Campus Bus 309-Business Ethics 12/18/2014 Strayer University My first child was born on March 18th 1990, I knew then that my family and raising my child was my number one priority. You see, I grew up in a home where my mother worked over sixty hours a week and we (her children) were known as “latch key kids”. We were expected to come home from school every day and lock the doors and stay inside out of the neighbor’s sight until my mother came home, which was later that evening sometime after 7
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Professional Presence and Influence Professional presence is something of a nebulous concept. Before this course, I honestly never considered what it was and how my nursing practice was defined by it. During my journey through this course I discovered what it truly meant. “Presence is an intersubjective encounter between a nurse and a patient in which the nurse encounters the patient as a unique human being in a unique situation and chooses to spend her/himself on the patient’s behalf’’ (Wingate
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which was a surprise for me. However, without the stress of exams and tests, I still feel the challenge of learning and broadening my knowledge in nursing education. Every module and learning outcome we covered in the class, became a real case study of the week at work. More than that, when I walked outside to see the community, I can see exactly the implication of nursing courses that I take. This past year has been challenging for me. It has been full of learning experience inside and outside the
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Presence and Influence: The Art of Nursing Nicole R. Penkalski Western Governor’s University May 8, 2016 “A nurse who is totally present sees the subtle, perceives the whole, and co-creates with the person—and the health team—a creative response to the uniqueness of the situation,” (Koerner, 2011). Jean Watson’s Theory of Human Caring established a framework of core concepts that assists in understanding the concept of “being human”. Personalities, life experiences, and core values allow
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The National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) and the American Nurses Association (ANA) shall be utilized for this paper in describing their differences in function. Two examples from the NCSBN code of ethics will be provided and how they have influenced my practice. I will choose four traits from the ANA and discuss them in reference to an interdisciplinary team of healthcare professionals. A Nursing Theory will be discussed as well as a nursing figure that is important me. Two safeguards
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been given several opportunities to go and reach out to those in my surrounding community. Mira Mesa High School has a program called the Outreach Dinner that occurs every year right around Thanksgiving assisting and providing the homeless and less fortunate people of San Diego County with free meals, dessert, and drinks. For two consecutive years, I have participated in this event and held significant positions each time. During my first year joining the Outreach Dinner, I was the head of the waiters/waitresses
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church every Sunday, this has greatly influenced my values and beliefs. I believe that there is a God and that He has a plan for the life we are supposed to live. We all have a purpose on earth and are here to live our life to the fullest, but it is only temporary. I have faith that I will go to heaven and be reunited with my loved ones that I have lost. This is something that is really important to me, in my mind knowing that I will get to see my family again allows me to view death as something
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planet, nowhere is the vast array of world cultures more diverse than in the United States. For most people, their ancestors came to this country in search of opportunity and a better life for their families. Fueled by motivators such as famine and dictatorship, emigrating to America meant saying goodbye to the only life they had ever known. Adjusting to a new setting and the changes that come with it is hard, especially when the new setting is a melting pot of unfamiliar customs. However, a change
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Student Academic Resource Center We teach the tools that are indispensable to learning Study Skills for Nursing Students These suggestions for study skills for nursing students came from nursing faculty and students. Use what you can and if you would like one-to-one guidance to refine your learning skills for nursing courses, call the Student Academic Resource Center at 8235130 and make an appointment with the learning skills counselor. From Sue Wickham, Academic Achievement Center Instructor
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Development Plan Chastity Shelton HA405: Leadership and Ethics in Healthcare December 16, 2014 Professor Russell Arenz Leadership Development Plan Career goals are something that have become very important to me over the past few years. As I have gotten older, I have realized you have to really work hard to get anywhere in life and that nothing comes easy. This day and time you really have to have a degree to get a good paying job and to really succeed. When it comes to my short term career goals
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