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LAST Blog: The Art of Being a Nurse
As the semester comes to an end and graduation nears, the realization that we will all be BSN graduates begins to kick in. This journey, we call nursing school, has been one in which I will remember for the rest of my life. I have learned so many new aspects of not only the nursing profession, but also of myself. I have met the most special of people who I know I can call friends forever. I have learned a new definition to the words hard work and dedication. I have cried and I have laughed and I have become stronger than I ever thought I could be. Nursing has always been a dream of mine, and nursing school has taught me that this profession is something beyond what I had ever imagined. Thanks to the knowledge we have received and the care we have given, I can honestly say that I have fallen even more in love with this career choice. Although nursing can be tough on some days, the satisfaction of helping others makes it completely worth it. This realization has especially resonated in me since the start of critical care.
Throughout my time within the intensive care unit, I have learned a whole new aspect within the meaning of being a nurse. I have learned that being a nurse means being a teacher, a caregiver, a listener, an advocate and most importantly a supporter. This rotation has been extremely precious to me in that I have been able to be a presence in not only a patient’s life but also their death. I have spent time with the most influential of nurses and on the opposite side of the spectrum I have struggled through days with those who are completely burned out. One thing that I have learned is that no matter how hard a day can be I maintain the ability to touch someone’s life and ultimately create a lasting impression and that in itself is enough to make me smile daily.
So, what is my plan for the future you might ask??? Following graduation and the completion of NCLEX I will be working as a labor and delivery nurse in Laguna Niguel. I will be a “baby catcher” one might say. I will welcome new life into this world everyday and I couldn’t be more willing and more excited to take on the challenge. What else the future might hold….who knows….the sky is the limit.
With that I will leave you with this…
Cheers to us CSUCI class of 2015!
Finished my Capstone poster
The semester is coming to an end and there are only a few deadlines left but they are the most crucial. The poster being turned in this morning and next we present them at the SAGE Conference! After that the final Capstone paper is due and then it’s basically graduation day. I feel scared and excited at the same time, it’s almost over!
Internalizing, Not Memorizing
As I reflect on the past couple of weeks of content, I definitely see how everything connects. As students, I believe we have been taught to take in information and then reproduce it. After reading chapter 8 and hearing about learning theories, I would argue that we aren’t necessarily taught how to properly learn. That creates a lot of difficulty when you get to college because you really do have to internalize and understand concepts, not just be able to regurgitate information. Learning is about the want and need for knowledge, it’s about skills development and time management.
I really believe that the most important and effective information from the past two weeks is motivation. Motivation is the root of learning, and it is important to be aware of your own motivation so that you understand your performance. As we have learned, external motivation leads to someone performing as a passive learner, as opposed to internal motivation leading to active learning. If we start by adjusting our motivation, we start to adjust how we learn, and eventually how we feel fulfilled.
Helping Others Learn & Succeed
In chapter eight of the book Students Helping Students, we read about the learning process and what contributes to students achieving academic success.
We see the importance of understanding how individuals approach the learning process and how each person does this act in different ways. By having peer leaders become informed about items such as active learning and learning theories, they become better suited in assisting these individuals during their learning process and help them achieve success academically.
For example, let say that I am a peer leader working with an individual who is struggling with their biology class and is starting to lose hope in actually passing the class. I must look at this student and ask myself the following questions?
- Does he/she have internal motivation?
- Does he/she have a confident attitude about his/her learning skills?
- How well does he/she manage time?
- What are these individual’s strengths?
Based upon the answers I obtain, I will be able to make a game plan on how to motivate this individual to want to succeed.
