It is hard to believe we have moved to the end of our course of study. Today was the first Saturday since August 2010 that I awakened without any plans for the day. I can appreciate the intensity required to accomplish this course completion and head to graduation. Of all the things I've learned, the single most useful tool is the advanced leadership needed in clinical bedside nursing and how to fill that gap. After that consideration, there are hundreds of facts, tips, tools, processes, methodologies, resources and theories in my fore brain.
I believe I will be blessed with opportunities to continue working with the uploading of rural clinical practice guidelines. I may reach my final career goal, but I am not sure.......
My ultimate career goal is to establish Level I Cardiac Emergency Rooms across the country. It might happen, it might not, but I am working to identify the resources needed by the rural hospitals when cardiac conditions require tertiary care. I have ten years to make this happen.
I hope that all that read this final blog, reach their clinical destiny and make a difference. I am honored to have spent my life as a nurse and hope you all are as well. I want to thank each of you for support, hanging in there and being part of our inaugural DNP class.
Take care,
Julie Benz
