Nursing Graduate Discussion Responses

Introduction

My name is Amalfam, a lot of people call me Jenine even its my middle name but because it is easier for them to pronounce. I graduated with my ADN in 2011 from Nigeria, and my BSN in 2020(3 weeks back). Back in Nigeria I specialized in ophthalmology and I enjoyed being an ophthalmic nurse before I migrated to the state. Mostly I worked in a nursing home as a charge nurse, nevertheless, out of my 9years total nursing years, 3 of them have been in skilled nursing home. I really enjoyed working in nursing home as it let me work with various types of patients with many different disease conditions. I am a mother of 3 (1boy and 2girls), who are very little 3year, 2 and 10month who keeps me busy all day with various activity, so it allowed me the opportunity and flexibility to still be able to attend their activities, I so glad to start my FNP program, as I plan to go back to my community someday and give back what I have learn, and finally am so glad because I was just offered a position to become the ADON at my facility. After completing my BSN, I was then faced with the task of finding a graduate program. I knew that I needed an on line program because of family and other things. I also knew that I needed an institution that would foster my love of helping others and my desire to make a change in the lives of those I care for because one of my desire is to give back to my community. I chose Walden University because their mission and vision statement aligned perfectly with my goals.

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Walden’s Vision, Mission, and Social Change

Walden’s Vision, Mission, and Goals are precisely what an educational program should be. The vision of Walden states that it “envisions a distinctively different 21st-century learning community, etc. (Walden, 2019). The health care industry is constantly changing and fast growing, this is what is required so that people like this writer with kids and other things to deal with can still achieve their educational goals and balance family. The Convenience and flexibility give people the opportunity to plan study time around the rest of their day, instead of the other way around, study and work at their convenience. Walden’s mission Focus on Social Change which encourages and aids collective partnerships, act which lead to meaningful action for social change to provide a diverse community of career professional’s opportunities to effect positive social change is what this writer have always looked forward too. The management and administrative part of nursing is where I want to see a positive and social change. Walden describes positive social change as “a deliberate process of creating and applying ideas, strategies, and actions to promote the worth, dignity, and development of individuals, communities, organizations, institutions, cultures, and societies” (Walden, 2019). All of these qualities are key objectives that I have for myself and hope to obtain the knowledge to be able to do so when I have completed the program. However, particularly, culture is what stands out to me. I feel that culture in an environment in which effort, teamwork, and accountability, are the focus of patient care, only good outcomes can come from this. This type of culture is how I always approach my nursing career and that I hope to achieve on a higher level when becoming a scholar-practitioner.

Walden’s MSN Program Outcomes

A lot of Walden’s program results clearly are connected to my professional and academic goals. Eventually my goal is to become the FNP in a hospital coming from Nigeria and did not complete my ADN here in the state, This is a tough goal to achieve, for me couple with having 3little ones, however I fully believe that with this program I will have all of the education, training, help and guidance to be able to do so. Personally, there are two major program outcomes that mostly stand out for my own professional goals. First outcome that stands out for my profession and goals is to “Evaluate health needs of diverse populations for necessary teaching/coaching functions based on specialist nursing knowledge to restore/promote health and prevent illness/injury (Walden, 2019). At my facility, nurses are to evaluate needs of the patient, educate them and promote health, wellness by preventing gaps in their care, teaching them how to effectively manage their health and communicate with their providers. This is the ultimate key for patients to have good outcomes and that is what I hope to be able to accomplish as an FNP. Another is “Display ongoing commitment to professional development and value of nursing theories/ethical principles (altruism, autonomy, human dignity, integrity, social justice) in accordance with ethically responsible, legally accountable, specialist nursing practice” (Walden, 2019). I feel that working as a charge nurse and hopefully accepting my next position as the ADON of my facility after the pandemic, is going to be tough, as we all know that the ADON always face the huge hurdle of Assisting with management of the Department of Nursing, including evaluation of staff. Evaluate and act around complaints, failed audits, and staff problems. Maintain and update audit, compliance, and legal documentation, including analyzing patient and staff data. So, I hope to change the negative thoughts that Nurses have about being an ADON. I used to be one of them and felt am always ignored by the ADON, however now that I am on the opposite side of it, I have much more clarity as to why they do what they do because they have a lot of work to get done in a short period of time. This outcome can be a huge accomplishment for me to obtain and at the same time working toward my professional goal because while we as nurses have an obligation to remain ethical and provide care to patients in a professional manner, there is still need to work and collaborate as a team to enhance good patient outcome and job satisfaction.

References

Walden University. (2019). Vision, mission, and goals. Retrieved May 29, 2020, from https://catalog.waldenu.edu/content.php?catoid=164…

Master of Science in Nursing (MSN). (n.d.). Retrieved May 29, 2020, from https://catalog.waldenu.edu/preview_program.php?ca…

Walden University. (2019). About Walden University. Retrieved May 29, 2020, from https://www.waldenu.edu/about