My Experience : My Personal Experience In Nursing Education

My journey to nursing began with my personal healthcare experience, and has continued to evolve since entering the nursing program at State University. My personal philosophy of nursing is related my life experience and my personal philosophy of life. Using reflection-on-action, I have begun to understand the influences that have lead me to nursing. I discovered client and family centered care to be an important quality when I look at the influential nurses in my life. To develop a positive therapeutic nurse-client relationship, nurses must integrate all 5 dimensions of the therapeutic nurse-client relationship into their practice (CNO, 2006). When it comes to providing client-centered care, the dimensions of trust, empathy

In order to reach one’s goal, the goal should be well defined, firm and the individual must be completely committed to attaining it. Pursuing a career as a Primary Health Care Nurse Practitioner has always been my driving goal throughout all my education and training since the age of seventeen. Over the past three years working within a Surgical Inpatient unit as a Registered Nurse, I have become aware of the lack of community resources and access to health care available in rural areas. This has inspired me apply to the University of Western Ontario’s Primary Health Care Nurse Practitioner program for the fall of 2014. After completing my Bachelor of Science of Nursing at the University of Western Ontario, I am certain that no other

Philosophy is a distinct disciple on its own right, and all disciplines can claim their own philosophical bases that form guidelines for their goal” (Meleis, 2012, p. 28). In simpler terms, philosophy is your worldview and thought process of life. Our philosophy transcends into our beliefs and values’, examining our philosophy allows us to discover what is important to us and helps define priorities and goals (Meleis, 2012, p.28). Being aware of our philosophy creates individuality in each person creating the foundation of the person we want to become. As Meleis (2012) stated, our philosophy helps set priorities and evaluate those priorities against societal and humanistic priorities.

What has surprised you? I think the most surprising thing about my nursing school journey has been how much I have grown and changed as a person in the past two years. I have become a much more assertive and direct person. I have a greater appreciation for the monotonous moments in my life and have learned how to not over think things and just to appreciate every moment and day for itself. Part of this group come about from clinical and part of it developed through my work experience as a nurse tech in the Emergency Department at Seattle Children’s Hospital. I personally have grown and learned a lot from the kids that I have worked with and its taught me the importance of slowing down and living in the moment. It’s also taught me that happiness is something that only you can determine. I feel that throughout all my clincials I have learned important life lessons from the people from every age and stage of life. All of these lessons have helped to shape me into a more compassionate, understanding, and better therapeutic communicator with my patients and have shaped my personal nursing practice.

Healthcare delivery and management especially hospital care has changed dramatically over the years. In the past, the scope of Healthcare included physicians who diagnosed and treated disease. This scope left nurses and other providers out of place while they struggle to define their roles. This in fact, raises many questions. Is nursing dependent on what physicians wanted? Also, does nursing require other specialized knowledge and skill that is different from other healthcare providers? (Manson, Iscaacs, & Colby, 2011). These questions became difficult to answer especially when nursing is define without embracing the physical, emotional, psychological, and social needs which are critical to delivering supportive care.

My overall experience of this clinical was great. I got to feed a baby, take the temperature, and watch how a newborn is bathed. In the NICU I noticed that there was a lot of work. The nurse that I was with had three patients to take care of. One of the patients was premature, had an NG tube, his face was disfigured, and he was angry. The nurse always had to check on him because one of the machines started to beep or she had to prepare the feeding for the infant. It was overwhelming to see an infant on a tube and who had to be given medications to calm him down because he angry. That one patient needed a lot of care and constant monitoring. The nurse that I was with talked to me about the premature babies and how many of the premature babies

When one thinks of a nurse they often think of a caring, compassionate, knowledgeable individual. They don’t often think that every nurse comes from different situation, past experiences, and life changing events that make nurses who he or she is. Everyone on this earth is unique and has something to contribute. The same goes for patients. Each patient has a different background and have different interests which make them who they are. In order to give the optimal care to the patients nurses must accommodate to the patient’s uniqueness.

One situation that was directly related to the content that was discussed in one of my classes was when my nurse assessed my patient. Even though she did a head to toe assessment, she did not percuss anywhere on the body. In assessment class, we learned to follow IPPA (inspection, palpation, percussion, auscultation). However, in clinical this week, along with the entire clinical rotation, I have never watched a nurse percuss anywhere on the body during their assessments. I think this difference exists because it might not be necessary to do this on every patient. I think it goes along with the focused assessment. For example, a patient that came in with the flu might not need their abdomen percussed because it does not have anything related to the flu. I am not completely sure though. When theory and practice are not congruent in this case, it might affect the care the patient receives, but I don’t think it would for every case.

I once heard someone say, “Find something you love to do and you’ll always be successful.” If you want to be in a field where you are continually learning, nursing would be the top pick. This paper will reflect the journey I have taken from Registered Nurse (RN) to Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) with the incorporation of my learning objectives from my clinical course.

This Friday, September 15th, I had my clinical observation experience in the ED. I was there from 7:00 am till noon, viewing the flow and duties of the nursing staff on the unit, as well as practicing the skills I have thus learned in school. Throughout most of the morning, I followed Jessica, who had been a nurse in the ER for ten years. It was an insightful experience that broadened my previously limited knowledge of the roles and experience of an emergency nurse.

What I look forward to is to put in my best and graduate out of the

The unique contribution I will make to the Duke ABSN program, the Duke School of Nursing and to the nursing profession is my professional and personal experience with people who are blind or have low vision.

Growing up in a third-world country, Cambodia gave me a real life view of a community with limited access to healthcare services, and that resulted in poor health outcomes. When I was two years old, my family suffered a great loss. My mother suffered from a disease and that caused her to be extremely weak. In spite of all efforts to save her, using what available funds we had, she still passed away. I will never know her true cause of illness as my father only vaguely explained the circumstances of the death to me. Losing her was devastating. This and other experiences helped me recognize the importance people placed in healthcare.

     “Nursing is an art: and if it is to be made an art, It requires an exclusive devotion as hard a preparation, as any painter´s or sculptor´s work; for what is the having to do with dead canvas or dead marble, compared with having to do with the living body, the temple of God´s spirit? It is one of the Fine Arts: I had almost said, the finest of Fine Arts.” Spoken by a true nurse, Florence Nightingale; a pioneer of nursing and a reformer of hospital sanitation methods.

My philosophy of nursing education grows out of my philosophy of nursing. Much has been said related to healthcare reform, healthcare globalization, and healthcare delivery. A resounding theme in all of these discussions is the need for nurses to take a position of leadership in the healthcare industry (Institute of Medicine, 2010). I believe nurses, as leaders, are uniquely qualified to bridge the gap between the healthcare industry and a rapidly changing global environment. Nurses are educationally in tune to the proposed changes that are being made, yet sensitive enough to address the needs of individuals affected by these changes. In a global community, nurses advocate for the individual.