Professional Development Plan

Running Head : professional Development Plan

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Date Nursing as a career is about providing quality care while upholding the people involved with dignity . Nurses are thought to offer quality care to all regardless their tribe , race , gender , religion or social status in the society . Nurses are called to serve others . As a nurse I want to be the patient 's advocate and do all within my powers to see to it that I put a smile on the patient 's faces . I will offer a patient

centered care and the interests of the patient will come first (Delaney C . and Piscopo B , 2002

A person 's health is affected by many factors including emotional needs , physical needs , spiritual needs and cultural needs . Addressing these needs will be offering quality care as they all work for the well being of the whole person . I personally value caring for others and this will be easy for me

Nursing entails or comprises of three parties for it to proceed successfully . These are the environment , the patient and health . The patient includes the sick person , his or her family members and the community as a whole . A nurse is responsible in ensuring that quality care is offered . This is only achievable if an all inclusive approach is used . I would incorporate the patient and his family in the decision making so that our relationship with the patient and his family is not dead . Failure to include all parties calls for negative appraisal by the patient or his relatives . The environmental factors include internal and external factors and they comprise the social , economic , political legal and ethical perspectives

A better understanding of people 's cultural backgrounds and spiritual aspects explains why some regard health the way they do . Patient 's satisfaction levels will be higher if their needs are well addressed . A baccalaureate prepared nurse has developed from a generalist nurse to a complex nurse who exercises leadership in disease prevention or illnesses . He or she is an instrument of change who can invent creativity in ensuring that nursing incorporates emerging health needs an addresses them amicably . Such nurses are leaders and change agents On completion of the degree course one can advance by taking a masters program . The nurse will be able to better handle prevention of diseases and thus works to see a healthy community

The nurse will provide a patient advocate care where care will be through collaborative interactions between the patient and other care givers . He or she will be an advocate of change and will work tirelessly innovating new concepts or ideas that will improve the current predicaments in health care provision . Such a nurse has the capacity to make clinical judgments in all areas be they industries or hospitals They are qualified for community health nursing . Options of where such a nurse can pursue include in home care , community based health agencies nursing homes , government and industries

A baccalaureate nurse provides competent care and is a...