Topic > The importance of work experience - 614

ActivityBy Amy ProutIntroduced as partial fulfillment of the requirement for care supportForm code 5N0758May 2014IntroductionI completed my work experience in a stroke rehabilitation unit, so many patients were in physiotherapy or they had speech and language therapy. I couldn't do a group activity, so I decided to do an individual activity. Planning I started planning my business during my first week of work experience and started to notice that some stroke victims suffer from memory problems. Then I did my research and found that if the temporal lobe of the brain is affected, the effects can include impaired short-term memory and difficulty acquiring and retaining new information, as well as problems with perception and attention (Human-memory.net , 2014). I then spoke to the clinical nurse manager who told me that it would be almost impossible to do a group activity as patients were attending physiotherapy sessions, had appointments and where they were in bed, so the clinical nurse manager he suggested that I do an activity with patients on an individual basis. Then I talked to some ...