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Reflection – CECE Event: Promoting Resiliency and Relationships in Patient/Client Care

Reflection – CECE Event: Promoting Resiliency and Relationships in Patient/Client Care

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Attending the Center to Advance Interprofessional Education and Practice (CAIEP) discussion was a great opportunity to hear from a variety of fellow University of New England (UNE) students from different programs and different years.  The collective input and discussion were focused on resilience and relationships surrounding patient care.  To define resilience in my own words: The ability to see through difficult situations and obtain a goal.  Resilience is crucial in the field of nursing as we are the support or…

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Response to the Lewis Blackman Story

Response to the Lewis Blackman Story

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https://www.qsen.org/post/the-lewis-blackman-story My initial reaction to watching the video was how much consideration Helen Haskell put into providing the world with this life event.  She was extremely detailed and conveyed details about how all of this happened.  I feel she had spent a lot of time coming to terms and working through her emotions.  The traumatic even inspired her to inform the world and to educate others so that this never happens again.  A truly powerful person to turn this tragedy…

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Needle Exchange Program

Needle Exchange Program

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We had the privilege of hearing Kerri Barton who is the program coordinator of Harm Reduction Services discuss how Portland, Me is working with the unhoused population to navigate drug use and how the needle exchange program operates.  Kerri stated that about 20,000 needles are supplied weekly and that there are about 2,000 unhoused living within Portland.  This provides a scale of how large the problem is, and the number of resources required.             I have personal experience with this…

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Mental Health Simulation Reflection.

Mental Health Simulation Reflection.

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I learned a lot from this experience as it presented several scenarios of clients with different psychological conditions in a controlled learning environment.  The actors did a wonderful job of displaying schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, suicidal ideations, and alcohol dependency.  Being in a learning environment and approaching as a group allowed for a constructive and open way to approach difficult patient provider situations. The group aspect was a challenge as in the patient provider scenarios it would most likely not be…

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Sunrise from a very small island called Water Key. Taken in 2012.
A Trip to Honduras

A Trip to Honduras

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It was the final project I had to do for my bachelor’s degree.  I ventured on a research trip to Honduras.  The intent was to spend several weeks in the bosco nano, cloud forest, in Cusco national park.  I would be assessing the diversity of flora and fauna with a focus on carbon banks.  During part of that time I stayed with the family of Maria Meja, a local coffee farmer.  I valued the experience of seeing how this very…

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