...Becoming a better a student Becoming empowered nurse with the necessary skills has always been my desire. I received my Associate Degree in Nursing, and my long term career goal is to continue on with the necessary steps to receive my Bachelor of Science in Nursing. The best way to achieve that goal is to become a better student. To become a better student, I must reach goals of practicing good time management, reduce stress, improve my writing skills, critical thinking and study skills. Once I have achieved these goals, I will be able to achieve the ultimate goal and to receive my degree of Bachelors of Science in Nursing. Time management and stress reduction “Demands for balancing classroom assignments, clinical practice, and personal life can be overwhelming for nursing students” (Pagana, 1994). I’m a working mother of four and things can get very hectic sometimes, leaving me feeling overwhelmed and stressed. So to get started I must learn how to manage my time and reduce my stress. The thing to know is that time management and stress management can go hand in hand. Time management and organization are essential tools to help with stress management. To get time management under control, the essential element is to plan. I will create daily, weekly and monthly check-off lists and start the night before reviewing what needs to be done on the next day. Making sure to take note of the tasks that need my immediate attention. “Checking off progress provides self-reinforcement...
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...“Becoming A Better You” OPEN: AS CHILDREN, WE ALL DREAMED OF HAPPY, SUCCESSFUL LIVES NO ONE EVER DREAMS OF BEING SICK, POOR, ADDICTED OR DEPRESSED. A. NO CHILD DREAMS OF A DEFEATED LIFE…YET MAY END UP THERE. WE GET STUCK IN THE BATTLES OF LIFE AND NEVER FIND VICTORY B. BUT THAT CAN CHANGE! TWO (2) QUESTIONS… QUESTION #1: WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO CHANGE ABOUT YOURSELF? A. YOU ASK YOURSELF, “WHY CAN’T I CHANGE WHAT I WANT TO CHANGE? BUT I DON’T SEEM TO HAVE THE POWER?” WHERE DO WE GET THE POWER TO CHANGE? TO GET OUT OF NEUTRAL? HOW DO I BREAK THE MOLD I’M IN? (THAT’S WHAT A LIFE IN CHRIST OFFERS US) Now may the God of peace [Who is the Author and Giver of Peace]… strengthen you…make you what you ought to be and equip you with every good thing that you may carry out His will [while He Himself] works in you and accomplishes that which is pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ to Whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen. Hebrews 13:20a, 21 AMP B. GOD DIDN’T CREATE YOU TO BE AVERAGE; HE CREATED YOU TO EXCEL! (ON A SCALE FROM 1-10, WHERE DO YOU SEE YOURSELF? DO YOU SEE ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT?) QUESTION #2: DO YOU WANT TO BECOME A BETTER YOU? WE ALL WANT TO BE BETTER – WE ALL WANT TO: KNOW GOD BETTER BE BETTER SPOUSES BE BETTER PARENTS BE BETTER LOVERS BE BETTER ENCOURAGERS BE BETTER COMMUNICATORS BE BETTER EMPLOYEES, BOSSES, MANAGERS, ETC. GOD HAS PUT SOMETHING DEEP DOWN INSIDE US THAT YEARNS...
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...Prior to taking the Nurse Manager Skills Inventory assessment, I thought I was prepared and ready to be a nursing leader for my hospital. However, the inventory assessment threw me in a completely new direction on things that I need to learn, things I have to improve upon, and things that I have to start thinking about before becoming a nurse leader. I plan on having a new positon as soon as I am done with my next class and I graduate, and with the new positon I had been planning on taking an initiative and ownership of various roles and skills which I currently do not think about. I intend on becoming an advocate for my fellow nurses, health care personnel, and patients, and from the Nurse Manager Skills Inventory I learned that I am just not ready to do this as much as I thought. I started going through the financial portion, and realized that I didn’t have the experience or mindset that is required to become a nursing leader. While this doesn’t mean that I cannot learn these skills, I plan on starting to learn them now, and to change my mindset to begging thinking more like a nurse manager in terms of financial elements. I have not thought of things before like recruiting except for the fact that we always need more nurses and we are short staffed. A nursing leader must think in terms of recruitment and retaining nurses at the same time. I know very little when it comes to economic planning or health care costs and accounting for money As well, I realized how little I know...
