Professional Roles and Values Assignment

Running head: PROFESSIONAL ROLES AND VALUES
PROFESSIONAL ROLES AND VALUES
Name of the Student
Name of the University
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Introduction
The role of nursing work force is important in this present healthcare system and in near
future, it is going to be even bigger. The quality of nursing care affects a vast population around
the world because of their reach and their contribution in the healthcare system. There are several
factors of nurses such as their depth of knowledge, their education level and job satisfaction
helps in the growth of the organization. however, the present scenario of primary healthcare
demand more educated and more reliable workforce of nurses, who are able to play pivotal roles
in care, prevention and care combination. Therefore, baccalaureate-prepared nurses are important
for modern healthcare system. As a baccalaureate-prepared nurse, I am going to discuss about
several aspects of my learnings such as quality and safety, evidence based practice, applied
leadership and community and population health and will discuss the clinical experiences
associated with these aspects.
Quality and safety
As a baccalaureate-prepared nurse, I am prepared to work in all healthcare settings like
outpatient care, clinical care, public and mental health. The community is now focusing beyond
the hospitals and seeking help in home-based environments or preventive service. As a result, the
demand of baccalaureate-prepared nurses has increased (Ball et al., 2013). We are trained in
different aspects of care and skills such as clinical and scientific skills, decision-making ability,
patient education, leadership, and laboratory and community health. I never thought of becoming
a register nurse; however, a personal experience forced me to join this profession. This
experience was very important and painful to me as I lost my mother in that jet crash and saw
several injured people dying because of poor healthcare safety and quality (Dolansky & Moore,
2013). This incident had a strong impact on my individuality and forced me to join this Nobel

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profession to help the community. Thereby, I know the importance of quality and safety in the
healthcare system. Through my learnings in all these years, as per my experience, quality
determines the well-organized, effective and determined care whereas safety is related with the
lack of risks or harm. My learnings as a baccalaureate-prepared nurse has trained me to make
decision in adverse situations and create a team within the healthcare system to face the
emergency. The primary skill that differentiates me from other nurses is the skill and simulation
lab experience. I have been a part of the skills and simulation lab during my course training on
mannequins. Therefore, I have been exposed to different learning objectives that are not possible
in the hospital clinical experience. I have been a part of clinical rotation program that has trained
me to gain experience from different clinical area and community settings. Moreover,
professional practice skills acquired will help me to control the crisis and lead the team in
positive way to serve quality care to the patient.
Evidence based practice
Evidence based practice (EBP) is a problem solving approach that helps to make the
clinical decision in a healthcare organization. It focuses on the three pillars of the quality
healthcare, including the best evidence or research available with an expertized practitioner and
the values and preferences of the patient (DiCenso, Guyatt & Ciliska, 2014). Evidence based
practice involves the internal and external evidences of the practice and allows the practitioners
to take account of the patients value, before applying it as the intervention. As a baccalaureate-
prepared nurse, I am aware of the internal and external factors of the EBP. Internal factors such
as environment, culture, staffs, equipment and external factors are standards, regulations and
quality measures. However, I came to know about an important factor of EBP during my
learnings that, research is not always depending on the researches and findings done by