1. Journal Writing Assignments Healthcare Foundations This workforce solution was partially financed through a $12,695,959 grant from the Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

2. Journal Writing Assignment #1:  Write 2 paragraphs about yourself.  Paragraph one is to summarize your educational and employment history to this point.  Paragraph two is to describe your short and long term educational and employment goals.

3. Journal Writing Assignment #2  Option 1:  Do you think you have any personal barriers that would prevent you from communicating effectively? Describe and explain compensatory strategies.  Option 2:  Describe barriers you will undoubtedly encounter in others. Explain what you can do to facilitate communication when barriers are present.

4. Communication Barriers Sample Paragraph  Sometimes I find I can’t communicate with others as easily as I would like. English is the only language I know, and that limits my ability to be understood by people whose primary language is something other than English. When I attempt to speak loudly, my voice tends to get more high pitched. That makes my voice even more difficult to understand for most people who have a hearing loss. When I am feeling somewhat stressed, I have a natural tendency to speak rapidly. This creates a need for the listener to process the information quickly and can lead to misunderstood information. Keeping myself aware of these limitations helps me to decrease their impact on others.

5. Journal Writing Assignment # 3  Write a paragraph describing your own personal wellness strategies & goals. Be sure to include both physical (such as exercise, nutrition, etc.) and mental wellness (such as stress management).

6. Journal Writing Assignment #4  How is knowledge of anatomy and physiology beneficial to healthcare workers?

7. Journal Writing Assignment #5  Explain the Chain of Infection, including examples of common everyday behaviors that can limit interrupt the chain as well as those that can allow the chain to be passed along.

8. Journal Writing Assignment #6  Think of a typical day from start to finish. Describe all the ways you use math during that day.

9. Journal Writing Assignment #7  Describe several common fire hazards and describe what can be done to correct them.

10. Journal Writing Assignment #8  How can you apply an awareness of vital signs and other health indicators to your everyday life and the lives of those around you?

11. Journal Writing Assignment #9  This journal article is due (1 week), is to involve research, be typed, and submitted electronically or on paper (1-2 pp.)  List ways that government agencies offer assistance at the local, state, national, and international level.  What are pros and cons of increased government assistance?  Describe your vision of “the ideal” level of government intervention in healthcare.

12. Journal Writing #10  Contrast laws, ethics, and morals.

13. Journal Writing Assignment #11  Option 1:  Rewrite your first journal writing assignment, correcting any mechanical errors.  Option 2:  Describe the grief process, and explain how you would respond to a patient experiencing each stage of grief.

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