Lydia Green Nursing Program

Capstone Reflection

Samantha Argueta School of Health Sciences, Seattle Pacific University NURS 4896: Transition to Practice Synthesis Professor Katie Knott May 19, 2024 As my time in the Seattle Pacific University Lydia Green Nursing Program ends, it is natural to do some reminiscing and introspecting. Though it is difficult to summarize these last two years of my life in so many words, I can definitively say that this has been one of the most memorable times of my life. During this time, I have faced many challenges, but through them, I have been able to learn and grow into the person and nurse I am today. Impact of Liberal Arts and Faith on my Nursing Practice In preparation for participation in the Lydia Green Nursing Program, we were …show more content…
At the time, some of these courses seemed very loosely related to the field of Nursing, I remember questioning how the information I learned would be applicable to my future career. Now looking back, I admit my focus was very narrow and I do not have the same understanding of nursing now as I did back then. From public speaking, which I honestly dreaded at the time because it pushed me out of my comfort zone, to sociology, which also challenged me to think deeper about human behavior and the social relationships all around us, these classes, while at the time appearing unessential, have shaped and impacted the person I am and therefore the nurse I will be. I will be a nurse who is able to speak up and advocate for her patients and a nurse who has an awareness of my patients’ behaviors and relationships and the context in which they exist as a direct result of having taken those courses. The same is true of the actual nursing prerequisite courses, though the connection between them is clearly more obvious. It was hard to ascertain how these intangible concepts, such as those in General Chemistry and Biochemistry, would pertain to my …show more content…
This has been a time of immense growth and learning, that has shaped me into a nurse who thinks and understands that patients are to be looked at holistically, as a sum of intimately interconnected pieces that all work together to form the bigger picture you see in front of you. In order to truly care for these patients, all of these aspects must be considered in order to treat and care for the “bigger picture”. Development of my Nursing Philosophy & Practice. Now that I am about to transition from a SPU nursing student to SPU graduate and nurse. I look back on the Nursing Program Learning Outcomes, outlined for us at the beginning and throughout our program. I have previously touched on the holistic approach and care of patients that I have come to understand through not only my previous experiences but my time and learning in the program, this to me is what a generalist nurse does. Generalist nurses reflect on all the different concepts they gained experience with during their education and apply this understanding to all the different aspects involved in complex nursing care. From the application of psychology concepts to promote mental wellbeing, to the application of nutrition to

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