...continuing professional development standard, as required by the NMC (2006). Reflection can therefore be regarded as a fundamental process for all professionals registered within the NMC. This essay specifically focuses upon reflection in relation to the student Specialist community public health nurse (SCPHN). Reflective practice in nursing can be guided by models of reflection. Using a model or framework can be beneficial in aiding practioners and students of nursing and health care to, reflect upon incidents, and critically analyse those incidents, therefore helping the practioner to learn and move on (Ashby 2006). This essay aims to explore the concept of reflection. It will discuss and critically analyse Gibbs (1998) theoretical model of reflection whilst also considering other models and their use in relation to the role of a student SCPHN working within a children and family community setting. Reflective practice is not a new concept. It originated in the 1930's from work carried out by American educationalist John Dewey. Dewey (1933) developed the idea of reflection as a way of learning in education. This idea has since been drawn upon in the works of many others; Schon (1983) similarly highlights the idea of reflection as a way of bridging the gap between theory to underpin professional practice. Other definitions include: “Reflection is a process of reviewing an experience of practice in order to describe, analyse, evaluate and so inform learning about practice” (Reid...
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...What is an Organizational Development Practioner? The Organizational Development Practioner by the book refers to at least three sets of people. The first set of those people specializing in Organizational Development as a profession. The second set of people are those specializing in field related to Organizational Development, such as reward systems, organization design, total quality, information technology, and business strategy. The third set of people are the people to whom the term applies are the increasing number of managers and administrators who have gained experience in Organizational Development and who apply it to their own work areas. The Organizational Development Practioner by reading the chapter can be a helper, advisor, coach, leader, or collaborator. Their main goals are set out to improve effectiveness of their organization. The Organization Development Practioner is responsible for bringing their whole self to the task in hand and build their reputation as a trusted leader or counselor with their clients. Some of the Key Competences of an Organizational Development Practioner are: 1) Theoretical and Technical expertise which can be applied, 2) Influencing skills, 3) Spot and energize engagement in others,4) Innovative, Creative, and critical thinking, 5) Ability to locate difficulties and problems with positivity, 6) Self-Confident, 7) Credible communications 8) Interpersonal and facilitation skills, with an ability to stand back, 9) Emotionally turned...
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...The practioner must also gain knowledge on how the effects of the child’s condition will effect the child’s development and what additional needs and support the child may need in areas such as physical, social, cognitive and emotional. Partnership working - When caring for a child with a chronic illness you will be working in partnership with other professionals to provide the child with the best care possible.It is important as a practioner to form good relations with these professionals and share information with them and ask them for advice when necessary. It is the practitioners responsibility to act on the advice given by other professionals. Inclusive practice - It is responsibility of the practioner to ensure all children’s individual needs are met regardless of illness or disabilities. The practioner must provide suitable resources to enable children’s learning and plan activities around their needs. All children in the setting should be made to fell special and safe and that they...
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...commited to working with any child who has a specific need or disability and making reasonable adjustments to enable every child to make full use of the nurserys facilities. At Little Tigers we feel it is very important to find out as much as possible about a paticular childs condition and the way it may affect his or her early learning by ; - Liasing with the childs parents - Liasing with any professional agencies - Attending any review meetings...
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...Future Trends in Health Care: Mental Health Kelley Fox HCS/533 April 8th 2013 Marc Magill Future Trends in Health Care: Mental Health Access to care is a key determinant in a community’s health, rural communities have less access to health care because of provider availability, distance to travel, and financial constraints (Health Service Research & Development, 2010). The rural communities have an even greater disparity concerning access to mental health, studies show they are 63% less likely to receive general mental health services (Health Service Research & Development, 2010) Telemental health could help fill in the gaps left by poor access to mental health, decreasing the need for individuals to seek services outside their communities, increasing the likelihood of treatment, and decreasing the inequities of mental health treatment options and access. Telemental Health Use and Considerations Telemental health (TMH) services can be easily set up at a community health center, school, doctor’s office, and in some cases an individual’s home. According to the American Tele Medicine Association (2013), this service is either contracted through urban healthcare facilities, privately found online, or through companies that hire mental health providers and facilitate conferencing set-up. After a provider is found the contracted company or facility where TMH will be provided will need to set up a computer with professional quality cameras, audio equipment, and video...
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...about Nursing . Three trends within nursing practice . 1. Technological explosion The fast growth of information technology have big impact in Health care Nanotechnology will help us to find new types of clinical diagnosis and treatment . Nurse in this century need more knowledge of computer skills . It help faster and flexible access date and communication 2. The growing need for interdisciplinary education for collaborative practice A wide range of knowledge and skills is required to effectively and efficiently manage the needs of patients . The health care system of future consists nurses nurse practioner , Physicians ,social worker , etc. Interdisciplinary team is highly effective for improvement of clinical gain and low cost 3. The current nursing shortage and opportunities for lifelong learning and workforce development Nursing shortage is a negative impact on patients care , current shortage is more than the past. We can prevent shortage of nurses by raising pay and flexibility in shift Public image of nurses role must be review to change outdated perception . As an ICU nurse...
