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The Classic Question: What Kind of Nurse Do YOU Want to be?
This week has been really bittersweet for me, as I have been reflecting on the fact that we are finishing our education and entering a new chapter of our lives. I will miss the close friends and support system that we created for each other, the long nights of studying and becoming hysterically delirious as the hours go by and sleep deprivation increases, the stressing over care plans and exams…yes, I will actually miss these to some extent because their disappearance also represents the end of something good. But now we are each starting our own nursing journey independently, and there is also something incredibly special and exciting about that. As I am writing this final blog post, I’m thinking of what has impacted me the most this semester in regards to critical care, and I think that I have realized that now we each create our own nursing practice. Before, we were guided by academia and our faculty…but now we are new graduate nurses. I have seen some nurses treat patients and approach patients in a very rude and unprofessional manner in every semester of nursing school, and there will always be a few nurses like this. Critical care is a unique specialty that blends a high level of critical thinking and pathophysiology knowledge with a need for knowledge of public health and case management, and that is why I love the specialty. Patients in critical care and their family members are vulnerable, and need a higher level of emotional support in this time of crisis. So, there is an even greater need for nurses to be sensitive, communicative, and excellent healthcare providers for these families. So as new graduate nurses, each of us needs to make the choice. When someone asks me what kind of nurse I want to be, rather than replying what specialty I am interested in, in reality I want to say, “I am the kind of nurse who will give my patients excellent care regardless of what others may be saying or thinking…I am the kind of nurse who will not criticize patients behind their back…I am the kind of nurse who will hold your hand even if you don’t “deserve” it…I will work hard to gain more knowledge and skills to know how to care for you safely, and I am committed to your care, because I am that kind of nurse.” As student nurses, we are limited to some extent when we see nurses we work with treat patients with disrespect or provide suboptimal care. But now, we have the power to really make a difference and even change the culture of a unit that we work in. Critical care is what I want to do, but the above statements represent the kind of nurse I want to be. There is a difference. And that is what I look forward to as I begin my own nursing journey.
Amazing…
I am sorry we ended so abruptly in class. Thank you to the last three groups for speeding your presentations up to get everyone in! I cannot express how proud I am of you and your presentations – your creativity, diverse approaches, and overall impressive efforts made for an educational and fun last day together.
Housekeeping: 1. Please send me your Animoto, Google Presentations, Videos, PowerPoints, VoiceThreads, etc that you did. 2. Email me if you would like to meet from 8-9am or 10-11am tomorrow, Friday, or next week. 3. Email me if you DO NOT want me to share your work…. I think I see an innovations at CI blog about your presentations in the near future! 4. Don’t forget SRTs – just takes a few minutes and is appreciated by all of your faculty.
I look forward to seeing you all this Friday to celebrate your achievements! You are an amazing group of students, who I expect great things from and bright lights ahead for all of you. Hugs, Jaime
Last Post!!!
When I reflect on this journey, I feel overwhelmed at how much time and energy has been spent working towards this final class of nursing school. When I started this program, 3 years ago, I never anticipated how nursing would affect my life, my relationships and my sanity. I have made amazing lifelong friendships and learned SO much about myself. It has drastically changed my life and I am so happy and excited for what the future will bring (I am also terrified). Every different rotation through each different hospital has affected my nursing experience and shaped what kind of nurse I hope to be one day. Nursing has given me so much hope and respect for the amazing patients, fellow medical staff and the families that I meet. I am so grateful for the wonderful educators who have always supported me and my colleagues through the good times and the bad.
Nursing is not always the most glamorous job, but it is very rewarding. There is not a better feeling than when a patient reaches a long sought after goal towards bettering their health status or knowing that you have made a difference in a patient or their families lives. I believe that my time in nursing school has really shaped my philosophy of nursing which is however I find my patient….I hope to make their life better. I mean that in the sense of better either through educating them about something that will positively affect their life or making them more comfortable by providing a bed bath or simply listening to what they have to say and making them feel important.
I am so excited about this journey and cannot wait to see where it takes myself and my fellow peers. We have all worked so hard, made sacrifices and learned SO much. Thank you so much for such a beautiful experience and I can’t wait to see everyone at graduation! 
We Made It!
These last three years have been the most difficult and happiest time of my life. If I had the chance to go back in time, I wouldn’t do it any different. It feels like we just started this semester, but the time has flown by so quickly and this week we are all getting pinned! I remember starting this program and sitting in class wondering if I was cut out for the work and the challenges I would face. It is still crazy to think about all the hard work I’ve put in to get to this point in my life, but I have managed…somehow! BUT we are all living proof to future nursing students that getting through a nursing school is possible! We all came into this program as strangers, but now we leave as a family. As graduation is just next week, I have to say that this is bittersweet time. It will be sad to be saying goodbye to the class I’ve seen every week since this program started. However, I believe the education and experiences we’ve gained in our nursing program has prepared us to be great nurses in whatever specialty we choose. I am excited to see where all of us end up in our nursing careers. I will truly miss our class, our faculty, and our school! It has been one amazing journey and I am excited to begin my career as a RN! We have finally made it!
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Time to Spread Wings and Fly
For the last two weeks I have been reflecting on my experience, as a third year bachelor’s prepared nursing student. There are many moments within this long awaited journey in which I have seen and felt a drastic growth since my first year. More than ever I feel adequately prepared to enter my professional nursing career and see myself succeeding. My experience at CI in the nursing program has validated my goal to continue to pursue higher education and become a nurse practitioner. This semester really brought everything full circle from my friends, understanding the lecture content, participating in undergraduate research to being able to see myself as a nurse and no longer as a nursing student.
I enjoyed this semester because I felt competent in caring for critically ill patients and their family. The focus of this semester was more about learning to handle various forms of family dynamics while implementing high quality patient care. I have seen how family can have a major impact on a patient’s care and end of life. This experience has opened the door within my own family to talk about situations such as end of life care, which has something that was never been discussed before. It allowed the opportunity for my parents and siblings to become much closer and for that I am very grateful.
In clinical, I was also able to utilize every skill I have learned from my first semester towards now and see the impact it can have on those who I cared for. It almost seems surreal when the patient and the family you are caring for tell you that their hospitalization experience was that much better because of the care they received from you. This confirmed my reasoning for choosing to become a nurse because of the ability to make a positive impact in others. I love being a nurse. I love being able to care for people. It excites me, makes me happy, and fulfills me
I am grateful for all my clinical experiences I have undergone and the support from faculty/hospital staff because it has helped mold me into the nurse I am today. I could have not accomplished so much without their help and guidance. Now time to spread our wings and fly to reach the stars!!!! Congrats everyone…WE MADE IT
