Core Values

King's Values

Faith

Having a belief in something greater than yourself can benefit a provider many times over in their careers. We are in the unique position to try and positively affect a patient's health when they might have many co-morbitities. Using all the tools at our disposal, including divine intervention, can only feed the spiritual health of our patients.

Scholarship

As new nurse practitioners, our education will only continue. We will further our education with every patient we see our first year and will embellish our knowledge base with continuing education classes and possibly doctoral pursuits. We also will educate our patients so that they can feel empowered and in better control of their own health outcomes.

Service

At the foundation of our profession should be a basic tenant that this is a call to service. Regardless of the letters behind our names, the accolades, or salary we get in return for our work; we need to remember that we are but servants to the people. We exist to help the sick and infirm; and, it is our duty to serve them to the best of our abilities, always.

Career

This new venture of becoming a nurse practitioner is more than just a new position. It is a building of a professional career that will continue to evolve and change for many years into the future. This education is an investment in our professional development that will span many years and hopeful will enable us to affect many improvements on our current health care structure.

Integration

Christian Values

It's imperative that we incorporate many Christian values into our everyday practice because this profession ideally should be a calling of sorts. Treating all our patients like Jesus did, with no prejudice or judgment, and treating all of them fairly is the Christian way. Accepting people as they are and meeting them halfway, in order to help them, are definitely Christian values. Only by acting in this manner can we expect to prosper as professionals and as human beings in general. Additionally, this country is a melting pot of various cultures that make up the great American culture, so it's also important that we remain open and sensitive, as providers, to cultural differences within our patient population.

Professional Pillars

Integrity

I will always be truthful and honest with all my patients. If I do not know an answer to something, I will be sure to investigate it and give an evidence based answer. I will also learn to be tactfully truthful about their condition and what I am realistically able to help them with.

Commitment

I am completely committed to safe and quality care of my patients. I have demonstrated my commitment to this profession because it has taken me many years and sacrifice to reach this goal. I also commit myself to those in need, even when it may endanger me in some way, like now during this pandemic.

Service

I promise to serve others out of love and to help God's children become healthier human beings. I do this not just for my own benefit but because I feel I have been called by God to do this for others.

Accountability

I will always make decisions about others' health based on evidence. I will not work outside my scope of practice and will accept responsibility for the outcome of my interventions. I will also make sure not to harm anyone with medications that have the potential of being abused.

Civility

I will treat everyone with respect. I will be kind to all. I will make sure my patients understand all that I explain and I will do my best to communicate in whatever way they best learn.

Compassion

Above all, I will do my best to alleviate the suffering of my patients. I will do this in an empathetic, ethical, and caring way. I will never expect my patients to do something that I would not be willing to do myself and will be sure to offer them many alternatives from which to choose.

Service Learning Project

Summary

Our group addressed a group of twelve year old baseball players about injury prevention. We showed them several helpful stretching exercises, educated them about possible injuries, and even provided them with gift bags to thank them for their attention.

Community Support

We addressed this team because the coaches said they had a hard time getting their players to perform the warm up exercises because they thought they were impervious to injury. Our group made the exercises fun and made sure to explain and give reasons why stretching was so important. We did a good job at convincing them because we made sure to bring visuals of what happens to their bodies when they have these injuries. Since then, the coaches have thanked us because the players now take it upon themselves to warm up, without being reminded.

Learning/Insight

I learned from this project that patient education is paramount to affecting change in health behaviors. Teaching patients why you are asking certain things of them helps breed compliance. Reinforcement with repetition in issues like changing habits can encourage those resistant to new changes. We, as providers, cannot make patients do as we say but, we can encourage them by empowering them with the knowledge.

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