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Throughout my final 3 weeks at my placement, I have grown and overcome so many obstacles. I have accomplished a wide range of skills since the beginning and have been improving on them as I gained experience. During this placement and throughout my experiences and skills, I have realized that I enjoy working with geriatric patients. I feel as though they don’t have family around all the time so they enjoy having someone there to talk with them and help them. At the end of every day I feel that as a future Nurse this job will be very rewarding when helping someone in need. Throughout this entire clinical placement I have encountered helping people every day. The majority of my days ranged from performing a bed bath or sitting down for†¦show more content†¦According to Carper (1978), empirics knowledge is the science of nursing, esthetics is the art of nursing and personal knowledge of nursing. I used empirics knowledge when my clinical instructor asked us some questions in regards to the process. From experience of spending a lot of time in the hospital with all of my grandparents I’ve been able to watch how the nurses interact with patients and learn from them. Esthetics knowledge was used when I was performing the skills during the bed bath. The personal knowledge in the experience was when I understood that the patient could be feeling uncomfortable and tried reassuring that I knew the technique and that I was able to do it. Understanding their feelings and trying to ease the feelings of the patient is an example of personal knowled ge. In conclusion, I’ve come to realize that working with the elderly is an area I would like to pursue as a career. I feel as though I have responded well in bathing patients and communicating with them. I sense that I have taken every step necessary in ensuring total patient comfort and kept in mind at all times the well-being of the patient. Being able to talk with them and help them do daily tasks makes me feel good about myself in knowing I am helping someone. Overall, I think my skills are improving daily and I am really enjoying my placement experience. I think I will be able to overcome all my challenges with time and through knowledgeShow MoreRelatedManaging Information Technology (7th Edition)239873 Words   |  960 Pages89 Marketing 89 The Telecommunications Industry 90 Review Questions 92 †¢ Discussion Questions 92 †¢ Bibliography 93 Chapter 4 The Data Resource 95 Why Manage Data? 96 Technical Aspects of Managing the Data Resource The Data Model and Metadata Data Modeling 98 Database Programming 100 97 97 Contents Managerial Issues in Managing Data Principles in Managing Data 101 101 The Data Management Process 106 Data Management Policies 110 Review QuestionsRead MoreDeveloping Management Skills404131 Words   |  1617 Pages174 Problem Solving, Creativity, and Innovation 174 Steps in Analytical Problem Solving 174 Defining the Problem 174 Generating Alternatives 176 Evaluating Alternatives 176 Implementing the Solution 177 Limitations of the Analytical Problem-Solving Model 178 Impediments to Creative Problem Solving 178 Multiple Approaches to Creativity 179 Conceptual Blocks 183 Percy Spencer’s Magnetron 185 Spence Silver’s Glue 185 The Four Types of Conceptual Blocks 185 Review of Conceptual Blocks 194 Conceptual BlockbustingRead MoreFundamentals of Hrm263904 Words   |  1056 PagesRights and Discipline†; Communication moved to Chapter Eight; Employee discipline; Employee dismissal; Company monitoring of employees; Workplace romance and fraternization policies New to Chapter 5: Department of Labor O*NET database and content model; Turnover at transportation; Communication skills activity New to C hapter 6: Employment branding New to Chapter 7: Acceptable and unacceptable interview questions; Facebook and LinkedIn; Effective interviewing; Creating effective interview questions