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Essential I:

Background for Practice

from Sciences and Humanities

 

I began studying health sciences and humanities since entering college in 1998. This really became my spring board for the love of learning. Through out my nursing education, I have built a very strong foundation. With the achievement of this Master's degree in Nursing Education it has been very apparent to me how much professionally I have grown in these last two years of study. I am so thankful that my education started with an Associate's and then bridged to a Bachelors. Seeing that this was exactly the path that lead me to be the nurse I am today. 

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I am prepared to create positive learning environments for all adult learners. I have confidence that I will apply innovative teaching strategies to meet specific needs of an organization. I am equipped with skills to complete needs assessments to support developing education. I possess the ability to stay humble and seek feedback, for this is imperative to keep improving. I thrive on collaboration and seeing the big picture, which provides me a strength to mediate two different opinions in conflict. I want to bridge the gap between education or competency and accountability for all leaders and staff or employees.  

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As an associate degree nurse I could not have articulated the level of critical thinking and support that I can now provide seamlessly as an advanced practice nurse. I have shared some items that I feel have shown growth in how I would implement education, apply analysis through assessment, and evaluate how those specific outcomes will be achieved.

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This family history project for advanced assessment allowed me time to reflect on how different nursing is to other fields of healthcare. A true holistic approach to our patient care is how nurses are able to heal mind, body, and spirit.

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When analyzing nursing and learning theories I spent a lot of my time discussing Dr. Benner's theory of novice to expert. I had never really aligned my thoughts and beliefs so well, as I did with this theory.

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The presentation I created for smoking cessation, was actually a recorded educational video, but too large to add to this portfolio. I learned more about addiction with this project and how much more difficult it is to break this habit. 

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I know that as I progress as a nurse educator, I will seek opportunities to continuously improve my knowledge base of data analysis to improve nursing care and education. 

  

Advanced Pharmacology:
Open documents below on Smoking Cessation
Advanced Pharmacology:
Open documents below for examples of Medication Teaching Packets. These were created to teach a patient/family about each medication.
Advanced Assessment:
Open documents below on a Family History project
Theory:
Open document below of a professional writing example through theory analysis
Advanced Pharmacology:
Open document below for an example of professional writing of a case study/discussion post.
Great website for education:
This website was created by medical students who wanted a different way of learning about medications and disease processes. They use pictures and mnemonics to create visual and auditory learning.
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