Discussion post reply 1: 200 words.  this course I have met the objectives by explaining the history that has shaped the nursing profession by researching and writing about Florence Nightingale and Clara Barton. I have described the challenges nurses face in the health care today that effect how nurses our future for delivering care to patients. I have discussed legal and ethical issues regarding profession nurses currently. In addition, I have researched and written about the institute of medicines 5 core competencies that includes, patient centered care, teamwork and collaboration, evidence-based practice, quality improvement, and informatics. Through this course I have also been able to adapt my nursing practiced based on evidence based research regarding economic, demographic, and social forces. Lastly, I have been able to identify strategies that promote the socialization of the nurse into a professional role. Strategies such a working on improving nursing burnout, focusing on promoting mental health in the community, remaining culturally competent, and decrease work place violence and bullying. My practice has changed in regards I try to spend more time focusing on distressing to prevent nursing burn out and turn over. I have changed my career path as I have evolved as a person and matured into my professional career as a nurse. Spending time focusing on myself has helped increase my reliance for difficult patient situations and needed to tackle complex issues involving patient care. I have learned more about how tele-health is changing how healthcare is being delivered to patients in their home. When I talk with patients I spend more time thinking about their culture and how it has affected their behavior and why a patient chooses to make the decisions they do regarding their health. I am more aware of the issues of bullying particularly to new graduate nurse. I will be more cognizant of new nurses and facilitating a smoother transition from student to professional. Before this course I did not know much about cannabis but at least discussing the basic I now have a better grasp of the concepts related to CBD and THC. Learning about these trends and issues facing healthcare today makes me a better nurse for the future. As I continue on with my course work I can see how the topics we have discussed in this course have changed my perspective for the better. The knowledge will only enhance the care I provide for patients. The knowledge and skills will allow me to continue to improve quality patient care for years to come. I am grateful to have this opportunity to learn about important topics with you all! I wish you all the best of luck as we continue on this journey. Discussion post reply 2:  The beginning of this course was a struggle for me because I did not know what to expect, but I think that this course was a great learning experience.  The material has allowed me to research information that I may not have otherwise. I am glad .

1. Discussion post reply 1: 200 words. this course I have met the
objectives by explaining the history that has shaped the nursing
profession by researching and writing about Florence
Nightingale and Clara Barton. I have described the challenges
nurses face in the health care today that effect how nurses our
future for delivering care to patients. I have discussed legal and
ethical issues regarding profession nurses currently. In addition,
I have researched and written about the institute of medicines 5
core competencies that includes, patient centered care,
teamwork and collaboration, evidence-based practice, quality
improvement, and informatics. Through this course I have also
been able to adapt my nursing practiced based on evidence
based research regarding economic, demographic, and social
forces. Lastly, I have been able to identify strategies that
promote the socialization of the nurse into a professional role.
Strategies such a working on improving nursing burnout,
focusing on promoting mental health in the community,
remaining culturally competent, and decrease work place
violence and bullying.
My practice has changed in regards I try to spend more time
focusing on distressing to prevent nursing burn out and turn
over. I have changed my career path as I have evolved as a
person and matured into my professional career as a nurse.
Spending time focusing on myself has helped increase my
reliance for difficult patient situations and needed to tackle
complex issues involving patient care. I have learned more
about how tele-health is changing how healthcare is being
delivered to patients in their home. When I talk with patients I
spend more time thinking about their culture and how it has
affected their behavior and why a patient chooses to make the
decisions they do regarding their health. I am more aware of the
issues of bullying particularly to new graduate nurse. I will be
more cognizant of new nurses and facilitating a smoother

2. transition from student to professional. Before this course I did
not know much about cannabis but at least discussing the basic I
now have a better grasp of the concepts related to CBD and
THC. Learning about these trends and issues facing healthcare
today makes me a better nurse for the future.
As I continue on with my course work I can see how the topics
we have discussed in this course have changed my perspective
for the better. The knowledge will only enhance the care I
provide for patients. The knowledge and skills will allow me to
continue to improve quality patient care for years to come. I am
grateful to have this opportunity to learn about important topics
with you all! I wish you all the best of luck as we continue on
this journey.
Discussion post reply 2: The beginning of this course was a
struggle for me because I did not know what to expect, but I
think that this course was a great learning experience. The
material has allowed me to research information that I may not
have otherwise. I am glad that I did gain new information on
nursing, nursing issues, and new healthcare trends. It has
affected my professional practice because I am now able to
better care for my patients. I also found it very interesting
learning about other cultures, how cultures can affect the care
provided to patients by how patients perceive information, and
how cultural beliefs can affect exactly what treatments are
given to patients. Continuing to learn will always affect my
professional practice, as it will give me more information to
better care for my patients, whether it be through new
techniques, communication skills, or education on new illnesses
or social issues.
Continuing to learn can only help strengthen our practice and
benefit us as nurses and our patients. From the beginning of
learning about nursing, at the undergraduate level, stress can
affect all of us. We must be able to find a way to be resilient
and push forward. Nursing students need the skills and

3. knowledge to help cope with the stress and obstacles of learning
professional practice (Walsh et al., 2020). Nurse educators can
help nursing students to learn resilience through incorporating
“self-efficacy, reflective ability and self-confidence” in their
education (Walsh et al., 2020). It is important that these skills
follow nurses into their careers because the obstacles will
continue. Learning about current nursing issues and concerns,
as well as how to cope and keep ourselves healthy will only
make us stronger and more resilient nurses. Nursing is a
profession that is always changing, and we need to stay up to
date on new information in order to better ourselves and our
practice.
I really enjoyed this course and being able to discuss different
topics with fellow nurses from different areas and different
specialties. I think that learning from each other is very
important and will make each of us stronger. Good luck to
everyone on continuing their education in this program and
always remember to stand united, we can make change happen!