Share details about one area from the iCARE Self-Assessment 1 where you have significant opportunity for improvement during your BSN program. How will you work to improve your own professionalism in this area?

By studying the self-assessment of iCARE, I can surely agree with others on the need to improve my self-care and well-being.

The paradox of nursing would be to provide for everyone to the best of our knowledge, however most nurses can say to the best of our knowledge that we don't care about ourselves.

The cardiovascular facility which I work is very challenging; there are many CMET emergencies (heart medical emergency team) as well as codes, CITs (campus police).

The client frequency is very significant, it can also be over whelming.

The times you're caught up and feel like you have some downtime to take a break; there might be occasions when a coworker struggles in a situation where their patient has become unsafe or drowns in their assignment and you feel the need to step in and support, particularly when they're a younger nurse.

In the work world, it's a struggle to take care of yourself. I just believe it's important to look at each other in the workplace and check in and see if someone has a bad day and just need some help.