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...student under the supervision of a qualified mentor. The learning styles, The name of individuals involved shall not be mentioned in order to protect confidentiality in accordance to the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC, 2008) Emphasis will be put on how an environment may be created to foster a long life learning and teaching and the learning strategies that were utilised, coupled with principles of assessment and the assessment tools that were used. The role of a mentor in facilitating learning will also be appraised. What is reflection? According to, Taylor (2000), “reflection means the throwing back of thoughts and memories in cognitive act such as thinking, contemplation, meditation and any other form of attentive consideration in order to make sense of them, and to make contextually appropriate changes if they are required”. The purpose of reflection as stated by John (1999) is to promote desirable practice through the practitioner's understanding and learning about their lived experiences. John (1999) mentorship reflection. This mentorship encourages practitioners to work through a series of reflective cues, the last of which is concerned with personal learning. John (1999) mentorship provides a good example of an approach to reflection on action or reflection on practice. Reflection on action, which takes place after the event, allows the practitioner to revisit an experience with the intention of exploring and learning from an activity. Reflection on action is particularly...
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...This piece of reflection will focus on my future development within making high levels of decisions, in relation to becoming a qualified Community Specialist Practioner (CSP) after completing a SWOT analysis. Throughout this reflection I will be using the Gibbs (1998) model of reflection, the Gibbs cycle helps the reflective process. It is also structured, helps individuals to look at the situation and evaluate for future learning. Moon (2013). According to Adair (2013) decision-making and problem solving strategies will help individuals confidently make the right decisions within the role as a leader. In addition I will also discuss how I reflected, after completing my SWOT analysis to devise an action plan and goals, to reach my final target. A SWOT analysis is to identify an individual’s; Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats. A SWOT is a structured plan that helps identify strategies to help with positive and negative factors (internally and externally). It also helps to improve personal and professional development, identify areas to develop on and set goals. Pearce (2007). As part of my personal and professional development I needed to complete a SWOT analysis so that I could identify areas to develop, which would contribute to me becoming an effective CSP. I therefore felt to become an effective decision-maker within a team I needed to reflect on my weakness that could be holding me back slightly. During my first couple of weeks as a CSP within my practice...
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...Importance of Theory Paper Robert Costello Chamberlain College of Nursing NR501: Foundational Concepts and Applications March 2016 Importance of Theory Paper The nursing philosophy is a group of concepts that help provide a method for treating and caring for patients. Nursing theory also can be an instrument of effort that emphasizes scientific facts, it will also show the trends of views of the wellbeing -disease course of action and the practice of healing care. The different nursing theories that have been planned contain ways in which patients should be treated. Principles of nursing theories require the nurse to assess the patient and understanding how the patient will respond to the cost of his or her illness. Theory is defined as "a belief, policy, or procedure proposed or followed as the basis of action". Nursing theory is "an organized framework of concepts and purposes designed to guide the practice of nursing (Nursing Theory, 2015)". Nursing philosophy helps guide nurses in their everyday nursing routine to help give their patients the best quality care. The three types of nursing theories in nursing are, nursing practice, grand theory, and middle range theory. Research and Studies results show, that nurses who incorporate nursing theory in their practice, give the best care to their patients. I will explain how Orem’s nursing theory on self-care helps patients achieve the goal of taking care of themselves with the help and guidance of the nurse....
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...ORGANIZATIONAl Development RESEARCH oKLAHOMA COUNTY sHERIFF’S oFFICE Karl Hartenstine Park University Internet Campus A course paper presented to the School for Arts and Sciences and Distance Learning in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Baccalaureate Organizational Development and Change Park University October, 2015 This paper or presentation is my own work. Any assistance I received in its preparation is acknowledged within the paper or presentation, in accordance with Park University academic honesty policies. If I used data, ideas, words, diagrams, pictures, or other information from any source, I have cited the sources fully and completely in a citation within the paper and also listed on the reference page. This includes sources which I have quoted or that I have paraphrased. Furthermore, I certify that this paper or presentation was prepared by me specifically for this class and has not been submitted, in whole or in part, to any other class in this University or elsewhere, or used for any purpose other than satisfying the requirements of this class, except that I am allowed to submit the paper or presentation to a professional publication, peer reviewed journal, or professional conference. This is not a draft, and is submitted for grading to satisfy in part the requirements for this course and the program(s) in which I am enrolled. In typing my name following the word 'Signature', I intend that this certification will have the...
