Professional Portfolio
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 Learn
from yesterday,
live for today, hope
for tomorrow. The
important thing is not
to stop questioning.
• Albert Einstein
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Introduction
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Registered Nurse since ___________.
 Pediatrician from ________________.
 Happily married to _____, the love of my
life, for _________ years.
 _____ son, ______ daughter,
 ____ granddaughter
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Education
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Candidate, Master of
Science in Nursing,
Family Nurse
Practitioner option,
California State
University, Dominguez
Hills, CA, Fall Semester
2009.
 Associate Degree in
Nursing, Excelsior
College, Albany, NY,
2005.
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Professional Experience
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Director of Patient Care Services, Haven
Hospice, Signal Hill, CA.
 RN Case Manager, Haven Hospice &
Home Health, Signal Hill, CA.
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Integrate knowledge, theory, research and skills in
planning and evaluating comprehensive plans of care
for individuals, families and populations
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Demonstration of Clinical Proficiency at
School
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Examining 10 –16 patients/week at Medical
Clinic, site for clinical hours. Utilizing guidelines
at National Guideline Clearinghouse website
while writing plan for patients with multiple and
complex problems like diabetes mellitus,
hypertension, autoimmune diseases.
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Integrate knowledge, theory, research and skills in planning
and evaluating comprehensive plans of care for individuals,
families and populations
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Demonstration of Clinical Proficiency at
school and work
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During MSN 510, Theories for Advance Nursing Roles, I
utilized Peplau’s theory of interpersonal relations (1988) to
study the relationship of a nurse with a patient with
chronic pain.
Utilizing the knowledge gained to plan care of hospice
patients at work to optimize pain relief by maintaining
consistency of nurse for each patient to allow for
development of therapeutic relationship.
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Integrate knowledge, theory, research and skills in planning
and evaluating comprehensive plans of care for individuals,
families and populations.
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Demonstration of Clinical
Proficiency at work
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Planning and guiding end-of-life care of
120 patients with various life limiting
illnesses.
 Integrating knowledge of theory, research
findings from National Guideline
Clearinghouse, and knowledge acquired
during graduate education to develop
comprehensive plans of care for patients
and their families.
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Design culturally sensitive programs and systems of care that
meet the needs of diverse and vulnerable populations.
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Demonstration of sensitivity to problems of
vulnerable populations
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During the MSN 514(Health Promotion & Disease
Prevention) I used the TransTheoretical Model (TTM)
(Prochaska & Velicer, 1997) to understand the readiness to
change of youth with substance abuse problems and their
families.
I use this model to ascertain the readiness to change habits
when I write care plans for patients from vulnerable
populations at clinical site and at work.
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Provide evidence-based, clinically
proficient care using critical
thinking skills in advanced
nursing roles.
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Using evidence based interventions in Advanced
Nursing Roles
I studied how to critically evaluate research in MSN 530
Research Utilization in Advanced Nursing Roles
 I wrote a paper on Pediatric Palliative Care for MSN 513
Healthcare policy and economics. I received a good grade
for this paper. I also found evidence of the obstacles to
providing sensitive and adequate care to dying children
(Carter et al, 2006) & (Hayes, 2006).
 I utilized knowledge gained from this paper to advocate for
a separate IDT for children on Pediatric Palliative Care and
the setting up of a non-profit, Haven’s Heart, at my
workplace to assist with such care financially leading to
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improved parent satisfaction.
Adapt oral, written and technological
communication skills to be effective and
appropriate in clinical, educational, and
professional contexts and systems.
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Utilizing Oral Skills
While speaking to team members, patients and
attendants in their preferred language, English or
Spanish.
 While providing patient, active listening to patients
and attendants.
 While providing education to patients and care
givers.
 While leading Inter-Disciplinary Team Meetings at
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work.
Adapt oral, written and technological
communication skills to be effective and
appropriate in clinical, educational, and
professional contexts and systems.
 Utilizing Oral Skills
 While presenting In-services to Inter-Disciplinary
Team at work.
 When unusual occurrence reports indicated an
increase in hospitalizations R/T falls, I conducted
an evidence-based in-service on fall prevention
which resulted in a 21% decrease in falls in one
quarter.
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Adapt oral, written and technological communication skills to
be effective and appropriate in clinical, educational, and
professional contexts and systems.
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Adapting written skills
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To write scholarly papers for various
MSN courses at CSUDH. Received a
perfect score for paper “Healthcare in
the media” in MSN 566.
 To initiate & respond to graduate level
discussions with peers which are
critiqued by senior faculty at CSUDH
 To write reports, incident reports, and
employee evaluations at work using
graduate level language skills.
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Adapt oral, written and technological communication skills to
be effective and appropriate in clinical, educational, and
professional contexts and systems
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Adapting Technological
Communication Skills at school
To undertake an online course
requiring internet, email, word
processing and power point skills.
To utilize nursing journal databases
in CSUDH library to write evidence
based scholarly papers.
For synchronous and asynchronous
communications with peers and
faculty connected mainly by
electronic communication.
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Adapt oral, written and technological
communication skills to be effective and
appropriate in clinical, educational, and
professional contexts and systems.
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Adapting Technological Communication Skills at
work
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To provide clinical and administrative support to clinicians
providing patient care in an approximately 14000 sq mile
service area.
To utilize telephone, voice mail, email, and instant
messaging on the Blackberry to support clinical team.
