Nursing Reflective Essay

As nurses, we all know that one of the most important parts of our job is our documentation. We must be clear, concise, timely, and able to show the care that we have provided for each patient we are assigned to with a few small clicks. After reading the different articles on professional and scholarly writing I have realized our experiences and stories are meant to be shared. They are meant to educate, whether that be on a positive outcome or a negative outcome. Writing within nursing never seemed like something I would find myself doing. When thinking of myself as a writer I am strong in regards to professionally emailing my superiors and co-workers. Charting on the job is rigorous, but being young and growing up with technology has made me very fast and time efficient. The charting that takes most of my co-workers hours to catch up with only usually takes me about an hour. As far as writing papers goes the famous “writers block” tends to get in the way. I have never been a great writer and feel as if those who are have a talent. Easily getting frustrated is what has been a stopping point.

The understanding I have of writing as a nurse professionally has changed. With our education, advanced communication skills, and critical thinking we should be some of the best writers on the market. So, why are nurses so against

Becoming a published nurse can make you a better candidate to get hired over those who are not, and you can even get paid money for your work. Seeing something published in my own words that came from personal experiences would be an achievement of the many difficult hours spent at work. To become published nurses must not get caught on the three most common myths in writing. According to Stepanski (2002), these include; there is a “writing fairy”, good writing happens only to a select few, and I don’t have time to become a