How I Made a Difference I was quite anxious when entering the clinical setting this semester because I had never provided care before. There were so many things that were running through my mind as I was so nervous to mess up or look silly in comparison to others and coworkers. My clinical instructor was … [Read more…]
Self-Care Reflection Gabriella Crugnale University of New England BSN NSG 351: Professor Goran My Self-Care Reflection and Wellness Goals At the beginning of the semester, we had an assignment to write down a few goals in regard to self-care and how we planned to carry them out. My goals included beginning breathing, stretching, and reflection … [Read more…]
I enjoyed the medication reconciliation assignment. It allowed me to learn more about medications and how I am going to have to assess the capability of my client taking them. I was fortunate with my client because they did not pose any difficulties or safety concerns that I should be concerned about. The client understands … [Read more…]
I decided to use nature (excuse the telephone lines) as my medium of art to depict how I believe that nursing is an art. Many times you hear that nursing is science, nursing is evidence based practice, etc. To me, nursing is an art, it is relationships and connections with patients and coworkers. I chose … [Read more…]
Response to Module 3: I believe that critical thinking is such an important part of nursing and the nursing process. I thought it was very vital to be included in the Knowledge and Clinical Judgement module. I learned a lot about the analysis phase of critical thinking. I think that this is one of the … [Read more…]
Response to Module 1: Something new I learned from this module was the use of breaking down questions into positively-worded questions or negatively-worded questions questions. Breaking down questions into different categories allows you to focus on the type of question that the test taker may be answering. To begin with it is important to interpret … [Read more…]
I found Critical Care by Theresa Brown an extremely interesting book. It was an easy read, and it made me feel more comfortable about the idea of becoming a nurse. I learned a lot about the life of a nurse. I would highly recommend this book to anyone who is looking tobecome a nurse because … [Read more…]
To gain a decent grade on the papers that we completed in ENG 110, you have to at least know how to properly cite your sources. Without citing sources, there is no work cited page, meaning that you just plagiarized which can get you into serious trouble. We learned how to do this in the … [Read more…]
To use authors to create evidence for my argument, I needed to be sure that the evidence I used was provided correctly. Along with the correctness of my citations, I needed to make sure that I stated my evidence correctly. To do this I had to give a brief introduction to the quote, state the … [Read more…]
At the beginning of the semester I was not necessarily sure about how we would be revising in this course. Over the semester we learned a plethora of ways to revise our own papers and our classmates papers. My first draft was not very strong, after revisiting my essay and listening to comments from peer-workshops … [Read more…]
