Professional Portfolio Clair Bradshaw, BA, RN

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Professional PortfolioClair Bradshaw, BA, RN

• California State University,
• Dominguez Hills
• Masters of Nursing, Nurse Educator
• Culminating Activity
• Presented April 13, 2009

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Youre off to Great Places. Youre off and away.

• From Oh, the Places Youll Go
• by Dr. Seuss

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Education

• Candidate for Master of Science in Nursing with
  honors, Nursing Education Role Option, California
  State University, Dominquez Hills, CA, May 2009.
• Associate of Science with honors, Registered
  Nursing, Bakersfield College, Bakersfield, CA,
  1990.
• Bachelor of Arts with honors, Journalism, minor
  Communications Studies, California State
  University, Sacramento, 1981.

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Work Experience

• Orientation Specialist
• Education/Training Department, SJCH
• Staff Nurse
• Emergency Depart
• Westside Urgent Care
• Kern Medical Center
• Hoffmann Specialized Home Care
• Hoffmann Hospice of the Valley
• Houchin Blood Bank
• Camp Nurse
• Hartland Christian Camp Badger, CA

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1. INTEGRATE KNOWLEDGE, THEORY, RESEARCH AND
SKILLS IN PLANNING AND EVALUATING COMPREHENSIVE
PLANS OF CARE FOR INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES AND
POPULATIONS

• Academic Proficiency Demonstration
• Teaching undergraduate BSN students at CSUB MSN
  529L 539L Role Performance
• Classroom Lecturer
• Clinical Lab Instruction Evaluations
• Established Educational Nursing Theories
  applied to Nursing Education

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1. INTEGRATE KNOWLEDGE, THEORY, RESEARCH AND
SKILLS IN PLANNING AND EVALUATING COMPREHENSIVE
PLANS OF CARE FOR INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES AND
POPULATIONS

• Academic Proficiency Demonstration
• MSN 529L 539L Role Performance
• Transcultural Nursing Theory applied to
  Underserved Populations
• La Mont Health Fair Translating for students
• (Leininger, 1985 1991)
• Novice to Expert Nursing Theory Knowles Ault
  Learning Theory applied to didactic clinical
  education
• CSUB BSN students
• (Brenner, 1982)(Knowles, need date)

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1. INTEGRATE KNOWLEDGE, THEORY, RESEARCH AND
SKILLS IN PLANNING AND EVALUATING COMPREHENSIVE
PLANS OF CARE FOR INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES AND
POPULATIONS

• Professional Practice Competency
• Teaching Education/Training Dept. SJCH
• Computer Orientation for nursing students
• Certified Nurses Assistant Orientation
• Bakersfield College/Community College Level
• Classroom Lecturer
• In-Hospital Clinical Instructor

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2. DESIGN CULTURALLY SENSITIVE PROGRAMS AND
SYSTEMS OF CARE THAT MEET THE NEEDS OF DIVERSE
AND VULNERABLE POPULTIONS.

• Academic Proficiency Demonstration
• MSN 569L student with learning difficulties
  Americans with Disabilities Act
• (ADA, 2009)
• MSN 539 Researched wrote about social topic of
  Racism within Nursing Education
• (Tiki, et al, 2007)

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2. DESIGN CULTURALLY SENSITIVE PROGRAMS AND
SYSTEMS OF CARE THAT MEET THE NEEDS OF DIVERSE
AND VULNERABLE POPULTIONS.

• Academic Proficiency Demonstration
• MSN 514 Health Promotion Disease Prevention
  Proposal
• Diabetic Teaching Among Kern County
  Spanish-Speaking
• Farm Workers

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2. DESIGN CULTURALLY SENSITIVE PROGRAMS AND
SYSTEMS OF CARE THAT MEET THE NEEDS OF DIVERSE
AND VULNERABLE POPULTIONS.

