...Expectations help pull the masks over the miserable faces. Many people are pushed to hide who they really are when they mean to impress others because the want to appear “normal”. All this affects their self-worth and self-esteem, pulling them under a veil of regret and self-doubt. Similarly, the character Hazel Elizabeth Deborah Parker (also known as Squeaky), the protagonist in the short story “Raymond's Run” by Toni Cade Barbara, uses a mask to hide her feelings from others. She resides in poverty-stricken Harlem taking place in the 1960s....
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...Running head: AASA REVIEW 1 AASA Article and Reflection Assignment for Module 1 Running head: AASA REVIEW Examining the article “Three Keys to a Successful Superintendent/School Board Relationship” written by Howard Carlson. Board members are likely to react in different ways because technically people are resistant to change and so their mannerism will be reflective of their own personal style of administration. The embracing of new philosophies and practices 2 does not occur as expected but results from hard work, trial and error. It would be important that the board recognizes this fact in moving forward. I am drawn between thoughts on effective communication here, as I believe you can be collaborative in private and decisive in public. But of note to self is to survive and succeed in exercising leadership, you must work as closely with your opponents as you do with your supporters. Most of us cringe at taking abuse from people who do not share our vision or passion. Too often we take the easy road, ignoring our opponents and concentrating on building an affirmative coalition. But rather than simply recognizing one’s own anxiety and plow ahead. Assuming the role of a superintendent, I think people might view this as a weakness because we often times don’t understand the difference between an adaptive and a technical change. No one learns only by staring in the mirror. We all learn and are sometimes transformed by encountering differences that challenge our own...
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...RUNNING HEAD: Reflection on counseling 1 Reflection on counseling session recording Chua Ci Jie Introduction to Counselling James Cook University, Singapore Reflection on counseling Reflection on counseling Counseling is interpreted as a therapeutic practice of utilizing dialogue to assist clients in better understand and coping with their individual problems or health issues (Counseling, 2003). The individuality of the counselor has been extensively regarded as a vital tool in the provision of productive counselling sessions (Pieterse, Lee, Ritmeester & Collins, 2013) and has commonly introduced as “self as instrument” (Baldwin, 2000; McWilliams, 2004 as cited in Pieterse, Lee, Ritmeester & Collins, 2013). Therefore, the therapist’s application of self as instrument 2 affirm on the need for the counselor to have a satisfactory measure of self-awareness (Pieterse, Lee, Ritmeester & Collins, 2013). This essay attempts to enhance my individual self-awareness through reflecting on the counselling session, including the micro skills attempted as well as my strengths and weaknesses in conjunction with the micro skills. Biases and personal values are also identified. Counseling Session Opening I focused on trust building and goal setting in the opening section of counseling session to better facilitate the later session. Mutual trust between both the client and therapist is identified to be one of the significant elements to increase the effectiveness of the session...
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...Running head: ETHICS REFLECTION Ethics Reflection STR/581 Ethics Reflection In the last decade ethics has taken an important place in corporate America after some unethical and fraudulent business practices getting uncovered. Few companies’ such as Tyco, Enron, Arthur Anderson, and WorldCom have made their name synonymous with corporate fraud. Unethical behavior of top executives like Bernard Madoff and Martha Stewart can sink the whole company. This paper will explain the role of ethics and social responsibility when developing a strategic plan. In this paper I will also discuss how my ethical responsibility has changed during MBA program. Ethics in Strategic Planning Ethical means that which is morally good, and morally right, as opposed to legally or procedurally right (Mendonca, 2001). Business like most other social activities presupposes a background of ethics and would be impossible without it. To be a good business leader it is very important to doing the right things. Any unethical behavior at workplace can be creates very stressful and overwhelming environment for employees. For example, if an employee finds an unethical behavior, which is not necessarily illegal, his or her inner self of right and wrong could play a role in what he or she does. A good corporation needs to know what is good and bad not only just now, but also within the action-relevant future (Mintzberg, Lampel, Quinn, & Ghoshal, 2003). To give clear directions on...