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...August 26, 2013 Ernesto Flores Organizational Development 661 Richard Stackman The Past, present and future of organization development: Taking the long view ‘Find your voice in OD’ was the one quote I took away from my first graduate course in my program. I had never considered having a voice in OD before until then. Prior to reading this course my understanding of organization development (OD) derived from a few quick Google, Wikipedia searches to water cooler conversations with a current colleague/MSOD student. As I delved into the different readings I noted one specific passage that resonated with me due to the nature of my profession. ‘Changing Higher Education Institutions and Nonprofit Organizations’ spoke constant change in both the nonprofit and higher education sectors (Burke P. 18). As I highlighted and starred this section I knew that’s where I wanted begin the search for my voice in OD. Throughout this reading time relevance was a constant bookmark for me in understanding the thought process of the current state of OD in which ideas were being presented. I found myself jotting down the years where change occurred and what insight it brought to OD. After I noted the year I made a reference to historical events happening during that era to really get a sense of the national or even global perspective of where OD evolved. * 1939 the emergence of OD practices lay its foundation * 1940’s the birth of T-Groups to learn about human behavior *...
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...preparation of mentors, this assignment will aim to look at mentorship in depth. A variety of aspects around mentorship will be discussed, the first being the emergence of mentorship. This will explore what emphasis was placed on learning prior to Project 2000, and then moving to present day and the different documents that were implemented and the benefit these had on the mentoring process. Several definitions of mentorship will be addressed due to the lack of consensus regarding this. As a result, a clear distinction will be made between the differences of clinical supervision, perceptorship and the mentoring process. This will lead onto the role of the mentor, focusing upon relationships and the different theoretical perspectives around the formation of these. Also being explored in this section will be characteristics needed by the mentor as well as their responsibilities. The following topic to be explored will be learning styles and the environment. A definition of learning will be offered leading onto the learning environment and audits that are in place to ensure placements are up to scratch. This is followed by a description of learning models, looking at research that displays deficits with these. Also being looked at are the individual learning styles and characteristics. The final topic will be assessment; the author will offer a definition of assessment. This will lead onto formative and summative assessment, looking at the advantages and disadvantages of both...
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...Introduction: The purpose of this report is to outline the responsibilities of a H.R practioner and users of the service. It explains the different communication methods used whilst providing effective service delivery. Task 1.1 Explain the knowledge, skills and behaviours required to be effective in an identified HR role. Refer to the HRPM, and include a summary of the HRPM (including the 2 core professional areas) and an explanation of the activities and knowledge, at either band 1 or 2, of any one of the professional areas. The H.R profession Map is used in all organisations as a criteria for those in the H.R profession to set standards so that those in H.R can succeed and achieve to its full potential through their whole career. The map consists of 10 professional areas that persons need to carry out to deliver the skills and knowledge. The 10 areas are: Stategy, Insights and Solutions – This should be the core of every business to set a good foundation for great H.R capability, individuals need a understanding of the business and its context so that it can plan methods and solutions to meet needs of the organisation present and for the future. Insights involve understanding, collecting data, analysing and assessing situations. Understanding its customers and external factors that could effect the business . Its good to be pro-active and plan for the future growth of the organisation to try and avoid any risks to the business. Insights need to be directed into strategies...
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...Native American Oppression Santucee Bell Case Western Reserve University Native American Oppression Introduction & Focal Population Imagine living in a world that consistently devalues your existence and is heavily populated with individuals who are quick to use and abuse your resources, but are slow to share the wealth that is accumulated from those resources. How would you feel? Unfortunately, certain populations do not have to visualize the disparity that is pictured above. This is because inequity is one of the most demoralizing social issues that plague America today. The worst thing about inequity is the fact that it continues to disproportionately burden individuals who are categorize as being minority in today’s society. This is especially true for the American Indian/Alaska Native population. This population continues to be one of the most vulnerable minority groups. According to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Overview of Race and Hispanic Origin: 2010 (2011), “American Indian or Alaska Native refer to a person having origins in any of the original peoples of North and South America (including Central American) and who maintains tribal affiliation or community attachment” (Humes, Jones, & Ramirez, 2011, p. 3). 2,475,956 out of 308, 745,538 people that live in America are believed to be American Indian/Alaska Native, including those who report affiliations with tribes and South and Central American Indian groups (Humes et. al,, 2011, p. 4). This number is...
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...yReflection: Spirituality This reflection will follow Gibbs (1988) ‘learn by doing’ model to give an account of a personal experience that was faced during a practice placement. Spirituality has been chosen as the topic to reflect upon after the student (the author) was encouraged to address questions about the spiritual part of care, in which positive practice was felt. The incident in question involved a female patient who was suffering with severe depression following a traumatic event several years prior. A pseudonym will be used for the patient throughout this reflection to ensure confidentiality is maintained, and in compliance to the Nursing and Midwifery Councils (2008) code. Difficult or traumatic events in a persons’ life may lead to questions about why something is happening or why something happens at all. Spirituality or looking for meaning in life is a personal thing that often becomes more important in times of emotional distress, physical and mental illness, loss, bereavement and the approach of death. For some people spirituality is a religious belief, but for others spirituality can be a source of inspiration or orientation in life such as appreciating nature (National Health Service, 2012) and (The Royal College of Psychiatrists, 2010). Furthermore it has been suggested that often it is not until a crisis or illness occurs that spiritual encounters transpire, in addition to physical and emotional experiences because the illusion of security is shattered...
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