Date of Learning: 04/04/25
Time: AM
Title of Learning: Introduction to Academic Writing.
Academic writing is a way students, academics and researchers communicate ideas and information across wider academic community through writing articles, journals and others.
I learnt that it is important to keep my writing short, precise and avoid exaggeration.
Academic writing should involve paragraphs that has been trimmed down to express one idea.
My academic writing should follow the phases:
Plan, Think, Research, Write and Analyse and Edit.
I understood that Proper Referencing was an important part of writing. It acknowledges and gives credit to sources, enhances credibility and adds value to the writing and writer as well.
As a Nursing Associate I need to structure my writing into, Topic sentences, supporting sentences, concluding sentences and Transitional sentences, making it easier and as concise as possible.
KSB’s ADDRESSED:
K4: Understand the principles of research and how research findings are used to inform evidence-based practice.
Date of Learning: 04/04/25
Time: PM
Title of Learning: Respiratory System
Respiration literally talks about the transport of oxygen from the external atmosphere to the body and the removal of carbon dioxide in the opposite direction to the environment using the process called gaseous exchange.
So I then understood that respiratory system is the organs and structures in the body that allows breathing. It is made of organs such as, lungs, airways (trachea, bronchi and bronchioles), diaphragm, voice box, throat, nose and mouth. Its main function is to breathe in oxygen and breathe out carbon dioxide. It also helps protect from harmful particles and germs and allows to smell and speak.
The respiratory system is functioned to aid the body with the following:
• help us to breath
• allow us to talk
• protect the body from harmful particles entering the body
• help in smelling things
• balances level of acidity in your body
As mentioned earlier the respiratory system has many different parts that works together to support the lungs which apparently is the main organ these are nose and nasal cavity, mouth and oral cavity, Sinuses, pharynx(throat), larynx (voice box), trachea (windpipe). bronchi (large airways) and diaphragm.
In simple terms the system has the thoracic cavity, upper respiratory tract, lower respiratory tract and the lungs.
I also learnt about diffusion which is the movement of substances from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration.
Again, Gas exchange was discussed as the physical process by which gases move passively by diffusion across a surface.
One of the main homeostatic functions of the respiratory system is the gas exchange that occurs in the alveoli in the lungs. As blood passes through the tiny capillaries in the alveolar sacs, changing pressure gradients allow oxygen and carbon dioxide to diffuse in and out of the blood.
At the end of this study, I can describe the function the respiratory system, Identify key structures of the respiratory system, define diffusion and understand the role of the respiratory system in homeostasis.
KSBs Addressed : K16:
Understand body systems and homeostasis, human anatomy and physiology, biology, genomics, pharmacology, social and behavioural sciences as applied to delivery of care.