Category: Integrated Experience

Module 3 Reflection:

Module 3: Knowledge and Clinical Judgement in ATi explained knowledge as a whole and subcategories such as nursing knowledge and how to apply that to judgements pertaining to the hospital setting. Before this module, I never thought about nursing knowledge and how to apply it to the hospital setting. I found it very interesting how in-depth nursing knowledge is and how much is applied to it. I learned about nursing knowledge focused on numerous things such as legal and ethical issues, as well as nutritional knowledge. These types of knowledge make sense for nurses to need. For example, I learned that it is extremely important to teach your patients about their diet and other nutritional aspects. These ideas relate to what I am learning this semester because, in Adult Health 1, we are learning how to apply the knowledge we have to a hospital setting. We are also learning how to educate the patients properly. This module directly applies to major concepts of Adult Health 1.

My new understanding of nursing knowledge and clinical judgement will influence my integration into the nursing culture because these two concepts are major aspects of the world of nursing. Nurses must have the ability to transfer their knowledge into a judgement that is the best for the patient. I now know I will need the knowledge I have and will obtain these next two years to help make the best decision for patients as well as educate them on the decision. The module also touched on effective communication, which is important in nursing as well. Being able to create trust and therapeutic relationships with patients will create the best environment for them and the nurse. These concepts are all major aspects of nursing that I will carry into my culture of nursing.

Module 4 Reflection:

Module 4: Priority Setting Framework in ATi also has major concepts that pertain to nursing. I knew that as nurses, priorities were extremely important. Nurses must understand which patient they should see first and apply the ABCs of nursing and Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs to make the best decision for the patient. I did not know before this module about survival potential as well as the different types of risk reduction. I learned that there were different types of risk reduction, and the nurse must use Maslow’s Hierarchy and ABCs to determine the immediate risk. I also learned about the different types of survival potentials and the four different classes. This module directly applies to what we are learning in Adult Health 1 too. We are taught that as nurses we must prioritize our patients. We must use Maslow’s Hierarchy and the ABCs to help the most at need patients and to make the best decision for the patients. We also learned about the additional frameworks such as acute vs. chronic and unstable vs. stable, which the module also focused on.

Similar to Module 3, this program had major concepts of the culture of nursing. My new understanding of these concepts will influence by integration into the world of nursing because I now understand how and why I should prioritize certain things or patients over others. I will be able to use Maslow’s Hierarchy and ABCs to make the best decisions for my patients. Although having to choose to help one patient first over another can be extremely difficult, understanding the concepts that Module 4 emphasized helps better understand the reasoning behind the action. These concepts, along with Module 3, are important details in the world of nursing and I will make sure to incorporate them into my practice.

Collaboration is a huge part of almost every aspect of our lives. We collaborate with coworkers, family members, and friends to create significant work. When I began to look for a painting or sculpture that resonated collaboration to me, I wanted to find something that two people created together. I found these painting and thought that they were very interesting and as I researched a little deeper into the artist, I found that she takes her three-year-old’s paintings and creates a picture out of them. I found it amazing that this collaboration was between a three-year-old and a mother. The truth about collaboration is people are working together to create something amazing, no matter how young or old, they are working and putting their skills together to create a good outcome. Some people could look at the three-year-old’s painting and think nothing of it but by painting an outline around the art, something amazing was created. To me, that is what collaboration is all about, putting two minds together to create something amazing.

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.