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...Scenario #1 How might George and the other British staff members be stereo-typing their Saudi colleague? George and the other British staff members might stereo-type by categorizing on and homogenizing their Saudi co-worker. For example, in the scenario George and the British member's see that the whole Saudi members as they are lacking of competence and slowing the work pace. Therefore, any new Saudi member would be perceived as the same above mentioned traits How can George try to avoid this situation of becoming a negative self-fulfilling prophecy? George as a leader has to develop a positive and realistic expectation to evaluate all of the employees. This approach will help to create a better working environment. Training in self- awareness can help to reduce the issue and bring normalization to the working environment. There are 4 perceptual; effects choose any 2 of these effects and explain how they might influence Geroge perceptions of Saudi colleagues? Regency Effect: The most recent information George has perceived about the Saudi members are negative. According, to this negative image will overshadows George’s perception and judgment with regards to the employee. False - Consensus Effect. Primacy effect: George's categorizing his Saudi colleagues. Explain 2 ways George can improve his working relationship with his Saudi colleagues. George can improve his working relationship with his Saudi colleagues with two ways: 1- Awareness of Perceptual: George...
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...Progress can be both good and bad, like everything the good is nearly always better than the bad. “Good” in this case it can be defined as “innovation that’s not only sustainable, but also restorative and resilient” (Hollender 2012, p6). Hollender expresses his opinions that there is no such thing as bad nowadays, instead it should be classified as “less bad” meaning the generation of less waste, less CO2, pollute less water and utilize a greater amount of recycled materials (Hollender 2012, p6). He expresses these views on his idea of “less bad” as the world has revolutionized itself to a point where that almost everything innovative that we now do will harm something else in a negative manner. This is evidently proven from the things that have been invented over time. Going back 100 years from now it is evident that changes have been significant everywhere across the world and in nearly every case it is the tools that we have shaped that are now shaping us, this is becoming a problem in many cases. Starting right back when the hammer was invented. It can be proven that the tools that we make definitely have an influence on the way we interact on a day-to-day basis. There is no specific date on when the hammer was first utilized or invented but it can be said that the cavemen used to use rocks to help them hit something with more force. Essentially this is what a hammer is used for nowadays but in a much more technical manner. Back when the cavemen were using the hammer...
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...dealing with heavy loads of assignments that he/she has to face in order to complete a class to graduate and be successful in the future. For example, a student can set up a success plan such as academic goals to ensure having a certain G.P.A and maintaining it throughout the school year. By doing this he/she has to be motivated to get good grades in assignments, quizzes, and tests. As for me, becoming a better writer means to have my point clear enough so that a reader can comprehend what is written. In order for me to become a better writer motivation is important in order to improve my weaknesses. My main weaknesses in writing are making sure my sentence structure is correct and putting my thoughts together so that they flow. Having motivation to improve will help me look at my sentences and take a step back so that I can make sure they are right. Also, so I can see where my mistakes are being made. It will also help me to do brainstorming exercise when writing papers so that I can make sure my thoughts are executed on paper as well as they are in my head. The first step in becoming a better writer is knowing what needs work and understanding that even our strengths can use some improvement as well. My strengths include good thoughts and understating what I am writing about. My thought process is good when writing and I can easily put together a good essay with good thoughts....
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...two of the most important things that you need to consider if you are thinking of excelling in your life. A majority of the problems in our life arise due to the lack of motivation and great emotional depression. To contribute to self improvement, you can get motivated by changing your mindset altogether. Self-Improvement Many people work toward something in order to improve themselves. This act of aiming toward something in order to achieve it is called setting a goal. Achieving goals usually improves the person who is setting them. Not abandoning the goal teaches the person discipline, and achieving the goal will improve the person as well. During this school year, I would like to improve myself by ameliorating my grades and becoming closer to God. This year, I would like to bring my grades from B’s and C’s to A’s and B’s. In order to achieve this goal, I will pay attention in class instead of talking to my friends. This is important so that I do not miss anything that the teacher says in class. In addition to paying attention in class, I can also begin studying every night and...
