In this journal, I am going to discuss my personal nursing school development and significant milestones. I will also highlight specific experiences that have created a foundation of nursing skills to help guide me in future nursing. Lastly, this journal will elaborate on my dedication to self-care and future goals. At the beginning of my nursing school journey, I remember feeling overwhelmed and confused on all aspects of healthcare. My knowledge of diagnosis’s, procedures, interventions, critical thinking, reflection, observations, and results obtained was extremely minimal. By having no previous medical experience under my belt, it was slower for me to grasp concepts and understand medical interventions. When I started nursing school, …show more content…
I had little knowledge of what a nurse’s job entailed only what I was exposed to on current television series. Nurses were ones who obeyed all doctors’ orders without questioning intentions or collaborating on patient conditions. As a new student, I was completely naïve in every aspect of the nursing practice including the role of a nurse. As I experienced clinical rotations for the first time, it opened my eyes to a nurse’s role in the healthcare profession. Looking back at my personal and professional growth, I have seen a vast difference at the beginning of nursing school to now as an almost graduate. Reflecting on my nursing development now, I believe I have enhanced my clinical foundation through several clinical experiences as well as academic challenges. For example, during clinical rotation senior year, a patient was admitted to the emergency room with abdominal pain in the right lower quadrant and nausea. The patient came back to the …show more content…
At the beginning nursing program, I would not have recognized symptoms, reflected on past experiences, make suggestions relevant to patient diagnosis, and priorities patient interventions efficiently. With clinical experience, I have built a great foundation to begin my nursing career. Another experience which shaped my development was when I had a patient in the emergency department diagnosed with trauma to the finger and methamphetamine overdose. This patient tripped over own pants onto a running table saw and sliced half his finger off. The patient was jittery, chatty, and full of energy. While the doctor was suturing his finger, the patient had increased anxiety, blood pressure, and was unable to keep hand still. To help the client relax, I sat down on the side of the bed away from the affected hand and asked questions about his life. The patient-focused my interaction and questions and the doctor were able to finish the procedure. This situation increased my knowledge on therapeutic communication, comforting patients, and interventions with overdose patients. Overall, many clinical experiences have helped me form a foundation for my future nursing
Presented issues such as lack of nursing opportunities for nursing graduates, lack of respect for the nursing profession and nurses being viewed as a threat by doctors continues to be of an existence today. As a nurse, I feel that it is of high importance to highlight these presented issues from the film not only because they were the most outstanding to me but because the nursing profession needs more
I was then introduced to a patient who was in isolation. Her legs were immovable and were crossed in a very uncomfortable position. I wish I could’ve done something so that her legs could be in a more comfortable position, but all I could do was observe and get her a cup of ice cold water to drink. During this clinical observation, I didn’t get to see much but overall, it was a good experience. It made me realize what it was like to be in a hospital setting and what it meant to be a nurse. Seeing how the patients were still able to smile through all the pain they went through, it made me want to become a nurse even more because I would also like to make my patients happy. If I could do one thing differently during this clinical observation, I wish I didn’t ask my senior nurse about what externships she took and instead, I wished I asked her more questions about the patients in order to gain more information about
Transitioning from academic nursing student to Registered Nurse/New Graduate Nurse (NGN) within the healthcare environment is a challenging task for many NGNs. They may encounter a number of challenges, such as the following: transition shock, professional isolation, lack of clinical experience, stress, lack of a support network and cultural incompetence. At the end, this essay will discuss the rationale for developing my two most important goals for the next twelve months. I presume the transition from academic nursing student to Graduate Nurse will be challenging and rewarding. In their findings, the researchers Doody, Tuohy & Deasy (2012) stated that for a successful transition NGNs need to be competent in a range of domains: interpersonal skills, managing workloads, providing health information, communication, and prioritising care delivery.
As a medical / surgical RN, I provided care for the elderly, the infirm, the mentally challenged, the young, and the psychologically disturbed. The wide variety of patients exposed me to the effects of life style choices, health care choices, and the resulting impacts to the patient as well as to the family of the patient. This experience has fully matured my view of the awesome responsibility that we, as health care professionals, have been charged with, and it has furthered my desire to obtain the skills necessary to provide more advanced care for my patients. In addition to exposure, maturity and experience, my career as a medical / surgical RN has also sharpened my critical thinking abilities and provided insight on observing signs and symptoms that a patient may be unware of. Furthermore, as a charge nurse I learned the importance of collaborating with other health care professionals in order to provide the highest level of care available. In summary, my career as an RN has provided valuable experience, maturity, exposure to impact and outcome, enhanced my critical thinking abilities, and improved my collaboration
As new nursing graduates begin the process of transition into the nursing practice. There are many challenges and issues which are associated throughout the transition. New graduates may embark their journey through a graduate program or seek employment solo. The transition period may consist of challenges, that students will encounter during their journey. This essay will identify, discuss and critically reflect nursing key challenges that student nurses may face, throughout the process of the transition phase. The nursing key challenges chosen for this essay include professionalism, preparation, personal factors, competency factors, patient- centered care and job satisfaction. These nursing challenges will be thoroughly discussed and supported by current evidenced based research and nursing literature.
