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Today was my first day of this Critical Care Nursing course, and honestly, I have a really great feeling about it. I am most looking forward to learning about how specific disease processes interact with each other in the critically ill patient, and how as nurses you implement interventions to help maintain stability for the patient. The human body is really fascinating to me so it will be interesting to learn how compensatory mechanisms kick in and the effects that they have on an individual. Our instructor, Jaime, seems to be very knowledgeable on the subject and has a lot of experience to draw from as she imparts her wisdom to us. She is very tech-savy, and I appreciated that she took the time during our first day to ensure we understood how the required technology for the course functioned. I am most excited that this course is being taught as a hybrid, I think it will keep it more interesting and help us to become more easily adaptable in our technological skills when we are working on the floor.
I haven’t yet come across something that I dislike about this course. However, I am worried that when placed in the clinical setting I will blank on the knowledge I’ve acquired from this course. It is my goal to practice stress management so that I can be as efficient a nurse as possible during code situations.
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The Future…and Beyond.
The medical industry is in a period of rapid transition. The technological advances that have occurred in the last ten years is astounding. One can only imagine what is to come. The rapid advances in technology along with health care reform and the millions of aging “Baby Boomers” is a heavy cocktail for not only the amount of change forthcoming in nursing. As the “Baby Boomer” generation ages and the patient population continues to rise, physicians are unable to meet the demands. Therefore, healthcare is relying heavily on nurses and the scope of practice for nursing is increasing. This emphasizes the reasons that the healthcare industry is pushing to produce better educated, and well rounded nurses that will have the ability to take on more responsibility in their care. This will be crucial with the shortage of primary care physicians as nurses will need to step in. The National Center for Health Workforce Analysis estimates that by 2020, the U.S. will experience a shortfall of 20,400 primary care physicians. Furthermore, only 12% of American medical students focus on primary care, while 85% of nurse practitioner students prepare to offer primary care of family medicine. Lawmakers are discussing the expansion of the role of nurse practitioners to make them more autonomous and care for the inundating patient population. However, in order to fill the primary gap, nurses need more education. As the healthcare industry will increasingly rely on advanced practice nurses with MSN degrees to provide primary care for patients, hospitals are also increasing their standards and requiring nurses to have a BSN.
This only solidifies my desire to continue my education in nursing and achieve my MSN. Through my nursing school career, I have learned the importance and the value of knowledge, research, and evidenced based practice to improve and advance the nursing profession as a whole. I hope that I can some day contribute to our expanding profession as we work to deliver exceptional patient care. As of now, I have not decided what direction to take or where my true passion lies in nursing. However, I do know that whatever I do, I want to make an impact on the lives of my patients and an impact on the nursing profession.
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Graduation, here we come!
Getting out of clinical this past Sunday, I knew that it was the last day of clinical ever, but for some reason it didn’t really hit me as the end of nursing school. I went to class on Monday and still, it just felt like another regular week of school. It wasn’t until Tuesday night, when I sat with my group to finish up our presentation that it really hit me, this will be the last assignment, no more late nights, no more coffee runs before school, and no more class time. As I sat there, I couldn’t help but remember the first semester during pathophysiology. The room filled with unfamiliar faces, strange personalities, and now, three years later there is nothing weird about sitting with my group members, expressing our opinions about which direction we want our project to go. The change is unreal. We have come so far, overcome boundaries, shared tears, worked on countless projects, called each other during joyous and stressful occasions, and to think this will all be over soon is so bittersweet.
This class has been such a learning experience. It was more than just focusing on all the critical care content, using technology and blogging came as a pleasant surprise. I never knew how much I would enjoy blogging; it sure does make blackboard discussion board look bad. Thanks Jaime! I think this was a great way to end our nursing education, venturing into the vast world of technology, which can be scary and so beneficial at the same time.
Coming in three years ago I knew it would be challenging for me, as I am not the most outgoing or loudest person in the room, but I thank the instructors and above all, my classmates for making me feel at ease with them. Now, there is nothing I am afraid of, we came together for this experience, shared failures and successes, laughter, and that is something I will always cherish. Cheers to the memories that have past and to the memories that are to come! I love you all!
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Wow! I can’t believe we are here and the pinning ceremony is only 3 days away. I think this is the semester, for me, where everything clicked. We have been training for three years to graduate with a BSN. I can honestly say that I am ready for what the future has in store for me when it comes to nursing. I remember so clearly studying for days to understand pathophysiology, pharmacology, med-surg, OB and pediatrics and all those hours of studying are coming together now. Throughout the semester I was able to strengthen my assessment skills, improve communication with patients, connect the pieces of the puzzle together (labs, patho, assessment, diagnostics) and gain a certain level of confidence that I didn’t have during other semesters. I absolutely loved critical care nursing and the independence that comes with it. I felt like there was a greater amount of collaboration in the ICU and that is something I really value in nursing practice. Seeing people from many different fields work together was amazing for me to experience. I also loved being able to focus all of my attention on two patient’s which allowed me to better grasp the full patient picture. One day I can definitely see myself in critical nursing.
If I could see myself at the beginning of this journey I wouldn’t have believed the person that I see today. Jaime, you told us at the beginning of the semester that the goal was for us to be ready and I think that goal has been achieved. I know I don’t know everything there is to know about nursing but I know that I have the tools to find a solution to practice safely. The learning never stops and every day I will find a way to become a better nurse.
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