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Professional Nursing Organization and Certification:
Guidelines
Purpose
The purpose of this assignment is to investigate a professional nursing organization that offers certification in an area of clinical or nonclinical expertise. You are to select a professional nursing organization and determine if it offers a certification that will be of benefit to you in your current position or a future position to which you aspire. The organization and certification may be in either a clinical or nonclinical area; however, leadership development opportunities are important.
For example, you may aspire to be a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA). Or, you may be currently interested in becoming a Certified Wound Care Specialist or Medical-Surgical Nurse.
You will complete the form provided in Doc Sharing carefully providing all the information requested.
Course Outcomes
This assignment enables you to meet the following course outcome(s).
CO 1: Apply leadership concepts, skills, and decision making in the provision of high quality nursing care, healthcare team management, and the oversight and accountability for care delivery in a variety of settings. (PO #2)
CO 6: Develop a personal awareness of complex organizational systems and integrate values and beliefs with organizational mission. (PO #7)
CO 8: Apply concepts of quality and safety using structure, process, and outcome measures to identify clinical questions as the beginning process of changing current practice. (PO #8)
Directions
1. Review the following (or similar) website and selects a professional nursing organization offering a certification of interest to you in your current position or one to which you aspire. www.nurse.org/orgs.shtml
2. Thoughtfully and completely answer the questions on the form.
3. Submit the form with your answers to the Dropbox by 11:59 p.m. (MT) on Sunday of Week 2.
5. BTLS, ACLS, ATLS, NALS, PALS and other similar certifications do NOT qualify for this assignment. If you have any questions about the organization or the certification, contact your instructor for clarification.
Grading Criteria
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Category |
Points |
% |
Description |
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Description of professional organization |
40 |
18% |
Names organization and describes the organization’s mission, vision, and values. Indicates membership eligibility criteria and yearly financial implications of membership. Workable link to organization’s website is included for faculty review. |
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Certification requirements |
30 |
13% |
Describes criteria for initial certification including education, testing, required practice hours (if applicable), fees etc. |
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Recertification requirements |
30 |
13% |
Describes criteria for recertification including education, testing, practice hours (if applicable), fees etc. |
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Practice impact |
50 |
22% |
Describes how membership (participation in the organization’s activities) will benefit your nursing practice, improve patient outcomes, enhance quality, safety, etc. |
|
Certification impact |
50 |
22% |
Describes how certification and recertification will benefit your nursing practice, improve patient outcomes, enhance quality, safety, etc. |
|
Scholarly writing and formatting |
25 |
12% |
· Date, name of the student and instructor appears on the form. · Punctuation and sentence structure are correct. · Evidence of spell and grammar check. |
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Total |
225 points |
100% |
A quality assignment will meet or exceed all of the above requirements. |
Grading Rubric
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Assignment Criteria |
A Outstanding or Highest Level of Performance |
B Very Good or High Level of Performance |
C Competent or Satisfactory Level of Performance |
F Poor or Failing or Unsatisfactory Level of Performance |
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Description of professional organization 40 points |
Thoroughly describes organization’s mission, vision, and values, indicating membership eligibility criteria and yearly financial implications of membership. Working link to organization’s website is included for faculty review. 37–40 points |
Clearly describes the organization’s mission, vision, and values, indicating membership eligibility criteria. Omits financial implications of membership. Working link to organization’s website is included for faculty review. 34–36 points |
Briefly describes the organization’s mission, vision, and values. Omits membership eligibility criteria and yearly financial implications of membership. Working link to organization’s website is not included for faculty review. 31–35 points |
Does not describe the organization’s mission, vision, and values. Omits other key information. Working link to organization’s website is not included for faculty review. 0–30 points |
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Certification requirements 30 points |
Thoroughly describes criteria for initial certification including education, testing, required practice hours (if applicable), fees etc. 28–30 points |
Clearly describes criteria for initial certification but omits one of the following: education, testing, required practice hours (if applicable), fees etc. 26–27 points |
Briefly describes criteria for initial certification but omits two or three of the following: education, testing, required practice hours (if applicable), fees etc. 23–25 points |
Does not describe criteria for initial certification. 0–22 points |
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Recertification requirements 30 points |
Thoroughly describes criteria for recertification including education, testing, practice hours (if applicable), fees etc. 28–30 points |
Clearly describes criteria for recertification but omits one of the following: education, testing, practice hours (if applicable), fees etc. 26–27 points |
Briefly describes criteria for recertification but omits two or three of the following: education, testing, practice hours (if applicable), fees etc. 23–25 points |
Does not describe criteria for recertification. 0–22 points |
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Practice impact 50 points |
Thoroughly describes how membership (participation in the organization’s activities) will benefit your nursing practice, improve patient outcomes, enhance quality, safety, etc. 46–50 points |
Clearly describes how membership (participation in the organization’s activities) will benefit your nursing practice but does not mention improvement of patient outcomes OR enhanced quality, safety, etc. 42–45 points |
Briefly describes how membership (participation in the organization’s activities) will benefit your nursing practice but does not mention improvement of patient outcomes AND enhanced quality, safety, etc. 38–41 points |
Does not describe how membership (participation in organization’s activities) will benefit patient care. 0–37 points |
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Certification impact 50 points |
Thoroughly describes how certification and recertification will benefit your nursing practice, improve patient outcomes, enhance quality, safety, etc. 46–50 points |
Clearly describes how certification and recertification will benefit your nursing practice but does not mention improvement of patient outcomes OR enhanced quality, safety, etc. 42–45 points |
Briefly describes how certification and recertification will benefit your nursing practice but does not mention improvement of patient outcomes AND enhanced quality, safety, etc. 38–41 points |
Does not describe how certification and recertification will benefit patient care. 0–37 points |
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Scholarly writing and formatting 25 points |
Date, name of the student and instructor appears on form. No punctuation or sentence structure errors are noted. No spelling or grammar errors noted. 23–25 points |
Date or name of the student or instructor is missing One-two punctuation and/or sentence structure errors noted. One-two spelling or grammar errors noted. 21–22 points |
Date and name of the student or instructor are missing. Three-four punctuation and/or sentence structure errors noted. Three-four spelling or grammar errors noted. 19–20 points |
No student identification noted. Multiple typos noted. Multiple grammar and punctuation errors noted. No evidence of proof-reading prior to submitting assignment. 0–18 points |
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Total possible points = 225 |
Your score= |
A quality assignment will meet or exceed all of the above requirements. |
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