Introduction
This paper is an attempt to interview a working nurse with master’s degree and gain insight into the interplay among education, career path, and opportunities. The interviewee is someone known for few years and just started the career after successful completion of the same master’s program pursued by the interviewer. The interview mainly focused on Interviewee’s career overview, reasons to seek graduate education, usefulness of master’s gained knowledge in current position and advices to future master’s seekers.
Overview of Career
Being born and brought up in India, interviewee took her Baccalaureate in Nursing from India. Interviewer requested interviewee to talk about the Indian living experiences and it was intriguing to learn
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Interviewee has been working in healthcare field for a long time and gained enough knowledge and experience in that field. Thought clinical informatics, study of information technology and data collection, can be applied to the healthcare field. So interviewee selected MS in nursing with emphasis on clinical informatics. Next step was to find a good university. Interviewee searched in web and talked to many counselors and finally decided to join at Grand Canyon University. Reasons behind this selection were Christian values and GCU program competencies matched with AACN’s education essentials. Learned that GCU campus and online programs helps to increase student’s critical thinking and professionalism. Interviewee selected online master’s program which includes variety of experiences such as discussion questions, active participation in the class, weekly assignment, group study and group projects. The curriculum includes nine courses for a total of 36 credits which can be achieved by 18 months of continuous study. For each week of class the course materials with different references will be provided to the students online which can be accessed any time or any day according to their convenience. Success center and GCU online library are also helpful. Through individual forums, students can …show more content…
Interviewee’s current role is to collect data and follow that information to support various quality committees. The job requires collection of required data, develop criteria and monitor them through various searches and follow ups. Interviewee is working with different departments of the hospital and medical staff to achieve this. Data collection, abstraction and data entry are the main responsibilities. Should also give response to agency surveys like CMS and JC. Interviewee explained that this position requires excellent computer skills. GCU classes did help to improve the computer skills. Clinical documentation knowledge learned during master’s helped in reviewing the quality of various data and translating it to valid information. Also familiarity with chart format and medical record abstract experience made interviewee’s job easier. The GCU acquired knowledge and master’s in clinical informatics is enough to meet the job criteria, no certifications are necessary now, said interviewee. An interesting factor interviewee shared is permission to wear business attire every day at
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For this assignment I was able to interview Regina Bowman RN, BSN. Her current position is that of the Director of Medical Surgical Nursing. Her position places her over top of seven nursing units between two facilities. Regina graduated from the Mercer Medical School of Nursing in 1979 with her diploma in nursing. The Mercer medical school of nursing is still in operation although it has been renamed the Capital Health School of Nursing. Her return to school started after graduation. She enrolled at Mercer County Community College to obtain her Associates. Secondly she attended La Salle University and received her Bachelor’s in Nursing in 2003. Lastly she is currently enrolled at the Thomas Edison State University, and has a prospective graduation of 2011 with her Masters Degree in Nursing. Regina has work in many clinical jobs, both in and out the hospital. Initially she began her nursing carrier as a medical surgical nurse shortly after graduation. After she gained experience she worked in the emergency room only to return to med-surge as an assistant manager. Subsequently the unit in which she worked closed and Regina was placed in an outpatient setting managing hospital owned physician groups. This position leads to her return as the manager of 7 East a general medical unit. This position eventually gave her the opportunity to hold her current position as a hospital director.
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Rayhena Karim: I am a Registered Nurse with fifteen years of experience in Acute Rehabilitation. I completed an Associate of Science Degree in Nursing in 1999 from Rio Hondo Community College. Nursing in today’s healthcare system is challenging because of rapid technological advance and changes in healthcare policies. There is a high demand for professionally educated nurses to meet the needs of a more complex and changing health care system. My desire to pursue a bachelor degree in nursing to enhance my nursing education. As a dedicated nursing professional with a passion for learning, I want to stay on top of these changes and learn all I can to increase my knowledge.
As a nurse seeking my bachelor in nursing I have a lot of mentors in my career path. The person I choose to interview is my mentor name, Karen. In the process of her nursing career, she was influenced by her mentor to continue her education, in women's health because of her passion for young teens. Karen started her career in nursing at Grand Valley State University where she earned a Bachelor Degree in nursing. After having her BSN for many years, Karen decision to continue her education at Michigan State University where she received a Master degree in Nursing.
This is a research paper conducted on the very highly pursuited field of nursing. Nursing is a profession in the healthcare field that focuses or assisting others. Not to mention, nurses are heroes because of the many lives they save every day. This is an example that one doesn’t need tights or a cape to be a hero. Never the less, there are many reasons one may want to become nurse. Some of those reasons may be for personal gain or the greater good. However, before becoming a nurse one needs to be educated about educational requirements, licenses and certifications, projected salaries, and the projected job outlook for the next five – ten years for nursing. This research paper will provide thorough information on those four major aspects of
This paper serves to inform individuals about the benefits, challenges and education facing nurses. In the review of literature, one source is obtained from the SVSU database which describe the benefits of nursing; two additional SVSU database sources will also describe the challenges. In addition, a case study is evaluated, which shows the correlation between the career and the pass/failure of the NCLEX-RN exam. This paper concludes with an analysis of the information gathered, showing why nursing is a field that others should consider as a career.
