To begin I will introduce myself, I am Stephanie an undergraduate in the College of Nursing at USM. My current job title is full-time student and more than full-time mother of two. I have a five year old daughter and a one month old son. I hope to one day be a nurse practitioner working in pediatrics. I enjoy spending time with my family and working on my degree. This course does not contribute to my degree, however, I am hoping to gain some personal experience through this course.
There are all kinds of writing, however, within my major I regularly have to write care plans for my patients when we go to clinical days. When I go to a clinical day we have to document on the computer medical information about our patients. This is considered charting and can be a lengthy summary about the patient’s health. This type of writing is required of me, although, I enjoy writing in my journal. My journal allows me to write down thoughts and feelings from my own perspective of life. When I journal my day or whatever it is I am writing down, I feel like this is positive therapy for me.
Sometimes when I have to write about something I am not interested in I will have a “failing” in my writing. It is as though if I do not enjoy what I am writing about I shut down mentally and creatively. When I write about something I am not interested in, I will usually have someone read over my work before I turn it and a lot of the times the person says it is difficult for them to understand my sentence formation or the point of the overall piece. I believe I have this “failing” because I lose confidence in myself because I do not believe in what I am writing.
This semester I hope to learn how to be able to write in different forms and on demand. I hope to also build my confidence so that I will improve my abilities to communicate through writing. I am a little worried about my ability to complete a lengthy paper. However, I am looking forward to this course and the semester.
