Reflective Journey on The Nursing Practicum

Capstone Reflection

As NUR 405 Nursing Practicum comes to an end, I can reflect on my clinical skills in this course and my growth towards meeting my distinct behavioral objectives. At the commencement of this course, I set goals for myself, of which I prearranged to accomplish by the time this semester came to an end. These objectives comprised: effective communication of the patient’s care summary in SBAR format, safe and effective administration of medications, successful performance of physical assessment and accurate patient monitoring. While I still have much to learn as I step into the role of a graduate future nurse, I have accomplished my behavioral objectives for this term. St. Thomas University NUR 405 course has helped leadership by allowing students to make their learning understanding to culminate in the bachelor’s degree program. Through making my project, I also learned truthfulness, humility, collaboration, management, and resourcefulness. I believe that the NUR 405 course is truly required to allow students to prove what they have been educated through the bachelor's in Nursing program at St. Thomas University.

Capstone Activities

The NUR 405 project was created with the purpose of educating students the ability to communicate professionally, the ability to be comfortable in order to accomplish in a fast-paced environment, to remain attentive and organized occupied knowledge of procedures and practices involved in managing routine and distinct treatments to patients, skill to conduct patient education concerning the effective process as well as pain management, ability to carry out an outstanding problem-solving skills and a solid desire to make a transformation and accomplish a strong attention to detail. To prepare the students towards robust nursing skills, admirable time management, strong interpersonal, accountability, and multi-task.

The capstone online portfolio was also a beneficial activity for the baccalaureate program. Students were requested to form a professional portfolio that included a resume and cv development, capstone project abstract, Baccalaureate level assignments, capstone project, and the Capstone project draft to serve as an interactive professional portfolio for nurses applying to a new occupation. I spent some hours on my professional portfolio ensuring competence and accuracy. I think the portfolio presents a new phase presentation to nursing portfolios that can truly enhance a nurse’s performance. Other activities in the nursing practicum course included an assessment of the students learning environment and changes that led to the development of these objectives. These projects obligated students to reflect on past assignments in the Baccalaureate program that have culminated in their knowledge experiences during the program.

Reflection

The nursing practicum course demonstrates students how previous courses and assignments have assisted them to grow into a professional nurse skilled in leadership roles. I was able to display leadership and flexibility throughout my relationship-based care project. I believe this assignment taught me the value of competence and self-confidence in providing sincere patient-centered care. I cultured about evidence-based practice through making a PICOT inquiry and carrying out a literature review on palliative care and anxiety. I believe exploration helped me to see the importance of scholarly evidence-based practice and how it can be useful to nursing interventions, not just medical difficulties. Nursing informatics was an imperative area in the bachelor’s program because it is so often used in research. I believe the examinations helped extract the information and beliefs I gained on the subjects. I displayed teamwork and patient outcome relationship by contributing to clinical activities and discussions with peers about the great effect nurses have on the area. I was able to participate in community health by volunteering in the community and creating a community-needed educational project about the risk of non-breastfeeding, cancer, and stroke during the bachelor’s program. Moreso, I was opportune to show professional morals of care through the nursing roles courses that the university offered.

There were numerous projects through the course that reinforced this objective and how it useful to my current position as a future nurse in the healthcare field. I have felt a lot of special growth just through this development alone. I feel that it enabled me to perceive how all of the activities and courses required through the bachelor’s program have assisted me advance into a professional nurse capable of leadership. I would say this course was a great means to complete a bachelor’s degree in Nursing. I feel more experienced and empowered now that I am almost completed this program compared to when I completed the Associate degree program. Nevertheless, I now have the skill under my girdle as well. Altogether, this Capstone project has equipped me to continue my schooling in pursuit of either a master’s or Doctorate level degree in the future.