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I didn’t know what retweeting meant before this week. Maybe I should start by saying I didn’t even have a Twitter. It’s been encouraged by my University Transfer course. Not so sure why I never bothered making one since now that I have one it is obvious how powerful of a tool this media site can be.
I engaged with Twitter for the reason that mostly everywhere you look, or everyone you engage with most likely has a Twitter that represents their reality. Such an interesting thing that quite frankly I’d love to build on.
Since Twitter is used world wide it may be a perfect way for me to push the message of help in regards to the Syrian refugee crisis.
The first thing I did was look up the hashtag #RefugeeCrisis and very quickly realized it was too broad. I came across pages that were outdated and that were also not referring to the current crisis. Therefore I narrowed it down to just #Refugees. Hit the jackpot on that one with how many rich posts there were.
I retweeted one I found interesting and that I believed others would find appealing and motivating.
There was much to learn from this experience. Yet this was just the spark of my Twitter footprint. Now, I am mindful towards many things. Not only the content of my work, but I am considerate of the complexity that this issue brings. Now, it is me creating the content others might come across. This new addition to my project changes everything I had been doing before.
This week in #UNIV349DC we are looking to truly engage in social issues online by being active participants. With college tuition being a hot topic for the upcoming election but in few other places, I have decided to engage with the politicians who will potentially be making decisions regarding the costs of college in the near future. As previous posts can attest to, this cause is near and dear to my heart and I truly believe that we can make leaps and bounds as a country if we weren’t turning such a profit from education. Some of the most brilliant minds in our history would not have been able to afford further schooling by today’s standards. People often ask what if the cure for cancer is hidden inside the mind of someone who can’t afford college? I think that investing in the minds of students is the absolute best investment that we could ever make. As a tax payer, I would happily watch my tax dollars being spent on our future rather than creating more messes.
I reached out to Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders on Twitter because they both have high presences there and are the front runners regarding this issue and in the election as a whole.
As you can see from the number of retweets and favorites, they are capturing the attention of Twitter users. I have been following Bernie Sanders’s campaign from early on, so I have a relatively good idea about his goals, but have disregarded a lot of what Hillary Clinton has said until the statement that she made in the photo above. “…your fights are my fights,” she says and I sought to challenge that because the cost of college is easily one of my biggest struggles. I look forward to hearing from the camps of both candidates and will report back on any progress.
I also sought to engage with all Twitter users by tweeting out a question and creating a hashtag. Fingers crossed that something comes of it, because I truly would like to hear the thoughts of other students or even parents – those that are directly affected by the issue.
Wish me luck!
MGH, Professor in Training
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In Cottage Hospital, when a pt presents with signs and symptoms of sepsis, a policy called SLAY SEPSIS Resucitation protocol is in placed for the healthcare team to follow, especially in the ED. The acronym stands for:
Sepsis
Lactate/Labs
Activate team/Antibiotics
Yell for fluids
Straight to Critical Care
Early goal directed tx
Pressors
ScVO2 Monitoring
Insulin
Source Control/Steroids
The main steps are to initiate severe sepsis or septic shock order set. Then supplemental O2 or intubation for mechanical ventilation must be done. Lastly central line or pulmonary artery catheter placement must be accomplished for ScvO2 and SvO2 monitoring.The rest of the tx will then be based on the pt’s CVP, MAP, ScVO2/SvO2 values.Lastly, per the recommended initial empiric abx therapy for pts with severe sepsis and shock protocol, the type of antibiotics used will depend where the suspected source of infection is located.
Reference:
Cottage Health (n.d.). SLAY SEPSIS Resuscitation Protocol. Unpublished Internal Document.
Cottage Health (n.d.). Recommended Initial Empiric Antibiotic Therapy for Patients with Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock. Unpublished Internal Document.
Hello Everyone! For this weeks challenge in #UNIV349DC we were tasked with instructions to actually engage with other social media users via their respective sites. Since my professors narrowed down the list of sites we could use for this challenge I decided to focus all of my energy on Twitter. For this challenge I also created a new Twitter account @univstudent349 to make sure I keep my school stuff away from my personal stuff.
