Reflective Essay of a Nurse

Reflective Essay of a Nurse 1
THE REFLECTIVE ESSAY OF A NURSE
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The Reflective Essay of a Nurse
Introduction
When I was growing up, I had the dream of becoming a nurse to treat and help the sick. I
grew up in a community where many people were infected by diseased caused by changes in
climate such as chest diseases. These diseases caused death among many people including one of
my family members. The ailments mostly occurred in the winter when the snow covered all the
surface of the surrounding and cold was all over the place. The diseases caused many suffering
and death to my people which encouraged me to study hard in my school to achieve my dream
career of becoming a nurse.
This is a reflective essay that covers my experience in the nursing field while I used to
work while studying. I have used several analysis techniques such as SWOT and PDP to
demonstrate my expertise in the university and my place of work (Song and Lindquist, 2015,
p.86). The main reason I used SWOT and PDP analysis was to promote my skills and abilities,
reduce my weakness, develop opportunities and reduce the threats.

Reflective Essay of a Nurse 3
Personal Development Planning (PDP)
PDP is an organized and supported process commenced by an individual to reveal upon
their performance, learning, and accomplishment and to design their career and educational
development.
The purpose of PDP is to inspire students to have self-control when taking their studies.
The PDP can also be used to assist individuals in career development. PDP is applied in a
variety of contexts, altering the way students take their studies, choices they make in their
personal and academic life and prioritize their activities. PDP help student to be more effective
by being self-driven learners, understanding what they are learning and improve their skills for
study and career development and finally articulate their goals and assess progress to their
accomplishment (Mikkonen et al.,2017, p.2000).
When put into practice, personal development planning has a lot of impact on personal
development in terms of skills and abilities. In the field of nursing, the PDP has the following
significances as demonstrated from the different literature reviews. It enables the nurses to be
self-driven in their activities as PDP teaches an individual on how to work towards their goals
without supervision. PDP also enables nursing to perfect their strengths and improve in their
weakness.