BSN-C493: JMP-Task 2 Professional Portfolio Western Governors University

Professional Statement My mission statement for my career goals would be to move to a higher level PICU. I recently applied to a new hospital that does Trauma care. The current PICU that I am in does not offer trauma. I recently had 1 interview with the team, who moved me along to go onto another interview to hopefully be hired. Looking back on reflection, at my current job, I have excelled and become a "super user" in most higher-level skills. Always staying up to date on the latest evidenced-based practice for the pediatric population. I'd like to focus now on becoming a higher trained RN in the PICU. Professional Summary A. Being a learner as a healthcare professional has been good for my work. I have looked more and learned about evidence-based practice and used that in my day-to-day work life. All the artifacts and work that I have done are being applied in my bedside skills and critical thinking. The work on Professional Leadership and Communication facilitated my examination of my nursing roles, including the leadership type that I was using (Bodine, 2020). Leadership and Communication taught me how to help with others and collaborate better to utilize my coworkers’ strengths and differences. The biggest one also being Evidenced-Based Practice and Applied Nursing Research. It taught me how to appropriate utilize statistics and read the latest research. Through that I have been able to help update polices and change my units practice on some nursing bedside activities. B. As a provider of care, there are specific artifacts and work in my portfolio that represent my professional strengths. This being my eagerness to work and stay up to date on the latest research. Utilizing appropriate problem-solving skills, communication, positivity of opinion in nursing, and readiness to learn. I used to be afraid of voicing my opinion for change on the unit, especially to policy change. But now that I feel confident in reading evidence-based practice and presenting it, I have been able to effectively change multiple policies. I know am respected when it comes to my voice on the unit, which is a great change thanks to the BSN program. C. The challenges that I encountered during the progression