WGU C493 Task 2 Portfolio
Western Governors University
C493 Task 2
A: Professional mission statement and summary
A1: Creating a professional mission statement
To be a compassionate nurse who strives to grow and learn every day to make health
care for her patients and the medical professionals better and more efficient.
A1a: How the mission will guide my nursing career
My personal mission statement will help me go towards the direction of continuing my
education. This also means that I utilize my time reading evidence based research and help my
facility implement better practices that help both the staff and the patients. My mission will also
help and motivate me when I am feeling stressed and burned out from work. It will help pick
me up and motivate me to get back in the field.
A2: Professional summary
A2a: How artifacts represent me as a learner and a healthcare professional
There are many artifacts I completed during this course that represent me as a learner
and healthcare professional. In C349 (Health Assessment), I was a learner because I learned
some assessment skills that I did not learn properly before and some skills that were not
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required at my work. By learning those new assessment skills, I broadened my education to
help me go forward in my job. It represents me as a healthcare professional as well because
when I was doing the head to toe health assessment on my simulated patient Tina, I showed my
professional skills and applied my knowledge of the systems to ask her the right questions to
understand all her health problems.
In the course C820 (Professional Leadership and Communication for Healthcare), I
learned about bio-reactions. I also self-reflected and observed my own bio-reactions and
emotions I feel when I go through those bio-reactions. This represented me as a learner
because becoming aware of oneself is also learning about oneself. Task 2 of C820 asked us to
write about an instance where I had a disagreement which caused a bio-reaction. This task
represented me as a health care professional because I had the disagreement at work and I
handled the situation as a health care professional.
A2b: How artifacts represent my professional strengths
In course C361 (Evidence Based Practice and Applied Nursing Research), I identified the
PICO components of a clinical problem and then developed an Evidence Based Practice
question on it. I then conducted an evidence appraisal through research based and non-
research based articles. The ability to do that represents my professional strengths. In course
C304 (Professional Roles and Values), I applied my clinical and professional experiences to the
sections, quality and safety, evidence-based practice, applied leadership, and community and
population health, in my professional portfolio.
A2c: Challenges I encountered during the program
I encountered many challenges throughout my program. In the beginning, I expected
myself to graduate a semester earlier, however, I did not calculate the hindrances caused by
work and family life into my expectations. The first challenge was that I was newly married and
Western Governors University
C493 Task 2
A: Professional mission statement and summary
A1: Creating a professional mission statement
To be a compassionate nurse who strives to grow and learn every day to make health
care for her patients and the medical professionals better and more efficient.
A1a: How the mission will guide my nursing career
My personal mission statement will help me go towards the direction of continuing my
education. This also means that I utilize my time reading evidence based research and help my
facility implement better practices that help both the staff and the patients. My mission will also
help and motivate me when I am feeling stressed and burned out from work. It will help pick
me up and motivate me to get back in the field.
A2: Professional summary
A2a: How artifacts represent me as a learner and a healthcare professional
There are many artifacts I completed during this course that represent me as a learner
and healthcare professional. In C349 (Health Assessment), I was a learner because I learned
some assessment skills that I did not learn properly before and some skills that were not
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required at my work. By learning those new assessment skills, I broadened my education to
help me go forward in my job. It represents me as a healthcare professional as well because
when I was doing the head to toe health assessment on my simulated patient Tina, I showed my
professional skills and applied my knowledge of the systems to ask her the right questions to
understand all her health problems.
In the course C820 (Professional Leadership and Communication for Healthcare), I
learned about bio-reactions. I also self-reflected and observed my own bio-reactions and
emotions I feel when I go through those bio-reactions. This represented me as a learner
because becoming aware of oneself is also learning about oneself. Task 2 of C820 asked us to
write about an instance where I had a disagreement which caused a bio-reaction. This task
represented me as a health care professional because I had the disagreement at work and I
handled the situation as a health care professional.
A2b: How artifacts represent my professional strengths
In course C361 (Evidence Based Practice and Applied Nursing Research), I identified the
PICO components of a clinical problem and then developed an Evidence Based Practice
question on it. I then conducted an evidence appraisal through research based and non-
research based articles. The ability to do that represents my professional strengths. In course
C304 (Professional Roles and Values), I applied my clinical and professional experiences to the
sections, quality and safety, evidence-based practice, applied leadership, and community and
population health, in my professional portfolio.
A2c: Challenges I encountered during the program
I encountered many challenges throughout my program. In the beginning, I expected
myself to graduate a semester earlier, however, I did not calculate the hindrances caused by
work and family life into my expectations. The first challenge was that I was newly married and
