The Importance Of Work Experience

Activity
By Amy Prout

Submitted as partial fulfilment of the requirement for Care Support
Module code 5N0758

May 2014

Introduction
I completed my work experience in a stroke rehab unit, so as many patients were at physiotherapy or had speech and language therapy I was unable to do a group activity so I decided to do a one on one activity.
Planning
I first began planning my activity on my first week of work experience and I began to notice that some stroke victims suffer from memory problems. I then did my research and found out that if the temporal lobe of the brain is affected, the effects may include short-term memory impairment and difficulty acquiring and retaining new information, as well as problems with perception and attention (Human-memory.net, 2014).
I then talked to the clinical nurse manager who told me it would be nearly impossible to do a group activity as patients were attending physiotherapy sessions, had visitors and where in bed so the clinical nurse manager suggested I do an activity with patients on a one to one basis.
I then talked to some ...