NR 442 Assignment: Clinical Reflection Journal # 5
The overall experience of Richards’s academy high school was interesting, this school was mainly
... [Show More] Hispanic or Black. The school was huge on the inside, and designed like a maze with only about 175 students within the whole school. The school is in need of updates, where the presentation was held, it was cold in not that large. There were an equal amount of restroom on each floor, they were clean and very spacious as well as providing a unisex restroom. This was a good experience by providing information to these teenagers.
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The overall experience of Richards’s academy high school was interesting, this school was mainly Hispanic or Black. The school was huge on the inside, and designed like a maze with only about 175 students within the whole school. The school is in need of updates, where the presentation was held, it was cold in not that large. There were an equal amount of restroom on each floor, they were clean and very spacious as well as providing a unisex restroom. This was a good experience by providing information to these teenagers. I can tell from the presentation most of these students did not have any knowledge of STI, and how they can protect themselves. I was excited to be a part of this experience and explaining any questions that is concerning to them. The most problematic, majority of the students were disrespectful and had behavior issues. We were testing during English period, which was two classes at a time. Each class consist of freshmen and sophomores together or juniors and seniors together. The majority of the students did not take this education serious, some had bad attitudes, did not want to participate, were not receptive to learning any of the information, and only a handful were interested in the information in had questions. The experience could have been better, if the authority figures had a better system for maintaining their student’s behavior. I can tell that there were no consequences for the inappropriate behavior that these students were displaying, it just seems as if the student was the one running the school not the teachers or security. One other approach that can be used is educating the teachers as well as having the teachers participate during the presentation and testing. The targeted audience were teenagers from the age of 14 to 19 years of age. It is known that this particular age group has the highest rate for STI for not using protection. The only time this age group is known to seek treatment for STI is when they are having symptoms. The health issue presented during the program is two STI’s commonly known as Chlamydia and gonorrhea. The learning objective is to become aware that we rank number 2 in the state among teenagers from ages 14 to 19 years of age for these two STI’s that are easily curable. What is the treatment for the infection, what is the process to find out whether or not the person is infected, how can a person protect themselves from getting an infection, how to properly use condoms to prevent the infection or unwanted pregnancies, how long will the result take, where they can receive treatment, what is the cost. The material presented during the presentation was important and age appropriate. The communicate styles that were used was therapeutic, open ended questioning and active listening. Learning activities that were used was demonstrating the proper method of putting on a women/ men condoms and using a dental dam. During the presentation a PowerPoint slide was used and during the testing everyone meet up with an educator in private to ask questions and get reading material as well as supplies. These items were important because it assists with any questions a student have after meeting an educator who might have questions later. After, the presentation was done and the testing portion begins, students are quizzed on the information that was given in the presentation. This assists with knowing who was paying attention during the presentation, and did the students understand what they are being tested for, if they decided to test. The strength of this program has provided free testing and information for teenagers within the community. One weakness is the length of the presentation, maybe figuring out a way to limit the information to keep the students attention. When providing programs that give free assistance to individuals that are in need, it is very important to have funding to be able to provide these services and decrease the STI rates among our teenagers. When funding is cut individual are not being treated for these STI because they cannot afford medical insurance as well as medications, so in turn they are walking around untreated. [Show Less]