When I began this journey I knew that Nursing was all I wanted to do and in order to succeed and do well in nursing school, it was going to require a ton of devotion and sacrifice. Nursing school did not come without its challenges, not only did we have to deal with going to class, clinicals, studying for exams, but we also had to add in the factors of jobs, family, marriages, children, sickness and our daily life. But our instructors encouraged us and pushed us to keep going, and for that we are grateful because we all made a decision to stick with it, and here we are today. It seems unimaginable that just a year ago this journey was just beginning, but here we are today a year later,
Nursing is a complex degree, so many different subsets and divisions that it is hard for the common person to fathom. Returning to my education and rediscovering all these theories and ideas is very overwhelming. In my work I am already beginning to see myself change for the better. Work is always very stressful even more so now, and I see myself becoming a leader when in the past I would not have been. While reading the assignment this week and focusing on the Essentials document and the other readings I find myself inspired and saddened. Inspired to becoming a better nurse, co-worker, advocate, and friend in the working environment. Saddened because the last nine years I believed that I was providing excellent patient
Our course, Transition to Professional Nursing, is barely two weeks old and already I am being enlightened and challenged to expand my experience of nursing. I will attempt to explain my personal journey and experience thus far including how and why I got here, my beliefs about nursing and related values, and my visions for the future.
As mentioned by Hunter and Arthur (2016), one of the main reasons I could maintain and improve my practice was due to clinical placements. During clinical placements we are frequently being assessed and taught in dealing with real situations. Feelings As learning is a lifelong process, I’m sure there are many things I need to improve and learn to better myself. However, the lessons I learned during the course as a nursing student shall always remain as a bedrock for my future development.
Throughout my final ten weeks at my placement, I have grown and overcome so many obstacles. I have accomplished a wide range of skills since the beginning and have been improving on them as I gained experience. At my placement as a student nurse, I have gained a lot of confidence, skills, knowledge and experiences that have helped me act and work in a professional way. All the experiences I have had during the ten weeks of my student years have helped me in shaping me into a professional.
I believe placing student nurses in the clinical setting is vital in becoming competent nurses. Every experience the student experiences during their placement has an educative nature therefore, it is important for the students to take some time to reflect on these experiences. A specific situation that stood out to me from my clinical experience was that; I didn’t realize I had ignored the patient’s pain until I was later asked by the nurse if the patient was in any pain.
I taught my patient about possible outcomes he could have due to chemotherapy and due to his awareness, he noticed the symptoms and could tell that he was facing imminent danger from an adverse reaction. Therefore, I prompted him to communicate. During practice in a clinical environment, I faced a lot of cases, which made me think carefully while offering specialized nursing care. Furthermore, these experiences have taught me how to be a good nurse, at the same time emphasizing the significance of delivering appropriate patient
The profession of nursing has both positive and negative effects on the well-being of nurses, which can lead to learning opportunities for those that are new to the profession. To receive an accurate depiction of the nursing profession, an interview with a currently practicing nurse is conducted and the challenges that they face will be analyzed with the intent of exploring different strategies that can be used when coping with these issues. The nurse that was interviewed stated that she has been in the nursing field for the past seventeen years; with the past ten being in the role of a nurse practitioner (Personal Communication, October 26, 2016). The nurse has experience in a variety of settings, as well as holding several degrees and certificates
From growing up in a medical based family, there was a growing aspiration in me to follow the career pathway into the medical field as a Nurse. It was only recently when I had the opportunity to look after my grand-dad who was sick and unable to provide for himself, He gave me further inspiration and determination to follow the career in Nursing. He showed me how important, how essential a Nurse was in increasing the quality of life of individuals on a daily basis. During my time of A Levels, the subject I took were Double Award Health and Social Care and Psychology.
Today’s nursing students are tomorrow’s nurses. Every expert and professional nurse starts their journey of learning with basic knowledge from books and clinical at school. Actual learning starts at clinical sites where they learn through their assessment, clinical judgement, planning and prioritizing care, implement their learning and evaluate their leaning and finally learn how to modify their care optimally to the best level. During this learning journey, nurses are their base. Every student learns differently and sometimes experience positive or negative incivility behaviors by nurses intentionally or unintentionally.