My Professional Summary Overview of How Completed Work and Artifacts in My Portfolio Represent me as a Learner and a Healthcare Professional

With each course at WGU, my skills and knowledge continued to grow every day. This is attributable to the fact that the course content primarily focused on current trends in the industry, community concepts, theory, research, leadership, therapeutic interventions, and healthcare policy. For this reason, I did not have difficulties working as a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit nurse because I was able to demonstrate the professionalism and competency that I gained as a WGU student. The attachments in this portfolio prove the skills that I have learned and used to achieve my professional goals. One of my completed works in this portfolio (task 1) depicts me as a learner and a healthcare professional. Leadership and professional image experience task 1 gave me the opportunity to utilize my leadership skills in investigating the challenges that characterize the NICU and find a solution. Also, as a learner and a healthcare professional, I have used my knowledge to assess, diagnose a problem, and implement a solution to benefit my unit. WGU BSN program has also helped me in enhancing my competence as a professional nurse. Through the assigned courses and assignments, I gained adequate knowledge of what it takes to become a competent and successful nurse. Furthermore, the courses and assignments have not only enhanced my competence as a nurse but have also made me a better person. In fact, I have attained an exceptional understanding of what a nurse should be capable of and my perspective of a nurse’s morals has improved drastically. The attachments that I have selected to include display a part of the processes that I have undertaken to realize my educational goals. How Specific Artifacts in My Portfolio Represent My Professional Strengths My professional strength appears in my role as a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) Registered Nurse. I have worked with adults for a few years as a Dialysis Acute RN, but I found my passion in providing care for the preemies. In my Evidence-Based Practice task 1 paper, I researched the importance of skin-to-skin contact in the NICU. After discussing the findings of my research paper with the unit Director and the Manager, the unit in conjunction with other