Career Planning

Career Planning

TOTAL POINTS POSSIBLE 200 points

REQUIREMENTS

Write a maximum of 5 pages, excluding the title page, reference page.

• Transition into the Professional Nursing Role: Identify actions to be considered in the transition from student to BSN graduate nurse including:

• Identify the state of (DALLAS, TEXAS) 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.

Position 1 Graduate Nurse Residency

Position 2

Position 3

Identify motivators and possible detractors for working in those positions/with the selected employers.

Hint: Check out the Liquid Compass job board to identify New Graduate nursing positions in your geographic area.

· Go to https://www.liquidcompass.com/find-nursing-jobs-near-dallas-tx

• 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. Make sure key differences between year 1 and year 5 are identified.

• 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.

• 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: Use ANA and Faith base organization. Summarize plans for

(a) Contributing to at least one professional nursing community (use Board of Nursing) 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:

· A minimum of three (3) peer-reviewed scholarly sources less than 5 years old are required in support of this assignment.

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

PREPARING THE ASSIGNMENT

• Maximum of 5 pages, excluding the title page, reference page.

• The sources cited both in text and on the reference page for this assignment will be formatted according to APA 7th edition guidelines.

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

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

· Holistic Nursing at http://www.ahna.org/About-Us/What-is-Holistico Nursing o National Council of State Boards of Nursing athttps://www.ncsbn.org/index.htm

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

· Robert Wood Johnson Foundation at http://www.rwjf.org/ o Sigma Theta Tau International at http://www.nursingsociety.org