Daley Scott |
At the beginning of this class, I told you the following: “You are a leader. What difference will you make?” As our semester comes to an end, I want you to revisit this question. Consider what you are passionate about and what change you want to see in the world (a student organization, on campus, in the community, in your professional field). Describe what difference you want to make as a leader and the initial steps you will take to get started. What challenges and obstacles do you anticipate in your quest to make the impact you desire?
During the remainder of my college experience, I have so many opportunities to change things and be a leader; however, what I am truly passionate about is my future career, nursing. I am not exactly sure what kind of nurse I want to be right now because it changes about every week when I learn something new and exciting, but any type of nursing I decide to get into will require me to advocate for my patient. Advocating is definitely a type of leadership that I can show in my professional field. Advocating requires you to really listen to your patient’s wants and needs, be included in their care plan decision making, and fight for your patient when needed. As a leader, I am a very good listener and can advocate for my patient when talking to other healthcare professionals. Oftentimes patients feel like they are not heard, but that is something that I can change as a nurse and as a leader. I know advocating for my patient will be hard at first because I will be a new nurse will little experience to fall back on, but I will need to just keep listening to my patient and expressing to other healthcare professionals about what they want. I know from experience that the doctors do not spend as much time with their patients as the nurses do, so they do not know exactly what the patient needs. When my dad was in the hospital, his nurse advocated for him to come off the ventilator a day earlier than the doctors wanted because she told them that he was ready. She was correct because my dad ended up coming of the ventilator that day because of her and was fine. I know that this will not always be easy, but this is important for me to do as a leader in the nursing profession.
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Erin
12/2/2015 05:42:37 am
Daley - I am glad that you are considering how to use your gifts and talents to give back. Being an advocate for your patients is one of the most important things a nurse can do and it is a great way to be a leader in your field. I wish you the best in your future endeavors!
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