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I consider myself a lifelong learner, especially in the nursing profession. There are different aspects in nursing that promote continuous growth and development. Nursing have several roles and are not confined into one area in the medical field. Nurses can further their practices with an advanced degree or specialization, such as nurse practitioner or nurse anesthetist. As a health care provider, standard of practice is always evolving, and one must be able to adapt to these changes. As we have mentioned last week, evidence-based practice is the most current practice that provides the best patient outcome (Academy of Medical Surgical Nurses, 2018). The EBP this time may not be the best practice in five years. We must be able to learn, adapt, and grow professionally. Lifelong learning is a motivational factor that drives me personally to seek for opportunities, explore differences, and adapt to changes.
Lifelong learning influenced by individual motivation.
Motivation includes a person's beliefs, skills, thinking, emotions,
etc... It supports evidence-based practice. Due to cultural,
educational growth and advanced technology nurses need to continue
their lifelong education that is important for them to improve
their skills, knowledge, and attitudes. Technology advancement
makes the profession more education for a patient new treatment,
diagnosis and it needs evidence-based practice along with higher
education. It helps us to improve patient quality of life.
Question:
How to assess the learning skill quality and outcomes from various
individual learners?
please reply back to this post and ask one question regarding this post: I consider myself...
please reply back to this post and ask one question regarding this post: I consider myself a lifelong learner both as a nurse and in my personal life. I believe in nursing, the idea of acquiring knowledge and learning new things are essential. For example, everyone may have a preferred technique for priming a line. When you open yourself up to learning, you allow yourself pick up tips and tricks from other nurses we encounter in the field that may...
please reply to this post and ask one question regarding this post: I believe nurses as lobbyists are essential to the growth of nursing as a profession. Nurses who lobby and push for political change in healthcare do it to advocate for their patients, change in practice issues, and to advocate for the nursing profession. Nursing is the number one trusted profession; they perform direct patient care and can offer a point of view that others in politics cannot. In...
please reply to this post & ask one question regarding this post: I believe that membership and participation in a local/national professional nursing organization have huge benefits in lifelong learning. “Professional nursing organizations are an effective means by which the nursing profession can influence healthcare policy, represent and protect the interests of nurses, provide continuing education opportunities for nurses, and advocate for the highest quality care possible to the public” (Halstead, 2016, p.108). Nursing organizations further the development of nursing...
please reply to this post and ask one question regarding this post: Evidence-based practice (EBP) is based on a systematic search of the most current best evidence in making decisions about patient care and improving patient outcomes (Academy of Medical Surgical Nurses, 2018). EBP is becoming the standard of nursing care. One example of the use of Chlorhexidine Gluconate (CHG) bath to reduce healthcare-acquired infections. The rate of acquisition of multi-drug resistant organism lowered by 21% and the rate of...
please reply to this post and ask one question regarding this post: Most individuals do not go through nursing school solely for the purpose of financial stability. The profession requires more than the ability to complete the required courses. Nursing requires full commitment to the profession, sacrifices from other aspects of life, and compassion for others. Professional commitment is the degree of emotional involvement, identification, and attachment of workers to their profession (Kjersti, 2017). Professional commitment means being able to...
please reply back to this post & ask one question regarding this post: As a nurse, when you supervise Licensed Vocational Nurses (LVN) or Certified Nursing Assistants (CNA), our role as nurses must be to take into account patient safety, the competency of the staff members and the acuity of the patients. The RN who supervises must know the basic competencies and their ability to perform the task. I intend to take accountability and know when to delegate and how...
please reply back to this post & ask one question regarding this post: Provision 3 of the Code of Ethics for Nurses states "the Nurse promotes, advocates for, and strives to protect the health, safety, and rights of the patient". When I am working as a RN, these provision is something that I need to practice and accomplish everyday. Nurses are patient advocates and we accomplish this by educating our patients to ensure they are making informed decisions, involving the...
please reply to this post and ask one question regarding this post: Lobbying is essential to the growth of the nursing profession. As nursing professionals, it is our responsibility to be involved in advocating for patient safety, standards of care, and healthy work environments (Lockhart, 2017). Nurses can participate in local or state organizations to help voice concerns of engaged professionals. A nurse can assume a leadership position in the healthcare system or contact elected officials. Collectively, nurses have the...
please reply to this post and ask one question regarding this post: Quality improvement is the uses of all of the interdisciplinary teams involved in patient care to come together to ensure that the best care is provided to the patient (Moran & Johnson, 1992). The nurses are an essential role to the quality improvement team as they are the ones in direct contact with the patients and are able to bring issues to all members of the team to...
please reply back to this post and ask one question regarding this post: After exploring the Sigma Theta Tau website, I immediately noticed their logo and underneath the word Sigma it says global nursing excellence. I noticed the amount of resources they offer and that they are not only a local organization that supports the nursing institution, but it supports nursing in a global standard. Sigma has members that reside in over 90 countries, at more than 700 institutions throughout...