Nursing Career Research Paper

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In the past two years I have discovered a lot about myself that it can be of use in my nursing career as well as in my personal life. The most important to me is that I do not have to know all the answers. I finally figured out that that would be quite impossible. As long as I know how to find the answers I am looking for, I figured I should be just fine. In my personal life when my children ask me something I do not know the answer for, we would use the vast resources to look up the answers. We often went to library and rented out books that could help us research the information we were looking for. Knowing how to look up answers is valuable, especially in nursing career as well. There is so much to learn in this career I chose for myself …show more content…
I like the dynamics of being a part of a team. Working and communicating with other team members has been a great way to learn. I like to watch how others perform tasks and see how I can implement them into my own skills. I am now more of a team player with my family than a person who does everything for the family. Of course, a nursing career requires a team work. Being a part of a team is crucial in nursing in order to deliver a well-organized care for the patient.
My newly acquired knowledge, skills and abilities will definitely help me adjust as a new graduate practical nurse.
Quite frankly, my brain has trouble registering that I have almost finished with practical nursing program. So, it is even harder to start thinking of working as a graduate practical nurse soon. As soon as this sinks in I know I will start freaking out. When this happens I will remind myself of knowledge I have required over two years and to use it in my adjusting period.
I feel comfortable saying that I do not know the answer and asking for help from a more experienced nurse. So far, I have encountered many situations where I have asked for help and everyone was more than happy to give me a hand or share their knowledge. Knowing that nursing staff is more than happy to help is a big relief, because the first few months as a graduate practical nurse is going to be scary. I know I can lean on other nurses and delegate some of the