One of the most significant lessons I have acquired throughout nursing school and as a professional nurse is that nursing is an ongoing learning process. Despite the fact that I am a fairly new nurse, I can honestly say that every single day working on a medical surgical/ telemetry unit is a new learning experience. Using reflective learning, I constantly consider how I handled my patient load and how I could improve for my next shift. It is impossible to know everything about the profession, patients and new technological devices as everything is constantly developing and changing. I have learned that I love reading and become more educated about the various ways that myself, my peers and other members of the health care team could impact the lives of our clients. The use of tools such as evidence-based practice and online learning modules has fortified by knowledge of nursing policies and new information that can make a profound difference in client care. Throughout the associate degree program, I developed my critical thinking skills as well as the foundations of creating a care plan and interventions, nursing theories and basic nursing care. The tasks were focused on a medical surgical setting throughout the duration of the associates program which taught me valuable skills such as therapeutic communication, and multiple modes of medication administration. On the contrary, the bachelor’s degree program heightened my awareness of the role of a nurse in various health care settings. I must say I have enjoyed learning the multiple avenues nurses can travel and the different ways they can impact care. During the BSN degree program, I have developed a greater cultural competence and understood how important it is to utilize skills such as empathy. I also feel more comfortable advocating for my clients reinforcing my communication skills by adding cultural competence to truly understand their needs. I enjoyed working within the community for clinicals throughout bachelor’s degree clinicals as it has helped me develop an awareness of the significant health care disparities that exist within the community. I learned about new roles such as nurse case managers and how they play an essential role within the health care team as well as how they can impact client outcomes on a continuum. It was extremely rewarding creating educational tools to teach members of the community about chronic conditions they manage daily and how to make healthier lifestyle choices. The best part of the experience was observing how receptive and willing these clients were about receiving the information my peers and I created.  Working within the community throughout my BSN degree has created a passion for me to focus on making a more distinct impact on my clients. Soon after I graduated with my associates degree, I never understood why most facilities preferred a bachelors degree for hire. However, now that I am concluding my BSN it is very obvious to me that students are enriched an abundance of additional skills that allow nurses to work in a wide variety of settings throughout healthcare and offer a greater skill set to facilitate better patient outcomes.