Clinical Exemplar

In my exemplar, I describe my most impactful experience during my preceptorship. Though every nurse has a different experience and approach to their emotional responses, I describe my experience and how I decided to cope with the event. Though it is a short read, I hope you enjoy reading about my experience! Feel free to …

Licensure and Transition to Professional Practice

ATI and their subsequent remediations were incredibly challenging this semester. However, they will help me prepare for the NCLEX when I sit for my boards. I saw some improvement over time on my ATI scores and recently surprised myself by doing decently well on a CAT exam for pediatrics (which was shocking…as pediatrics is not …

Maternity Inclusivity Post

I would like to say that I would be fully unbiased and supportive of this couple in every way they need. I can’t help but feel like the difference in the “traditional” birthing setting would truthfully throw me off, and leave me unintentionally biased solely because it is an unusual situation. I gather that this …

Career Reflection

I was interested in the various nursing experiences and stories throughout the movie. I found it helpful to watch as it provides insight into lessons that other people learned so I can not make the same mistakes, or so I can follow the good things in my practice. I noticed several aspects of accountability, empathy, …

“We Are Alfred” Assignment I

VR Assignment – ‘We Are Alfred”; Age-Related Macular Degeneration & Hearing Deficits This experience reminded me of a similar simulation I partook in while I was in high school. During that time, my healthcare class instructor has us experience a dementia simulation where we would be asked to complete various tasks. At the very end, …

Prepare for Transition (Post 1)

As I prepare to graduate from nursing school in May, I am experiencing mixed emotions about the next steps. All my life, the next step was going up a level in school. Now that I am graduating, I only have to think about school if I want to pursue another profession or upgrade my licensure …

Post HELP Volunteering Reflection

The HELP program helped me understand the true importance of preventing delirium and what to look for in a patient with suspected delirium. Chesley was my mentor throughout this project, and she explained to me all the delirium-prevention interventions and how they help the patients at risk.  The experience was significant to me. I know …

Reflection: Presenting Change

It is difficult to gauge how our audience responded as no one took the survey that we included on our poster. However, I asked my old clinical instructor and she said that many people stopped to read the poster and commented that the poster looked good. I think, if the poster was bigger and the …

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