What I Learned And Acquired From The University

As a registered nurse practicing in the state of California I am responsible for practicing within my states legal regulations and nursing scope of practice. My concern for the welfare of the sick and injured allows me to practice ethical provisions of nursing. These are required if I am to carry out competent and effective nursing care. Nursing encompasses the prevention of illness, the alleviation of suffering, and the protection, promotion, and restoration of health in the care of individuals. Therefore, as health care professionals we must be familiar with the different philosophical forces, ethical principles, theories and values that influence nursing. At the same time, we must be respectful to our patient’s

My life experiences gave me a view of what nurses and other health care providers do. They, along with personal life situations, gave me an understanding that human life is important and fragile. The people I met and how my life turned out, shaped and affected my personal qualities and my choice to study in becoming a nurse. Ever since

What did I like about the experience? I did like that my clinical instructor challenged me. Her expectations were very high for each student. I respected that she was serious about her role as a nursing instructor. She often tells us that she knows what will be awaiting us as new graduate nurses and she wants us to succeed. I work diligently to ensure that I will be successful.

Giving myself time to read up on nursing experiences, attending more clinical practice labs, participating and watching these duties in the health care setting will allow me to develop a secure level of confidence the next time that this type of situation may occur. Staying in the room allowed me to experience the feeling of support while looking past social norms and how they are challenged. I met my personal values, and I believe that one should respect another person`s privacy. This understanding allowed me to be there to support the resident during her time of need. In the article `starting out` by Jane Schulz, a nursing student shares her experience of helping her colleague assist an elderly patient with daily care. Observing the compassion and care between nurse and patient from fundamental tasks, she took away a valued lesson of how our support and caring methods affect an individual. My relation to this story allowed me to reflect on the effects my care and supporting actions had on our patient.

Ethical knowing or the moral direction of nursing is focused on the nurses’ responsibility of knowing what out to be done and what is good and right (Carper, 1978). Ethical knowing “guides and directs how nurses morally behave in their practices” (Chinn & Maeona, 2011, p. 7). This nurse practices ethics by being a patient advocate and preserving his client's right to choose or refuse care. This patient advocacy will continue as this nurse advances to the role of APN.

It has given me the tools and confidence to continue my quest to gain unlimited knowledge and experience with a career in Nursing.

Advocating for patients is a key part of nursing. Working in the emergency department, I meet people from all different walks of life, who are sometimes not able to fend or stand up for themselves. As a nurse, it is my job to advocate for them and make sure that they receive the care that they need. . Recently I had a patient who was in pain and was shy to ask for pain management. I advocated for this patient by going to the doctor and requesting pain management for this patient. By recognizing the signs of pain in my patient and having a good form of communication with the doctor, I was able to provide my patient with quick and appropriate care.

With all that said I think the overall experience helped me develop professional and prepare for future professional relationships ahead, such of between nurse and service user. The placement is the main cause for my professional development as it for a formal learning opportunity; however at the same time my academic work has helped me develop professionally as well. This is because it helped me develop my strengths as well as increase my self-awareness. However with all that said I believe that I developed professionally within the placement rather than anywhere else. This is due to the reasons above and also because of other areas that the work placement helped me develop which is are linked to professional development. for example it taught me about time keeping and how to manage my time, for example it taught me that I needed to leave with sufficient time in case there were delays or due to other reasons. It also taught me

A nurse is given an opportunity to help patients, either if its by helping them through a very serious sickness or just helping a patient get to the bathroom on time, or a time when happiness is overfilling the room and a child is being born. Registered nurses provide a wide variety of patient care services (Mitchell, p.12). A Nurse must always know where to begin and where to stop, as any other career in the health field there is always something that cannot be done by everyone but only the certified person, a nurse must always remain inside her scope of practice to prevent any misunderstandings. A nurse must also follow a code of ethics , the code of ethics of the American Association of Medical Assistants states that a nurse should at all times render service with full respect and dignity of humanity, respect confidential information obtained by a patients file, uphold the honor and high principles the profession and accept its discipline, and last but not least always want to improve her services to better serve the health and well being of the community. (Mitchell, p.65).

The placements helped me discover which branch of nursing that really interests me. Through going to the hospital and the elementary school it has made me realize that I would like to go into the emergency department or pediatric nursing. I have many educational and career goals that I would like to accomplish. I have applied to two different universities for the Bachelor of Science in Nursing, if accepted into either ST Francis Xavier University or the University of Prince Edward Island I will try and work my hardest to accomplish my education to become a Registered Nurse. The Bachelor of Science in Nursing is a four year program that includes many labs and technical practices that get you ready for the real world of nursing. My top goal for my future career is to complete the four years of university to become a Registered nurse. My placements in the Coop program has been a very enjoyable time. It has allowed me to discover my true interest for the job as a registered nurse and the hospital community, it also has confirmed my passion for the care of others especially children. The Coop program is a class that you need to have control over your time and be able to motivate yourself to complete that 100 hours

Nursing is not an easy job and those who chose it as their profession are truly special people. Nurses are confronted with ethical decisions that need to be made on a daily basis. Often they know the right thing to do but because of circumstances like institutional structure and conflicts with others, obstacles are created and distress ensues (Jenner, 2001). It is during times like these that nurses must rely on the training that they have received as well as the code of ethics that has been set down for their profession in order to do the right thing.

Nurses are constantly challenged by changes which occur in their practice environment and are under the influence of internal or external factors. Due to the increased complexity of the health system, nowadays nurses are faced with ethical and legal decisions and often come across dilemmas regarding patient care. From this perspective a good question to be raised would be whether or not nurses have the necessary background, knowledge and skills to make appropriate legal and ethical decisions. Even though most nursing programs cover the ethical and moral issues in health care, it is questionable if new nurses have the depth of knowledge and understanding of these issues and apply them in their practice

My four weeks of clinical placement had thought me lots of things that can help me to become a better nurse in the future. I give my outmost respect and thanks to my clinical preceptors to the learning and knowledge they have imparted. I have learned a lot from clinical placement because 2B ward is a surgical unit I came to understand the complexity of wound care. Every wound should be assessed according to its type and severity because every type of wound has its appropriate dressing. Aside from learning clinical procedure such as wound dressing, drug administration (within scope of practice), naso-gastric feeding and etc, I came to learn the importance of teamwork it makes the job easier and allows good communication within staff members of the ward. I am looking forward for my upcoming clinical placement in 3rd year to gain more knowledge in and experience to develop my nursing skills and become a competent nurse in the future.

The main thing that stood out for me was Universal Design for Learning, and how much “assistive technology” and “accessibility” tools benefits EVERYONE! There is no such thing as average! Even as adults we benefit from this approach!

American society values higher education. College provides many opportunities for developing a variety of social networks, both formal and informal. Obtaining a college degree will be such a valuable and