Thinking about your career
Title: Thinking about your career: postgraduate study: Why? How? Where? When? What 's in it for me?
Author(s): Jennifer K. Green
Source: The Dissector: Journal of the Perioperative Nurses College of the New Zealand Nurses Organisation. 41.1 (June 2013): p18.
Document Type: Article
Copyright : COPYRIGHT 2013 New Zealand Nurses ' Organisation, Perioperative Nurses College http://www.nzno.org.nz/groups/colleges/perioperative_nurses_college/pnc_the_dissector Abstract:
A reflection on the personal rewards of postgraduate study along with the wider benefits new found skills offer patients, the workplace and colleagues. The article also challenges the reader to seize the opportunities and make a career plan.
Keywords: Perioperative nursing, postgraduate study, professional development, adult learning, career plan.
Full Text:
THE idea of postgraduate study in nursing arouses many questions such as "Why should it be undertaken? Am I capable? Where do I start? What 's in it for me?" These were questions that germinated early on in my career. A few years later during a time of personal reflection in response to a challenging management situation, I was motivated to consider my future career in nursing which provided the initial catalyst to undertake further study.
I recently completed an extended period of postgraduate study. This may surprise you if you had known me when I graduated as a Registered Nurse. After leaving nursing school in 1982 with a Diploma of Nursing, I vowed I would never, ever, go near a training institute again. While I loved learning on the job about techniques and skills that had relevance to my professional development, I did not believe educational establishments had anything of value to offer me.
As it became obvious that nursing education was moving towards university qualifications and that my future career would be limited without such a qualification, I decided to take just one paper to prove to myself that I was not
Author(s): Jennifer K. Green
Source: The Dissector: Journal of the Perioperative Nurses College of the New Zealand Nurses Organisation. 41.1 (June 2013): p18.
Document Type: Article
Copyright : COPYRIGHT 2013 New Zealand Nurses ' Organisation, Perioperative Nurses College http://www.nzno.org.nz/groups/colleges/perioperative_nurses_college/pnc_the_dissector Abstract:
A reflection on the personal rewards of postgraduate study along with the wider benefits new found skills offer patients, the workplace and colleagues. The article also challenges the reader to seize the opportunities and make a career plan.
Keywords: Perioperative nursing, postgraduate study, professional development, adult learning, career plan.
Full Text:
THE idea of postgraduate study in nursing arouses many questions such as "Why should it be undertaken? Am I capable? Where do I start? What 's in it for me?" These were questions that germinated early on in my career. A few years later during a time of personal reflection in response to a challenging management situation, I was motivated to consider my future career in nursing which provided the initial catalyst to undertake further study.
I recently completed an extended period of postgraduate study. This may surprise you if you had known me when I graduated as a Registered Nurse. After leaving nursing school in 1982 with a Diploma of Nursing, I vowed I would never, ever, go near a training institute again. While I loved learning on the job about techniques and skills that had relevance to my professional development, I did not believe educational establishments had anything of value to offer me.
As it became obvious that nursing education was moving towards university qualifications and that my future career would be limited without such a qualification, I decided to take just one paper to prove to myself that I was not
References: King, A. (1993). From sage on the stage to guide on the side. College Teaching, 41(1), 30-35. Knowles, M. S., Holton III, E. F., & Swanson, R. A. (2011). The adult learner: The definitive classic in adult education and human resource development (7th ed.). Oxford, United Kingdom: Elsevier. About the author: Jennifer Green is a Registered Nurse who completed her initial Diploma of Nursing through Auckland Institute of Technology (now called AUT). She has completed a Master of Philosophy through Massey University Her thesis focused on the Registered Nurse 's Experience of Online Learning for Professional Development. Jennifer has primarily focused on Perioperative Nursing as a staff nurse and most recently as the coordinator of the Southern Cross Hospitals ' Perioperative Nursing Course. While coordinating this course she has transitioned from face-to-face block courses to a blended delivery format that incorporates: block courses, interactive on-line activities in combination with preceptors in the clinical context who mentor participants as they develop their Perioperative Nursing skills. Green, Jennifer K. Source Citation (MLA 7th Edition) Green, Jennifer K. "Thinking about your career: postgraduate study: Why? How? Where? When? What 's in it for me?" The Dissector: Journal of the Perioperative Nurses College of the New Zealand Nurses Organisation 41.1 (2013): 18+. Academic OneFile. Web. 15 Oct. 2013. Document URL http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA345458303&v=2.1&u=mark23900&it=r&p=AONE&sw=w&asid=322760cf27909a1c6bd8aba1262fd526 Gale Document Number: GALE|A345458303