Nursing Mission Statement

As a competent registered nurse, career goal is to become a healthcare quality improvement leader, a position that would enhance my commitment in promoting patient safety. I not only believe in enhancing the capacity of other care providers, but also in improving the quality of the healing environment for the benefit of both patients and their care providers. This means not only promoting collaboration with the multidisciplinary teams, but also building the necessary healing partnerships with our patients. To enhance the quality of the healing environment, I aspire to continue analyzing researches for evidence based practices and advocating for their actualization. I will continue focusing my time and energies in encouraging other nurses to improve their skills through formal education so they can empower themselves as advocates of quality improvement for the benefit of their patients and coworkers.

I believed in your mission statement, especially, this part, “dedicated to provide high-quality, accessible medical care to underserved communities, regardless of their inability to pay.” I also believed that community health nursing is one of the best ways to reach the most vulnerable and under-served in our society. The reason why I decided to go back to school to become a nurse practitioner was based on my community health care experiences from volunteering in a community based family clinic that served low-come population and doing my community hours during my BSN program. The lack of health literacy that I saw firsthand that exist in underserved population about the importance of preventive care, vaccinations, and chronic illness management

I began my undergraduate career at the University of Minnesota with every intent of working toward a nursing degree and a career as a pediatric oncology nurse. I had been in the hospital a few times and had excellent nurses that took great care of me and my family; making our stay as comfortable as possible under the given circumstances. My interest in the healthcare field, specifically oncology, also stemmed from experiences I had volunteering and fundraising for organizations like Children’s Miracle Network throughout high school. After one semester of coursework and a few months volunteering at Masonic Children’s Hospital, I realized that a career in nursing was not what I had imagined myself to be. As I began to familiarize myself and make connections with medical professionals in the hospital, I noticed that nurses did not spend

In comparison to experiencing the health settings ourselves, we were to interview a health profession in our field. Since I not only knew the woman I shadow but she was also in the field I desired, I decided to interview her about her career path and how she became a RN. The woman I interviewed initially told me that when she went to school, she never thought that she would ever end up within nursing. Her first career that she completed was when she graduated from Temple University as a social worker. With this degree, she worked at a welfare office for almost 10 years. She then proclaimed that she felt like there was more for her to do. She was tired of the same routine of sitting at a desk, filling out paperwork and answering calls for people to collect benefits. In addition, she stated that she had realized that she could be helping individuals in a broader way, therefore she decided to reattend college. With

A nurse has the power and privilege to help patients who are hurting, both emotionally and physically. My mission is to be part of the solution by becoming a well-trained nurse through continuous educational and medical pursuits. For instance, I am actively pursuing volunteer and employment opportunities to work with the underserved because it is a true passion of mine. Furthermore, I personally relate to the dent that a shortage of staff leaves in its wake because I used to live in an underserved community and was forced to move to New York due to my son’s medical condition. Nevertheless, in order to help the underserved community, I learned a third language, Arabic. Being trilingual (English, Spanish, Arabic) gives me a broader foundation

Emphasized in 10 Reasons Why We Need Diversity on College Campuses is the expansion and growth of ethnic groups in America and the failure of universities to represent the population on their campus; America’s future workforce will be soon comprised of people of minority groups (Kerby). The county’s workforce will be inferior to other advanced countries if colleges don’t work to provide higher education for minority groups. By strengthening individual people, the society is collectively stronger. In order for this to happen, universities need to be focused on diversity in

One's faith plays a crucial role in the healing process or when facing an incurable illness. As a health care provider, I must not be subjective to others' faith and believes. In many cases, spirituality and religion are related and intertwined to one's health. My priority as a nurse is to provide my patient with comfort and care and in order to do so, I must be sensitive to my patient's religious preference. Based on my own assumptions, families tend to get closer and spend more time together as a family member is nearing the end stages of his life. This is the time when the patient seeks some sort of divine intervention such as visitation from his church's minister or a representative from his faith. As a nurse, my duty is to be compliant to the patient's wishes if it is within my capability. I'm also going to be supportive to the patient as well as to his family during this emotional time by genuinely listening to their concerns while abandoning any judgments.

Goal Statement I want to study Nursing. I firmly believe that Nursing will be the start of my new journey. One of my goal is to work and serve others.