To utilize Global Positioning application, Comet Tracker, to
pin point location of team members to provide time & cost
sensitive care to patients in the service area.
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Integrate ethical theory and principles into nursing theory,
research and practice in advanced nursing roles.
 Using ethical principles at school
 In my MSN 531 scholarly paper I learnt how ethical
principles of autonomy and nonmaleficence
(Beauchamp & Childress, 2001) pertained to the care of
a terminally ill South Asian lady and her family. I learnt
how to empower this patient and her family, to take the
decisions to allow her to pass on pain free, with dignity,
at home amongst her dear ones, and according to her
expressed wishes.
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Integrate ethical theory and principles
into nursing theory, research and
practice in advanced nursing roles.
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Using ethical principles at work
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I use these ethical principles every day at work
when I plan and direct the care of terminally ill
patients. I do my best to protect their rights during
a time when the spouse, significant other and
family tend to overlook or override these rights. I
use these principles while navigating our complex
healthcare system to ensure patients receive the
best care possible, with dignity.
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Advocate for healthcare policies and financing
that promote, preserve and restore public
health.
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Healthcare policy and financing advocacy at
school.
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During the Fall 2007 semester while in the MSN
513, Healthcare Policy & Economics, I learnt
about the processes involved in creating new
healthcare policies or changing existing ones. I
learnt how nurses can individually, and through
our professional organizations, influence health
care policy.
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Provide leadership in collaborative efforts
with other disciplines to influence
improvement in healthcare systems
 Leadership
at school
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I have learnt to lead my small group as
Small Group Leader while assigning tasks,
observing timelines and holding members
of the group accountable.
 I have learnt online etiquette and how to be
assertive without appearing aggressive.
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Provide leadership in collaborative efforts with other
disciplines to influence improvement in healthcare systems
 Leadership
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at school
I have come to understand how
various disciplines combine to
improve healthcare by
observing my preceptors, one a
Family Nurse Practitioner and
the other a Physician, at my
clinical hours site.
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Provide leadership in collaborative efforts with other
disciplines to influence improvement in healthcare
systems.
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Leadership at work
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At work every Monday I
lead an Interdisciplinary
Team (IDT) meeting, which
comprises of Physicians,
Registered Nurses, Licensed
Vocational Nurses, CHHAs,
Companions, M.S.Ws &
Spiritual and Bereavement
Counselors. We all interact
to improve the care of our
patients.
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Demonstrate commitment to lifelong
learning to enhance the nursing
profession.
 Learning at school
 I have displayed my commitment to learning by
completing this program.
 I have learnt Spanish to better communicate with
Hispanic patients at my clinical site and at work.
 I intend to join a Doctor of Nursing Practice
program as soon as one becomes available within
a reasonable distance or over the Internet
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Demonstrate commitment to lifelong learning to enhance the
nursing profession.
 Learning at work
 I recently (September 2 to 4, 2009) completed a
Pain Resource Nursing (PRN) Course at the City
of Hope Hospital, Duarte, CA.
 I frequently complete C.M.Es on pain, palliative
care and current topics in nursing.
 I also keep abreast of topics at the CDC website.
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Demonstrate commitment to lifelong learning to enhance the
nursing profession.
 Teaching
at clinical site
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I teach the patients I see at my clinical site
about their illnesses, recommended life
style, the medicines they are taking or are
being prescribed at a visit, and adverse
effects to look out for.
 I learn valuable lessons from my patients
everyday.
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Demonstrate commitment to lifelong learning to enhance the
nursing profession.
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Teaching at work
I am currently precepting my 3rd, 4th &
5th BSN students from CSUDH while
they complete the requisite hours in a
Home Health setting.
 I take pride in imparting them my
knowledge about Hospice philosophy
and services.
 One of my preceptees is now working
as a Hospice Registered Nurse.
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Demonstrate commitment to lifelong learning to enhance the
nursing profession.
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Teaching at work
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I teach BSN students of the
American University of Health
Sciences, Signal Hill, CA. I
teach them Clinical Leadership
and Home Health skills when
they come for these rotations. I
have educated two batches of
20 students each. I utilize skills
I have learnt as a graduate
student to train future nurses.
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Community Service
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Volunteer Registered Nurse
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I volunteered at a Free Health Fair organized by the Guru
Nanak Sikh Temple in Buena Park, CA, on February 8,
2009. I recorded the Blood Pressures, and calculated the
Body Mass Indices of 51 patients at this fair. I provided
those with high BP readings or B.M.Is in the over- weight
or obese ranges education on maintaining a healthy life
style. I utilized my knowledge of various diseases and
health promotion at this camp.
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Adapt oral, written and technological communication skills to be effective and
appropriate in clinical, educational, and professional contexts and systems.
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Community Service
 Volunteer
Registered Nurse
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I have participated in Health Fairs organized by South
Asian Network (SAN) in association with University of
California, Irvine (UCI) in 2007 and 2008. I utilized
clinical skills acquired during the MSN-FNP program to
assess and educate the patients attending these camps.
These camps were organized in the City Centers of
Cerritos and Anaheim respectively.
 Presented PPT “Prevention of osteoporosis” at these fairs.
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Adapt oral, written and technological communication skills to be effective and
appropriate in clinical, educational, and professional contexts and systems.
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 Thank
A
you for listening
big thank you to my instructors
during this program.
 Questions please?
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