In order to engage in twitter I followed the usual hashtags #mentalhealth and #mentalhealthawareness. During this week I found that #mentalhealth was drawing more congruent results. The following screenshots are of the results that arose with #mentalhealth
The first screenshot is of twitter user @Rethink_ which I found was a invaluable resource for those suffering from mental health and specifically thoughts of suicide.I did not really repost anything from them specifically but I did find the resources and links they post to be very helpful when it comes those who need immediate help. The posts that really inspired me as I read the comments because this site really seemed to help those in need. When I say those in need I am referring to those people who feel the need to self harm and that benefit from talking to someone who can help alleviate their anxiety or depression.
The second screenshot is from a collaborative site called @BBCPanorama. At the moment that site has the top tweet with a link to an article by Maria Kane, Chief Executive of the Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health Trust. I also used my twitter account to retweet things from that user. Moreover, in the article Ms. Kane discussed in her site that mental health is in critical condition and severely needs the help of others to fund the push for more mental health availability. Ms. Kane is part of a trust titled Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health Trust that attempts to serve those people who have mental issues that do not have their own means to reach mental health. The article describes how the Trust searches for people who need help and simply goes and does what it can to help.
After my engaging in both @Rethink_ and @BBCPanorama it has been reinforced in me how much mental health affects our country. Both users describe the extent of people that need help and how hard it is for these people to reach it.
Alright, so here is what I accomplished this past week. I finally created a Twitter so that I could cooperate more efficiently and decided to tweet about an article about the refugee crisis. I did this, because I couldn’t really find that article in many places and I wanted to get my idea out there. However, since I am a new Twitter user, I haven’t gotten any replies or retweets or anything unfortunately. Sad day.
I also commented on a Facebook post about that same article. There were so many great ideas about the article and the boy in it. Most of them were praising the child for his emotional intellect and strength. I liked over 10 comments, because they were so great to see people connect over the article, and share such kind words for the child. One person said, “Alison Hodgeheg–What an intelligent and articulate young man. He echoes the thoughts of many-to solve this crisis we need to stop the violent war in Syria.” This child explains that he never wanted to leave his country, and that he feels that many of his countrymen and country women feel like that as well. Powerful words coming from a young child.
I will continue to get more involved with this process. I continue to find that social media is the most powerful tool right now for people to connect. It increases community, cooperation, and collaboration (just like the netspeak chapter says for video games). Twitter is constantly used as a tool for people to donate to any cause that they see fit. For instance, I just donated to a cause from UNHCR. The image below is powerful. There is this adorable child, who is in obvious distress in his situation. Most refugees that have had to come over water have had a troubling time. There have been many people that have gone missing as a result from these tragic waters, and it also leads to dehydration and famine. Instead of having to search for this myself, or having to leave the comfort of my dorm to go out and donate, I was able to find this via twitter in 30 seconds, and was then able to donate a minute later.
I know I’ve reiterated this multiple times, and I’m sure y’all will get tired of my repetition, but doing these challenges continue to drive home this point in my mind. Social Media is on hell of a tool, and it is awesome. I used to think that social media was simply for my friends, and ways for my girlfriends to stalk me. That is not the case. I think people never really realize how useful social media can be if it is used the correct way. Sure, social media can spawn hate and its a tool for people to be cruel to others. But I wholeheartedly believe that there are more positives than negatives. Studies show that volunteering has gone up and donations have gone up since the creation and addition of social media. Everything is so simple to do now because of it, and I think it creates good will in others. If I see my bestie post a link to a place he donated to, and I believe it is a good cause, you are darn right that I will donate to it as well. And I’ve definitely seen people follow this form of thinking and action through Twitter and Facebook.
Thanks for reading. 
When it came time to create a brand for myself, I took into consideration what my overall aesthetic was. For my name’s sake, I wanted to stay true to the colors of the Sierra Nevada Mountain range, and it is a common theme throughout my body of work. I utilize my love for the great outdoors as a platform for the of inspiration for everything I do, whether it be the use of natural textures (wood, grass, rock, etc), or from the high resolution photos I take on my travels. I tend to use all the colors I see in nature, for example the sienna brown which is the color of the dirt found in Northern California. Olive greens to mimic the redwood trees I grew up around and blue-green colors to parallel the ocean side, to where I feel most at home. I look at branding projects as an extension of the core essence of the soul. When I collaborate with a client on projects such as these, my first and main priority is to capture the true identity of who they are as a person, and take off from there.
