My Success Within The Nursing Program

Why would I be successful if admitted into the nursing program? Before answering this question, success must first be personally defined. Students interpret success in different ways. Some students feel successful by simply passing classes while other individuals feel like they’ve failed themselves if they receive anything less than an A. For me, success includes taking initiative for future plans, demonstrating maximum effort, and never giving up. In the nursing program, I will apply these steps to success towards my schoolwork and clinical experiences to make for an excellent candidate.

I feel I was not successful in nursing 120 for the fall semester for a multiple reasons in regards to my personal life. I have always gone to college away from home and being at home for the first semester was a hard adjustment. I was accustom to only focusing on my college course work without having to deal with the reality of my home life. I had a difficult time balancing the stress from my home life and college work. I always had the support system of my mother and stepfather but during the beginning of the semester my parents separated. It was hard to deal with not having the support system of both my parents. I felt as if I had to be strong for my mother and pick up the responsibilities of my stepfather. The new responsibilities made

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.

Striving as a successful Honor Student in high school has been daring over the years, but soon will lead to more challenging aspects centering my career goal as a Registered Nurse; which will involve my aspirations, excellence, and accomplishing the vision. Becoming a Registered Nurse is going to be hard because I'm not sure what to expect .However, I do know that the journey to this accomplishment will be stressful. Despite those circumstances as long as I stay focused and do not procrastinate, my career is bound to happen in success. The main aspect to reaching my career goal consists of my aspirations. The biggest aspiration is for me to improve myself and my skills with those around.

During high school, I was a member of the New Visions program; through the program I was able to observe and volunteer at Monroe Community Hospital and Strong Memorial Hospital. I spent four days out of the week at Monroe Community Hospital and one day at Strong Memorial Hospital. I was placed on many different floors. For instance, I was on a geriatric PT floor of Monroe Community Hospital where I watched therapist work one-on-one with patients. I went on room calls with therapist to observe care outside of the PT facility and watched how they set up patient care plans. Also, I was on multiple nursing units at both hospitals, where I would push patients in wheelchairs to their desired destination and help feed patients at lunch time. I was

With that, I was able to experience behind the scenes action in the hospital. Many people may think they want to work in a certain area or field, but once they actually get there, they realize it's not for them. I was one of those people. I aspired to be a paramedic or an emergency technician, but after spending time in the ER at Sharp Grossmont Hospital, I came to accept it wasn´t the job for me. I didn't want to work in a typical hospital setting. I wanted to be out and traveling, helping those in areas with poor health care, trying to find ways to fight incurable diseases; not in an air conditioned room with an elderly lady claiming her toe feels tingly.

I began volunteering at the Hospital for Special Surgery, to get an overview of what is is like to work at a hospital. Volunteering at a hospital was an eye opening experience, because I got to encounter how physicians, and medical staff communicate, and listen to their patients. These two skills are essential to understand patient needs, and therefore make the right decisions in diagnosing diseases. My role at the hospital was to provide snacks, beverages, and aid kits to patients, families, and medical staff. I have witnessed families that stayed up long nights, because they had loved ones undergo surgery. Any person that has a loved one undergo surgery becomes worried and scared, because of the uncertainty that lies ahead. However, the imperative skills that I have learned and exceeded on was my communication skills. Communicating with these families, and patients was exceedingly important, because you have to place yourself in their shoes to understand the situation they are in. I met young patients, as young as 5 years old, that were in the hospital for days recovering from surgery, or undergoing

In your nursing career or personal life, have you volunteered your services? If so, please describe the facility and your experience. If not, why?

Volunteering at St. Elizabeth Community Hospital in Red Bluff, California was an extremely enlightening experience. For the first time, I was given the opportunity to interact with patients on a personal level. Although as an auxiliary member I was mainly responsible for sanitizing beds, changing linens and restocking the rooms, the ability to observe the physicians as they interacted with the patients and the opportunity to speak with the patients was invaluable. I learned an immensely important aspect of being a physician, which is the importance of great bedside manner. However, I wanted to experience a greater interaction with the patients, so I enrolled in an Emergency Medical Technician course at Shasta College and became a licensed EMT.

Being a successful registered nurse definitely comes with many more titles than just ‘nurse’. From the education aspect of nursing, nurses know how to care for sick patients, promote health in patients and provide treatment for patients. To be a successful nurse that is a great start, but nurses possess many more characteristics that enable them to excel in their field. As a pre-nursing student, I should be thinking about all of the unmentioned obligations that come along with being a nurse. Mental and emotional abilities have proven to be just as necessary as the knowledge it takes to become a registered nurse. Learning the characteristics that a successful nurse possesses will assist me in becoming the best nurse that I can be.

Throughout my high school career, I volunteered at two hospitals, Children Medical Center Dallas, and Methodist Dallas. As a volunteer, I did many jobs from the inventory of hospital equipment to transporting the patient, and being a "patient pal" or someone whose job is to keep patients company. I especially loved patient transport or patient pal because I got to directly interact with the patients and have an impact on their stay at the hospital. Through such interaction, I became drawn to the field of medicine because of those very intimate reactions with people. I especially liked that sometimes just a simple conversation with the patients visibly changed their demeanor and made their day better. For the most part, there weren't any really difficult moments because of the type of work I did, but I think the

As nurses we all bring our own values and beliefs to the job whether or not we intend to, it happens. I place large amounts of value on family and friends. These are the people you can call on for support. I know that without the support of my mom helping me with my kids and my house work there is no way I could be in the nursing program. Family is often a place when as children we learn and develop our values and beliefs. Giving this deeper thought I can see how this is true for myself. When working with B I would often think about what it would be like to be raised in an unstable environment by a mother who struggles with mental health and addictions. B was often placed in respite foster homes. I found myself thinking about what it would be like to sit down to meal with a strange family how awkward would he have felt. Building on this making connections with people is very important to me. Once I was able to build a connection with B I was able to work with him in a more cohesive way. Making that convection helps to build trust, positive relationships are built on trust. Being a good listener is a skill that I value as a nurse. Not only do I value being a good listener but I also value being heard. I value you a person 's ability to do what they say they are going to do. If you tell a patient that you will return to check in with them in 30 minutes than you need to be sure that you keep your word. When working with clients it is import to me to build on

The experience was very interesting and made me really reflect on my career goals. I want to work in the health field and getting to see what occupations are available is very exciting. First, to pursue my career I definitely need to increase my patient care hours. I currently volunteer at Gundersen and work as a D.S.P. but I am also taking a CNA class, so I can start getting patient care hours in a hospital setting. I know that if I want to reach my career goal I am going to continue to have to work hard in school and also to continue to increase my patient care hours.

Through my role, I work closely with nurses and healthcare specialists to ensure the highest standard of patient comfort and have more importantly learned and developed a wide range of skills including the importance of safe and effective patient care for people experiencing a wide range of healthcare needs. Additionally, I have also volunteered at my local leisure centre for RLSS Rookie Lifesaving Club, teaching and coaching younger children water safety and First aid skills. This opportunity has developed my communication skills at the same time as refining my knowledge and understanding of first aid and

Registered nursing is among the top 10 occupations with the largest job growth’’ according to The Bureau of Statistics but why? Registered nursing is all over the world. In every hospital you will find many registered nurses because it is a good career to get into. A job industry that will never run out of jobs is the heath industry because everyone in the world needs health care treatment. Students should look into healthcare careers id they want a successful life and career. Registered nursing need dedication although it does not take such a long time to complete this career it has its rewards in its outcomes.