Reflection Of The Path To Becoming A Registered Nurse

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Introduction While attending high school I always wanted to work in the healthcare field. I completed an emergency medical technician program at Valencia College. I started working at Florida Hospital Orlando (FHO) as a psychiatric technician in their behavioral health unit. While working at FHO I meet many nurses, I saw what they did, and desire grew on me to become a registered nurse. The path into becoming a registered nurse was a very confusing process for me because there are three entry levels of nursing, the bachelors science nursing (BSN) degree route, the associates degree (AD) route, and the diploma in nursing, which is basically a hospital based nursing school (Black, 2010, p. 60). After observing the available options and doing …show more content…

By completing my first semester of the BSN program proves that I have the power to finish the BSN program, I had to sacrifice many things in order to be successful in this program, and such sacrifices will paid off with my accomplishments. • Personal On September 20, 2015 I plan to write a journal stating my nursing philosophy towards care of my patients, following the Keiser University School of Nursing Philosophy guidelines (Keiser University, 2014). This will help me recognize why I am practicing nursing and will help me provide better patient care. On February, 2016 I am planning to buy a new house, and converting one of the rooms into an office. Having an office for my own will allow me to better concentrate in my studies, due that right now it’s very distracting and uncomfortable doing school work on a stool bar chair in my dining room. • Continued involvement in professional activities By December, 2015 I plan to continue attending all faculty in service critical care continuing education classes at my place of employment (Florida Hospital Orlando). Classes offered that I plan to take are: advance practice pharmacology, abdominal aortic aneurysms, nurse guide to pain management, hemodynamics, ICU induced delirium, how to read chest X-ray, ICU alerts, and many more. These classes will promote the enhancement of my critical thinking skills to provide high quality nursing

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