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...Running head: Learning Team D Week 2 Reflection Team D Week 2 Reflection Learning Team D University of Phoenix RES/351 This week we learned many new things about business research in week one. Specifically learned how to recognize situations that need many require research and how to determine the significance, magnitude, and feasibility of finding a solution to the situation, problem, issue or opportunity. We also learned much about ethical research. In week one as a team we learned about the different ways to recognize and find solutions for situations, problems, issues, and opportunities. Identified ethical issues in business research and discussed the business research process and recognizing a situation as a manager that needs to be addressing is a critical function that must be done in order to run and manage a successful business. Once a problem has been identified, knowing the steps to help you find a solution is the best way to gain the results you are after. These steps include manager questions, research questions, investigative questions and measurement questions. In any given situation it's important to find solutions in order to gain from that opportunity. Without using decision making tools the team wouldn't have alternate choices to consider and the problem or question would not be address effectively. Any business situation to finding a solution to this situation, you must find out what the problem and will it apply within the specific business. ...
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...Running Head:JOURNAL ENTRY WEEK 4 #5&6 Reflective Journal Entries Liberty University Running Head: JOURNAL ENTRY WEEK 4 #5 1 Week4 #5 In chapter 5 I realized that in my listening assessment that I need to listen for unidentified markers and meanings that are not readily apparent. I also need to show more empathy and be careful of rash labels that could hinder my ability to see meanings of what is being said. My goal from this is to build relationships based on trust and understanding. The response categories can map out a pattern for me to use in listening. The text labeled these response categories as empathetic, recommendation and asking for more information(Allen,1995) My ultimate goal after this weeks assignments is to be a more empathic listener. The guidelines I identified with is to be an active listener. The active listener will demonstrate interest in what the talker in saying. The goal will be to actively listen and to create a chain of events in the communication cycle that will allow the talker to open up and share more as I actively listen. As the talker gives more valid information I will apply the response category of asking for more information by asking valid questions. This empathetic listening skill will allow for a more complete communication model. Good communication skills can also help with those emotional situation and...
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...years old, life has a lot of unfolding to do. I dislike saying "I am trying to find myself" because my identity is not lost, it just needs more uncovering. Luckily for me, what I love to do and want to be helps me uncover more about myself. I want to be a writer. I may not end up a professional writer but I will always write, even if I am the only one interested in my work, because writing is my self-reflection. When writing, I sometimes get worked up into such a fervor that I barely know what I am saying. I just let my fingers fly over the keyboard and the ideas pour from my head. When I go back through the jumble of unpunctuated ideas, I notice a theme running through the writing. I don't try to put a moral in the theme, but invariably it happens. Evaluating the theme and the rest of the writing helps me interpret my own character and decipher my at times bottled-up feelings. In opinion essays, my values show. In stories, the fictional characters express my beliefs. Every day my experience and knowledge increase, and I learn more about myself. Each time I write what is in my head as honestly as I can, another piece of the identity puzzle is revealed. Mostly, I like what is unearthed (though this varies depending...
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...years old, life has a lot of unfolding to do. I dislike saying "I am trying to find myself" because my identity is not lost, it just needs more uncovering. Luckily for me, what I love to do and want to be helps me uncover more about myself. I want to be a writer. I may not end up a professional writer but I will always write, even if I am the only one interested in my work, because writing is my self-reflection. When writing, I sometimes get worked up into such a fervor that I barely know what I am saying. I just let my fingers fly over the keyboard and the ideas pour from my head. When I go back through the jumble of unpunctuated ideas, I notice a theme running through the writing. I don't try to put a moral in the theme, but invariably it happens. Evaluating the theme and the rest of the writing helps me interpret my own character and decipher my at times bottled-up feelings. In opinion essays, my values show. In stories, the fictional characters express my beliefs. Every day my experience and knowledge increase, and I learn more about myself. Each time I write what is in my head as honestly as I can, another piece of the identity puzzle is revealed. Mostly, I like what is unearthed (though this varies depending on how...
