Reflection Paper In Nursing School

When I was a freshman in college, I started my first semester with four basic classes: English, algebra, chemistry, and developmental psychology. Back then I did not see the significance of those classes other than the fact that I had to take them to meet general education requirements. I was aware that the purpose of general education was to create a well-rounded student with a variety of skills and knowledge, but I did not understand why a nurse would need to know how to write a five page paper on the Arab Spring. Fast forward to my last semester of college and more importantly, nursing school, where for the first time I am realizing how important those courses were for my nursing school career. One of the most recent examples that come to mind where an Arts and Sciences course demonstrated its importance was during my pediatric rotation. My classmates and I were rounding with the instructor and were discussing the importance of being advocates for children. During that conversation it was mentioned that frequently the general public’s knowledge about the body goes as far as a high school biology class. If it weren’t for the requirement of anatomy and physiology classes, it would be difficult to differentiate a stomach ache from

Being able to talk to a grieving family is a skill that requires basic knowledge that is developed over time. With that being said, in speech class there was an emphasis on good communication, or as it is called in nursing school, therapeutic communication. The information we learned in speech was meant to teach us how to talk to people and truly comprehend what they are saying or learn to ask for clarification. I have learned in class and in clinical that proper communication can affect a patient’s care tremendously. It can affect how they feel about their disease and being hospitalized as well as how they take care of themselves