Complete 5 page APA formatted essay: Reflection: Professional Development.Download file to see previous pages... Combining teaching with the experience however, also comes with different rules and res

Complete 5 page APA formatted essay: Reflection: Professional Development.

Combining teaching with the experience however, also comes with different rules and responsibilities which a nurse educator has to perform in order to become an effective educator. During this course I have learnt many things and developed my skills to a level where I feel that I must make an effective transition from my clinical experience to the role of a teacher. What I have learned during this course was also how to actually combine practical experience with theoretical knowledge. By blending practical experience with that of theoretical knowledge, I believe this course has provided me enough resources to actually plan my next career move easily and effortlessly. I believe that overall course contents and the way this course has been delivered by instructors have offered me an insight into how as a nurse educator I can make proper adjustments before I can actually take on this job. I feel that now I have a larger responsibility to actually design and develop programs for continuing education for nurses. In a sense, I will be actually contributing towards making nurse more professional and skilled in their jobs. This fact alone can offer me satisfaction in terms of understanding my role and making a transition towards this new role as a Nurse educator. I have also learned as to how to ensure compliance with the quality education experience for nurses. This will help nurses to actually become responsive towards their roles and become more active in their profession to add more value. This course has also made me more equipped to actually advice and council with the students to help them offer right kind of suggestions and career advice. I believe that my experience combined with my new role can put me in a better position to advice students. This course, above all, will also offer me an opportunity to actually gain more satisfaction from my overall work. Since I will be making a transition towards achieving higher level of education therefore it will not only offer me an intrinsic satisfaction that through this course I will be able to make a progressive towards achieving a higher level of degree but will also be adding more value to my personality. This course therefore has definitely prepared me for a more challenging role in the future to properly train and educate nurses of the future to make them more skilled and equipped with new tools and techniques. 2.Professional Goals In order to professionally evolve and become a better educator, it is important that I must be able to set goals for myself and achieve them. The achievement of these professional goals will actually will help me to evolve as a better educator and become more effective for the nurses. I will set following goals for myself: 1. Pursuing a doctoral degree 2. Take professional certifications 3. Develop as a better teacher 4. Producing research writings 5. Effectively liasioning with others Pursuing a PhD degree Pursuing a PhD degree will prepare me for a true academic career as I will be achieving highest qualification in my subject. I believe that by achieving a doctoral degree I will be able to broaden my overall knowledge base and will also achieve the highest level of qualification. I plan to achieve this qualification over the period of next few years and within next 1-2 years, I actually plan to complete my coursework for the PhD.