Question

Read GCU's "Statement on the Integration of Faith and Work." One of the unique features of the statement is that it calls you to consider your career choices as a vocation. Define vocation and explain how viewing your career as a vocation, rather than merely a "job," impacts the nature of what you do at work and your relationship to the people you work with and for. How might you apply the concept of work as vocation in your studies and your new career path to positively affect your work environment, your chosen field, and those around you?

The DQ response must be 150-200 words

Answer 1

a.) Definition of Vocation:-

A Vocation is defined as the strong desire for doing the work or activity that you feel you are suited for.

b.) Nursing as Vocation in Profession:-

Nursing is a vocation, not just a job. If you really want to do it, commit to it. It needs hard work, but surely it's rewarding. No nurse is just a nurse. As Carter says, "You have to be able to do multitask. As nurses we are pulled into so many different directions. We play different roles of educator, advocate and mediator between patients and their doctors or loved ones." Being professional nurse means the patients in your care must be able to trust you. Nurses are the front lines of health care. They should establish healthy relationships with patients and other health care workers.

c.) Nursing as vocation in studies:-

A Nursing qualification gives you lot of career options, you can work in child health, aged care, acute hospital care, rehabilitation, mental health or primary health care.

During your studies, you'll get lots of opportunities to ask questions, solve problems, and treat real patients during clinical practice. You'll get to graduate with great knowledge and skills in everything from anatomy, physiology, mental health, bioscience and human development. You'll be confident and well prepared nurse and could take government as well as abroad exams for your bright future.

Thank you!

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