When I was in the bachelor program at UAB, there were many techniques that were used in order to promote professional value. The value of being professional is taught from day one of nursing school. From admission interviews and email correspondence with professors, to interactions with patients and coworkers in the clinical setting. While we are taught the fundamentals of nursing at a early stage in the bachelor program, the test of growth and inheritance is practiced during clinical rotations and simulation labs. As we move forward through the semesters, we learn the patho-physiology of the body and we start to understand how signs and symptoms correlate with lab values. It is then that we start to build autonomy to advocate for our patients
