Please tell us about your career goals&be specific about how your education/training supports these goals Embarking on NASM training as a nutritional counselor and fitness instructor
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Please tell us about your career goals&be specific about how your education/training supports these goals
- Embarking on NASM training as a nutritional counselor and fitness instructor can further build upon existing motivational interviewing skills with functional medicine foundation and practical psychology, so that I can become the best functional nurse educator I can be.
- Past EMT and CPR instructor experience as a first-generation student ingrained within me the hands-on ‘humorous (social-emotional-learning) ’ teaching style, patience, and motivational interviewing skills needed to flourish in 1) teaching other first-generation students how to learn within a functional health course so they can level the playing field, 2) acknowledge, validate, and resolve unhappy clients in addition to 3) create a collaborative plan with instead of for clients so their quality of lives improve.
- By teaching CPR, I learned to tailor to different learning styles, sprinkling humor, similarities and differences, and showing students they knew more than they thought, using Will Smith ballooning up like a blowfish doll having an allergic reaction, not a life threatening anaphylactic shock. I aspire to continue showing students how to learn, bridging classroom concepts to the real world with the following questions: how can I use this, why must I use this, when will I use this?
- So students have the skills and confidence to empower themselves to achieve their ambitions using practical psychology, I ask: what values do you want to base what you want to achieve or be on, what's a positive change that has or will happen because of this, or what's step one or one step you would do regularly that would improve your life or career? I want to do what was done for me after someone taught me the skills I needed when I doubted myself–realizing I can fail, but I am not a failure.
- Patience – to acknowledge, validate, resolve unhappy situations for clients
- Because I understood nonverbal signs, and trained as an EMT, I could also advocate for a patient, whose oxygen tank was near-empty in the ‘red zone’ (under 500 psi) when the nursing home was short-staffed.
- MI Collaborative plan
Nutritional counseling and fitness instruction would allow me to apply such motivational interviewing skills, and take it a step further beyond ER doors within a daily meal plan or weekly setting at a gym.
- fitness instructor - body, soul, mind
Whether it's coaching as a fitness instructor or nutritional counselor, I'd like to provide a way for clients to change their lifestyle with motivational interviewing techniques learned as an EMT such as these: what's step one, what's getting in the way, what can you do about the reasons that snags recur, is it a realistic expectation, how can we apply this, WIN– want (how badly do I want this habit & what can motivate me); innate (is this something that I am good at); now (what reminders or cues will encourage me to do the habit now in 5 seconds or less)? How do you envision life if lifestyle recommendations are followed five years from now, what's the worst thing that will happen if the plan isn't followed, best thing, and what if you were to pair vitamins with this strategy or breakfast, and reframe by asking what strength has developed because of this challenge? When clients are frustrated, I can suggest solutions such as Hello Fresh, and resolving it by celebrating any attempts as progress, or even a new instructor? Lastly, I have been there and the last thing anyone needs to hear is that it will be a steady process when you've invested all this time and effort.”
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And because of a nurse who saw me as a person first and patient second, I would like to pursue nutritional counseling as this would allow me to similarly suggest ginger as an alternative to ease nausea for those who can't tolerate Zofran, whether because of arrhythmia or abnormal electrolytes. Much like what was done for me by a nurse, I aspire to target root causes from a holistic, integrative approach aligned with values of balance, harmony, and fulfillment. I'd like to care for my Mom and aunt as they'd done for me. I'd like to do what was done for my Mom after she suffered mini-strokes, precisely being aware and suggesting alternatives to aspirin, such as vitamin E, to prevent stroke recurrence. These certification programs would teach me principles such as practical psychology (e.g. WIN) layering upon experience of motivational interviewing to eventually become a holistic nurse within functional medicine.
- By helping me become a woman free from financial pressures, this scholarship will allow me to fulfill my passion of improving others’ quality of life through balance as a nutritional counselor and fitness instructor (or nutritional and fitness coach)—a stepping stone closer to becoming the best functional nurse educator I can be.
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