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 4840 Transformation of Thinking and Perspective Transformation Journey If the writer had to choose one specific area of transformation of thought it would be that as nurses we do have the ability to affect change and the future of nursing. Throughout the EARN program the need to be nurse advocates has been stressed. However it was not until our course in Policy that this writer understood we can affect change through the political process by becoming involved in issues of importance to nursing. The writer had thought in more simple terms of issues being solved by legislators in office without much “outside” influence. The Nurses Day at the Capitol helped to change the writer’s perspective along with the responses received from Senator Holley and Representative Hammett regarding letters written to them in support of SB 234 and HB 398. As nurses we have a responsibility to make our voices heard. If we do not take action on behalf of nursing, who will? The writer realizes that throughout the EARN program the student’s mind has been evolving to include new ways of thinking about what a nurse truly is and what a nurse does. Through educational materials presented and the myriad assignments completed there has been a passage from the old and somewhat closed-minded thinking to new ideas and a realization that nurses are truly noble and wonderful beings. This writer does not believe a student capable of completing the EARN program at AUM without experiencing perspective transformation. The writer’s pride in being a nurse has been strengthened immeasurably.