By Day 3 of Week 1 Post a brief introduction of yourself to your colleagues. Include an explanation as to how Walden’s vision, mission, goals, and social change initiatives relate to your professional and academic goals and to your becoming a scholar-practitioner. Also include an explanation for how the Walden MSN Program Outcomes and perspectives relate to your professional and academic goals and to your becoming a scholar-practitioner.
Brief Introduction of Myself
I am a psychiatric nurse practitioner by training and specialty, and I enjoy working in different nursing departments. Currently, I work as a medical surgical nurse in Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, which is quite a big hospital with over 500 outpatients and inpatients per day (Texas Health Resources, 2020). I work in the surgical unit as a medical surgical nurse and provide services such as helping adult patients to resolve medical issues that often arise as a result of past surgeries.
How Walden’s Goals and Mission Relates to my Professional and Academic Goals
The goals of Walden University relate to my professional and academic goals in many aspects. Firstly, the institution envisions to become an agent of transformation of the kind of nursing services that are received across the human lifespan in local and global communities and has set different standards in which it can ensure congruence with the 21st century demands (McGuinness et al., 2020). I believe the healthcare industry is moving rapidly to incorporate the most recent developments such as tele-health solutions, which makes Walden a suitable school of choice for me.
As part of its mission, Walden University seeks to improve the critical thinking skills of nursing students and increase their ability to implement evidence based practice in patient care. While it is clear that some healthcare professionals have low ability to make critical decisions when faced with care dilemmas, some nursing schools have not incorporated in their curriculum programs that add directly to the ability of the students to make healthy decisions (Sauer, 2017). As part of my professional goals, I wish to become fully enlightened in critical decision making. I believe this is an element I will successfully acquire from Walden University.
Lastly, Walden provides an opportunity for the students to advance their careers through the development of career advancement opportunities. Through my education in the university, I believe I will be able to improve my research skills as well as my ability to advance to the highest levels of education in nursing. It is evident that through my experience in the University, I can improve my ethical conduct, personal values, and commitments to meet the required professional excellence. Regarding research, I believe this is one of the ways through which I can successfully bridge the gap between academia and the real world, and improve the ability to solve complex problems in the profession.
Professional Individuals and Teams
There are several professional teams and individuals with whom I hope to collaborate so as to achieve success in the career. One of these individuals is my mentor, who is a psychiatric nurse practitioner in the facility where I work. This individual not only helps me in reviewing my research proposals but he also serves as a consultant for most of my academic developments.
Another team which is likely to be instrumental in the achievement of my goals in the university is my family, which not only gives me moral support, but also offers different kinds of assistance such as financial whenever there are major requirements and I am not in a position to meet them immediately. My colleagues also form part of the crucial team for my success in becoming a scholar-practitioner.
References
McGuinness, T. M., Shirey, M. R., Cleveland, C., Richardson, J., Campbell, R., & Harper, D. C. (2020). The shifting paradigm of graduate education for psychiatric nurse practitioners. Journal of Professional Nursing.
Sauer, K. (2017). University Professors’ and Department Directors’ Perceptions Regarding Support for Freshman Academic Performance. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5124&context=dissertations
Texas Health Resources, (2020). Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas. https://www.texashealth.org/Locations/Texas-Health-Dallas