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Family Nurse Practitioner Experience

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The online Family Nurse Practitioner program at Drexel University was the first program I considered when deciding to continue my education. As a working professional, I appreciate its online plan of study that gives me independence so I could continue with my career while getting the education needed to achieve my goal as a Family Nurse Practitioner. I value that Drexel University’s online programs follow the same high academic standards and accreditation as programs on campus, resulting in receiving the same outstanding education. From attending the undergraduate BSN ACE program of Drexel University, I have obtained exceptional education and valuable skills that was needed to be a Registered Nurse. I have bloomed from being a task-oriented …show more content…

My experience working on PCU/telemetry unit and surgical/trauma unit did not only allow me to obtain knowledge on various different medical conditions and surgeries, it also assisted me with my organization skills and time management. As a leader working as a charge nurse and a preceptor, I am autonomous and able to multitask. Also from working with various different healthcare professionals, I am aware of different roles each healthcare team members play in the process of patient care. As a Family Nurse Practitioner student, I plan to advance my ability and my awareness to program my mind to think like an Advance Practice Nurse while not losing the valuable skills and knowledge that I have gained as a Registered Nurse. I will implement the knowledge and incorporate it with the education I will receive from Drexel University’s Family Nurse Practitioner program to better understand and learn to treat the patient’s health conditions as a Primary Care …show more content…

In the past, I’ve had several volunteer opportunities to work with doctors, nurses, and pharmacists where healthcare was scarce. I was fortunate to go on medical mission trips to developing countries and these trips were major factors that had me seek a career in the healthcare field. As a Nurse Practitioner, I would like to continue to pursuit for opportunities to work abroad proving care to those who need them. My ultimate goal as a Family Nurse Practitioner is to provide primary care at multilingual health centers. As a bilingual Registered Nurse, I naturally had an interest in medical translation. I had few opportunities where I shadowed a medical translator and was able to see cares for non-English speaking patients. Through this experience I become aware that often, language barrier can be a major factor when it comes to people seeking healthcare. Even though nowadays most hospitals have free language assistance by phone or by video screen, I noticed that people would rather have someone who they trusted physically present or the provider be the same language speaker as them. When these measures weren’t met, I found that the patients gave up or postponed their healthcare needs which sometimes led to an unfortunate outcome. Personally growing up, I translated for my

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