Outcome1

Apply leadership concepts, skills, and decision making in order to provide oversight and accountability for the delivery of safe, quality care in a variety of healthcare settings.  

I have had the opportunity to be in a leadership position for most of my nursing career. I have always enjoyed teaching, mentoring and helping my fellow nurses. I enjoy knowing what is going on with patients and being involved in every aspect of their care whether it is the actual nursing part of their care or helping them manage their emotions or putting out fires; I enjoy it all.

Since being in the BSN program I have learned a lot and have been able to apply those things while practicing nursing and help my coworkers to excel in their nursing care as well. I learned a lot while in the health assessment class. I think the first time through my nursing courses I was so worried about passing the NCLEX that I didn’t really absorb everything I should have. This time around with less pressure I have been able to absorb and apply my learning right away into my practice. I know that my patients have benefited from what I learned in that class.

Another area that I have been able to apply into my daily routine is the concepts I learned in Transcultural Nursing. I take care of people from different cultures on a daily basis and I learned many things in that class that not only benefited me as a leader (as I was able to help my coworkers) but also benefited me as a person.

These are just two examples, but throughout the course I have caught myself saying “Oh! That’s how I should do it!” and then changing my practice.

I am including a link to the Fadiman paper I wrote after reading the book The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down written by Anne Fadiman.

Fadiman Response Paper

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