December 2008 - Posts

Patient Preferences - Part II
by Veronica Haywood

I hope everyone had a great holiday! Now to continue on with last week's blog... I still have timeliness, healing behaviors, and cultural preferences to discuss. Now when I was on my internship these were things that I recognized as being important, however, Read More...

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Be Sensitive to Patient’s Preferences
by Veronica Haywood

As I mentioned previously, cultural competence is very important especially when working in health care. Each one of us identifies ourselves through our culture in one way or another. It involves parts or all of our belief systems, values, customs and Read More...

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The End of an Internship
by Veronica Haywood

My internship has ended and it was GREAT!!! I have had the wonderful opportunity to work with many health care professionals, but most of all I had the opportunity to work with an excellent CI. She was able to help me grow so much during the course of Read More...

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Patience is a Virtue
by Veronica Haywood

This is now week three of my internship, and I only have one more week left. I will be very sad to leave as I have thoroughly been enjoying my internship. During this past week I have had the opportunity to work with patients alone. I did not realize Read More...

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PT Takes a Toll
by Veronica Haywood

I have just completed my second week at my internship! I cannot believe how fast time flies. I feel like I have learned so much in such a little time. The one thing that has become very obvious to me is that this profession takes a toll on your body. Read More...

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