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Running head: WRITTEN REFLECTION
Written Reflection
Antuan Benitez
Nicole Wertheim College of Nursing and Health Sciences
Author Note
Antuan Benitez, Nicole Wertheim College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Florida International University
Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Antuan Benitez, Nicole Wertheim College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199. Contact: abeni076@fiu.edu
Once upon a time when I was still a Junior in this program, I heard many seniors talking about this course. Now I know why they would mention it so often. I believe that this course is a steppingstone in Nursing School. In other words, during Senior Practicum we will be combining concepts that we have seen and studied to provide the best patient-care possible. Also, we are going to have more autonomy as nursing students although we are required to shadow our preceptors who will be watching us closely and passing their wisdom and experience to us. My expectations from this course are very high, and I can’t wait to work my first 12-hour shift. I want to learn how to manage my time properly in a fast-paced environment while providing high quality patient-care. Senior practicum is a one in a lifetime experience, and I want to learn the most I can from it. I believe that this course can help me to become a nurse in real life, and what I mean by that is that Nursing School provides us with the knowledge to be nurses, but Senior Practicum gives us the tools which we need to put all the theory we learned from books to applied it. It is like a college basketball player transitioning to the NBA; this course will help me with this change or transition from theories to practice (Hatch, 2018). I want to learn also how to communicate with doctors and improve my SBAR skills. My plan is to gain as much experience as I can from these 168 hours that I would be working with my nurse preceptor. I will ask a lot of questions because that’s the only way of learning. Also, I have heard that those first shifts when you are a nurse and working on your own are scary. Thus, I want to be confident when the time comes for me which is why in my opinion this experience is very important for my nursing career. Finally, I want to learn how to deliver bad news to a patient or family members in the best possible way which also comes with experience. Shortly, I want to thank in advance to the faculty professors for their work and effort to place us this semester and to my preceptor for sharing his or her knowledge to be a better professional and nurse.
References
Addy.hatch. (2018, April 2). Washington State University. Retrieved from https://nursing.wsu.edu/2018/04/02/alyssa-longee-nursing-senior-practicum-diversity-seattle-childrens.