Service Activity Write-Up
Service Activity Write-Up
1. The program specific learning opportunity that I attended was the CONHCP Health Care Professional Panel. Although it was advertised that athletic trainers, health care administration professionals, and nursing professionals would speak at the event, only nursing experts were present. If there were more healthcare professionals available, information relating to the medical field would be more variated. Regardless of the limited number of experts, the nursing experts strived to operate the event to the best of their abilities. A liaison spoke about the general academic pathway that a nursing student must take to eventually achieve the position of a nurse. In addition, two level 3 nursing students explained about the content of clinical courses in depth and their own experiences that they have gained throughout their years in the nursing program. The main objectives of this event were to provide valuable information about the nursing program and to enlighten pre-nursing …show more content…
students about the tasks that nurses perform in their occupation.
2. The nursing liaisons offered some insight about clinical courses in the nursing program, admission requirements to be accepted into the nursing program, and how to write an impressionable resume. In addition, a brief presentation about the HESI (Health Education Systems Incorporated) exam was shown. A passing score on the HESI exam indicates that a student is prepared to learn about health care criteria. The presentation generally explained about the subjects included in the testing criteria as well as what scores would be considered as passing or failing. Following the presentation, the event primarily progressed on the basis of answering questions that regarded the field of nursing or academics. A wide variety of questions was inquired, ranging from required pre-requisite courses to different types of skill sets developed and applied in clinical settings when treating patients. Moreover, students who were seeking to be admitted into the nursing program early asked if there were any possible opportunities to have their pre-requisite courses completed more quickly. Fitting into this category of students, I learned that certain pre-requisite classes can be taken over the summer.
3.
From this learning experience, I have recognized that the academic journey to become a registered nurse will be immensely difficult and must be embarked upon with strong persistence and motivation. Ambition has always been an integral part of my character and I believe that it will serve me well throughout the next three years. During the event, while conversing about the personality traits that a nurse should have, I realized that I could improve on some of my own characteristic traits. For instance, a typical nurse should be organized, communicate effectively with others, empathize with patients, have a caring nature, and be sociable. I would consider my ability to utilize time wisely and be organized as my strengths. On the contrary, my reserved and independent manner degrades my social skills with people. The dissimilarities between my own personality and that of a registered nurse’s emphasizes that I should spend more time on cultivating my communication
skills.
4. Apart from the academic information that this event had to offer, personal advice was also given. The nursing students suggested that students should take advantage of recreational activities around campus that do not correlate with classes. Upon admission into the nursing program, it becomes increasingly difficult for a nursing student to be involved with extracurricular activities because of the workload from courses and time consumption in clinical rounds. Therefore, the first years at GCU would be the best time to experience illuminating activities in committees such as clubs and life groups.
As a GCU student, this event proved to me that GCU has a myriad of learning resources that is made available for all of its students and can positively impact academic growth. I believe that all of the information that I acquired during this learning opportunity will be aid me in the long run.
1. The program specific learning opportunity that I attended was the CONHCP Health Care Professional Panel. Although it was advertised that athletic trainers, health care administration professionals, and nursing professionals would speak at the event, only nursing experts were present. If there were more healthcare professionals available, information relating to the medical field would be more variated. Regardless of the limited number of experts, the nursing experts strived to operate the event to the best of their abilities. A liaison spoke about the general academic pathway that a nursing student must take to eventually achieve the position of a nurse. In addition, two level 3 nursing students explained about the content of clinical courses in depth and their own experiences that they have gained throughout their years in the nursing program. The main objectives of this event were to provide valuable information about the nursing program and to enlighten pre-nursing …show more content…
students about the tasks that nurses perform in their occupation.
2. The nursing liaisons offered some insight about clinical courses in the nursing program, admission requirements to be accepted into the nursing program, and how to write an impressionable resume. In addition, a brief presentation about the HESI (Health Education Systems Incorporated) exam was shown. A passing score on the HESI exam indicates that a student is prepared to learn about health care criteria. The presentation generally explained about the subjects included in the testing criteria as well as what scores would be considered as passing or failing. Following the presentation, the event primarily progressed on the basis of answering questions that regarded the field of nursing or academics. A wide variety of questions was inquired, ranging from required pre-requisite courses to different types of skill sets developed and applied in clinical settings when treating patients. Moreover, students who were seeking to be admitted into the nursing program early asked if there were any possible opportunities to have their pre-requisite courses completed more quickly. Fitting into this category of students, I learned that certain pre-requisite classes can be taken over the summer.
3.
From this learning experience, I have recognized that the academic journey to become a registered nurse will be immensely difficult and must be embarked upon with strong persistence and motivation. Ambition has always been an integral part of my character and I believe that it will serve me well throughout the next three years. During the event, while conversing about the personality traits that a nurse should have, I realized that I could improve on some of my own characteristic traits. For instance, a typical nurse should be organized, communicate effectively with others, empathize with patients, have a caring nature, and be sociable. I would consider my ability to utilize time wisely and be organized as my strengths. On the contrary, my reserved and independent manner degrades my social skills with people. The dissimilarities between my own personality and that of a registered nurse’s emphasizes that I should spend more time on cultivating my communication
skills.
4. Apart from the academic information that this event had to offer, personal advice was also given. The nursing students suggested that students should take advantage of recreational activities around campus that do not correlate with classes. Upon admission into the nursing program, it becomes increasingly difficult for a nursing student to be involved with extracurricular activities because of the workload from courses and time consumption in clinical rounds. Therefore, the first years at GCU would be the best time to experience illuminating activities in committees such as clubs and life groups.
As a GCU student, this event proved to me that GCU has a myriad of learning resources that is made available for all of its students and can positively impact academic growth. I believe that all of the information that I acquired during this learning opportunity will be aid me in the long run.