WGU BSN C493
NEWEST PORTFOLIO
LATEST UPDATE
WGU BSN C493 NEWEST PORTFOLIO
This portfolio represents my personal, educational, and professional
nursing growth throughout the BSN program at Western Governors
University. This program allowed me to advance my education as a
nurse as well as learn new ways to use my skills. My portfolio contains:
learned skills, projects, papers, and examples of how I was able to reach
my professional goals while attending this program. Lastly, my continued
professional and educational goals are shown in this portfolio.
A.1 Complete a Mission Statement
My goal professionally after completing my BSN is to become a NP who
specializes in care for special needs children. A major goal of mine is to
continue to educate myself on how to provide the best possible care for
my patients and their families. This includes keeping up to date with any
current studies and research that may apply to this field of nursing.
Providing quality care with compassion, knowledge, and respect is
my mission statement and something I wish to achieve daily.
Understanding and striving to find positive ways to communicate,
especially with non-verbal patients, has become something I feel very
passionately about. Many people feel that the patients I work with are
unaware of their surroundings or feelings and that they are incapable of
expressing anything. In my experiences, this is very inaccurate. Every
patient I have ever encountered has adapted and is very capable of
expressing themselves in some way (including their wants and needs). By
striving to achieve these goals I hope to have a positive impact on my
,patients and their family’s lives while providing them with the highest
quality of care.
History on how I reached my mission statement: Being a nurse
became a goal of mine as an incredibly young age. I enjoyed helping
people and was always looking for ways to assist my friends and family in
any way I could. As time went on and life happened, my dream career of
becoming a nurse got pushed aside due to trials and life in general. But
there was always the nagging thought in the back
,of my mind that I was not doing what I had always wanted to do. Finally, at
the age of 28 I decided I was going to go to nursing school and obtain my
goal. It was not easy being a single mom with a young child. I encountered
numerous challenges and feelings of just wanting to quit at times. What
kept me going were family, friends, and ultimately knowing that I loved
helping and caring for other people. After graduating with my ASN, I knew
I wanted to pursue my BSN. My goal of pursing my BSN was set aside at
this time as started work and time went flying by.
My first nursing job I took was home health working with special needs
children. I went into this job thinking it would be a steppingstone and I
would move on to something quickly. I was told this was true for many
nurses that had done this type of nursing before. Working in this field of
nursing was daunting at first because I had not learned a lot about the
cares and skills needed for these children. Working with vents,
tracheostomies, and gastronomies was not something I had a lot of
experience with nor had I learned a lot about in school. There were times
of frustration because I wanted to be more knowledgeable and proficient
about everything I was doing. This made me decide to educate myself
through anything I could: books, pamphlets, manuals, seminars, training
sessions, using parent/family knowledge, and asking other healthcare
providers for help and/or answers. The more knowledge I gained, the more
comfortable I became with my skills and abilities to care for my patients.
Even with the challenges, it did not take me
, WGU BSN C493 NEWEST PORTFOLIO
long to fall in love with this type of nursing and my patients. I have yet to
move on to something else and continue to enhance my knowledge and
skills. I have looked at other nursing fields and been offered positions, but
ultimately love what I do and am deeply passionate about it. While working
with these children and their families I learned that there is a definite need
for more healthcare providers that specialize in this field. Many of these
families must travel long distances to get the care they need. Learning this
made me finally decide to go back to school to pursue my BSN followed by
furthering my education to become a NP. This is what shaped my mission
statement and where I want to go with my nursing career.
A.1a Reflect on how your professional mission statement will help
guide you throughout your nursing career.
I feel that the hardships and long time it took me to achieve my goal of
becoming a nurse helped to shape my mission statement. Once I started
my nursing career it did not take me long to
realize what my goals as a nurse were. At that time, I didn’t call it a
mission statement, but I knew what I wished to achieve and what type of
nurse I wanted to become and be. Although I have had struggles and times
of trial, I have still stuck with my same goals and aspirations to be a
knowledgeable, compassionate nurse. I feel that I will continue to strive to
maintain my mission statement which will shape my nursing career and
make me be the best nurse I can.
A.2a Explain how the specific artifacts or completed work represent
you as a learner and a healthcare professional.
