YIT1 PROFESSIONAL ROLES AND VALUES CORINNE BRONKEMA WESTERN GOVERNOR’S UNIVERSITY PROFESSIONAL ROLES & VALUES PROJECT My personal nursing mission statement is changing and developing as my career advances, however, one core piece will remain constant. I will strive to provide the best, safest, most ethical and compassionate nursing care that I can for all patients and family members with whom I come in contact. I began my post-high school academic career as an accounting major. I enjoyed the challenge of manipulating a report until I had balanced. I thought I had found my calling.
According to White, K. R. (2014) “Nurse were the original servant leaders—at the patient’s beside and in communities- and now they are perfectly positioned to take their experience with leadership to a heightened level. In the new world order, nurses have moved from the background to the boardroom, and they have been put in the spotlight to lead transformation of quality healthcare.” (pg.27). White describes how far nursing leaders have come and play an important role on the healthcare team. In their personal experienced they understand what it takes to be a bedside nurse and a second opinion to the physicians. Nursing Leaders They spend their time in areas such as human resources, business planning, quality reporting, information management, and report writing.
At age of 14, I began in a local nursing home as a certified nursing assistant, thus began my organization and focus on a career. As I continued through high school, I worked at this job part time, learning more information on how to care for someone and my passion for nursing growing. Early Personal and Professional Goals The passion while caring for the elderly allowed development of short-term and long-term goals, completion of goals, and new
As the number of patients on dialysis increases, so does the demand for hemodialysis nurses (Dunbar et al., 2012). This program is to provide a well-rounded orientation that will assist the new registered nurse that is integrating into this specialty both professionally and socially (Hall, 2006). Developing this program is a proactive way to address the critical nursing shortage in the outpatient dialysis setting and help students decide whether or
Professional Interview and Response Sheryl Arnett PSY 480 September 3, 2012 Amy McCall Professional Interview and Response Interviewees The interview questions were submitted to the Clinical Director, Tyra Hixon, LISW-S, LCDC3 S. Ms. Hixon is a graduate of The Ohio State University, where she received her undergraduate and graduate degrees in Social Work. Ms. Hixon holds a MSW and is a LISW-S and a Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor with a Supervision notation (LCDC3-S). She has served as a counselor at Coshocton Behavioral Health Choices for 10 years, the past six years, serving as the clinical director. The questions were also submitted to Nicole Glazer, six years as the Legal Advocate for First Step, Family Violence Intervention Services, Inc. First Step is a private, nonprofit organization dedicated to serving victims of violence in Coshocton County. The focus here is on similarities and differences between these professionals.
What Makes a Successful Nurse? The art of nursing is a rewarding yet diversified specialty. The success of a nurse can be defined by the level of education he or she obtains, the quality of care provided, and the compassion shown to patients. The perception of new graduates as to what defines nursing success is often education based. According to Registered Nurse Natalie Hiner, two years active in the field, a “nurse is well educated and driven in her profession.” Holding a Bachelor’s degree in Nursing and approximately two years of experience, Cara Salmon Risser feels that “nurses are successful by just completing the required coursework.” As a new Associate degree graduate, Donald Dillon cites “completion of school and entry into the workforce” as the true success of a nurse.
The Learning Leadership Experience Abstract The following is a self-reflective piece of a professional learning experience encountered through a mentorship session. It includes the appraisal of severals aspects of the nursing practise leadership that I pursued to achieve. The evaluation of some of the many activities performed under the supervision and assistance of the specialty's area charge nurse, my mentor, and the overall dynamic that persists within the open-heart surgery department. The main objective of this learning experience was to develop effective nursing leadership skills within the cardiac surgery core. Through the formulation of three goals, I looked forward to achieve the desired competencies, among the several: “ Define professional and essential responsibilities of the charge nurse to ensure prompt, safe and effective care of the surgical patient in a open-heart surgery setting”.
I was in the past a charge nurse in the intensive care unit at the hospital where I worked. In 2007 I changed jobs and became a Case Manager. In June 2011, I decided to go back to bedside nursing and returned to the same unit from which I left. My goal is to become a charge nurse again. It is not just a title, but a responsibility.
The bruise had been there for a few days and was starting to bother me. My mother took me to the pediatrician’s office that sent us for x-rays. My mom received a phone call; this is a day we will never forget. The pediatrician states that I need to be seen up at children’s hospital in Boston by a specialist in Infectious disease. After months of testing and the doctors telling my mom I might have cancer, we finally got an answer.
Bringing together education and healing was a life-changing experience that made me realize that nursing is my true calling. Traditionally, nurses were viewed as caregivers. In today’s world, image of nursing profession changes as nurses play many other roles such as patient’s advocates, educators, managers, team members, facilitators, and experts. (Zerwekh, 2006). As I read the entries from my reflective journal, I could see how my focus shifted from assisting patient with his basic needs at the beginning of the nursing school to more comprehensive nursing care today.