In sixth grade, I was tasked with a project in which I had to assess the lifestyle of an imaginary person and recommend lifestyle changes to help the person improve her well-being. My imaginary person was obese and had unhealthy habits such as smoking and eating foods high in sugar and fat. At the time, I learned two major lessons from this project: school projects in middle school are stressful and I like having the opportunity to evaluate a person and provide a plan of action that would help the person develop healthy habits to her life. Although I told everyone that I wanted to be a doctor when I grew up, I wholly convinced myself that I would seriously try pursuing a career in health care after this project. Unfortunately, I did not have any opportunities to explore my interest in health care until high school as a middle schooler. …show more content…
After three years of waiting to learn more about health care, I was severely disappointed to find out Medical Terminology was not offered that year and that I had to be in a health science class to be in HOSA. Nonetheless, my optimism prevailed, and I decided to register for health science in tenth grade. Through this class, I got a glimpse into the world of health care and joined HOSA. I was fascinated by the many facets of health care. Additionally, I learned about nutrition in great depth by competing in HOSA. After learning about health care from an academic perspective, I wanted to find out more about the day to day life of a health
Since a young age, I always felt inclined towards pursuing a career in the health care field; daydreaming about myself working at a clinic or hospital and making a positive impact on someone’s life. When I started college, I decided to major in Biology and explored the different career options the health field had to offer me by shadowing dietitians, nurses, physicians, and other healthcare workers to find my ideal job.
Over the course of time that myself and the other members of my group spent at Medshare’s National Headquarters and Southeast Region Distribution Center, I gained a valuable experience and broadened my horizons with regards to the international medical aid that the non-profit Medshare provides around the world. The staff and crew that serve at Medshare’s Southeast Region Distribution Center, all have different backgrounds and stories as to how they originally connected to the organization. Some members of the crew included individuals who went to university and received undergraduate degrees in the disciplines of Pre-Med, International Business, and Human Services, while other older members of staff included doctors
The professional value that I have chosen to reflect on from my practice is based on privacy and dignity for a patient admitted in the hospital. To enhance my reflection development, Driscoll (2007) model of reflection; What? So what? Now what? will be apply. According to (Lowenstein, Bradshaw, and Fuszard, 2004), reflection is the method of analysing and reviewing one’s practice as a nurse, with the aim of improving one’s interactive skills with both patient and colleagues. Reflection is a method of re-evaluating practice accounts and providing substitute tactics to doing things (Howatson-Jones, 2016). Reflection is a vital learning tools which can progress on innovative knowledge (O'Carroll, Park and Nicol, 2007) and enables
Reinventing Healthcare-A Fred Friendly Seminar was produced in 2008. The film explores the current issues in health care at that time. This paper explores the issues that were addressed in the movie and compares them to the problems of health care today.
The theory used for this case study was effective, because it was able to get P to recognise that change need to occur so the support that she received would be effective. Reflecting on action the outcome of the assessment and intervention that was applied to P’s case I used supervision and to discuss concerns I had regarding this family with my PS. Supervision helped me establish my concerns and areas I required further support in application to theory in evidence based practice ‘blind self’.
Healthcare is intriguing. The health and wellness of people always has been intriguing and always will be. My background in healthcare came as an environmental pass down with a father as a Registered Nurse and a mother in healthcare management. It was inevitable that the journey of healthcare started being instilled without my knowledge of it, as a young child. A constant learning in the health sciences and management directed my way. By the start of college, the intrigue lead to compassion, lighting a fire for the administration of healthcare. This calling spurred by a great woman, my mother, who is a national redesign award winner by the Bureau of Primary Healthcare in Health Disparities. These footsteps down her similar path with careful guidance, but not to be confused with an easy path.
My understanding of social care is a wide profession which covers many different areas and groups, due to this it is not easy to sum up in a definition the term or correctness of the profession. that Client groups or service users are varied and include children and adolescents in residential care, young people in detention schools; people with intellectual or physical disabilities; people who are homeless; people with alcohol and drug dependency; families in the community; or older people (Lalar & Share, 2009, p7). Social care workers strive to support, protect, guide and advocate on behalf of clients. Social care work is based on interpersonal relationships which require empathy, strong communication skills, self awareness and an ability
Reflection is turning experience into Learning. Reflection is a conscious, dynamic process of thinking about, analysing, and learning from an experience that gives insight into self and practice.
After meeting with our patient twice, I believe we have set into place a relationship where the patient is very open to us about her health. This is helpful for my partner and I as an open and honest patient is beneficial as we assist them in their health. Goals for next semester include reducing our patient’s blood sugar as well as reducing our patient’s fibromyalgia pain. Our patient has expressed to us that her glucose is high but she is ok with the high number as long as she is feeling relatively healthy. We hope to give practical ways to reduce blood sugar throughout next semester so hopefully we can reduce that number by semester’s end. Our patient is going to see her physician soon, so we hope to get an update on the patient’s fibromyalgia
In recent years, reflection and reflective practice have become well-known term with in the health care arena. They are words that have been debated and discussed with in the health care setting (Tony and Sue 2006). Reflective practice is essential for nurses, as nurses are responsible for providing care to the best of their ability to patients and their families (NMC, 2008). Reid (1993) states reflection is a process of reviewing an experience of practice in order to describe, analyse, evaluate and so inform learning about practice. Johns (1995) notes that reflection enables practitioners to assess, understand and learn through their experience. Reflective practice, therefore, offers nurses an opportunity to review their decisions and evaluate learning to learn from past lessons and positively influence practice in the future.
My experience in mental health clinical was very different from any other clinical I had before. In a mental health clinical setting, I am not only treating client’s mental illnesses, I am also treating their medical problems such as COPD, diabetes, chronic renal failure, etc. Therefore, it is important to prepare for the unexpected events. In this mental health clinical, I learned that the importance of checking on my clients and making sure that they are doing fine by performing a quick head-to toes assessment at the beginning of my shift. I had also learned that client’s mental health illness had a huge impact on their current medical illness.
From a young age, I was drawn to the healthcare field, not because the amount of money doctors, nurses and other health professionals made, but because of the dedication and contentment I saw on their faces helping someone in need. Growing up everyone wanted to become a doctor or a nurse and as a little child being a doctor or a nurse was a profession many parents wanted their child to pursue as a career. Needless to say, I fell into that category because I had high hopes that one day I will become a nurse. However, that dream came to a halt.
My passion and admiration for the healthcare field began during my teenage years, when I was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis—a chronic, autoimmune disease affecting various joints throughout my body. As I went through years of treatment, my physician and other medical professionals were instrumental in helping me to maintain a positive attitude after my diagnosis. Their care was the impetus for my future goals, as I saw the genuine goodness that they felt from helping others. As a result of all the medical help and emotional support that I received from these medical providers throughout my youth, I have chosen to pursue a career in the service of others through the public health field.
Knowledge is continuously derived and analyzed from the experience of learners validating the truism that experience is the best teacher (Kolb, 1984). The aim of this module was to assist international students improve their communication skills which is key to a successful medical practice. This essay examines my journey through the module, sums up my experience and highlights its relevance to my career.
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