At first, meeting up with my supervisor was all about the in’s and out’s of Namaste. So how each court is designed for the residence, and why certain protocols have been created. Now it’s transformed into “chat in’s” at the beginning of my shift and “chat out’s” end of my shifts. This is extremely important because my chat in’s allow me to merge my goals for the day, but also my supervisor’s expectations. For me, one of my goals is to better understand all the residence and learn how best to meet their social needs. With that in mind, my supervisor’s expectations are for me to do one-on-ones with the more challenging residents. One-on-ones are basically spending 10-15minutes with a resident, interacting and engaging with them in the present …show more content…
As the learner, I do need to work on my chat out’s with my supervisor. The ability to share how I completed my goal, but also how I struggled with it. Often times my reflections in the moment aren’t as detailed and specific that my supervisor has to ask additional prompting questions to dig deeper into weather he needs to adjust or clarify his leadership to create a meaningful experience. This is also in retrospect to Sweitzer and King’s (2009) commentary on recognizing a learning style. For me, I am an abstract learner who likes to develop questions, then reiterate what I’m hearing. When given the chance, hands-on learning through trial and error. Within Namaste, my day is very hands-on, and trial and error driven. For instance, the resident’s moods and motives can change randomly, so one method of interacting (drawing), might not be as effective the next (refusing to draw). The resident’s mood and wiliness to interact can change day-by-day, weeks later, or if medication has …show more content…
With these interactions, I try to provide adequate social needs depending on the residents abilities. With residents who have late on-set dementia, sensory activities are successful approaches for participation. My curiosity has to emerge when I’m assessing a residents enjoyment of an activity. Whether if it’s reading aloud, massaging hands, or placing their fingers over textured fabric; I need to become aware of all of their five senses and forms of communication rather than a verbal “yes” or “no.” This can be overwhelming and challenging because I’m mentally multitasking and trying to be fully present for the person. Overall, this can be problematic when I chat-out with my supervisor. Kiser () notes from the Integrative processing model, that articulating learning is an critical part of the reflecting your learning and produce meaning from your internship. I realized that articulating learning is one of my weaknesses, especially during my chat-out’s with my supervisor. To help build this weakness, integrating Dr. Quall’s notion of curiosity to my environment and forming my experiences into
3.2 list different techniques that can be used to facilitate positive interactions with an individual with dementia
care to the residents suffering from dementia. Banner et al (2009 as cited in Lee J.et al.2012)
March 22nd, 2018, Competency 2B.1: When attempting to do a gastrointestinal and nutritional assessment on one of the resident’s my dyad partner and I were assigned to, the resident started telling us a story of her past. The story became very detailed and somber, and unfortunately the resident had dementia, so she began repeating painful moments of her past over and over. While my dyad partner and I were actively listening, we realized that we needed to try to street the conversation in another direction, so we began trying to talk about the flowers she had, or the bird feeder that was outside her window. And while the resident would try to steer the conversation back into the direction of her past, she did not get offended or upset anytime we tried deflect the conversation, so while we did our assessment on her, we would talk more positive topics. While it is important to listen and engage in what a resident is saying even if the subject is difficult, sometimes dementia can cause unfortunate mental loops where a deflection is necessary – not because my dyad partner or I are uncomfortable in hearing theses stories – but because it is painful for the resident to continually re-engage in these memories.
Dementia is a collection of symptoms caused by disorders affecting the brain which impact on a person’s functioning, ranging from thinking to behaviour and the ability to perform ordinary task and there are different type of dementia with the most common types being Alzheimer’s disease, vascular dementia and Parkinson’s disease (Keast, 2015). In 2009, nearly two-thirds (62%) of people identified as having dementia or Alzheimer 's disease were living in a health establishment such as a nursing home, an aged care hostel, or the cared component of a retirement village (Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2012). People with dementia experience problems with communicative, cognitive and emotive tasks.
Within the elderly community, the existence of activities and interaction with others creates an impact on the elderly daily living. As being a provider in a home health facility, there has been a substantial amount of complaints from family members due to the lack of socializing by their loved ones. When dealing with quality care of the elderly, relationships is a major form of communication that allows each individual the opportunity to express their emotions, and continue his/her consistency of motor skills. Relationships with others are normally formed in senior citizen centers, senior communities and/or with home health
I have developed a newfound confidence in myself that kills and professional competency. My interactions with patients and assertiveness in myself and to carry out a professional discussion and interventions. enhanced not only his communicative skills but as well as immediate reporting, analytical skills and extensive knowledge of the internal and external workplace. Further, becoming involved with committees helped him understand policy and the external situation, as well as government, councils, and regulation, and the way in which to administer the protocols around the plant and people. I have developed a successful rapport with patients, staff and external personnel. I once carried this apprehension and nervousness in patient interactions,
A vital aspect of interpersonal communication is the style in which one listens. While every individual possesses their own preferred method of listening in communication, it can be enlightening to analyze our own strengths and weaknesses so as to maximize effectual communication. Within the confines of four main listening style categories, I have chosen those which best describe my own personal listening style.
To diagnose my learning needs I must be honest and realistic about myself. The strengths I have as a leader consists of personal mastery and building a shared vision. Personal mastery is the discipline of continually clarifying and deepening our personal vision, of focusing our energies, of developing patience, and of seeing reality objectively (Senge, 2006). I have always strived to improve myself so that I can excel in every task that I set out to do. There ...
The irony is that speaking to others is one of the most important, if not the most important, professional and personal skill students must have to be successful (Doyle 88). The student needs to understand the importance of this skill and realize that in the future many opportunities and career successes are directly impacted by working with others. Students are also encouraged to take charge of their learning. Giving the student control and as many choices is a good way to optimized their learning.
Jonas-Simpson, C., & Mitchell, G. J. (2005). Giving voice to expressions of quality of life for persons living with dementia through story, music, and art. Alzheimer's Care Quarterly, 6(1), 52-61.
Operation mangers should also have the same skills as functional manager but they are responsible in managing day to day operations and they should also possess the authority to hire and fire employees.
The purpose of this paper is not to teach you, or to show you how interpersonal communication is essential to everyday life at home or work. But, I am going to do my best to at least show you how essential communication skills are in all areas of life by using me as the example. My plan is to focus on some of the elements of interpersonal communication that we have been touching on this semester. While reading our Interpersonal Communications Book, three goals kept being highlighted that I personally wanted to accomplish by the end of course. I’m sure that by now have noticed that I keep referring to my topics as goals. The reason why I’m doing so is because I’m still on that learning curve…an ongoing process. If can recall back to all of our assignment in this course they all bring one collective point. That point is that, Interpersonal communication is an essential skill in everything that we do in life.
temper their need for public acclaim and financial reward with strong intrinsic motivations” (George, Sims, McLean, & Mayer, 2007).
On Tuesday, September first I met with my academic advisor, Dr. Ana Londono for the first time. We met in her office on the first floor of Young Hall. She informed me that it was only her third week as an advisor at Lindenwold University. I was a bit nervous after hearing that because my major is Pre-Nursing and I had a lot of questions to ask. One of my main reason of making an appointment with my advisor was to ask when I would be able to apply for nursing school. I took a lot of college credit classes in high school. So Dr. Londono and I went over my high school transcript and figured out what classes I had already taken. Lindenwood has a great connection with Goldfarb School of Nursing. On the Lindenwold website they provide a list of required
...rks. In a word, the MA experience was considered to be a bridge that combines the student learning with working skills, it would be of great help for my future career.