Post-leadership Reflection
From this interview I learned more than I thought I would not only about leadership but also about the person I interviewed. While doing the interview I learned that leadership in nursing isn’t always what someone may think leadership looks like. When someone thinks of leadership in nursing, they may think of being the first to a crisis/code or having the highest degree. When I was talking with the person, I interviewed they talked about small things that contribute to…
Preparation for licensure (ATI Maternity CAT)
While taking the maternal newborn ATI adaptive quiz I noticed that there were a lot of questions that I knew because we had gone over most of the information but there were questions that even though I knew them, I still second guessed the answers. This is something that I have been trying to work on, not changing my answers. It is easier when I can’t go back and talk myself out of why my original answer is wrong when…
Pre-interview Reflection
I chose my subject because she is someone that I have a personal relationship with, and she has helped me make many decisions not only nursing wise but also just in an everyday since as well. I have observed this person not only go above and beyond and help others when they aren’t asked to, but I have also seen what being a nurse means to them. I know that this person works two jobs and both of those are…
Preparation for Licensure (ATI Pharmacology CAT)
While taking and remediating the CAT pharmacology Adaptive Exam, I noticed many different aspects that I need to improve upon. One of includes that while I may recognize a medication that is in the problem, there were many that I had forgotten what they did or just didn’t know what they were. I also noticed that towards the end of the exam, I started to get distracted. I did take a break in the middle, but I think next time…
Preparation for Licensure (ATI Med-Surg CAT)
While taking the ATI Med-Surg CAT I noticed that I tended to get distracted especially towards the end of the quiz. I was tending to skim the questions rather than read them fully which in the end hurts the outcome rather than helps as there are key details in the way the question is worded. I also noticed while going back through my answers that I got a lot of select all that apply questions wrong, so next time I’m…
Career Development
While watching the movie I noticed skills that many of the nurses have that I also need and will need to develop. One of those skills is caring for patients that I do like and those that I don’t like with the same amount of care and understanding. Not everyone has a great day when we see them, so I need to take that into account and understand they are going through a lot and give them the benefit of…
Prepare for Transition
This semester I am most excited about learning new concepts and the end of our clinical experiences. I am also excited about looking forward to this next step in our lives, I can’t wait to start looking at jobs and what this next step will look like. I am going to celebrate this next step by taking a vacation with family and probably friends before I start a new job and will be busy. I will also celebrate by taking…
Presenting changes
We right this minute are waiting for feedback on our dissemination project. From this project I will take with me that documenting input is very important. Many people remember to record the output that happens, but it doesn’t always help if we don’t know how much the patient is taking in, If someone is losing weight and it seeming like they are going to the bathroom and wasting big amount without it being recorded of the same being taken in,…
Disaster Nursing
The primary roles and responsibilities of a nurse in the events of a natural disaster are to work as a team, some nurses may do tasks that they normally would never do like coordinating team huddles and providing updates to staff so they know what’s going on. During different disasters there are going to be different roles that will be needed but everyone should always know what is going on. For example, during a power outage many of the nurses…
