Topic: Graduate Study Challenges And Strategies For Success

Type of paper:	Research Paper
Subject area:	Healthcare
Academic level:	College
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Graduate Study Challenges and Strategies for Success
Education is an important step towards self-improvement , as it provides
additional opportunities in terms of spiritual and intellectual growth
as well as career development . ``A Master 's degree prepares nurses for
advanced practice roles , including the management and delivery of
primary health care , case management , education and administration .
Growing specialization by physicians , the health system 's increasing
demand for front-line primary care [ .] are spurring a global need for
nurses with advanced practice skills (Glassick et al , 1997 , p . 145 .
This means , the specialties , associated with nursing , are not likely to
become out-of-date , whereas there is a complex of problems prospective
Masters encounter . Most of them are close-knit to the activation of
social life and career progress , as the average age of the student is
the main determinant of their need for self-actualization , not merely in
education , but also at workplace an in family life (ibid .
Three main challenges faced when completing graduate studies were
working full-time , juggling family life and rearing two children and ,
finally , caring for my disabled father . Nevertheless , it is possible to
approach to these challenges from two viewpoints : positivist and
negativist the first standpoint emphasizes the experience and skills
which can be trained when dealing with the mentioned challenges , whereas
the latter approach highlights purely the aspects of daily life and
education the individual is deprived of . Due to the fact that I selected
the first viewpoint , I decided to analyze these obstructions to
successful completion of graduate study and develop corresponding
strategies for success .
First of all , full-time work can be regarded as a substantial challenge
to studies , as both forms of activity are formal and strictly-organized
so that they need maximal attention and , more importantly , attendance .
On the other hand , full-time work to great extent enhances the process o
training , as it provides vital practice , the lack of which is
experienced by a number of students . This means , full-time professional
employment allows looking at the knowledge , provided by formal
education , from inside (Homma , 1998 ) and critically evaluate it in terms
of its relevance and actuality in the present day . In addition ,
full-time work increases assertiveness and self-confidence as well as
the brilliant opportunity to conduct a research at the workplace .
Although James suggests that ``especially during thesis writing process ,
student from low socioeconomic background worked more , had more academic
difficulties , and were less likely to pursue leadership positions with
student organizations that their higher SES-peers (James , 1998 , p .
99 , it needs to be noted that the fact of my own employment in fact
determined the success of my graduation , as it provided information for
my final study as well as advice and assistance of more skilled and
experienced professionals .
Another important strategy for success I utilized while combining
learning and training with full-time employment was time management . In
fact , I organized my own working schedule taking into consideration the
requirements , related to my studies - at first , I needed to fix my daily
plans on paper...

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