Readiness & Responsibility
What does it mean to "show up" fully as a nursing student on this mission? What attitudes am I bringing with me? How will this impact others? How can I take ownership of my learning experience this week? What professional behaviors do I want to intentionally model? Why am I grateful for this opportunity?
To "show up" fully on this trip as a nursing student I think it is important to have an active presence the entire trip, physically and mentally. Today we physically traveled a very far distance, but it there is also significance in being mentally present while traveling with a group and approaching new experiences. This requires us as students to remain vulnerable, flexible, and ready to learn from every part of our trip. While considering this I think it is important to begin our travels with consideration of the cultural differences we are going to encounter. While we are bringing something valuable to the communities with our knowledge, experiences, and supplies, the people we are working with also carry something so valuable to us students through their lived experience and cultural wisdom. During this trip it is important for us to focus on being a student of the culture, and provider of resources and care.
The attitudes I am bringing on this trip include flexibility, ready to learn, and patience. I know that I will need to be flexible and have patience with myself, but also others as we do our best to navigate the unknown times of our adventures. I hope that these attitudes will also be offered to us by the local community as we require patience and flexibilty from them too in order to translate, offer resources, and learn/process what it going on around us. I believe that caring attitudes like these on this trip is how we will be successful in leaving a positive impact on the Panamanian community we visit. By offering patience, flexibility, and ready to learn attitudes we can create lasting relationships with the people here.
I can take ownership of my own learning this week by remaining curious/inquiitive. Any chance I am able to ask questions, learn a little more, and break down an understanding of patterns or things I am unfamiliar with I will increase my learning. I can also request feedback, from instructors, peers, and other staff to aim for improvement. I can also remain responsible by continuing reflective learning throughout the trip through blog posts, reflection times, and personal journaling and photos.
Some professional behaviors I want to intentionally model this week are adaptability, ethical integrity, and a collaborative mindset.
I am grateful for this oportunity for many reasons, too many to name them all, but the underlying purpose is what I will learn and take away from teh experience. I have always wanted to do something like this, and would love to continue traveling in ways I am actually able to learn and imerse in cultures instead of just doing "tourist" activites. Yes, it feels nice to serve a purpose for the people here but the things we will see, learn, and experience are things we cannot find anywhere else, and I am thankful I get to experience it, and that the Panamaian people are welcoming to our presence.
Great first day reflection Macey, I can see you putting in the effort that you speak about above such as being collaborative and thoughtful of your peers and coworkers.
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