Work Experience M3 Strengths At my work placement my strengths were the ability to use my own initiative and I had a great motivation. On the first day I was introduced to the gym and I was told what kind of activities I would do, it included cleaning, tidying up, litter picking and maintenance around the gym. Each day I turned up I knew what I was doing so every morning I grabbed pair of gloves and bin bag and went outside to do my daily litter pick to make sure that the car park was clean, it
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Children Hospital at UMMC sticks out in my mind most. UMMC utilizes a great deal of resources to report and research improvements in pediatric healthcare in Mississippi. In a study performed at Cleveland Clinic, the authors aimed to find ways to use social media to build and enhance relationships with patients, their parents and families, and the community alike (Lonzer L., Lonzer D., Medina, & Piedimonte, 2015).
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Americans relative to social determinants. As DNP students we are preparing in the completion of our projects to take on some form of an advocacy role to influence a change in laws, policies or regulations that govern the healthcare system at the local or possibly national level. I think also that the main message that the article The Role of Social Determinants in Health Equity by Jim Anderson (2013) was to help healthcare personnel to realize their importance to improve health outcomes by becoming
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For the past two weeks, I have learned a lot about how to interact with others, how to take criticism, about how I personally deal with conflict, the importance of speaking up for myself and how my body language appears to others. The most significant event that allowed me to learn these lessons occurred on my day on labour and delivery. I was about to mix penicillin for a patient and the charge nurse was observing me and asking about how I would do it to get the correct dose. I miscalculated how
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This self-reflection is about a circumstance that occurred between me and a lorry driver where there was a language barrier between us. Throughout this reflection, I will be referring to the Gibbs (1988) reflective model to underpin and reinforce my discussion and reflection on this occasion. Description: This incident occurred on a Saturday morning at a food store of a large intentional business. I was the only warehouse operative on until that afternoon. After unloading the lorry, I noticed the
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something which an individual expects to happen. Jenifer Aniston got married to Brad Pitt. Marriage created a positive effect on Jenifer’s physical development because it is good for your health as she will have felt happier and healthier. It will have also made Jenifer less likely to suffer from mental health problems therefore, meaning she will have a longer life expectancy. This affected Jenifer’s emotional development positively because she had made an emotional attachment with her partner.
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ovarian cancer in early age because of which could then be passed down to Angelina that’s why she had high chance of breast cancer in her late adulthood and is also likely to pass down to her upcoming generation. | When she enters in her adulthood her health become weakened may be due to under eating and usage of drugs as she was skinny. She was admitted at psychiatric ward for 72 hours due to depression. She used to go to gym to keep herself fit but she left gym as she was suffering from stress and depression
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Racism and discrimination are ethnicity-related stressors that can cause poor health outcomes and disparities in health. In comparison to White people, these factors are increasingly associated with an overrepresentation of minority groups (such as African American and Latinos) with persistent health disparities (Myers, 2009). Additionally, African Americans, more than any other minority group, have the poorest health outcomes and disparities. Perceived racial discrimination (PRD), or a feeling
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Assignment brief – QCF BTEC (Level 3)Assignment front sheet | Qualification | Unit number and title | BTEC 90 Credit/Extended Diploma in Health and Social Care | Unit 5 Anatomy and Physiology for Health and Social Care | Learner name | Assessor name | | Louise Dada,Angela Lewis-Wright Alison Watson | Date issued | Hand in deadline | Submitted on | 10 November 2014 | 8 December 2014 | | | | Assignment title 1 | Know the organisation of the human body | In this assessment
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Communication in Health and Social Care | | | | | Table of ContentsContexts of Communication 1Forms of communication 2Verbal Communication Skills 3Non-verbal communication 4Theories of Communication 5Theories of Communication 6Assessing the role of effective communication 7Assessing the role of effective communication 8References 9 | | | ReferencesWalsh, M. and Olayiwola, E. (2011). BTEC national. London: Collins Education.Moonie, N. (2010). BTEC Level 3 national health and social care. London:
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