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Reflective Journal: Actions to Take to Assume Active Responsibility for Continuing to Master Nursing Skills

Nursing, as a scientific discipline, is the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of illness among other forms of care as quoted by American Nurses Association (2016) “What is Nursing?” Any individual looking to practicing nursing professionally, ought to possess skills to see him or her through their career, which include,

Effective Communication Skills

Nurses, at all times, need to be able to communicate with different individuals in the hospitals or places of care. Information to be relayed could be among fellow nurses, doctors, patients, and families of admitted patients. Making sure that reports are neatly and timely done and stored will be essential in the continuous mastery of the discipline. Strong communication skills are a must have for any individual looking at excelling in the field.

Eager to Learn New information

In the medical field, new practices, medicines, and procedures are invented as days go by, and to be amongst the best nurses, an individual should always be open to new information and eager to question, learn, explore, and develop their careers continuously. New information in the medical field could be obtained from a constant reading of medical journals, magazines, research done by fellow colleagues in the industry.

Flexibility

Due to heavy workloads, demanding paperwork, and constantly changing schedules in shifts and timetables, a mentally open individual is preferred to increase the bridge in gaps.  Extreme cases such as non-cooperative patients and moody doctors prove that adapting is essential in their careers and by maintaining an open mind, never attaching emotions to cases being handled at all times.

When these skill sets are put into use by the nurses and followed through by their continual evolution processes, it ensures that the best nursing practices are put into use hence making sure patients, communities, and families are well taken care of.

References

American Nursing Association. “What is Nursing?” Retrieved from http://www.nursingworld.org/EspeciallyForYou/What-is-Nursing