Student Nurse Reflective Journal

  What did you learn from the unit? I learned a lot this unit about change and managing change.  Discuss your feelings/experiences from the team activities? Did it change your opinion on the subject? If so, how? If not, why? As a group, we watched a video titled Who Moved My Cheese which followed 4 subjects experience finding cheese. It taught about the inevitability of change and the importance of embracing change and learning how to adapt. It also taught me the importance of preparation and never getting too comfortable. We had to choose which subject in the film whom we most identified. I identified with Haw, which became comfortable and complacent, but eventually recognizes that change happens and we must change too and adapt. He learned a lesson in the end. I was surprised that none of my team members identified with Haw. I was the only one. I learned from my teammates that “going with the flow” is better than becoming “set in your ways.” How you will utilize the information learn

  What did you learn from the unit? This unit really made me reflect on my career development. I was able to determine the importance or unimportance for me to develop my career any further. I also got to learn more about the difficulty of staffing.  Discuss your feelings/experiences from the team activities? Did it change your opinion on the subject? If so, how? If not, why? From the team activities i got to learn about my team’s career development plans. One of the career development plans I am considering is becoming a CRNA. One of my teammates is seriously pursuing this career, and I got to learn from him more about what steps you need to take in order to become a CRNA. I was glad to see that there were others in my group that valued family and time with family over further advancing their career. Becoming a nurse is a huge achievement in and of itself. Even if I don’t further my career, I don’t think there is anything wrong with that. I was glad to see that others agreed. I also g

What did you learn from the unit? -The future of nursing -Organ transplants and travel -Budgeting -Portfolio, 5 year plan Discuss your feelings/experiences from the team activities? Did it change your opinion on the subject? If so, how? If not, why? I learned a lot from he discussion with my team about the future of nursing. I think my team members didn’t understand or agree with my reply about it. I had the unpopular opinion that widening nurse’s scope of practice isn’t something I would like. I am very comfortable with my scope of practice right now. I personally wouldn’t want more privileges because it comes with more responsibility, which I would prefer not to have. I also think that nurse’s role, as it is now, is very needed. If we have a wider scope of practice, would hope that would come with higher pay. I don’t think Hospital administration would like to pay nurses more to do things that they are already paying doctors and nurse practitioners to do. Does that make sense? I just