Graduation Time

I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate everyone your graduation. If anyone has been in my shoes this has been a struggle for me with personal issues and family. I wish everyone luck with future endeavors and it has been a pleasure to take this class.

APIC

Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) is to improve health and patient safety by reducing risks of infection and other adverse outcomes. The association primary responsibility for infection prevention, control and hospital epidemiology in healthcare settings around the globe. A majority of the ambulatory care service centers are now required to become members of this organization. Along with this the government has set aside $50 million dollars to go in and fix the infection control breaches in such facilities. This is a good deed for patients and healthcare workers.

Management

Nurse managers should evaluate their management skills and take continuing education courses to improve their skills. They must listen carefully to staff concern and represent staff associates' wishes to top management. As you can see communication skills are very important to me. I feel that if I can communicate effectively I can conquer some of my fears of nursing.

Communication

I have learned that communication is important at all leadership levels. For this reason, it is important for nurse leaders to understand the communication process, to be able to identify barriers to communication. I believe that this is an important skill for any nurses to have and doing the change project I did lots of interviews and had to communicate with staff members of all levels.

This Semester.....

This semester I have learned a lot in this class especially how technology effects the nursing profession and also how evidence-based practice can influence the safety and outcome of patient care and how it can overall make us better nurses. I will never forget in an article I read recently regarding evidence-based practice. The author stated, "Always be able to answer why you do what you in nursing." That statement will always stick with me and that's a question I will ask myself often.

Change Project/Paper

Well I am excited to say that as result of my change project in the endo center nursing home patients will no longer be seen in this facility. It wasmainly due to the surveillance screening project that I did for my project. It was found that there was no way to get accurate information on these patients prior to procedures and they were not properly prepped. The decision stemmed from the lack of safety for the staff and other patients and family members that were at risk of being unknowingly exposed to contagious diseases. However, these patients will be referred to inpatient facilities.

Professional Nurse

I am very excited to be receiving my BSN. I have been through trials and tribulations to get here. I am sad to say it is not going to make a difference at my present job. They do not recognize the difference in degrees. I know that if I wanted to pursue other opportunities such as management, I am now able to do so without an employer questioning my education. For me, getting my BSN is a stepping to stone to the master's program and I am able to apply to the nurse practitioner program. I am honeslty taking away new information that I can use and apply in my career and I do not regret one day of it.