Personal Survival Guide Tenisha Freston Axia College of University of Phoenix GEN-105 Skills for Learning in an Information Age Mary Newhams August 16, 2009 INTRODUCTION The following is a survival guide to completing college. A collaboration of resources that I have found useful is included. Each topic includes a reason each resource is so important for a successful college experience. USING AXIA’S EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES The technological tools such as e-books and audio lessons provided by Axia are really helpful. With the option of audio reading materials I know exactly how long listening to these learning materials will take.
It is very useful for health professionals who desire to carry on reading throughout their lifetimes. The act of reflection is a great way to increase confidence and become a more proactive and qualified professional. Why is reflective practice important? It is very important for the social care worker to carry out reflective practice because when we work with old people it will have impact in their care. Reflective practice means thinking about and evaluating what we do and discussing any changed which could be made means focusing on how we interact with colleagues , customers and the environment.
‘A personalised induction will always be more effective’. Discuss. Base your answer on theoretical concepts and techniques presented in class. The suggestion that a personalised induction is always more effective is based on overwhelming evidence that the client achieves a more effective hypnotic state when the induction is tailored to his or her needs, belief systems and personality. In this essay I will discuss the theoretical concepts and techniques I have been learning about and my own experiences both as a recipient and deliverer of various induction styles and how effective they appear to be based on my observations and feedback from fellow students.
Nurses have the unique opportunity to educate their patients on achieving these goals. From the numerous materials that the nun study went over it has clearly been documented that higher learning and keeping active using your brain helps to maintain cognition. Patients who are continually doing activities seem to maintain a healthy lifestyle longer then ones who become stagnant and do nothing with their time. Nurses can encourage these people to join in activities and become more active. Exercise is another key component of maintaining a healthy self.
Employees are recognized with the Homer Award, an apron badge and financial incentive, given when customers provide the name of a specific associate in their customer service survey or their job performance exceeds expectations. The Bravo Program was introduced so employees can recognize one another for service excellence. In addition, employees are further recognized with a trip to the headquarters in Atlanta to shoot a video about their accomplishments in service. The company restructured its success sharing program, an incentive program for all salaried, full-time and part-time hourly store associates, based on sales performance. In 2010, Home Depot distributed over $126 million in “Success Sharing” Bonus Program payments to its associates.
Healthy People 2020 and Heart Disease and Stroke Janet Griffin-Vaughan Franklin Pierce University Every ten years since 1979, the federal government has released through its Healthy People program, goals and objectives aimed at getting Americans on the right track toward good health. Healthy People 2000, published in 1990, included the objective for reducing the number of coronary heart disease deaths. Healthy People 2020, launched in December of 2010, further defines this goal to “improve cardiovascular health and quality of life through prevention, detection, and treatment of risk factors for heart attack and stroke; early identification and treatment of heart attacks and strokes; and prevention of repeat cardiovascular events” (healthy people.gov). Improving cardiovascular health and prevention of strokes by providing patients with effective education is an important goal for me as I care for patients with cardiovascular disease and strokes on my telemetry/stroke unit, while also serving as a champion for stroke on my unit. The following four literature reviews I have chosen will support the importance of the original goal set by Healthy People 2000.
Life Styles Inventory Evaluation Sue Fernandez GM591 Professor: Marco Faggione May 13, 2012 Personal Thinking Styles My results from the LSI test shows my primary thinking style is affiliative and my backup is conventional. I believe these personal styles are an accurate fit of my personality. Since affiliative means being cooperative, friendly, and has a genuine concern for others and conventional describes someone who values policies and practices, it fits my personal and work life. While I was college I worked for an optometrist selling eye ware to patients. I realized then that I loved helping people and trying to meet their needs was a challenge that enticed me.
Unit 332 Engage in personal development in health, social care or children’s and young peoples settings (1.1, 1.2, 3.1) Sam Darroch Date 24.03.2014 I have evaluated my practice as outstanding with some elements of good. The areas that I have assessed as “outstanding” are: Have dedicated time with adults leading the learning to liase/co-plan/discuss (elements of) lessons and share feedback about the progress of targeted learners (or systems in place to receive feedback e.g notes) and discuss future targets. Interact with key targeted learner(s) in all parts of the lesson – enabled to do this by the adult leading the learning. Use appropriate resources to support and drive learning effectively. Are very well managed by adults leading learning.
Principles of personal development in adult social care setting REF 32 1.1Explain what reflective practice is Reflective practice is about the process of thinking about your practice and taking personal responsibility for improving your professional skills .Reflection enables you to review the positive aspects of your own practice in order to build on successes and to identify areas for improvement or further development. 1.2.Explain the importance of reflective practice in continuously improving the quality of service provided Reflective practice is important way of learning from experiences and improving. Reflective practice identifies areas of practice which are good or successful and areas which are poor. Only when good and poor practice are identifies can an accurate assessment of performance be made. Areas of good
Principles of personal development in adult social care settings Assignment 302 Task A Reflective Practice Guide What is reflective practice? This is a way of studying your own experiences to improve the way you work. It is very useful for health professionals who want to carry on learning throughout their working profession. The following examples of reflective practice will give you some idea of the various methods you can choose from. * Description - What happened?