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 ones 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 Chamberlains Career Services professionals, Career Care Plan, and resources available through Chamberlain Career Care.
COURSE OUTCOMES
This assignment enables the student to meet the following course outcomes:
CO #1: Synthesize knowledge from the sciences, humanities, and nursing in managing the needs of humans asconsumers of healthcare in a patient-centered environment. (PO# 1)
CO #2: Integrate communication and relationship skills in teamwork and collaboration functioning effectively withhealth team members and consumers of care. (PO 3)
CO #5: Explore the impact of professional standards, legislative issues, ethical principles, and values onprofessional nursing, using data to monitor outcomes and improve quality and safety. (PO# 5, 6)
DUE DATE
Unless otherwise instructed by the faculty, this assignment is due to be submitted in the course drop box no later the 12 am (midnight) on the Sunday at the end of Unit 4. The Colleges Late Assignment Policy applies to this activity.
TOTAL POINTS POSSIBLE
200 points
REQUIREMENTS
Write a maximum of 4-6 pages, excluding the title page, reference page, and the appendix.
Transition into the Professional Nursing Role: Identify actions to be considered in the transition from student toBSN graduate nurse including:
Identify the state 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 thegeographic area the student is seeking employment. Identify motivators and possible detractors for working inthose positions/with the selected employers.
Hint: Check out the LiquidCompass job board to identify New Graduate nursing positions in your geographicarea. LiquidCompass is available in CareerCare 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 CareerCare.
Holistic Life Balance: Provide a description of the ways in which the student intends to maintain holistic balance intheir 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 eachof them within the first year and at five years. Career Services can provide assistance with this assignmentelement (i.e., How do I get to where I want to go in nursing? What are my goals? What challenges must beaddressed to reach my goals? etc.).
Lifelong Learning: Determine a plan for lifelong learning and educational development anticipated within the firstyear and at five years.
oThis plan can include, but is not limited to, specialty certification, advanced nursing education, and thepursuit of formal education outside of the nursing discipline.
NR452 Capstone Course
NR452 RUA Career Planning Guidelines V5.docx May2020 SRK 2
Professional Contributions: Summarize plans for (a) contributing to at least one professional nursing communityas well as the students general community in the healthcare professional role within the first year and at fiveyears, and (b) examining the need for the students own professional nursing development related tomonitoring outcomes data for patient quality & safety (i.e., how do I need to develop to better assess data thathelps me deliver safe patient care and improve the quality of that care?).
Scholarly Resources:
oA minimum of three (3) peer-reviewed scholarly sources are required in support of this assignment.
oA minimum of one (1) professional nursing organization website or Board of Nursing website is required insupport of this assignment.
PREPARING THE ASSIGNMENT
Maximum of 4-6 pages, excluding the title page, reference page, and the appendix.
oStudents may find the following list of resources helpful in completing the assignment:
oAmerican Nurses Credentialing Centerat http://www.nursecredentialing.org/certification.aspx
oBoard of Nursing Contact at https://www.ncsbn.org/contact-bon.htm
oHolistic Nursing at http://www.ahna.org/About-Us/What-is-Holistic-
o Nursing
oNational Council of State Boards of Nursing athttps://www.ncsbn.org/index.htm
oNursing Community at http://www.thenursingcommunity.org/
oRobert Wood Johnson Foundation at http://www.rwjf.org/
oSigma Theta Tau International at http://www.nursingsociety.org
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