• Professional/Personal Competency
• Empowerment of Spanish-Speakers through Diabetes
  Mellitus Education
• Specific Pathophysiology of DM in this population
  
• Cultural Aspects affecting attitudes toward diet,
  exercise treatment

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3. PROVIDE EVIDENCE-BASED, CLINICALLY PROFICIENT
CARE USING CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS IN
ADVANCED/CLINICAL NURSING ROLES.

• Academic Demonstration
• MSN 530 Scholarly Literary Critique
• The Teaching Effectiveness of Standardized
  Patients
• MSN 539 Test Blueprint
• Disorders of the Integumentary System
• (Oermann Gaberson, 2005)

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3. PROVIDE EVIDENCE-BASED, CLINICALLY PROFICIENT
CARE USING CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS IN
ADVANCED/CLINICAL NURSING ROLES.

• Academic Demonstration
• MSN 529L 539L Role Performance at CSUB Planning
  and Implementing EB Care through to
• Junior-level Critical Care Nursing Students
• Sophomore-level Med/Surg Nursing Students
• Hospital ED, ICU, GI Lab, Med/Surg patients

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3. PROVIDE EVIDENCE-BASED, CLINICALLY PROFICIENT
CARE USING CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS IN
ADVANCED/CLINICAL NURSING ROLES.

• Professional Competency
• New Nurse Retention -- Versant Nurse Residency
  Program
• Slater Observation Rater for National
  Evidence-Based Retention Program Research

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4. ADAPT ORAL, WRITTEN AND TECHNOLOGICAL
COMMUNICATION SKILLS TO BE EFFECTIVE AND
APPROPRIATE IN CLINICAL, EDUCATIONAL, AND
PROFESSIONAL CONTEXTS AND SYSTEMS.

• Academic Demonstration
• MSN 559L 569L -- Role Performance
• Assessment Technologies Institute (ATI) Proctor
• I-Clicker Quizzes Exams
• WebCT BlackBoard On-line Curriculum Management
  Systems

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4. ADAPT ORAL, WRITTEN AND TECHNOLOGICAL
COMMUNICATION SKILLS TO BE EFFECTIVE AND
APPROPRIATE IN CLINICAL, EDUCATIONAL, AND
PROFESSIONAL CONTEXTS AND SYSTEMS.

• Academic Demonstration
• MSN 559L 569L -- Role Performance
• Lectured Community College University level
  using PowerPoint
• Researched on-line produced over 2 dozen
  Written Scholarly Papers
• Contributed to or produced over 30 PowerPoint
  presentations

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4. ADAPT ORAL, WRITTEN AND TECHNOLOGICAL
COMMUNICATION SKILLS TO BE EFFECTIVE AND
APPROPRIATE IN CLINICAL, EDUCATIONAL, AND
PROFESSIONAL CONTEXTS AND SYSTEMS.

• Professional Demonstration
• Competency Modules for SJCHs Maternity Care Unit
  
• Numerous Community College University
  PowerPoint lectures
• Advanced skill in use of
• FirstNet ED Triage/Computer Charting System

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5. INTEGRATE ETHICAL THEORY AND PRINCIPLES INTO
NURSING THEORY, RESEARCH AND PRACTICE IN
ADVANCEDCLINICAL NURSING ROLES.

• Academic Demonstration
• MSN 531 Nursing Ethics
• Advanced Practice Nurses
• Ethical Dilemma PowerPoint
• Featured an FNPs clinical practice
• ethical dilemma

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5. INTEGRATE ETHICAL THEORY AND PRINCIPLES INTO
NURSING THEORY, RESEARCH AND PRACTICE IN
ADVANCEDCLINICAL NURSING ROLES.

• Professional/Professional Demonstration
• Hospital Medication Error Reporting Line
  instruction with Versant Nurse Residents
• Utilized line after Personal Incident notified
  ED physician immediately after recognizing

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6. ADVOCATE FOR HEALTHCARE POLICIES FINANCING
THAT PROMOTE, PRESERVE AND RESTORE PUBLIC HEALTH.

