Returning to college as an adult learner is a difficult decision at best. Consequently, it is somewhat like deciding to have a child. When is the right time, what is the right circumstance, can I afford the additional expenses and how will I bear the additional responsibility? Becoming complacent with a career as an Associate Degree Registered Nurse, focusing on family and life, instead of earning a Bachelor of Science Degree would be the easy option. However, this mind-set not only hinders us from achieving our life goals, but also in counterproductive for the example we set for those around us. Developing a healthy work, life and college balance can be difficult, but manageable with a good support system including family, classmates, …show more content…
There are various avenues to pursue a RN to BSN degree including face-to-face, hybrid and online programs. Delaney’s (2013) article sought out the various experiences nurses had during the transition from RN to BSN using different programs. In addition, the article also points out a variety of obstacles that hinder nurses from obtaining an advanced degree. The lack of support from family, employers, co-workers, financial burdens and time constraints are factors that not only prevent nurses from returning to college, as well as, impact their decision to leave a program before completing their …show more content…
Expectations, how they began their journey, cornerstone courses, how the new knowledge increased self-awareness, feelings of empowerment, overcoming challenges, awareness of the big picture and impact personal nursing practice. Reasons for returning to school included personal achievement, pressure from employers, and looking to advance career options. Beginning the journey ultimately requires personal motivation, contemplating priorities, overcoming financial and time constraints. Choosing a BSN program that offers convenience, quality, preferred mode of instruction, flexibility and affordability. Most participants preferred a program offering cornerstone curriculum of research, theory, leadership and community health. Most felt the leadership courses were beneficial in helping them view their own leaders and managers in a different way. Consequently, they approached staff and management situations with an improved set of skills. Overcoming the challenge of balancing multiple roles, family responsibilities, and work demands presents a unique situation for adult students. Most rely on family for emotional and financial support, although family can also be the very reason they leave the program. Forming relationships with classmates offers emotion support, academic support and a professional network. Interviewees agreed the BSN degree changed their perspective and they were able to see the
In the transition of the associate degree in nursing (ADN) to the bachelor of science in nursing (BSN), colleges prepare nurses in the leadership role by increasing their knowledge of community health nursing, ethical aspects, and being able to apply enhanced patient care through research and evidence-based practice. The elements that retain and increase the completion of the RN to BSN program by the nurses are met by providing access to organizations and offering foreign aide health missions. ADN nurses with an improved education to the BSN are more prepared to tackle potential nursing challenges and have better patient
Self-Regulation and the New Registered Nurse Introduction The nursing profession has been self-regulating in Ontario since 1963. Self-regulation is a privilege granted to professions that have shown they can put the interest of the public ahead of their own professional interests. It recognizes that Ontario’s nurses have the knowledge and expertise to regulate themselves as individual practitioners and to regulate their profession through the college (“What is CNO?”, 2018). Proactive self-regulation involves establishing learning goals, strategies to address goals, monitor progress of goals, creation of environments conducive to learning, and maintenance of self-efficacy (Zimmerman & Schunk, 2011).
The author intended to inform the audience about her journey from starting as a registered nurse. She then proceeded to go back to school 20 years later. The author intended to educate everyone that it is never too late to grow in your career. The author intends to persuade the audience to not limit themselves to just one degree. Keep advancing your degree and you will seek more opportunities.
According to Ameritech (2016), “More eligible jobs with higher salary are an advantage of having a BSN. Having a BSN is required to hold a management, leadership or specialty position. Nurses with BSN are shown to have better critical thinking skills, lower mortality rates and quality nursing skills.” In addition, Ameritech (2016) states “BSN nurses are prized for their skills in critical thinking, leadership, case management, and health promotion, and for their ability to practice across
Jobs aren’t the easiest thing to get. It is extremely difficult to balance a job with all that work and studying. while in college students have to make money some way, but the only problem with that is time management. everybody likes like buying new clothes, jewelry and personal items. people spend their time in college barely getting by, partying and wasting their time.
