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Public Health and Vulnerable Populations

Public Health and Vulnerable Populations

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Public Health Nursing is integrated into all nursing. It involves thinking about the health of the entire population, how to prevent disease and promote wellness throughout the entire community, not just one patient. However, some factors can become a barrier to the success of public health. These factors include individual factors such as financial stability, environmental factors such as location, and societal factors such as stigma which all effect the success of overall community health. The ability to be able…

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Final Reflection

Final Reflection

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Abstract             Before the pandemic, I would have never thought to constantly wear a mask, second guess going out in public, hesitate to hug my grandmother, have enough food and toilet paper to last, go to college on zoom or to change after work in fear of bringing a virus home to my family. This all became reality during the covid-19 pandemic. No matter what role in society, everyone was affected in some way by this pandemic. Whether it be healthcare…

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Mental Health Simulation Reflection 1

Mental Health Simulation Reflection 1

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Having the opportunity to view my peers talking with patients who have mental health disorders helped me to better understand the best way to communicate. Communication is very important however using therapeutic communication is one of the most important interventions a health care provider can do, especially with patients who have mental health disorders. Therapeutic communication allows the nurse or nursing students to develop rapport with the patient which in turn helps in developing a trusting nurse-patient relationship. More specifically…

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Culture, Stigma and Mental Illness

Culture, Stigma and Mental Illness

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In my opinion, there is so much stigma surrounding mental illness because people are uneducated about mental health and the influence it has on a persons total wellness. People who stereotype mental illness as “incompetent” or that they are not “normal” are those who do not have experience with individuals who have mental health disorders. Personally, I have a cousin who has a very rare mental disorder, so I have been surrounded by mental health for the majority of my…

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How I Made a Difference

How I Made a Difference

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In Clinical this semester I felt very comfortable with the environment of the hospital. I have worked as a CNA for almost four years and knew the operations because of my experiences. Doing full body assessments however was completely new to me, and I felt that with each one I did, it became more familiar to me. I felt that I made a difference in each patient I had even if it was a therapeutic conversation or getting them a…

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Empathy and Compassion in Care

Empathy and Compassion in Care

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Empathy and Compassion in Care Nursing is more than a profession. As nursing students, we hear this frequently, but what does it really mean? Nursing as a profession means we are able to competently do skills within our scope of practice and document them accordingly. However, we couldn’t call ourselves nurses without the ability to be compassionate and empathetic towards our patients. Empathy can be expressed as “a feeling, portrayed non-verbally, and includes thoughts and emotions related to understanding patients’…

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Medication Reconciliation Reflection

Medication Reconciliation Reflection

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In my project I did notice some safety concerns just in the medications that my client was taking. Since she was on so many antihypertensive medications this increases her risk for developing the adverse effects that these medications may cause. Most of the antihypertensives caused the same adverse effects which would increase her risk even more. The most concerning and most common adverse effect among the medications she was taking was drowsiness which increases her risk of falls and other…

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Art in Nursing

Art in Nursing

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This piece of art is very special to me, it shows so much in just a simple drawing and it is also drawn by my very talented big sister. When I look at this drawing I see a rib cage along with the thoracic spine leading to the pelvic bone, however it is not just any ordinary skeleton. Weaved into the detailed drawing of human bones are beautiful pieces of nature which can mean many different things depending on the…

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Module 3- Knowledge and Clinical Judgement

Module 3- Knowledge and Clinical Judgement

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After completing the third module about knowledge and clinical judgement I learned a lot about my learning style. I have learned about learning styles in the past and I always thought I was just a visual learner. However, after completing the module and especially after the first couple of weeks in nursing labs and clinical, I have noticed that I am definitely a mixture of a visual as well as a tactile learner. I have found that I learn best…

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