Outcome 7

Integrate professional standards of moral, ethical, and legal conduct into the care of persons, families, groups, communities, and populations.

There are several classes that have helped me to integrate professional standards of moral, ethical, and legal conduct into the care of my patient, their families, groups, communities and the population. The leadership and management class was a good starting point because it helped me to look past what I was currently doing and start to integrate other aspects of decision making and care into my practice. I did a project in that class where I made a hard bound book under the direction of my manager and plan to include that in my portfolio.

Another class that I am finding to be very beneficial is the nursing policy and ethics class that I am currently in. I am learning the different ways that policy is developed and how it is based in part on legal, ethical and moral issues. There are a few assignments that I think I will include in my portfolio from this class but I am still undecided on which ones.

The last class that comes to mind is the Gerontological nursing class. I enjoyed this class and plan to include my journals and visit entries from the elderly person I visited. I learned not only the care of older adults, but also the care of their families and immediate environment.
It’s hard to choose one or two classes that have contributed to my ability to incorporate professional standards into my practice. This program has helped me develop and learn new ways to be a better nurse.

As I look through my past assignments I can’t help but be grateful about the direction this program has taken me in.

I am including my journal and visit entries from Gerontological Nursing because during this course and throughout my experience while visiting with my chosen elderly person, I not only learned a lot about assessment in the older adult, but I also learned patience, compassion, and developed my listening skills.

Gerontological Nursing Assessment Journal/Visit #1
Gerontological Nursing Assessment Journal/Visit #2
Gerontological Nursing Assessment Journal/Visit #3
Gerontological Nursing Assessment Journal/Visit #4