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...Personally Responsible Students Katherine Poppell GEN/201 October 27, 2014 David Schemerhorn Personally Responsible Students The phrase “personal responsibility” simply means taking care of ones’ own life in every aspect without succumbing to fears or to the distractions of the outside world. In order to become a master student and achieve the goals a person has set for himself or herself, he or she must first have an internally defined level of personal responsibility. To that end, becoming a master student starts with taking control of ones’ own life. Such control includes becoming fiscally responsible as well as demonstrating emotional maturity. There are two ways to do this, planning and organizing. While some people may find it easy to plan and organize their task, others do not so it may require more work. One has to learn how to be prepared in your studies by setting goals, understanding what your learning style may be, highlighting and underlining your readings and notes; Time management as far as your readings and taking time to understand your studies, and using your critical thinking skills along with communicating your thoughts both verbally and in writing. Goal Setting and Time Management One of the many things we have learned during our introductory course into online school while attending the University of Phoenix is the importance of setting goals, prioritizing them, and the importance of time...
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...Alexander Klocke Group member: Gul Turgut English C1; WiSe14/15 Instructor: David Martin 03.12.2014 Göttingen Report on Google Glass limitations Introduction Our latest product Google Glass has absolved the beta phase. As a result of that we got a lot of feedback, which will help us to improve our product. The task of our team is to forecast the Google Glass’ potential for longevity. In order to that it was my job to analyze the limitations by itself and even to work the social hurdles out. Over the last weeks we gathered lots of ideas for improvements from our 10.000 “Explorers”. Findings To start with the technological impression, there is to say that the technological level is very low. Countless flaws led to nine updates since the release of the beta version, which means much effort for our customers to keep at the best available technology. Another point is that the software seems to be quite poorly sophisticated. It is neither possible to edit photos nor to upload them to Instagram. The directory includes only 10 contacts while it has very weak capabilities anyway. Besides that there are struggles with the voice control while talking in loud areas what makes our Google Glass useless in such a situation. Furthermore many consumers have complained about the weak battery, which only runs about 2 hours or 45 minutes of recording. Consequently our product is not made for workaday life. In comparison to conventional glasses our product does not have hinges...
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... | | | |Challenged Thinker |I have to become of aware of the |Develop ways in creating strategy in | | |determining role in my life and of the |overcoming these problems. Such as making | | |basic problems that come from poor |goals to help better your thinking. | | |thinking. | | |Beginning Thinker |Recognize that I do have basic problems in |Start developing daily routines such as | | |my thinking and try to make attempts to |practicing which would help my thinking | | |better understand how I can take charge and|become a whole lot better. | | |improve my thinking. |...
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...in 1971 (a big difference of 47 thousand vehicles). Moreover in the 1970s jobs weren’t at the standard wage as what they are now, a medical practionar in the 1970s earned just over £670 per week which seems like a lot but back then bread and other essentials were also a lot cheaper back then. However in 2006, a medical practionar earns over £1245. That is a huge difference of over just under 50%. This then meant that many peoples standard of living rose and so there appetites changed and people began to want more products, goods and services. As indicted in the national statistics the volume of domestic household expenditure on goods and services rose from 100.0 (indices) in 1971 to all over 200.0 in 2006. This then meant the economy becoming more developed and more research for the country as a whole to reduce death rates, diseases and so forth, making us a well-developed...