Growing up my father taught me many life lessons; one that I will never forget was when he told me: “A man living in a house without light will never know where he is going or what he wants to do.” At the time I did not understand what that meant until one day he explained in to me. Without proper goals a person is just lost in darkness and unable to find their way in life. By working towards my goals, I feel that I am constantly growing as an individual and learning how to approach all sorts of situations that life throws at me. Recently, being a part of the EOF Nursing School Program at Rutgers University, I feel that I have just set the foundation to achieving my goals which include graduating with my Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing alongside one day opening a home for the less fortunate in Guyana.

Throughout third and fourth semester I have really enjoyed my clinical rotations through ICU floors, and I wish to get a job opportunity to start my career on that floor. The professional organization for critical care nurses is American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN).

The National League for Nursing (NLN), founded in 1893, was the first nursing organization in the United States (Overview, n.d.). Today, dedicated to excellence, the NLN long stands as the leading membership association for nurses and nursing education leaders (Overview, n.d.). The professional organization has over 40,000 members with dedication to “research, professional development, networking opportunities, and public policy initiatives (Overview, n.d.)”. The NLN’s core values are caring, integrity, diversity, and excellence (Overview, n.d.).

I immersed myself into Northwestern’s current state of diversity. I interviewed various employees and received valuable feedback regarding diversity in the organization’s culture. Additionally, I gained greater insight from a human resource representative. This person has acknowledged the organization has failed to implement a successful plan in the past. During my experience, I gathered three (3) key influencers that make diversity work: 1. train and hold managers accountable with the expectation that prevention and adherence to the policy is their responsibility. 2. implement and integrate a zero tolerance policy. 3. Requiring mandatory diversity training for all employees. The bottom line, be proactive in creating and implementing diversity initiatives and policies. It will have a great return on Northwestern’s investment. With this being said, the immersion experience changed my perspectives for the better. Initially, my personal views of the organization were multifaceted. I fought hard to instill a more diverse workplace within the organizational culture. Northwestern Medicine is the second largest healthcare corporation in the Chicagoland area with no minorities in executive leadership; I find this disturbing. In the final analysis, my thoughts regarding this organization has changed some but not significantly. However, after much scrutiny and employee persistence, CultureVision diversity initiatives will be reestablished. I learned how to incorporate my objectives for affective and personal development. In essence, diversity surrounds us every day. We as individuals, can make small changes in our behaviors to fully realize the advantages of diversity, so whether at work or in the community we can better learn from and innovate to make the world a better

My contribution to the mission of the Nurse Corps Program is I am flexible with all situations and excited with the opportunities being offered through this Scholarship program. Personally, by working in an underserved community, I will be able to spend more time getting to know the patients and making sure their needs are taken care of. Compared to the big cities, where patients are constantly admitted and discharged in a quick timely manner, there is not much time in between for the nurses to talk and learn the simple things about their patients. I do not want to have to live up to a quota of seeing so many patients in one day. My goal as a nurse is to provide care, but I want to have time to ponder on the emotions whirling through my patients’

The breadth of my experiences, coupled with my interdisciplinary education, has taught me to appreciate the diverse perspectives in the world. By understanding the bountiful views in the world, I can stand in solidarity with others and better serve their needs. Specifically, I worked with several administrators on a university-wide diversity taskforce that ultimately resulted in a new executive position, titled Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer. The taskforce’s work will strengthen diversity on campus, shaping Loyola’s future student body to characterize more inclusively a myriad of interests and backgrounds. Further, as a member of the Student Government of Loyola Chicago’s executive board, I helped pioneer the Magis Scholarship Fund, which supports undocumented students who are unable to receive federal financial aid. By attracting a unique population of students, this student-led initiative will bolster diversity on campus. It also will support an underserved, marginalized community and propel justice, which is the foundation of serving others. Crafting meaningful change for the student body and representing the students’ voice embodies my personal values of serving others and advocating

As a competent registered nurse, my career goal is to become a healthcare quality improvement leader, a position that would enhance my commitment in promoting patient safety. I not only believe in enhancing the capacity of other care providers, but also in improving the quality of the healing environment for the benefit of both patients and their care providers. This means not only promoting collaboration with the multidisciplinary teams, but also building the necessary healing partnerships with our patients. To enhance the quality of the healing environment, I aspire to continue analyzing researches for evidence based practices and advocating for their actualization. I will continue focusing my time and energy in encouraging other nurses to improve their skills through formal education, so they can empower themselves as advocates of quality improvement for the benefit of their patients and coworkers.