Narrative
Throughout this project, I have really learned so much about how to better prepare myself to become a better nursing student and one day, a registered nurse! I have done multiple surveys, asked many questions to both older and younger nurses, and even followed many types of nurses. Throughout this process, I have met many people, learned many things, and have gotten many pointers on how to better prepare myself on becoming a registered nurse.
Throughout this project and all of my interviews I have learned that for one, I have to stay true to myself. Many nurses have told me that there will be a lot of things that I see that I will not ever agree with. I must stay true to my beliefs and understand that being ethical is one of the easiest ways to cope with seeing other people mess up and do things they shouldn't do. Another word to the wise that I have learned throughout my mentorship this year is that if you want to learn something, speak up! There is an old saying that "nurses eat their young". NOT TRUE! Most nurses love seeing young people striving to better themselves. They love teaching us and letting us learn new things. I have learned how an IV is placed, how to draw blood, how to remove needles from the skin, how to place caths/folleys, how to remove them. Not only all that but the list continues.
I was placed with some of the most honorable mentors in the Hall County area! From Patient Care Techs and Registered Nurses at Northeast Georgia Medical Center to LPN and Directors of Nursing at The Oak at Limestone in Gainesville, Georgia. I have been taught medicines names and their generic brands and how they work and how much to prescribe to a patient based on their healthiness. Another that I have learned is that patience with patients is what nursing is all about. When you have a bad day, many people will take it out on who is around them, however that is not the ethical thing to do. When a patient is having a bad day they may take it out on you. However, that also is not your fault. I have learned that even when a nurse doesn't want to be at the job, one must thing, neither does the patient. When you had rather be home with your family, so does your patient. When you think of how much you need to do when you get home, the patient is thinking the same thing. People are people. I've learned to never be rude or not friendly to any patient, because chances are, they don't want to be in the hospital or residence homes just like you wouldn't either.
While preparing my project, I have taken notes from many websites and books. I have conducted surveys and interview from all of the following: RN's, LPN's, PCT's, and DON's. Some of the most important work I have learned throughout this year is what I have learned about myself! I have learned that I can do this. Without a doubt I can better myself and my education by becoming a registered nurse. I have also learned that there will be people in life that tell me I can't but I must stay confident and tell myself that I can. I also have been learning how to juggle school, homework, volunteer hours, family time + friends time, and working a part time job as well. The most important part of this project is the fact that I will be able to look back at this throughout nursing school and graduate school and pull off information that I learned all in my senior year of high school. Another favorite thing about this project is that I learned a lot about the medical field. As my teacher knows, I started this year off wanting to become a Nurse Practitioner, changed my mind to just a registered nurse, and now, two months before graduation, back to a nurse practitioner. However, I decided to do my final project on how to better prepare myself to become a registered nurse because I will have to become a registered nurse before I can become a Nurse Practitioner. Throughout this long process, I have learned that life is too short to not be all that I can be. Many people don't even go to college and I have decided that since I am going, I'm going all out. I would not have made it to this decision without the help of my wonderful teacher Mrs. Killingsworth and without my awesome mentors this year!
Another part of this project that is most important to me is that I now have a background in the medical field. Without this program and all of this tedious work, I would not have as much background knowledge as I would if we just did the honors mentorship and no final project. I have learned many types of medicines, for example metroprolol, it ends with LOL... when I think of that I automatically know that is is prescribe for hypertension which is also known as, high blood pressure. :) Casey York has done a fine job with teaching me how to learn medicines. I have been so inspired by all that I have learned this year in just a semester and a half. I have been inspired to want to help others. Inspired to learn more about the medical field. Inspired enough to be eager to learn and love patients as if they were my own family. Inspired enough to go to class and to my mentorship everyday, even when I was not feeling the best. This class has inspired me to become all I can be and not to let anyone tell me otherwise. I have been inspired to become the best Madison Saxon that there is and to be the best registered nurse that I can be because I am one of a kind. I would never have felt this empowered and this confident without having this mentorship and while doing this project, I have gained even more confidence because of the knowledge that is pouring out of my head as I write this narrative and as I answer my essential question. I am confident because of this class and project and for that I am so thankful.