My passion for nursing practice defies description; leading to the reason I am opting to pursue a higher level of education in nursing. The George Washington University School of nursing has one of the highly ranked master’s programs in the country, which offers a competitive curriculum and highly defined leadership skills that integrates technology into learning. It is therefore my desire to pursue an advance education at this facility because it prepares practitioners to become great clinicians ready to solve real-world clinical problems. Moreover, the opportunity to pursue a degree in this facility will afford me the ability to be a competent and highly efficient family nurse practitioner; that will serve the community and mostly the underserved. I am the last child in a family of eight that has aspired to pursue my education at the graduate level.
My Intent to Be a Nurse Practitioner Coming from a third world country where there aren’t many opportunities for work and funding for education, proceding to nursing school was a grand opportunity. The privilege to attend a government subsidized school where top students in the region compete to get into the program that allowed only 60 students per year was indeed a blessing. As clinical rotations began, what was once considered a mere opportunity evolved into a true passion for caring as I truly love and enjoy nursing and helping people.
Being an LPN was one of the milestones for me to become an RN. As a student right now I will follow the same path as I did as an LPN because it was effective for me, as a result I was able to complete the course and obtain my LPN license . As a parent, a student, I had to take into consideration the well being of my family while I was trying to become a nurse. Since nursing was my career goal, I had found ways to balance family and school. As a student I know the importance of studying and completing school works in a timely manner.
Finding motivation to attend college is easy, keeping the motivation to finish is the difficult part. I decided to enroll in college to earn my Bachelor’s degree in Business with a concentration in Finance. I hope that the degree will give me the opportunity to apply for a better position within the organization that I currently work for. A secondary goal of returning to school is to demonstrate to my son that attending college is required for many jobs and that returning to school as an adult has various difficult challenges. I have been working for the past nine years as an Assistant Financial Officer and am highly competent at my job.
The healthcare system, specifically nursing, has always had a major influence in my life. I come from a family of nurses and have seen healthcare from an inside point of view as a
Although motivation and determination can get one far, a time still comes when having a job in college is a problem in some shape or form, like for Student A. Contrastingly, Student B, who is without a job in college, would not encounter work-related problems on this particular level. The most common obstacles in college are time, stress, and social life. Let’s see how different these obstacles can be by comparing Student A and B. Time is something the majority of people wish to have more of, especially a student with many responsibilities. “One must work with time and not against it,” said Ursula K. Le Guin. A college student comes across the “Triple S”, the lack of time to study, sleep, and self-personal time.
I think that for many years, I lacked the commitment, confidence and self-leadership skills required to complete a bachelor’s degree. I did not think that I was smart enough or had the aptitude needed to complete the ninety credits required for a bachelor’s degree. This class mainly focuses on leadership that involves followers, but I approach this class as a way of learning leadership skills that I can apply to my day to day life in order to meet my objectives. Take for instance the Situational Leadership Theory; it is a theory that calls for leaders to match their styles to the competence and commitment of their employees or followers (Northouse, 2016). When I work on an assignment, I rate my course content knowledge anyway from D1 to D4.
I hear you saying you want to go back to school and become a doctor. You now have the opportunity to attend school when you did not have the opportunity when you were younger. However, you are feeling uncertain because of the amount of schoolwork you will have and wanting to spend time with your family. I would like you to think of the challenges of going back to school and if become a doctor will be helpful in your career.
Most importantly, since the contents of this course are largely different from what I have learned in my major courses. I regard this as a rare opportunity for me to take on some new challenges, and I would like to take a chance to develop my leadership skills. Before attending this course, “leadership” is a word quite far away from me, and I only have some basic understandings of it. And I found out that most of my thoughts I had about leadership are very different from what it really is.
Although students will face various challenges in college, these challenges have solutions and ways to cope with them, thus these challenges will lead them to success. Notably, having a balance in life is a real benefit for anyone. It brings a type of peace and serenity into a person’s life that cannot be found without it. Thus, for college students, this is almost