Service Activity Write-Up
Service Activity Write-Up
1. The program specific learning opportunity that I attended was the CONHCP Health Care Professional Panel. Although it was advertised that athletic trainers, health care administration professionals, and nursing professionals would speak at the event, only nursing experts were present. If there were more healthcare professionals available, information relating to the medical field would be more variated. Regardless of the limited number of experts, the nursing experts strived to operate the event to the best of their abilities. A liaison spoke about the general academic pathway that a nursing student must take to eventually achieve the position of a nurse. In addition, two level 3 nursing students explained about the content of clinical courses in depth and their own experiences that they have gained throughout their years in the nursing program. The main objectives of this event were to provide valuable information about the nursing program and to enlighten pre-nursing …show more content…
From this learning experience, I have recognized that the academic journey to become a registered nurse will be immensely difficult and must be embarked upon with strong persistence and motivation. Ambition has always been an integral part of my character and I believe that it will serve me well throughout the next three years. During the event, while conversing about the personality traits that a nurse should have, I realized that I could improve on some of my own characteristic traits. For instance, a typical nurse should be organized, communicate effectively with others, empathize with patients, have a caring nature, and be sociable. I would consider my ability to utilize time wisely and be organized as my strengths. On the contrary, my reserved and independent manner degrades my social skills with people. The dissimilarities between my own personality and that of a registered nurse’s emphasizes that I should spend more time on cultivating my communication
1. The program specific learning opportunity that I attended was the CONHCP Health Care Professional Panel. Although it was advertised that athletic trainers, health care administration professionals, and nursing professionals would speak at the event, only nursing experts were present. If there were more healthcare professionals available, information relating to the medical field would be more variated. Regardless of the limited number of experts, the nursing experts strived to operate the event to the best of their abilities. A liaison spoke about the general academic pathway that a nursing student must take to eventually achieve the position of a nurse. In addition, two level 3 nursing students explained about the content of clinical courses in depth and their own experiences that they have gained throughout their years in the nursing program. The main objectives of this event were to provide valuable information about the nursing program and to enlighten pre-nursing …show more content…
From this learning experience, I have recognized that the academic journey to become a registered nurse will be immensely difficult and must be embarked upon with strong persistence and motivation. Ambition has always been an integral part of my character and I believe that it will serve me well throughout the next three years. During the event, while conversing about the personality traits that a nurse should have, I realized that I could improve on some of my own characteristic traits. For instance, a typical nurse should be organized, communicate effectively with others, empathize with patients, have a caring nature, and be sociable. I would consider my ability to utilize time wisely and be organized as my strengths. On the contrary, my reserved and independent manner degrades my social skills with people. The dissimilarities between my own personality and that of a registered nurse’s emphasizes that I should spend more time on cultivating my communication