NR 603 Week 8 Reflection

Program Outcome #4

Integrate professional values through scholarship and service in health care. (Professional identity)

This course has helped me translate my current knowledge into practice while building

confidence in caring for patients at all levels in the healthcare delivery system. I feel like this class really

helped to give perspective to the professional identity I want to display in my interactions with patients.

As a provider, I want to have the trust and respect of the patients I treat; for me this occurs when there

is open and honest communication and a mutual respect between all parties. The last seven weeks has

given me the opportunity to improve and continue to build knowledge and understanding of the

importance of creating a treatment plan based on evidence based guidelines that can measure

outcomes of current and future patients. This not only addresses the patient needs but it also protects

and promotes the role of the advanced practice nurse as a profession. Healthcare is an ever-changing

practice and it is essential that nurse practitioners can practice at the highest level of care.

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Recognize that the master’s-prepared nurse applies research outcomes within the practice setting,

resolves practice problems, works as a change agent, and disseminates results.

My clinical experience in retail health was interesting and allowed me to see a different side of

healthcare that I’ve yet had a chance to experience. I was not aware of the limitations that are placed on

providers in this setting. As the main provider you must be able to take on more than one role while still

utilizing evidence based guidelines. This allowed me to be a very important part of the team by, triaging

the patients, collaborating with my preceptor to develop the plan of care, and education the patient

regarding their condition and how the treatment plan would benefit them.

This course has reinforced the nurse practitioner’s responsibility to coordinate and maintain

patient-centered care while collaborating with other healthcare providers within the organization. I feel

confident and empowered to create an environment of trust, open communication, knowledge sharing,

problem solving, and decision making in collaborating across multiple levels of healthcare. (SangsterGormley, Griffith, Schreiber, Borycki, Feddema, & Thompson, 2015). I have learned the importance of

developing and implementing policies, and making changes as needed. Advance practice nurses are

responsible for advancing awareness of the profession and the value it brings to healthcare.

Although my preceptor was more knowledgeable she had difficulties with skin conditions. I felt a

little more comfortable with skin we would coordinate care for the patient and work together to

develop a treatment plan based on evidence; this allowed me the opportunity to share some of the

things I’ve learned by serving as a role model and a mentor for her when dealing with skin rashes

meeting the MSN Essential IV competency (AACN, 2011).

I was also able to follow up with patients and monitor outcomes via 48 hour callbacks that we

performed on every patient seen in the clinic. If patients had not improved, we would then go back and

review their case. During this review, my preceptor allowed me to ask questions and use my critical

thinking skills to develop differential diagnosis’s that we may have missed. This process helped me to

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