The Importance Of Job Experience In Nursing

This Quarter has been a very interesting one. At the beginning of the quarter I was a recently graduated nurse who had just passed the NCLEX and began my first job as a nurse at a hospital who hadn’t thought too deeply about what I would be doing beyond that. Today I am a much better nurse able to perform my job better, not just from job experience, but from what I am learning in this class as well. I have learned a great deal from this course I still have more to learn from it. I still strive to learn how to be more professional and be able to have a greater impact on my patients having a positive outcome. I feel like I can achieve this by reading, assignments, and collaborating with my classmates taking lessons from their views and experience.

I have met nurses that had an idealization of what being a nurse was, and when they finally started working in their desired field of nursing where unhappy with, changed there career path as a nurse and now enjoy what they do. Finding the correct environment is important “nurses’ perceptions of their work environment are important for nurse outcomes in hospital settings”(Hinno, 2011). Another important thing to do with a job is to remember, “nurses now have opportunities to pursue their careers through various levels of clinical advancement or specialization”(Butterworth, 2005). It is important to remember all of this while choosing the right job. While in this class I have realized the importance of professionalism in my professional career. This applies not only when communicating with patients, but also with other health care professionals. An example of this is if you are talking to a doctor or handing off a patient to a nurse and are disorganized you are less likely to portray an accurate depiction of the patients condition, which could adversely effect your patients outcome. In addition to that if you communicate in a knowledgeable and professional manner to patients is also important, this can build trust and relieve