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Caffeine Curiosity I write things, feel too much, and call it art. Occasionally, someone calls it work. Fueled by caffeine.
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10 posts!
Back when LPNs in BC were advocated by their Association. Exciting times , on the cusp of becoming one licensing college, one nursing ethics for all levels of nursing and increased autonomy for LPNs in BC.
Imagine this scenario: you're a student who has always been excited about learning. You love being in class, engaging with your peers, and s
Something to remember as an educator
https://www.jamesbonline.com/post/post-1-trends-in-my-field
PIDP3100 Peer review #1 Trends blog
As a heavy duty mechanic one is tasked with the repair and maintenance of heavy equipment such as mobile cranes, trucks and construction ma
PIDP3100 Peer review #2 Trends blog
PIDP3100 Post #2: Trends in Adult Learning
Upskilling and Re-Skilling
Upskilling and re-skilling refer to the process of acquiring new skills or updating existing ones to adapt to the rapidly changing demands in technology and digitalization.
In the article "Empowering adults through upskilling and reskilling pathways," it is emphasized that renewing and upgrading skills are essential for achieving one's full potential and for playing a more active role in our technologically evolving society.
As technology continues to advance at a rapid pace, the need to continually upskill and reskill has become increasingly important. The main point I take from this article is the extrinsic and intrinsic motivation along with pressure on the mature learner to keep up with the digital advancements to maintain solid footing in their learning and employment.
CEDEFOP-Empowering-adults-I_0.pdf
Roles and Trends Self Assessment : Gloves
I found the subject relevant to my work and my teaching as I work in health care and also teach in the health care assistant program at Camosun College.
Environmentally over use of gloves causes pollution and take over 100 years to degrade in landfills. They get washed away and end up in lakes and oceans killing wildlife.
The subject of this Trends and Roles blog was shocking to people who do not work in health care and also to those who do. It is a real eye opener to realize people who wear and dispose of these medical grade gloves ( and all disposable gloves) need to have some accountability to our environment and pay attention on a global scale now that the pandemic is over and we can see the affects this has on generations to come.
I believe I have solid knowledge of the subject and used credible resources. I use a poster from Island health authority, which I attached to my blog, as part of my teaching to emphasis the need for asepsis and bring attention to over use of gloves in the workplace.
For my knowledge base and meeting the criteria for the rubric and assignment I assess myself at an B+.
For my presentation I am in progress and at this time am not on a professional level with blogging having only just created a blog for this course. I give myself a C for presentation.
Overall grade of 3.75/5
A photo of gloves for good measure.
PIDP3100 Post 3 : Summary of Call with Learning Partner
I found a comfortable connection with my learning partner Amanda. We had a few things in common, we share the understanding of solo parenting and taking care of pets while being working professionals. At the same time we are returning to the student world as adults with this full load of responsibilities that follow us.
Amanda's blog on fraud in the indigenous sector was eye opening and created many emotions for me. It is basically identity theft for monetary gain. As we move into an age of reconciliation I found this ongoing fraud of Indigenous funds appalling. This has been so frequent and to such a degree as to warrant making an exception out of a mother and her daughters who were receiving funding based on their false claim of indigenous bloodlines. I has happy to see the mother was ordered to repay the Inuit nation the $158,000 that had been granted to them when she portraying her daughters as Inuit. The three year prison sentence will hopefully send a message to others that this is not acceptable and will not be tolerated. I was surprised also to read there is a 'no proof' policy in Canada for post secondary institutions. This was highly disturbing , and although there are some people who legitimately do not know their true bloodline until they take a genealogy test, these people who purposefully claim status for the intention of committing fraud need to be stopped and held accountable to the highest level. Now that I am aware I will be tracking to see if we do indeed make changes in Canada to post secondary credentials for proof of ancestral bloodlines and to see where I can assist in this.
Link to my learning partner's blog
Trends in Indigenous Education – Daily Chickite (wordpress.com)
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Trends in Your Field PIDP3100 Post 1
This blog assignment we will talk about the use of medical gloves. Within my field of instruction in health care we utilize hospitals and long term care facilities for student training. At these sites we are currently trending a Gloves Off Campaign. This is not an easy task to teach as students see current workers wearing gloves inappropriately for tasks that do not require gloves at all. When I pair my student up with a mentor it becomes a mine field of cross contamination as my students follow what they see instead of what they have been taught. I feel I have become the nag and the voice of Student Learning Contracts within my program as well as the one rebuking the workers. It is my job though to uphold the policies of the college and the health authority, this will be an ongoing learning curve. I am constantly asking students and workers to critically think about why they are wearing gloves.
As a bit of background, at the beginning of the Covid pandemic, when health professionals and scientists were working to reduce the spread, we used copious amounts of Personal Protective Equipment in the hopes of keeping everyone safe, which meant running out of gloves as we rarely touched anything without them on. Constantly donning gloves across the globe took a toll on the ecosystem, albeit the environment was not in the forefront of peoples minds between 2020-2022 so it virtually went unnoticed until recently when in May 2023 posters arrived asking if employees wanted to become Glove Awareness champions. Be a Gloves Off! Champion | Medical Staff (islandhealth.ca)
This current glove campaign is promoted via posters and information sheets.
A quote from the Information sheet "a nitrile glove takes at least 100 years to degrade" reinforces the realization of the level of toxicity to the environment. IPAC also claims that even after these gloves degrade they leave behind harmful chemicals in the environment and expand on the environmental, " for 2875 nitrile gloves per day the carbon emissions would be 27 tonnes of CO2 ( carbon dioxide) annually- this is the equivalent of driving a gas powered passenger vehicle around the circumference of the earth 2.7 times". Hence, the trending Gloves off Campaign.
It is promoted by the Infection Prevention and Control Office (IPAC) at Island Health Authority where I am situated and acknowledge the Lək̓ʷəŋən and W̱SÁNEĆ territory I work and reside on.
This promotion of decreasing glove use to reduce the impact on the environment is not just where I work and teach, but across Canada and around the world. Global awareness has occurred post pandemic. With World Hand Hygiene Day which was May 5th this year the world jumped on board with the focus on better hand hygiene and less disposable glove use. West Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership in the UK wants to cut down on their glove use and discusses this on their webpage https://www.wypartnership.co.uk and includes "The overuse of gloves can create a false sense of security" and go on to say "Sometimes people forget this and don't wash or sanitise their hands as often as they should".
The World Health Organization (cdn.who.int) published a leaflet that talks about inappropriate glove use "the use of gloves when not indicated represents a waste of resources and does not contribute to a reduction of cross-contamination". (search: glove-use-information-leaflet.pdf )
As with many professions trends come and go like the tide. Ebbing and flowing with current managerial, environmental and societal concerns. This is one I hope stays around for the long run.
Information sheet posted here for educational purposes only not to be redistributed.
Brief Autobiography ( PIDP 3100)
*Create Blog Week 1
*Brief Autobiography (+100 words) Week 2
A friendly hello and introduction from me, Esme.
For career I am a Licensed Practical Nurse working in mental health and long term care.
For fun I am an adult educator, my program is Health and Human Sciences , Continuing Care , mentoring and guiding students in the Health Care Aid course. This gives me great joy and is the reason I am in the PIDP program as a student myself.
I'm classified as Gen X and cannot say I don't relate to almost everything under this category. I do enjoy humour and believe I have a wicked sense of humour to deploy on others as a result of childhood survival skills.
I have some work to do for self care as I am a workaholic. I am not a social butterfly although I tend to get along with most everyone and look forward to meeting co students via VCC platform.
Cheers all,
Esme