Preparing Your Reflection

The BSN Essentials (AACN, 2008) outline a number of healthcare policy and advocacy competencies for the BSN-prepared nurse. Reflect on the NUR4516 course readings, discussion threads, and applications you have completed across this course and write a reflective essay regarding the extent to which you feel you are now prepared to:

• “Integrate theories and concepts from liberal education into nursing practice.
• Synthesize theories and concepts from liberal education to build an understanding of the human experience. 
• Use skills of inquiry, analysis, and information literacy to address practice issues.
• Use written, verbal, non­verbal, and emerging technology methods to communicate effectively.
• Apply knowledge of social and cultural factors to the care of diverse populations.
• Engage in ethical reasoning and actions to provide leadership in promoting advocacy, collaboration, and social justice as a socially responsible citizen.
• Integrate the knowledge and methods of a variety of disciplines to inform decision making.
• Demonstrate tolerance for the ambiguity and unpredictability of the world and its effect on the healthcare system.
• Value the ideal of lifelong learning to support excellence in nursing practice.” (p. 12).

Reference:

American Association of Colleges of Nursing [AACN]. (2008). The essentials of baccalaureate education for professional nursing practice. Washington, DC: Author.