Nursing Reflective Essay

Professional Association Membership Professional nursing organizations, such as the American Nurses Association (ANA), are dedicated to supporting the field of nursing and advocating for nurses all across America. The ANA is committed to recognizing and advocating on important issues that impact nurses. Some of the issues that the ANA advocates for include safe work environments, better pay, better benefits, and better nurse-patient ratios. The ANA represents approximately 4 million nurses as they work to empower them, support them, and protect them. Furthermore, membership in the ANA is not limited strictly to individuals.

As a first year college student, I have had the privilege of experiencing many new and exciting technologies. All of which seem to aid in the learning process substantially. The technology that has just recently been introduced to me is definitely one that has caught my eye. Human Patient Simulators (HPS) are not an idea of the future anymore. They are here, and they are being used.

I have always set my mind to everything I’ve wanted to achieve. At times, I found that things were difficult, but I never gave up and always tried harder. In college, I plan to major in nursing and after graduation I would like to head to straight into the nursing field and fulfil every goal I set for myself from that point on. As a child, I was always interested in helping others and making them feel better.

Roles in Advanced Nursing Practice Henny Heiman Chamberlain University: Nurse Practitioner Track NR00NP Foundational Concepts and Advanced Practice Roles Instructor Bencs January 21, 2023 Roles in Advanced Nursing Practice Advanced practice registered nurses are registered nurses who have met the requirements for advanced education and clinical practice. APRNs take care of patients with chronic diseases, diagnose and treat illnesses, give health advice to the public, and continue their education to keep up with technical, methodological, and other industry advances. APRNs have a Master's degree and the nursing education and license that all Registered Nurses must have, with additional training, education and certification.

Reflective Analysis Philosophy encompasses more than rhetoric; it is the guide by which situations are approached, the viewpoint used to see what is before one, and the method by which one searches for truth; as well as being contextually grounded, philosophy relies on the present but is embedded in the historical past (Butts & Rich, 2015). Philosophy is the essence of a human being, hence, not all people believe the same thing. Understanding that everyone has their own beliefs, the differences that are present in humans, as society knows them, allow each of us to have our own personal philosophies. Personal philosophies that may determine how a nurse as a care giver, educator, mentor, or a clinician effectively provide care to people. This reflective analysis will identify my own personal philosophy of nursing including my central belief about the individual person, my

The world today as we know it is developing constantly and changing frequently. Healthcare is evolving, and practices are expanding. Nurses like myself are continually seeking education and desire to practice at the most advanced level. Doctorally prepared nurses have become more well known, and have increased the scope of practice for advanced practice nurses in an extremely positive way. Doctorally prepared nurses are known as Doctors of Nursing Practice (DNP) and are often notable for being high quality and cost-effective health care providers.

The professional nursing values I believe are things you can be taught and some you cannot. Nurses are special individuals who ultimately want to care for and help others as much as they can. I agree with all of these values and believe some I will need to work on myself such as competence, illness prevention and patient education. Others I believe I have based on my experience I have already had while caring for others. Some of the qualities I believe I have include: caring, compassion, dependability, empathy, focusing on the patient- defining quality of life, having a holistic patient centered care, kindness, openness to learning, respect for others their dignity and worth and sensitivity.

Weekly Self S.O.A.P - A. S- Discuss your SUBJECTIVE feelings for this week: Thursday, I went to an event hosted by Northbay hospital which taught PSA high schoolers the basics of CPR on adults, children and infants. It was really rewarding to see kids wanting to learn how to perform CPR and asking very valid intelligent questions on how to perform CPR. Friday, I went back to my home grounds and did my clinicals at med surg. After spending a few days in med surg, I realized I really do not like med surg.

Christian nurses are given the unique ability to provide compassionate and spiritual care to a variety of patients. The purpose of this paper is to explain my definition of nursing as a caring art, describe how Christian faith impacts caring, describe my personal philosophy of nursing while identifying my own personal values and beliefs, and discus how my beliefs impact my nursing practice. To me, nursing as an art of caring, is defined as caring for the whole person, building meaningful relationships, and providing compassionate care. Holistic nursing care involves healing a person physically, emotionally, and spiritually. I believe the art of nursing is embedded in the steps we take to address problems that are not simply physical.

Current knowledge: My current knowledge in the Health and Social environment includes contemporary issues such as lifestyle factors such as drinking heavily, smoking, a poor diet lacking enough fruit and vegetables and not doing enough exercise. These all contribute to people becoming unwell more often and needing to rely on the NHS. An increasing amount of overweight/obese children shows us that this trend is set to continue. The NHS has helped to decrease the number of people dying from diseases which is great but this means that although people are living longer, it also means that they may be living with one or more long-term complex conditions.

Throughout the years, nursing has been versatile in the scope of practice. Particularly the advanced nurse practitioners was established with different scope of practice in mind. Until now, there are still some issues regarding the roles of APRN’s. The differentiation between the doctor and the advanced practice nurse is still a continuing debate. Currently, APRN holds a Master’s degree, but the American of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) supports the doctorate degree requirement for the advanced practice nurse.(Miller, J., 2008).

During these past weeks at the Archbold ER, I had the opportunity to put into practice many of the content learned in class. This included but was not limited to the proper placement of a Foley catheter using sterile techniques, insertion of an NG tube, and assessment of patients. Even though I attempted to complete some of my initial goals for this internship, I noticed that I couldn’t complete a few of them due to lack of time and lack of experience in the field. Therefore, some of my goals that I’ll need to address during the following three weeks include improve my assessment skills, have better communication with my patients, and improve my questioning to get a better understanding of the cause that brought them in. One the most beneficial

Introduction This essay is a reflective piece of writing about the critical indecent of a medication error that occurred during my placement. It is a very concise piece of writing due to limited word count of 1500 words. Duke and Appleton (2000) did a literature review and devised a framework of critical reflection, which illustrates eight stages as compare to Gibbs’s (1998) reflective model that consist of six stages. I chose Gibbs reflective model not only it is easy to comprehend but also to illustrate a critical incident.

The last course of semester, senior electives. This last course with big responsibilities towards my professional life as this course give the opportunity to work as leader and take the things in border aspect and bring new change in myself as well as towards job responsibilities’ I learn many new things from it, that now I started to think in different way as before I don’t reflect my act or other unusual thing happened around me but this course enhance my leader qualities and also facilitate me to find innovate way towards my career. According to (Epstein and Hundert2002; Levin Wright 2008)’ reflection practice is just any case where a person think critically about an action, thinking or practice and this thinking help to boost of self awareness

(Nursing Times). Nursing is gaining influence in all aspect of healthcare practice, therefore it is important for nurses to develop good leadership skills at the early stage of their practice which is the key to all nursing career and nurse managers can become good leaders with effective training and enhancement of their skills in leadership. Most nursing managers are tossed around by their leaders when they themselves are leaders in their capacities. A nursing manager aspiring to become a leader must be committed to excellence and passion for patient’s advocacy, employee’s protection and be a role model, living by example.