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...The Narrator Relationships can be complex. The plots and acts seen on television or read in books are just a reflection of some very rare cases of satisfied couples. But people often forget, that real life is not even close to that. In real life relationships are much more complicated. Love is not immortal, and sex is nothing like those erotic movies. In the short story, The Narrator, a rather old couple is strangulating through life, while their relationship is breaking like a crack in the wall… The relationship between The Narrator and Gloria is quite weak. Gloria ignores The Narrator most of the time, while The Narrator on the other hand is often busy with his work.”Mmm, she’d say, not lifting her head from the paper. At bedtime she’d stretch and yawn so hugely that I thought she’d dislocated her jaw. ‘One less day to get through! She’d say (p.1,IIII,12-15)”. This quote emphasizes that Gloria is not attracted to The Narrator anymore. She wants to get rid of him. The Narrator though is still attracted to his wife. He refers to her as if she is still young, even though interpreted from the text, they have been married for about two or three decades. “She’d kept her looks though. She was a handsome woman and always very well-groomed: a smart dresser with a face figure that still made men look twice (p.1,III,15-17)”. Even though their relationship was heading to a negative path it somehow got better in the middle of their marriage. When The Narrator told Gloria about...
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...Running Head: Ethical Self Reflection Ethical Self Reflection [Name] [University and Area of Study] Abstract In many cases, a person must choose between two or more “rights” that may or may not align with both one’s moral and ethical standards. The care-based, rule-based, ends-based thinking to arrive at a decision rather than rationalizing after the fact are necessary for analyzing ethical dilemmas (Hughes, Ginnett, & Curphy, 2012, pp. 164-165). The self-reflection needed to identify one’s fundamental nature, and to understand the morals, ethics and values one uses to make decisions are critical to becoming an authentic leader who is a moral manager that serves the people that follow him or her (Hughes, et.al, pp. 152-153). Ethical Self Reflection What is right? Morals define personal character related to the ideas of both right and wrong. Ethics, while inherently linked to morals and one’s moral obligations, is a set of moral principles used in a social system in which those morals are applied. In other words, ethics point to standards or codes of behavior expected by the group to which the individual belongs. These standards could be national ethics, social ethics, company ethics, professional ethics, or even family ethics. So while a person’s moral code is usually unchanging, the ethics he or she practices can be dependent on exogenous factors not controlled by the individual or the group to which the individual belongs. Care-based thinking describes what is...
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...Running Head: FERAL CHILDREN A History of Violence Against Women Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi Abstract Keywords: Outline I. Violent Crimes A. Shame and Humiliation (Gilligan 2003; Thomas 1995; Burris 1995) 1. Deficiency of self-love 2. Rejection B. Absence of love (Gilligan 1996) 1. Inability to form close relationships 2. Vulnerability C. Intolerable states of mind (Perelberg 1999) 1. Inability to mentalize 2. Violence is an emotion D. Justice for past injury (Gilligan 1996) 1. Childhood experiences 2. Motive for Crime and Punishment II. Sex Crimes A. Rape (Ellis 1989; Berger & Searles 1995; Chappell, G. Geis, & R. Geis. (1977) 1. Rage 2. Latent homosexual components 3. Hatred B. Sexual abuse of children (Pryor 1996) 1. Molestation 2. Boundary Contradiction C. Incest (Gaddini 1976; MacCarthy 1988) 1. Symbiotic contact with mother 2. Weak and damaged self III. Conclusion References Blumenthal, S. (2000) Developmental aspects of violence and the institutional response. Criminal Behavior and Mental Health, 10, 185-198. Burris, Boyd L. (1995) Classics revisited: Freud’s...
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...Running Head: Professional Regulation and Criminal Liability Regulation of Nursing Practice and Legal Aspects Marie Alexandre University Of Phoenix HCS/430 - LEGAL ISSUES IN HEALTH CARE: REGULATION AND COMPLIANCE Instructor: LENORA SMITH July 4th 2011 Running Head: Professional Regulation and Criminal Liability Abstract The delivery of care within the health care system is a challenge because of the changes that are influencing health professional, patients and health care organization. Nursing practice is governed by many legal concepts. It is important for nurses to know the basic of legal concepts, because nurses will be held accountable for making decision that can be harmful to patient’s health. Nurses most have a clear understanding of the law and how it affects nursing practice. Many of legal issues today require Nurses to use critical thinking abilities to practice safe nursing care, Safe Nursing care means to understand the legal boundaries within with nurses must function. The paper will help described nursing, legal issues nursing are facing today. Professional Nursing should know the legal limit which affects nursing practice. An understanding of the law bond with sound judgment should ensure...