My artifacts and completed work show how I used my existing nursing
skills combined with my learned skills during the BSN program to enhance
NEWEST PORTFOLIO
LATEST UPDATE
WGU BSN C493 NEWEST PORTFOLIO
This portfolio represents my personal, educational, and professional
nursing growth throughout the BSN program at Western Governors
University. This program allowed me to advance my education as a
nurse as well as learn new ways to use my skills. My portfolio contains:
learned skills, projects, papers, and examples of how I was able to reach
my professional goals while attending this program. Lastly, my continued
professional and educational goals are shown in this portfolio.
A.1 Complete a Mission Statement
My goal professionally after completing my BSN is to become a NP who
specializes in care for special needs children. A major goal of mine is to
continue to educate myself on how to provide the best possible care for
my patients and their families. This includes keeping up to date with any
current studies and research that may apply to this field of nursing.
Providing quality care with compassion, knowledge, and respect is
my mission statement and something I wish to achieve daily.
Understanding and striving to find positive ways to communicate,
especially with non-verbal patients, has become something I feel very
passionately about. Many people feel that the patients I work with are
unaware of their surroundings or feelings and that they are incapable of
expressing anything. In my experiences, this is very inaccurate. Every
patient I have ever encountered has adapted and is very capable of
expressing themselves in some way (including their wants and needs). By
striving to achieve these goals I hope to have a positive impact on my
,patients and their family’s lives while providing them with the highest
quality of care.
History on how I reached my mission statement: Being a nurse
became a goal of mine as an incredibly young age. I enjoyed helping
people and was always looking for ways to assist my friends and family in
any way I could. As time went on and life happened, my dream career of
becoming a nurse got pushed aside due to trials and life in general. But
there was always the nagging thought in the back
,of my mind that I was not doing what I had always wanted to do. Finally, at
the age of 28 I decided I was going to go to nursing school and obtain my
goal. It was not easy being a single mom with a young child. I encountered
numerous challenges and feelings of just wanting to quit at times. What
kept me going were family, friends, and ultimately knowing that I loved
helping and caring for other people. After graduating with my ASN, I knew
I wanted to pursue my BSN. My goal of pursing my BSN was set aside at
this time as started work and time went flying by.
My first nursing job I took was home health working with special needs
children. I went into this job thinking it would be a steppingstone and I
would move on to something quickly. I was told this was true for many
nurses that had done this type of nursing before. Working in this field of
nursing was daunting at first because I had not learned a lot about the
cares and skills needed for these children. Working with vents,
tracheostomies, and gastronomies was not something I had a lot of
experience with nor had I learned a lot about in school. There were times
of frustration because I wanted to be more knowledgeable and proficient
about everything I was doing. This made me decide to educate myself
through anything I could: books, pamphlets, manuals, seminars, training
sessions, using parent/family knowledge, and asking other healthcare
providers for help and/or answers. The more knowledge I gained, the more
comfortable I became with my skills and abilities to care for my patients.
Even with the challenges, it did not take me
, WGU BSN C493 NEWEST PORTFOLIO
long to fall in love with this type of nursing and my patients. I have yet to
move on to something else and continue to enhance my knowledge and
skills. I have looked at other nursing fields and been offered positions, but
ultimately love what I do and am deeply passionate about it. While working
with these children and their families I learned that there is a definite need
for more healthcare providers that specialize in this field. Many of these
families must travel long distances to get the care they need. Learning this
made me finally decide to go back to school to pursue my BSN followed by
furthering my education to become a NP. This is what shaped my mission
statement and where I want to go with my nursing career.
A.1a Reflect on how your professional mission statement will help
guide you throughout your nursing career.
I feel that the hardships and long time it took me to achieve my goal of
becoming a nurse helped to shape my mission statement. Once I started
my nursing career it did not take me long to
realize what my goals as a nurse were. At that time, I didn’t call it a
mission statement, but I knew what I wished to achieve and what type of
nurse I wanted to become and be. Although I have had struggles and times
of trial, I have still stuck with my same goals and aspirations to be a
knowledgeable, compassionate nurse. I feel that I will continue to strive to
maintain my mission statement which will shape my nursing career and
make me be the best nurse I can.
A.2a Explain how the specific artifacts or completed work represent
you as a learner and a healthcare professional.
My artifacts and completed work show how I used my existing nursing
skills combined with my learned skills during the BSN program to enhance
