- What is something you learned about yourself as you’ve progressed through this course?
Prior to this course, I haven’t given much thought on the way Patients with substance abuse have been treated in a hospital setting, however I find that during this course, being required to reflect on substance abuse for most of the topics throughout this class and the way medical professionals are possibly biased towards patients with substance abuse, I find that this material has a broadened my outlook and perspective on patients with different ethnic, and religious backgrounds. I developed a better understanding on how patients with substance abuse are needed to be treated! It is important to speak on substance abuse.
- What topic did you find the most interesting?
The topic that I found most interesting would have been Blog topic 1, and reflecting off of stigma and personal bias within healthcare professionals because it is very interesting to hear bias within the healthcare system and what we need to do to eliminate bias when treating patients.
- What topic did you find to be the most uncomfortable?
I didn’t find any topic to really be uncomfortable, just because I don’t find a reason to look at this assignments to make somebody feel uncomfortable, but they are used to rather help us have a broader look on important topics regarding substance abuse, and the different backgrounds that patients come from.
- Share 1 thing learned that you will adopt into your practice as a nurse?
One thing that I have learned to help me adopt into a practice as a nurse is that I am for sure still interested in wanting to work in a hospital where people need the help of medical professionals. Working with people as a nurse, it is your job to make sure that the people you are working with are getting the treatment that they need, and that all circumstances are taken into consideration!