NL Reflection: Modules 1 & 2

Module 1: Testing and Remediation

The Testing and Remediation Module on ATi was focused on preparing students on how to take and learn from exams properly and effectively. This year, the exams are much harder and because of that, the study habits that I adopted throughout my college career thus far are not the most effective anymore. Through this module, I learned new study tactics, such as making an outline and word mapping, that have helped me succeed on my first two exams this year. Since the exams this year are more difficult, my anxiety around test-taking has increased. I learned different methods, in this module, on how to decrease my test anxiety. One of the best ideas from the module was ways to relieve test anxiety and remaining calm when other students begin to finish their exams and leave the classroom. Personally, when other students finish and leave, I tend to get anxious that I am taking too long and will not have enough time to finish. The program coupled remaining calm with other ways to relieve the anxiety, such as taking deep breaths or obtaining earplugs. Through these examples, I have ways to keep my stress centered around test-taking low.

This program also focused heavily on ideas that relate to the concepts I am learning in my nursing classes this year as well as the most efficient way to take exams. One concept that many of the classes this year focus on is preparing the students for the NCLEX. The Testing and Remediation Module had many categories on ways to prepare for and succeed on the NCLEX that can also be used on exams this year. This relates to what we are learning this year because many of our professors are also preparing for exams and the NCLEX. The program had categories on critically thinking and finding the best answers through the ABCs of nursing and Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. These ideas are the focus of succeeding in nursing classes. By eliminating “minus sign answers” (incorrect) and relating the question to the ABCs and Maslow’s Hierarchy, the answer can be found. This way of learning and test-taking is how our professors have taught us to think critically.

Many of the concepts I learn in class and this program relate to the profession of nursing. The most important thing as nurses is caring for the patient. The module focused on “Using Priority Setting Frameworks” to help succeed on exams but, prioritizing is always important in every realm of nursing. Nurses must prioritize the most effective and reasonable way to care for a patient. The ABCs of nursing and Maslow’s Hierarchy are two of the most important ways to prioritize what to do for a patient. Through this program, I was able to learn how to set up priority frameworks that I will be able to integrate into my practice as a nurse to provide the best care for my patients.

Module 2: Nursing Concepts

The Nursing Concepts Module on ATi focused on the general practices of nursing and how to provide quality care. Through these practices, patient care is holistic and complete. This module taught me important aspects of these general practices and ways to follow them. Through my nursing class, I knew the patient was the center of everything we do as nurses and their needs came before anything else. However, I learned different ways to achieve and prioritize those needs. One of the ideas that was very important was making sure the care was that was being provided started at least restricted and then if needed, when to more restricted. Relating this idea of least to most restrictive to Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs makes sense. It did not occur to me how much prioritizing went into patient care. Through this program, I learned how to prioritize for a client and work interdisciplinary to achieve the best care for the patient.

The module relates to what I am learning this semester in my nursing classes because I am learning ways to properly care for and be an advocate for the patients. In my nursing classes, the ideas we learn about are incorporated into the fundamentals of nursing such as quality and safe care for clients and the nursing process. The categories in the Nursing Concept Module focused on these concepts of the fundamentals of nursing as well. We are also learning ways to be effective leaders for the client in the interdisciplinary world, which is greatly related to the categorizes in the module. This module helped me better understand the reasoning behind the ideas I am learning in class and why nurses prioritize certain things over others.

My new understanding of the concepts I learned about in this module will help me integrate myself into the profession of nursing because I learned the reasoning behind why nurses do what they do and advocate for the patients. I will be prepared to speak up for my client’s needs to my fellow medical leaders and help make the best decision for them. I will also integrate the ideas of prioritizing based on the ABCs, Maslow’s Hierarchy, and least to most restrictive into my care. My patients will always be the center of my care and I will try to do everything based on what is the best decision for them.