Nursing

PURPOSE:

Having a clear vision for the future, setting reasonable goals, and developing strategies for meeting those goals are important steps in ensuring control of one’s professional future. This assignment provides the student with the opportunity to demonstrate a commitment to ongoing personal and professional development through the creation of a one-year and five-year professional career plan in nursing. It also creates an awareness of/partnership with Chamberlain’s Career Services professionals, Career Care Plan, and resources available through Chamberlain Career

 REQUIREMENTS

1.     Write a 4-5 pages’ essay that includes the following components:  Transition into the Professional Nursing Role: Identifications to be considered in the transition from student to BSN graduate nurse including:

• Identify the state (in Florida) in which the student is seeking employment.

• Detail a minimum of three (3) criteria set forth by the Board of Nursing for obtaining an   RN license in that state.

 • Research and identify three (3) positions/employers the student could work for as a new graduate BSN in the geographic area the student is seeking employment. Identify motivators and possible detractors for working in those positions/with the selected employers.

o Hint: Check out the LiquidCompass job board to identify New Graduate nursing positions in your geographic area. LiquidCompass is available in Career Care under the ‘Additional Resources’ tab.

• Provide the details of what is required to submit an application for the positions   identified above.

• Determine career goals through the completion of a Career Assessment Profile in Career Care.

• Holistic Life Balance: Provide a description of the ways in which the student intends to maintain holistic balance in their personal life as well as in the role of professional nurse within the first year and at five years.

• Stressors and Challenges: Identify known stressors and anticipated challenges as well as plans for managing each of them within the first year and at five years. Career Services can provide assistance with this assignment element (i.e., How do I get to where I want to go in nursing? What are my goals? What challenges must be addressed to reach my goals? etc.).

 • Lifelong Learning: Determine a plan for lifelong learning and educational development anticipated within the first year and at five years. o This plan can include, but is not limited to, specialty certification, advanced nursing education, and the pursuit of formal education outside of the nursing discipline.

• Professional Contributions: Summarize plans for (a) contributing to at least one professional nursing community as well as the student’s general community in the healthcare professional role within the first year and at five years, and (b) examining the need for the student’s own professional nursing development related to monitoring outcomes data for patient quality & safety (i.e., how do I need to develop to better assess data that helps me deliver safe patient care and improve the quality of that care?).

• Scholarly Resources:

o A minimum of three (3) peer-reviewed scholarly sources are required in support of this assignment…. (must be recent no more than 5 years).

o A minimum of one (1) professional nursing organization website or Board of Nursing website is required in support of this assignment…. (very important).

PREPARING THE ASSIGNMENT

• Maximum of 4-5 pages including the title page and the reference page.

• Students may find the following list of resources helpful in completing the assignment:

o American Nurses Credentialing Center at http://www.nursecredentialing.org/certification.aspx o Board of Nursing Contact athttps://www.ncsbn.org/contact-bon.htm

o Holistic Nursing at http://www.ahna.org/About-Us/What-is-Holistic-Nursing

o National Council of State Boards of Nursing at https://www.ncsbn.org/index.htm

o Nursing Community at http://www.thenursingcommunity.org/

o Robert Wood Johnson Foundation at http://www.rwjf.org/

o Sigma Theta Tau International at http://www.nursingsociety.org

Notes: please making sure that all the requirements are met for this assignment.

Thank you,