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...Unit 12: Creative and Therapeutic activities in health and social care. Introduction I am going to be writing a report about the availability of creative and therapeutic activities for individuals and groups in a health sector or a social care sector. I will be discussing the suitability of the activities I have chosen. Report 1 -Health Care Setting Hospital In a health care setting there are different creative and therapeutic activities that can take place for individuals or a group. The hospital will give individuals or group’s opportunity to take part in an activity or to create something that can help to maintain physical and intellectual ability, improve self esteem and at times aid recovery. Drama is a very creative activity where an individual or a group can take part. Drama involves acting out situations and characters. Drama involves movements, gestures and expressions as well as words. It could be either done by using a script or improvised. Drama can be a way of expressing yourself and also it could be used to build and strengthen relationships. Drama will help the patients to tell their stories and understand the meaning of a situation they may be going through. Drama Exercise is to help maintain a healthy heart and control weight. People from all ages and abilities can participate with exercise that will contribute to health and fitness and even those with very limited mobility. Exercising releases hormones in the brain called endorphin which will give...
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...Danielle Heyde MGMT 441 Papa John’s Case Papa John’s Inc. Papa John’s has grown exponentially since it was started in 1985, however with management changing hands, and the economy changing there are some issues that lie within the organization. If Papa John’s wants to open 200-300 stores per year they have to do something different. The pizza industry is very mature and becoming saturated so in order to gain a competitive advantage they have to differentiate themselves from others in the industry. Earnings and sales are much slower in industries that are mature than those industries that are emerging. The barriers to entry are very low for the pizza industry, anyone can open up a pizza place which will create a new competitor. Individuals have a lot of choices when it comes to eating out so in order to grow exponentially something needs to set them apart from others since their “better ingredients, better pizza” strategy is no longer holding up. So what can Papa John’s do to set themselves different from everyone else? They can begin by refining their existing product line and expand to different lines. By improving the quality of their existing products and ultimately creating the best pizza possible it is going to take trial and error, ask the consumers what they like/do not like about the pizza. They could begin to expand their lines of service by developing a new chain of restaurants or begin to sell their unique garlic dipping sauce in grocery stores, which would...
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...CASE STUDY ASSIGNMENT 1 – HY DAIRIES LTD Karen Herridge Student ID# 0186147 1. Apply your knowledge of stereotyping and social identity theory to explain what went wrong here. Social Identity theory states that people define themselves by the groups to which they belong or have an emotional attachment. Rochelle easily identifies herself as a minority in the work place—a non-white female. In the case study, she says that she is one of the few non-white women in what is usually a male-dominated field: marketing management. Rochelle’s previous employer had made it clear that women could not handle the pressure in marketing management and for the most part place women in technical support positions after a brief term in lower band management. Because of this experience, Rochelle assumes that Syd Gilman and Hy Dairies are mirroring her last employer’s opinions and actions when in fact; Mr Gilman is trying to reward Rochelle’s hard work. Rochelle is stereotyping because she has organized Hy Dairies into a preconceived category that has been stored in her memory of her previous employer. This non-conscious, automatic process of thinking has led her to believe that she is being sidelined by the company. 2. What other perceptual error is apparent in this case study? Perceptual errors are short cuts in making judgements of others. I think the other perceptual error in this case study is the false-consensus effect or “similar to me effect”. This occurs when people overestimate...
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...to reinvent how business is done. Best Snacks like any company has seen profitability decrease and production costs have been on the rise. Both Proctor and Gamble, and Toyota have experienced success even though neither company has developed new products both are an example of what Best Snacks can emulate and hopefully find success. Organizational Learning requires an overview of the current business model, and using this assessment to develop a learning curve that clearly elaborates the strengths and weaknesses so that a company like Best Snacks can improve upon them. While not having to spend a fortune in finding a new product perhaps a simple change in packaging size or scheme to make the product more appealing to the consumer. Becoming profitable Finding an increase in market share will certainly be an indicator that these implementations are being effective. With the increase in Market share the company will again become more profitable; moving more products with an increase in packaging size can cost more. However, if suppliers can move more products to Best Snacks perhaps they too can help with cutting costs due to bulk product purchases. Best Snacks can survey both employees and consumers to find out how to improve packaging both in appeal and perhaps finding a way to help the product last longer allowing it to remain on shelves longer. Cutting cost Another key finding from organizational learning might be that by empowering the employees and taking his...
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