• Academic Demonstration
• MSN 513 Position Paper/Press Release
• Increasing Federal Funding for preparation of
  Nursing Educators

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6. ADVOCATE FOR HEALTHCARE POLICIES FINANCING
THAT PROMOTE, PRESERVE AND RESTORE PUBLIC HEALTH.

• Professional Demonstration
• Served as sole Camp Nurse Hartland Christian
  Camp
• 400 campers
• 20 volunteers
• 50 staff their minor children
• Prompted camp to acquire AED Device
• ultimately used to save staff members life
  during sudden cardiac arrest

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7. PROVIDE LEADERSHIP IN COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS
WITH OTHER DISCIPLINES TO INFLUENCE IMPROVEMENT
IN HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS.

• Academic Demonstration
• MSN 559L 569L Role Performance
• Role Modeling for BSN Students
• BSN 421L Public Health Role Performance
• Kern County Mock Disaster Drill with American Red
  Cross, Emergency Triage Skills

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7. PROVIDE LEADERSHIP IN COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS
WITH OTHER DISCIPLINES TO INFLUENCE IMPROVEMENT
IN HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS.

• Personal Demonstration (2006 to present)
• Provided leadership in health, safety
• well-being of adolescents local
• international communities
• Volunteering for
• High School Visionary Team, Laurelglen Bible
  Church
• Out-of-town Jr. High Trip Chaperone
• Amor Missions home building Mission Trips
• Jesus Shack Food Distribution Teams

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8. DEMONSTRATE COMMITMENT TO LIFELONG LEARNING
TO ENHANCE THE NURSING PROFESSION.

• Academic Demonstration
• California State University, Dominquez Hills
  Masters of Science, Nursing (MSN)
• MSN Pathways Program (20 additional undergraduate
  units completed)
• Masters Candidate, Spring 2009
• Role Option Nurse Educator
• Long-range plan to start Post-MSN Family Nurse
  Practitioner certificate in 2012

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8. DEMONSTRATE COMMITMENT TO LIFELONG LEARNING
TO ENHANCE THE NURSING PROFESSION.

• Professional Demonstration (2006 to present)
• Attended
• ACNL Evidence-Based Nursing Conference
• City-wide Stroke Symposium
• SJCH Acute Coronary Syndrome seminar Sacred
  Works retreat
• Completion of
• 19 Adventist Health Systems HealthStream
  competency courses
• 6 BRN Continuing Education Units

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8. DEMONSTRATE COMMITMENT TO LIFELONG LEARNING
TO ENHANCE THE NURSING PROFESSION.

• Professional/Personal Demonstration
• Fluent in Conversational Medical Spanish
• Continued through self-directed language
  acquisition cultural study

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From Oh, the Places Youll Go by Dr. Seuss

• Youre on your own. And you know what you know.
  And YOU are the gal wholl decide where to go.

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References

• Americans with Disabilities Act. (2009).
  Overview of the Agency from the ADA Home Page.
  Retrieved March 20, 2009 from ADA website
  http//www.ada.gov/
• Benner, P. (1982). From novice to expert.
  American Journal of Nursing,82 (3), 402-407
• Leininger, M. (1985 1991) The basic concepts of
  transcultural nursing. Retrieved from the
  Cultural Diversity in Nursing web site.
  Retrieved on March 24, 2009 from
  http//www.culturediversity.org/basic.htm
• Oermann, M. H., Gaberson, K. B. (2005).
  Evaluation and testing in nursing education. New
  York Springer.
• Seuss, Dr. (1990) Oh, youre off to great places.
  New York Random House, Inc.
• Tiki, M., Dye, K., Markey, K. Scholefiend, D.,
  Davis, C., Moore, T. (2007). Racism the
  implications for nursing education. Diversity in
  Health and Social Care, 4, pp. 303-12.