WGU C493: Leadership and Professional Image Task 2 2020

Western Governors University C493: Leadership and Professional Image Task 2 2020 C493 Task 2 A: Professional mission statement and summary A1: Creating a professional mission statement To be a compassionate nurse who strives to grow and learn every day to make health care for her patients and the medical professionals better and more efficient. A1a: How the mission will guide my nursing career My personal mission statement will help me go towards the direction of continuing my education. This also means that I utilize my time reading evidence based research and help my facility implement better practices that help both the staff and the patients. My mission will also help and motivate me when I am feeling stressed and burned out from work. It will help pick me up and motivate me to get back in the field. A2: Professional summary A2a: How artifacts represent me as a learner and a healthcare professional There are many artifacts I completed during this course that represent me as a learner and healthcare professional. In C349 (Health Assessment), I was a learner because I learned some assessment skills that I did not learn properly before and some skills that were not required at my work. By learning those new assessment skills, I broadened my education to help me go forward in my job. It represents me as a healthcare professional as well because when I was doing the head to toe health assessment on my simulated patient Tina, I showed my professional skills and applied my knowledge of the systems to ask her the right questions to understand all her health problems. In the course C820 (Professional Leadership and Communication for Healthcare), I learned about bio-reactions. I also self-reflected and observed my own bio-reactions and emotions I feel when I go through those bio-reactions. This represented me as a learner because becoming aware of oneself is also learning about oneself. Task 2 of C820 asked us to write about an instance where I had a disagreement which caused a bio-reaction. This task represented me as a health care professional because I had the disagreement at work and I handled the situation as a health care professional. A2b: How artifacts represent my professional strengths In course C361 (Evidence Based Practice and Applied Nursing Research), I identified the PICO components of a clinical problem and then developed an Evidence Based Practice question on it. I then conducted an evidence appraisal through research based and non-research based articles. The ability to do that represents my professional strengths. In course C304 (Professional Roles and Values), I applied my clinical and professional experiences to the sections, quality and safety, evidence-based practice, applied leadership, and community and population health, in my professional portfolio. A2c: Challenges I encountered during the program I encountered many challenges throughout my program. In the beginning, I expected myself to graduate a semester earlier, however, I did not calculate the hindrances caused by work and family life into my expectations. The first challenge was that I was newly married and was facing some personal problems with family at the time. It delayed my course progression a lot and I could barely give any time to my courses. The second challenge I faced was my work hours. I was working a lot of hours and could not spend enough time on my courses