End of life care is a subject that is difficult for me to ponder. Although I know that death will certainly be part of my career as a nurse, I have never been one of those people who speak glibly about death. I have always seen it as a very serious and rather frightening topic.
The few times I have pondered the possibility of my own death, I would want my husband to be the person to make decisions for me. I know that he and my parents and siblings are close and would work together to make the best decision for my well-being. Being a young adult, I would want everything possible done to keep me going as long as possible and I know that my husband and family members would certainly agree to that.
I haven’t had any discussions about this topic with my family members except to tell them that I would never want to be cremated, I find the thought of being burned after death rather grotesque. Other than that, my family and I don’t discuss my after-death wishes, mainly because they do not expect to be around for that time and because I have not made any advance directives. As stated before, it’s not a topic I relish talking or thinking about. Thinking more about it, I suppose I should make one despite being 29 years old. I do participate in sports and activities such as horseback riding that could potentially cause harm and/or fatalities. It’s just very hard to think about.
My peers are of a similar mindset due to our age and general good health. I do think culture plays a role here. In this affluent town here in the U.S., we expect to live long healthy lives. If we are seriously injured, we expect to survive thanks to the healthcare system here.
I found an article from the UK’s The Telegraph that reflects my attitude. It states that more than half of Brits in relationships don’t know their partner’s end of life wishes, which interestingly enough, was something that was openly talked about in the Victorian era. This makes sense to me because back then, people were only expected to live into their 40s.
As the author notes, more open discussions about death are needed. This could inspire more people to sign up for things such as organ donation and assist those whoare still in the living world .
My 24 hour disconnect began at 0930 on Saturday, October 24th. This day began with a surfing session out at Leadbetter beach in Santa Barbara. In the ocean, no one can be on their cell phone. Other surfers and paddle boarders were enjoying the beautiful day catching waves and chatting and smiling between sets. There is no need for technology (besides the use of photography to capture the beauty).
From there I went to enjoy a cinnamon roll and coffee with my boyfriend, Jason. Sitting there at the cafe, my boyfriend and the owner got into a conversation regarding a movie and Australia, in which neither of them could remember the name of the movie nor the location in Australia that it took place. So how did they figure it out you ask? Google of course! What did we do before technology to solve these sort of problems?
After our coffee and cinnamon rolls, we took the bikes to the beach for Open Streets festival in Santa Barbara. Along Castillo street, the roads had been blocked off and vendors lined the streets. People were mostly engaged in the festivities at hand, but of course people everywhere were disengaged and focused on texting or connecting with others via cell phone. Whether or not this took away from their experience or not is tough to say. Probably depended upon how long they were engaged with their phone, and how often it posed as a distraction.
From the festival, we continued our adventure out into Solvang, where we embarked into a corn maze at the Solvang Pumpkin Patch. Here, it was essential to take pictures because how often does one partake in a corn maze. Although I did not use my phone to take pictures, I was photographed using Jason’s phone.
Later, we went to the movies. To look up movie times, we once again used a telephone. Sure we could have used a newspaper or gone to an actual theater, but a particular movie might not be playing at a certain theater or finding a newspaper at 9 o’clock at night can be difficult. Overall, it is a difficult task to completely disconnect in this day and age. Technology enables the ease of information and documenting the present moment, although it can also take away from the present and be a constant distraction.
During school, it is easy for me to disconnect from my phone. My friends and family know I’m in school so they don’t bother me with texts or calls. However, just because it is easy for me to not need my phone it is hard for me to not want to use it. I spent most of my morning in the library reading and doing homework but found that I would get bored and distracted easily so I would subconsciously go online. I had back to back classes from 12-6 so again, it was easy to not need my phone during those ours. While walking to my classes, I noticed some people had their earphones on and I did not see many people in groups. Because I was observing others, I purposefully tried to make eye contact with people but noticed that many either look down or just have a glazed look on their face. I believe technology has taken over our generation and a lot of what we do involves our phones or computers. Because I did this on a day when I had class, I found it kind of easy but if I had done this on a weekend, it would’ve been hard for me.
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