Reflection Paper On Preceptorship Experience

Soon after, I received my licensure and began working at The Queen's Medical Center as a Registered Nurse (RN) in early part of 1994. Since becoming a RN, I have provided care to a great deal of patients and reassured countless numbers of family members. As a RN, I've also become the coordinator of care, patient advocate, and teacher to the patients I cared for while serving as the eyes and the ears of the physicians. As with any human, I enjoyed sharing the laughter with my patient and cringed at site of their pain and despair. For these reasons, I believe that being a RN is a great career choice for me. However, for these same reasons, I still feel that I am not a complete nurse; hence I've decided to go back to school and try to earn my Bachelor in Science Degree in Nursing

As chronicled in Why Hospitals Should Fly, expecting that a mistake can always materialize, can prevent them from happening, thinking of this I will remember to be a more vigilant and mindful clinician. Furthermore, I will be cognizant at limiting risky behaviors, as the Just Culture lecture stated, these are the most significant threat to patient safety and if continued become reckless behaviors. At last, while I look to monitor my own behavior, I would like to believe that I will now be proactive, and watchful for other risky behavior that may be taken place at my institution. Overall, I feel the class material and my classmate’s comments educated me on many aspects of nursing, and I don’t feel like I am exaggerating when I say I believe I am a more prepared clinician today then I was before this class started. And for that, I want to thank my fellow classmates for the education and their openness in reporting the variety of aspects that they have encountered. It shows how you can learn from having an open dialogue and discussing errors made and those that were almost

Caring for others has always been a passion of mine, and becoming a nurse has always been my dream. While my dream has turned reality, I can say that nursing has blessed me with the opportunity to not only be a servant to those in my community, but it has also allowed me to be of some comfort to patients and their loved ones during their darkest and most vulnerable moments. Nursing offers a variety of opportunities, where the only restrictions are the ones we set for ourselves. As for myself, all things are possible, for if I want it, I strongly believe it’s already mine. The depths that I will go to reach the latitude of success that I so desire is boundless.

I learned that as a nurse I must take the initiative to regulate my work environment and myself. As much as nurses are part of the larger healthcare team, they often function autonomously. I will need to keep my skills up to date and educate myself by reading current research articles and taking classes at work. I will need to be humble and open to constructive criticism from my fellow employees. I must do my best to be hard working, honest, and helpful both in the work place and my persona life. It’s irrational to think people can be completely honest in one area of their life, but not the rest. If I suffer from any sort of bias towards my patients for the choices

Nursing can be a demanding career, but the benefits far much outweigh the challenges. Most importantly, it’s the rewards it offers by allowing an opportunity to make a difference in another person’s life through the provision of care when they need it. Just as Patricia Benner theorized in her book “Novice to Expert,” nursing encompasses both educational knowledge and extensive clinical experience acquired throughout one’s career. This far, I continue to acquire knowledge and clinical knowhow which will promote proper and efficient care to patients. Since I began practicing one year ago in a long-term healthcare facility, I have interacted with patients, families, physicians and other members of the healthcare team to coordinate patient’s care which has enabled me to gain confidence in myself. While I cannot deny that it was difficult to transition from a student to a licensed nurse, I learnt to overcome these challenges and focus on my strengths. Practicing as an LPN has provided a platform to learn and gain experience even though the duties and responsibilities are limited by the scope of practice.

Learning about patient safety is a quality that all nurses and future nurses need to have instilled in them before they

Overview - One of the key issues in modern healthcare is not only advocacy and patient care, but keeping patient's safe and free from harm. Globally, there are skyrocketing costs due to technology, wages, research and development, and an aging population. Much of the responsibility for patient safety, though, goes to the clear and direct responsibilities of the contemporary nurse. Modern nursing is a rewarding, but challenging, career choice. The modern nurse's role is not limited only to assist the doctor in procedures, however. Instead, the contemporary nursing professional takes on a partnership role with both the doctor and patient as advocate caregiver, teacher, researcher, counselor, and case manager. Under the paradigm of quality health care, modern nurses should interpret this as "quality patient care" which comprises three important factors sound theoretical knowledge of the latest medical procedures, information and innovations; superior communication skills that are multi-culturally based; and the ability to empathize appropriately with the patient and family to buttress the role of caregiver. The necessity for modern nurses is to be far more than ever more of a multitasking professional with superior communication and organization skills and even more focused on the holistic model of the patient and the manner in which they, the nurse, affects the outcome of the patient's care experience (Brown 2007). One cannot say enough, moreover, about the ability to

We had the pleasure of interview a highly skilled Clinical Nurse Educator Darren Page, who currently works at Spaulding Hospital and has been there for the past two years. He has more than eight years of experience as a Clinical Nurse Educator at several healthcare facilities in different states. During the interview he mentioned some of his primary duties in the hospital: besides acting as a resource for all professional and ancillary staff, he implements nursing education programs, provides orientation for newly hired staff, evaluates competency and identifies team or individual performance to assist those unable to meet competency expectations. He explained that he also spends his day assessing staff satisfaction, patient quality indicators, researching best practices in order to promote evidence-based nursing practice, designing interventions and creating policies, guidelines and protocols to improve outcomes. Moreover, his exceptional communication skills made the interview a memorable event, which has provided us many insights.