This paper is a self-assessment of my nursing experience describing eleven nursing strands from Fort Hays State University undergraduate handbook. These eleven strands are leadership, care process, learning, professionalism, caring, communication, theory, lifespan, technology, research, and global health. This paper will describe how each strand has been applied through my nursing career or how it will be applied in future upon completing BSN degree.
For this assignment I had the pleasure sitting down with Emily Petermeier and getting an insight on what the real nursing world is like. Emily graduated from the University of Minnesota School of Nursing in May 2015, and got a job at Fairview East Bank Hospital. This interview really helped me understand what it is like to be a new nurse and the dedication that I have to have going through nursing school and throughout my career. In the interview you will see the perspective of Emily’s endeavors after college and insight for future nurses or nursing students.
The skills needed to be employed are to be sure you can work at a fast and high stressed level. To be able to perform patient vital signs, talk to parents and record patient history, perform EKGs and other tests, obtain accurate patient information needed for diagnosis and treatment, work with other medical staff and non-medical personnel, communicate with other medical service providers, and to educate patients about procedures or
Nursing has always been a key career in the health care system. Although it is not often focused on in media and stories surrounding health care, nursing is a career of great importance. If any patient was asked about their experience at a hospital or a care center, many will mention the capability and care that they received from the nurses. The health care system could not function efficiently, if at all, if nurses were not present to perform their part. Nurses are more than just physicians support staff. Of interest in this paper is why people choose to study nursing in university or college. From students just graduating high school to mature student who have prior degrees or education, nursing is a popular choice as a path to study
“A public health nurse is a nurse who works to promote and protect the health of an entire population” (Allender, Rector, & Warner, 2010, p. 839) the public health nurse I chose to interview was Barbara, she currently works for the Health department and has been there for three years. During the interview Barbara discussed the requirements for a public health nurse. The individual must have the ability to exercise independent judgment, planning and able to administer safe effective public nursing care. In addition be able to work effectively with individuals and families to assist them in the satisfactory solution of health problems, by recognizing and respecting of different cultural, ethnic and difference on health care practices. The nurse is also required to know disease prevention such as, different techniques on teaching, counseling, interviewing and resources available. Barbara stated that the most important part of being a public health nurse is being able to care. Barbara acknowledged that there are numerous individuals that she assists everyday that just want someone to exhibit that they care and understand. The education a public health nurse should obtain is a bachelor’s degree in nursing, which Barbara posses. “Public health nurses working with specific populations or in administration position should hold a master’s degree” ( Allender et al., 2010, p.839). Barbara discussed that before becoming a public health nurse she worked at St. Francis Hospital as med-surge nurse for five years, after that it was imperative that she change working environment. Barbara confirmed that working as a nurse in the hospital was extremely diverse then working as public health nurse. “Comparing public health nurse and general nurse, public health nursing is population based, focuses on the greater good, health promotion and disease prevention, and utilizes community resources. The general nursing is individual based, focuses on individual good, restoration of health and function, and manage resources at hand” (Minnesota Department of Health, 2007). In the beginning Barbara thought that public health nursing would be a difficult job to gain knowledge of however, she established that it was exceptionally effortless and gratifying career to posses. Barbara stated that she did not realize how much assistance was out there for the public until; she worked as public health nurse. Barbara spends 95% of her day going from place to place by doing home visits, investigating different cases, assisting with screening programs and enormous amount of paper work.
For competency-based education to be successful in medical education, they state that competencies need to be defined. They also state that faculty need to be trained on the evaluation process. Students need to reflect on their learning process and to evaluate their own skills because this is part of competency-based education. The authors state that they believe that competency-based education is a beneficial way to ensure that students will be able to provide competent care to patients, but better assessment tools are needed to evaluate students.
It’s been my desire, longing for a nursing career since I was in my primary and secondary school. At the age of 12, I began to look after children and baby-sitting then, from there, I gained the understanding of how to deal with children. Nursing is one of the highly demanding careers that bring new challenges every day and it comes with various rewards and a real sense of job satisfaction. I chose nursing because it is a profession where you never really finish learning. It has been my dream job since my tender age. Seeing nurses visiting my school treating students, immunisation, teaching us about health and sexual health issues, this encouraged me. My goal and desire at that age have been to help people within the Health sector. That is how; I decided to go to college where I am currently doing my Access to Higher Education Diploma (Science), which involves Biology and Chemistry. I chose this pathway because I want to gain the relevant skills and knowledge of my career to be. As someone who wants to become a nurse, I found biology as an important role in the delivery of client car...
My studies of Bachelor Degree in nursing will provide the knowledge I need to be successful in my nursing career. In my previous experience in college, I learned basic knowledge and the necessary skills to work in a healthcare environment as a nurse. A nurse has a lot of specialties, each with its own challenges and achievements. For example, while I was in my internships for registered nurse, I discovered that I love to work with elderly people. Then, I choose to work in home health care, to provide professional and emotional support for those who care for us for many years and now need our understanding, love, and excellent patient care. My first experience was to work in a nursing home, assists patients with bathing, dressing, grooming, toileting, transfers and ambulation, some of the fundamental tasks a nurse must know. Even though I confessed I was nervous because my professor was beside me evaluating my basic nursing techniques, I enjoyed the fact that I was helping the patient to feel comfortable and secure with my care. Later, during my nursing career I felt confident about my performance as a nurse. I learned that one