Throughout this project and all of my interviews I have learned that for one, I have to stay true to myself. Many nurses have told me that there will be a lot of things that I see that I will not ever agree with. I must stay true to my beliefs and understand that being ethical is one of the easiest ways to cope with seeing other people mess up and do things they shouldn't do. Another word to the wise that I have learned throughout my mentorship this year is that if you want to learn something, speak up! There is an old saying that "nurses eat their young". NOT TRUE! Most nurses love seeing young people striving to better themselves. They love teaching us and letting us learn new things. I have learned how an IV is placed, how to draw blood, how to remove needles from the skin, how to place caths/folleys, how to remove them. Not only all that but the list continues.
I was placed with some of the most honorable mentors in the Hall County area! From Patient Care Techs and Registered Nurses at Northeast Georgia Medical Center to LPN and Directors of Nursing at The Oak at Limestone in Gainesville, Georgia. I have been taught medicines names and their generic brands and how they work and how much to prescribe to a patient based on their healthiness. Another that I have learned is that patience with patients is what nursing is all about. When you have a bad day, many people will take it out on who is around them, however that is not the ethical thing to do. When a patient is having a bad day they may take it out on you. However, that also is not your fault. I have learned that even when a nurse doesn't want to be at the job, one must thing, neither does the patient. When you had rather be home with your family, so does your patient. When you think of how much you need to do when you get home, the patient is thinking the same thing. People are people. I've learned to never be rude or not friendly to any patient, because chances are, they don't want to be in the hospital or residence homes just like you wouldn't either.
While preparing my project, I have taken notes from many websites and books. I have conducted surveys and interview from all of the following: RN's, LPN's, PCT's, and DON's. Some of the most important work I have learned throughout this year is what I have learned about myself! I have learned that I can do this. Without a doubt I can better myself and my education by becoming a registered nurse. I have also learned that there will be people in life that tell me I can't but I must stay confident and tell myself that I can. I also have been learning how to juggle school, homework, volunteer hours, family time + friends time, and working a part time job as well. The most important part of this project is the fact that I will be able to look back at this throughout nursing school and graduate school and pull off information that I learned all in my senior year of high school. Another favorite thing about this project is that I learned a lot about the medical field. As my teacher knows, I started this year off wanting to become a Nurse Practitioner, changed my mind to just a registered nurse, and now, two months before graduation, back to a nurse practitioner. However, I decided to do my final project on how to better prepare myself to become a registered nurse because I will have to become a registered nurse before I can become a Nurse Practitioner. Throughout this long process, I have learned that life is too short to not be all that I can be. Many people don't even go to college and I have decided that since I am going, I'm going all out. I would not have made it to this decision without the help of my wonderful teacher Mrs. Killingsworth and without my awesome mentors this year!
Another part of this project that is most important to me is that I now have a background in the medical field. Without this program and all of this tedious work, I would not have as much background knowledge as I would if we just did the honors mentorship and no final project. I have learned many types of medicines, for example metroprolol, it ends with LOL... when I think of that I automatically know that is is prescribe for hypertension which is also known as, high blood pressure. :) Casey York has done a fine job with teaching me how to learn medicines. I have been so inspired by all that I have learned this year in just a semester and a half. I have been inspired to want to help others. Inspired to learn more about the medical field. Inspired enough to be eager to learn and love patients as if they were my own family. Inspired enough to go to class and to my mentorship everyday, even when I was not feeling the best. This class has inspired me to become all I can be and not to let anyone tell me otherwise. I have been inspired to become the best Madison Saxon that there is and to be the best registered nurse that I can be because I am one of a kind. I would never have felt this empowered and this confident without having this mentorship and while doing this project, I have gained even more confidence because of the knowledge that is pouring out of my head as I write this narrative and as I answer my essential question. I am confident because of this class and project and for that I am so thankful.