As a young child, I always knew that when I grew up I wanted a career that would allow me to help others. While in the hospital undergoing surgeries and treatment for my skin cancer, I encountered a variety of different nurses. Some of those nurses were really nice, others were not. The ones who spend some time talking with me, where the ones who made my day much better. It was during that hospital stay that I decided I wanted to become a nurse. I wanted to be the nurse who would make a positive impact in a patient’s life. Due to a number of unforeseen events in my life, I was unable to start nursing school as planned after graduating from high school. I worked in the restaurant business for a number of years and eventually met my husband who was recovering

In 2005, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation developed the Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) initiative in an effort to rectify alarming conditions illustrated by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) report, To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System (Quality and Safety of Education for Nurses [QSEN], 2005). The original goal of QSEN included improving patient safety by applying the findings of the IOM report to enhance pre-licensure nursing curriculums. The QSEN model focuses on enhancing student mastery of the core knowledge, skills and attitudes (KSAs) that are essential to safe, quality patient care. These KSAs revolve around six competencies: patient centered care, teamwork and collaboration, evidence-based practice, quality improvement, safety and informatics (Potter, Perry, Stockert, & Hall, 2013).

The challenges that preceptors may encounter involves discrepancies in applying psychology theory to practice; lack of compassion; lack of time, and lack of finance. Other challenges may occur when stakeholders are not provided with the information they need to implement the program. The effective strategies are for preceptors to build a healthy preceptor-preceptee relationship. These strategies include effective communication, preparation for complex situations, appreciation, and acknowledgment, positive feedback, assurance of support, providing the right tools for nurse-patient interaction, and encouraging self-commitment. A successful preceptorship experience may positively influence preceptees to remain in the nursing profession in the

Within our course textbook Cardillo First Year as a Nurse many topics are brought up that I would not have even thought twice about that are very important, especially for those of us entering our first year as a nurse. The fact that the topic of applying to a job within the facility you previously worked in as a student is ironic. I currently am employed as a nursing assistant on the medical surgical unit at Lawrence General Hospital and I am also completing my preceptorship placement at Lawrence General in the emergency department. I hope to attain a job at this facility once I have graduated nursing school and successfully have passed more boards. I've been forutante enough to have worked as an emergency trauma technician prior to my preceptorship placement within the Lawrence General emergency department.

In the article, Effects of a Preceptorship Programme on Turnover Rate, Cost, Quality and Professional Development, the authors discuss the value company can achieve by establishing a preceptorship program. Cascio offers five questions that should be answered when evaluating a training program. Cascio states that you should ask, “Have trainees achieved a specific level of skill, knowledge, or performance? Did change occur? Is the change due to training? Is the change positively related to the achievement of organizational goals? Will similar changes occur with new participants in the same training program?” (Cascio, 2013, p. 311). Through their research, the authors of this paper discuss the results of the program and show evidence that the preceptorship program, designed for new Nurses, was effective for the test population (Lee, T. Y., Lin, C. H., Tzeng, W. C., and Yeh, M. L., 2009).

My professional development plan is to grow as a nurse by obtaining knowledge through school and daily life and work experiences. In five to 10 years, I will be able care for patients and their families as a nurse practitioner. Setting short-term and long-term goals will help guide through the journey to transition into the role of professional nursing and provide new opportunities for the future. Beliefs and values influence the decisions or choices people make in their personal and professional lives. My philosophy of nursing incorporates my beliefs and values, which includes being an advocate for patients and

First, what brought me to the nursing profession. All through my childhood years I wanted to be just like my mom, a daycare provider. I wanted to be able to take care of young kids and not have to sit in a desk all day. I never thought of another profession until my grandma, a nurse, had me shadow her for an entire day. I learned all about the different specialties and jobs in a hospital. After that day I had an interest in the health field but I wasn't sure what health profession was fit for me. About a year ago I started working at the nursing home in my hometown for some experience in the health field and to be around health professionals. After working there for four months I tested out and became a CNA. I absolutely loved every part of working there. I helped all the residents with their daily needs such as dressing and toileting. In the nursing home I worked at, there were three different parts; assisted living, long term, and rehab and hospice. I was able to work in the long term care unit but most of the time I worked in the rehab