EDGE Project Overview
My project was created in an effort to help me become a better nurse
A nurse is someone who not only applies medical knowledge in order to heal the physical body, but a nurse is someone who also takes the time to teach patients how to prevent future problems through lifestyle changes. However, there are barriers to change that keep patients from improving their lives, their health, and longevity, even though they desperately want to make those changes. They at times need to be guided in applying new tools and ways of thinking to help them on their way. A nurse can assist with this.
Flowers grow day by day....
and hour by hour
....so do people
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This project was directed toward learning and preparing myself to personally be able to teach patients how to make and keep those goals by first researching how to overcome barriers in goal keeping, and then applying those principles to my own life to overcome my own personal barriers. Thus, because of the personal experience I have had, I will understand my patient's struggles instead of judging them, and due to my own experience I will be better able to show compassion and give more usable feedback of what they can to do to overcome their own personal barriers while they seek to improve their overall health through change and goal keeping.
