a waste of time?” But, I did it because I had too. So, I spent a week of that summer acting as a crew leader for a group of kindergarten students at the summer program. Guess what? It was one of the best weeks of my summer and truly impacted my future direction. I never expected volunteer work could be so meaningful. I knew I wanted to continue on helping others. The next summer I returned and volunteered...
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...from person to person. Many experience retirement in this stage and it can have an effect on the individual’s entire world. For many individuals, work is the main aspect of their lives and making a transition to suddenly having so much time on their hands can be difficult for some to cope with. The role in society as a working individual is different and it can be focused on other activities like volunteering and travel. Such adjustment may require help from friends and family for support and for new living accommodations. As the world around is transforming, the body is also taking a toll with the increase risk of disease and disabilities. Possible living accommodations may be needed to help keep as much independence for the aging adult. The transition can be positive with many new relationships and experiences, however, the transition can also be a negative alteration. Acknowledging what is to come with the aid of those around can make later adulthood be worth the wait. The stage of retirement is intertwined with the development of later adulthood and the change in role in society. With the ability to no longer work, there is a drastic increase in the amount of time the individual has during the day. There is a change in the individual’s role in society, however, in substituting the role with a new positive one can be just as rewarding. Taking on a hobby, a class, volunteering, or traveling can fill in the time but also be a positive experience. “Whether retirement is individually...
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...hospital after he had his third stroke many years ago. At a young age this made me see how caring and thoughtful the nurses were when looking after him. I have always taken great pleasure in helping people but the feeling a nurse would get after helping to potentially change someone’s life and improve their help is unimaginable. Since then I have done much research into the nursing career path; I initially wasn’t sure what type of nurse I wanted to be as I had no specific experience of interacting with people of different life stages. In high school I managed to get some experience of working with 3-4 year olds in a local private nursery as a part of my GCSE health and social care coursework. This gave me insight into what it would be like being a paediatric...
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...possible, a lack of scientific books not withholding me from exploring the workings of life. Growing up in Vietnam with low income parents and shunning relatives, I did not wake up on a bed with soft mattress, have hot showers, breathe clean air, nor even milk. I recall hard work every day, waking up from five AM to sleep at eleven PM or later, walking an hour to school, then to teachers' homes for required tutoring (official school time is twice less than US's), then same home. This environment had conditioned my readiness to hard work, built my resiliency, and strengthened my devotion to studying. By the time I was in middle school I became intrigued in the medical field, but found myself turning to dentistry because of its sheer beauty in simplicity and humanistic practice which serve to boost confidence and self esteem in people, all while challenging movement skills(?) and attentiveness to detail....
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...include supporting the nursing staff with all aspects of patient care, including personal care. My main responsibility is to ensure and maintain the safety of all individuals within my care. To work within a team to ensure the factory/ warehouse was clean to the highest standard. My responsibilities included being the link first aider for the team and also one of the fire marshalls. My duties of a fire marshall were to ensure weekly checks were completed in preparation for a potential emergency. To work within the community with vulnerable adults in their own home. Duties included escorting on personal outings, personal care, safe handling of finances and administration of medication. I was responsible for the care and safety of a group of individuals whom I was a key worker. To sell products on behalf of providers and meet set targets. I was a team leader for a small group within the sales team and I was responsible for motivating and supporting these individuals to reach their own targets. This post would be of ultimate benefit to me because I have always had a drive to work with and care for individuals of all ages. I have had multiple posts of within varying types of care. The most recent is as a support worker in York, this post has enabled me to work with vulnerable adults within a hospital environment and allowed me to provide support in all areas. I have also used my caring skills to work with older adults in their own homes by volunteering within a Scheme. A family...
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...From the time I was a young girl I dreamed about what I would spend the rest of my life pursuing. I desired to be a nurse, and whenever I sat down pondering the idea of my future I never could picture myself chasing anything else. I became so eloped in this profession that I would stay up late researching all the different nursing specialties, as well as what it took to become one. As I approached my junior year of high school an opportunity to get a head start in my nursing career arose and I did not hesitate to seize it. I was informed about a program that offered countless credentials and certifications that would open the door to my lifelong dream of devoting myself to the needs of others. After a rigorous application process, I was accepted into the Clinical Care program at the Licking County Career and Educational Center, often known as C-TEC. My desire and dedication for this profession grew day by day with the countless hands on involvement that C-TEC provided....
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...Crystal Castro BSHS/325 September 29, 2014 Maria Perrotta Later Adulthood Development Report Hello and welcome to our nursing home I know that this can be a hard transition to make for you and your loved one. Let me just say that I believe you will find that this is the right place for your loved one and we want to thank you for entrusting your loved ones care to us. While we know this is hard we would like to go over a few key concepts that will make their transition into nursing home living easier. These concepts include the role changes and social position your loved one will experience. The different types of accommodations available to your family, as we want you to make an informed decision when placing your loved one in a nursing home. How to successfully make the adjustment and transition into retirement. The changes your loved one may experience in relationships. Finally the social policies that will affect you elderly loved one. Role changes and social position Making the transition from living independently or with a family member to a nursing home. This transition will be a time of adjustment. The move may bring the fact that your loved ones health is declining and they may feel that they are losing there independence. This is because residents living in a nursing home do not have the same freedoms that they previously did. Nursing homes have to stay within mandated regulations and have schedules in place making it easy for residents to lead productive days....
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...the seriousness of his condition and his poor access to care. Witnessing this neighbor suffering needlessly motivated me to seek out a career in dentistry: it made me realize the connection between oral health and general health. In addition to this experience, I was fortunate to have parents that routinely brought me to the dentist. My dentist was a charismatic doctor that indulged my burgeoning interest in this field. Through his compassionate care for his patients and the professionalism he portrayed, I was motivated to pursue this fascinating and challenging profession. Knowing that this was what I wanted to do, I enrolled in dental school in India. The program was focused on treating patients from underprivileged areas, where care was otherwise impossible to obtain. My first exposure to treating these populations was during dental school. With their needs being so great, it allowed me to expose myself to a variety of dental procedures I would not have otherwise experienced. I performed single visit root canal treatment with both hand files and rotary, direct and indirect veneering techniques, as well as...
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...school students, college students, retirees, stay at home moms, clowns and even the four-legged variety can all be found volunteering at a local hospital. These types of volunteers serve for many reasons. Retirees are looking for ways to serve in the community. Volunteering also helps retirees make the transition from full-time employment to retirement. High school students need volunteer hours for their college applications. The four-legged volunteers with their human companions brighten the day of patients that may be missing their pets during a hospital stay. Clown volunteers just love clowning around with patients and staff members. Hospital volunteers impact a patient’s satisfaction during a hospital stay. Volunteers serve in many areas of a hospital. Volunteers provide a service to the hospital and this service can potentially increase a hospital’s performance. This paper will address how utilizing volunteers can impact a hospital’s performance as well as help increase patient satisfaction scores. The Value of Volunteers According to the Independent Sector website, the current value of volunteer time for the State of Texas is $22.57 per hour. The national average is $22.14 per hour (www.independentsector.org). Volunteerism in the hospital setting has expanded because of the hospital’s need to provide a higher level of quality care to its patients. Volunteers can help a hospital improve the patient experience. Volunteers also provide a hospital with cost savings...
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