Emotionless is a podcast that discusses Ray Bradbury’s The Veldt. My partner, Kyra, and I go in depth and analyze the themes and issues that arise in this short story, and make connections to the world and the characters in The Veldt.
recorded on: iPhone XR
edited with: CapCut/VideoStar
podcast cover: Canva, ProCreate Pocket
For my community connection interview, I chose to interview Brent, who is a registered nurse; specifically a PACU (post-anesthesia care unit) nurse. I’m interested in working in the medical field, possibly as a nurse, surgeon, or doctor, so interviewing a PACU nurse was a good choice for me since they are treating patients after surgery.
A typical PACU nurse’s responsibilities are to make sure that a patient is safe after being under anesthesia and that they get adequate care after waking up from a surgery. The nurses must make sure that the patient becomes conscious and has stable health before being discharged from the hospital. They are an important part of helping patients recover, and PACU nurses are especially needed during the COVID-19 pandemic, where their specialty training is essential to treating patients with COVID-19.
As a leader in the PACU unit, Brent is in charge of assisting the direct care nurses to make the patients’ stay in the hospital better, and make sure they have the best care possible after receiving their surgeries and anesthesia.
My job lets me help people and makes a positive impact on their lives, and the lives of their loved ones. As a PACU leader, I help elevate the care given to patients after surgery by supporting the direct care nurses.
Finishing my Nursing degree and then my Speciality Nursing degree were my first hurdles to get where I am today. A few other hurdles that I’ve had to go through was becoming a strong PACU nurse at the bedside. After becoming a strong bedside nurse, the next hurdle was learning the hospital dynamics, flow, available resources, and recognizing challenges. A current hurdle is managing and leading nursing staff through staffing shortages, inadequate in-patient beds, the COVID pandemic, and scarce health care funding.
Nursing can be very difficult. One rewarding part of the job is knowing you’re making a difference in someone’s life and a difference in their families lives. Don’t forget to step back during all the chaos and think about how you’re making your patient feel and let that guide your attitude in your job.
Communication. It’s important to be able to ask for help, and offer help when needed. Communicating to others when you need help is very important. Nursing is a team effort, and no one can work and succeed alone.
Yes, there are many times I’ve doubted my career path as a nurse but the beauty of nursing is that there are so many paths nursing can take you. Working in a hospital is not the only nursing pathway. Nursing is diverse; nurses can work in the community, in offices, at schools, and there are many opportunities for travel.
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From this interview, I learned that working in the medical field can be a very challenging job, with stressful situations and difficult times, but working through it and developing your skills will make your job worthwhile and enjoyable. It helped me realize that being a nurse or surgeon is a fitting career path for me because my passions lie within this job, such as science, learning new things, and helping people. The roles that PACU nurses play are crucial to our lives, so this is definitely a potential career path for me!
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The Northern Territories of Canada are heavily affected by climate change. Climate change in the North is mainly caused by the burning of fossil fuels, which releases greenhouse gases. Greenhouse gases are a big problem, because the more greenhouse gases that get released into the atmosphere, they get caught there, and cause the planet to get warmer. In the Northern Territories, the temperature has risen 0.74 degrees Celsius, but has gone up to 2 degrees Celsius.
Due to the increased temperature, ice in the oceans have started to melt, which is causing ocean levels to rise, and warm as well. Rising ocean levels can lead to flash floods, which would devastate communities, and warming ocean temperatures could lead to some endangered animals going extinct. Another effect of climate change would be extreme weather patterns, such as flooding, an increase in rain, and overheating. These would heavily affect the population living in this area, and all the wildlife and nature living in the North as well.
These seem like horrible consequences, so what are the people living here doing to try and curb the effects of climate change? The Government of Nunavut is trying to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions by using alternate forms of energy that isn’t fossil fuels, such as solar and wind. In the Northwest Territories, they are investing more time and money into trying to find new and innovative ways to control their greenhouse gas emissions as well.
Sources:
https://www.oag-bvg.gc.ca/internet/English/nun_201803_e_42874.html
https://www.enr.gov.nt.ca/sites/enr/files/ccsf_ghg_emissions_factsheet.pdf
Your digital footprint could affect your future opportunities in two ways: Firstly, it could affect you would be positive, such as the employer seeing your education or things such as volunteering, or winning a sports event for example.
You could have a positive digital footprint, but it could also be negative. Your social media posts could be seen by your employer, and they could be posts that are inappropriate or unprofessional, and that would likely change the view of your employer.
Describe at least three strategies that you can use to keep your digital footprint appropriate and safe.
A few strategies that I could use to keep my digital footprint safe would be to be mindful of what you post on your social media accounts. Don’t post anything that you will regret later.
Another thing you could do would be to make sure that you are checking what you leave behind after you are on social media. you could do this by searching your own name up in a search engine and see what shows up. You can delete the negative things that come up so it’s hidden from people.
Lastly, you can check the settings you have on your device, and see if they are set to a private mode that won’t give away your information, or won’t let other people view it.
What information did you learn today that you would pass on to other students? How would you go about telling them?
Some information that I learned today that I would give to other students would be that their personal information can be accessible by almost everybody. their future employers could access it, their friends, and even their parents.
However, there are some ways to protect your digital footprint as well. I would tell them to watch what they post on social media, and I would probably post something on social media myself to inform them about their footprint, because social media is an effective way to tell others about this.