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...Running head: LIFE STYLES INVENTORY PAPER – SELF-DESCRIPTION Life Styles Inventory Paper – Self-Description Keller Graduate School of Management Of DeVry University Abstract Taking the Life Styles Inventory (LSI) was a real eye opening experience for me. I didn’t think I would be so strong in the Aggressive / Defensive, or so weak in the Constructive categories. Thank goodness the styles are not permanent personality characteristics nor intractable; and can change because of new roles, environmental changes, and personal development efforts. According to LSI: The Life Styles Inventory (LSI) identifies the underlying thoughts and motivations that guide an individual's behavior. The quality of an individual's thinking and behavior contributes greatly to that person's work performance. The Life Styles Inventory (LSI) is based around the Human Synergistic Circumplex, describing constructive, passive/defensive and aggressive/defensive behaviors. In the LSI, the feedback is normalized against how 9,000 individuals have described themselves (LSI 1) and how 5,000 individuals have been described by 25,000 others (LSI 2). (LSI Human Synergistic www.human-synergistic.com) Moreover, I can trace my results back to my family upbringing, the cultural diversity of my childhood neighborhood, and my career choice. Life Styles Inventory Paper – Self-Description Part 1: Identify your primary and backup personal thinking styles to include a limiting style Is this really me?...
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...Running head: SPIRITUAL FORMATION: OUTWARD DISCIPLINES 95% A good assignment, but there are some areas that still need some work. After reviewing all comments, changes, and deletions (see right margin), let me know if you have any questions. OK? Spiritual Formation Throughthrough the Outward Disciplines of Simplicity, Solitude, Submission, and Service Nancy R. McCulloch Grand Canyon University: MIN -350 May 20, 2012 Please note all changes below. Spiritual Formation through the Outward Disciplines of Simplicity, Solitude, Submission and Service (In his book, “The Celebration of Disciplines,” (1998), Richard. J. Foster (1998) explains that we have grown to think of sin as an individual’s act of disobedience to God. He believes that the purpose of the disciplines is to achieve communion with God as a means of rooting out enslaving habits of the heart and of behavior. By following the disciplines, described in his book theyone will be helped in achieving inner righteousness. This point was stressed by Paul who promised that “the free gift of righteousness (shall) reign in life through one man Jesus Christ” (Rom4:17, version). This paper discusses and analyzes those chapters of Foster’s book concerningview on the Outward Disciplines. SIMPLICITYSimplicity (The discipline of simplicity is “an inward reality that results in an outward life-style” – and both of these aspects of simplicity are essential...
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...Yoder-Simulation #3 Date: File Name: Sherman “Red” Yoder Discipline: Nursing Student Level: Expected Simulation Run Time: 20 minutes Guided Reflection Time: 20 minutes Location: Simulation lab Location for Reflection: classroom Admission Date:Today’s Date: Brief Description of ClientName: Sherman “Red” YoderGender: Male Age: 80 Race: CaucasianWeight: 109 kg 240 poundsHeight: 183cm 72 inchesReligion: ProtestantMajor Support: Jon (son) Phone: 869-555-3452Allergies: no known allergiesImmunizations: Influenza last fall; tetanus – 4 years agoAttending Physician/Team: Dr. Frank BakerPast Medical History: Diabetes Type 2 diagnosed ______ (insert month that is six months prior)History of Present illness:Developed an ulcer on his big toe that was treated at home for 2 weeks. Son brought patient to ER 6 days ago and patient was treated for sepsis with IV antibiotics.Social History: Widower; Son (Jon) lives nearbyPrimary Medical Diagnosis: SepsisSurgeries/Procedures & Dates: L4-5 laminectomy – 25 years ago; transurethral resection of the prostate – 6 years agoNursing Diagnoses: Impaired Walking; Impaired Skin Integrity; Ineffective Health Maintenance; Ineffective Self Health Management | Psychomotor Skills Required Prior to Simulation Basic head to toe assessmentAssisting a patient with ambulationWound assessment and wet to damp dressing changeCognitive Activities Required prior to Simulation...
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