Creating a Nursing Portfolio
Prior to starting my first nursing job, I hadn’t even heard of a nursing portfolio. As far as I was concerned, all the important documents representing my nursing career were a mumbo-jumbo pile stuffed somewhere between my nursing school books and my long-lost social security card on my overstuffed bookshelf.
Every time someone asked me for my CPR card, it became a five-day task that kept getting pushed to the bottom of my to-do list. When I began my nursing residency, I was told I would need to create a portfolio. I dreaded it. My pile of documents kept growing until the week before it was due.
While procrastination wasn’t the best plan, the final outcome was fantastic—I now have a large binder that serves as my go-to resource for anything nursing related.
So, what exactly is a nursing portfolio, and how do you make one?
