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Future Goals & Scholarship
My journey in the RN-BSN program has provided me with the knowledge I needed to advance my career in nursing. Also, the RN-BSN has prepared me intellectually as well as in a foundational way to offer a higher quality of service to my patients. A nurse that truly engages with her profession never stops learning about the newest advances in healthcare strategies and policies, and I have been an enthusiastic learner when it comes to advancing my skills and my experiences for the benefit of my patients.
What I learned and how that Knowledge Helps Me
The advanced skills I have learned allow me to better care for my patients. But moreover, the RN-BSN program brought into my focus the importance of better English comprehension skills, including the ability to critically evaluate ideas, scholarly articles, speeches given by healthcare professionals, and other materials that nurses need to be familiar with. I also was pleased to have a chance to learn skills involved in public speaking. I'm not a shy person but I have not had much experience in public speaking and I was glad to have that chance to learn.
Communication was also a course that I enjoyed and gained a lot from. In a nurse's daily job responsibilities the importance of accurate communication cannot be overstated. Making sure that patients understand what is being done and what is being proposed for their well-being is vitally important. Also, I learned that when...
That course was helpful to me in meaningful ways.
Of course there were classes in science-based and math-based subjects, and I gained important knowledge and perspectives from those classes.
My interest in the humanities had not been very intense prior to my experiences in the RN-BNS program, but I became a more-well-rounded person by taking classes in history and psychology. The psychological aspects of caring for patients are very important and fascinating to me; not just the psychology used when it comes to calming an upset patient. But in addition, the overall emotional dynamics on a hospital ward with a wide variety of patients that have a myriad of health problems -- that situation calls for calm, for perspective, for understanding and for the mental makeup that can help a nurse get through the day unscathed emotionally, so to speak. That's what I have learned.
Knowledge Gained of Evidence-based Practice
In order for nurses to provide the greatest level of care possible, learning to embrace evidence-based practices (EBP) is a big step in the right direction, and I learned how to take that step. Using ongoing educational opportunities, studying theories and how theories are developed, and dipping into science-based fields of new research --…
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Evidence-based practice is an approach that has been applied to clinical practice and nursing. Evidence-based practice started initially in medicine and went to fields like education, psychology, nursing and dentistry. It should be noted that the research is based on studies that were carried out and these studies go on to fit the scenario that is currently being dealt with. Treatments that are supported empirically are the ones that are proven
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