TOPICS

1. Experienced-Based Knowledge of My Discipline

• Assessing patients is a vital task for the nurse to perfect to ensure safe and competent care.  In Critical Care Grand Rounds for NURS 4340 we applied this skill in our final project.  The link below accesses the assessment in this project.
• users/erinwoodby/upload/File/gr_assessment.ppt

2. Reflection Experience

• In my psychiatric and community health clinicals we were to journal and reflect about our experience and observations.  These reflections revealed how we were changed or affected by these clinical experiences.
• users/erinwoodby/upload/File/addiction_support_group_e._woodby.doc  

3. Activity That Allowed Me to Apply Theories of Concepts to a Practical Problem

• During my leadership clinical at St. Thomas Hospital I had to create something that would benefit the staff or patients and solve a problem for either.  I chose to do my project to benefit the patient.  Below is the attached portion that describes this project.
• users/erinwoodby/upload/File/Leadership_Project.ppt

4. Service Activity that Made a Contribution to the Community

• When Hurricane Gustav threatened the lives of citizens of New Orleans, the MTSU campus opened their rec center as a shelter.  Below is my journaled experience of volunteering for this cause.
• users/erinwoodby/upload/File/slp_e._woodby.doc

5. Planning Skills

• As a nurse, we must formulate nursing care plans to assist in planning care for our patients and helping them to acheive thier treatment goals.  A care plan is attached that displays planning skills.
• users/erinwoodby/upload/File/ncp.doc 

6. Organizational Skills

• In clinical we had to identify patient problems, organize them into a list and prioritize nursing diagnoses to this problem list.
• users/erinwoodby/upload/File/PROBLEM_LISTgp_clinical.doc

7. Reflection Essay

• The following essay reflects my expereince throughout the experiential learning experience.
• users/erinwoodby/upload/File/EXL_Reflection_Essay.doc