Identify the professional organization related to the specialization you have chosen to focus on for this assignment and explain how you can become an active member of this organization.
NURS 6002: Foundations of Graduate Study
Academic and Professional Success Plan
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This document is to be used for NURS 6002 Foundations of Graduate Study to complete Assessments 1-6. Just as importantly the document serves to organize your thoughts about planning for your academic and professional success.
For specific instructions see the weekly assessment details in the course, or ask your instructor for further guidance.
Week 1 | Part 1: My Academic and Professional Network
I have identified and secured the participation of the following academic (at least two) and professional (at least two) individuals and/or teams to form the basis of my network. This network will help me to clarify my vision for success and will help guide me now and in the future.
Directions: Complete the information below for each member of your network. For more than four entries repeat the items below with details of your additional network member(s) in the ‘ADDITIONAL NETWORK MEMBERS’ section.
NETWORK MEMBER 1
Name: Laurie Jenig BSN
Title: Nursing Manager
Organization: Aurora Behavioral Health
Academic or Professional: Professional
Why I selected this individual and/or team and how they will support my success in the MSN program and as a practicing nurse:
I selected this individual because of her leadership school. Despite the pressure at her workplace she is well coordinated and will never transfer aggression to her staff. She is a good listener and was resourceful to me during my BSN. She thinks carefully and she has the ability to bounce idea back and forth with me
NETWORK MEMBER 2
Title: PMH-NP
Organization: Aurora Behavioral Health
Academic or Professional: Professional
Why I selected this individual and/or team and how they will support my success in the MSN program and as a practicing nurse:
Notes: I choose Bukola because she has been working with this organization for eight years. She started as a floor nurse in this organization, became a charge nurse and went back to school to be Psychiatry nurse practitioner. She gave me the push I need to go back to school. She brought some textbooks she used when she did hers. She is well experienced in psychiatry nursing.
NETWORK MEMBER 3
Name: Silfa Jones
Title: RN, BSN
Organization: Thorek Memorial Hospital
Academic or Professional: Academics
Why I selected this individual and/or team and how they will support my success in the MSN program and as a practicing nurse:
Notes: I choose her because we were study mate for BSN. She currently in Walden too for psychiatry nursing. We both attended meeting and seminars that benefitted our career the time. She is like a push to me and it makes all easy because I can get a physical person discuss my classes with.
NETWORK MEMBER 4
Name: Melisa P MSN
Title: charge Nurse
Organization: Thorek Memorial Hospital
Academic or Professional: Academic
Why I selected this individual and/or team and how they will support my success in the MSN program and as a practicing nurse:
Notes: I choose Melissa because she is a resourceful person. She had her Bachelors in psychology and the did her masters in Nursing. Apart from being a floor Nurse she just published her first articles in one of the local nursing Journal in Illinois. She is currently seeking for more information on what food will benefit schizophrenic patients. She is constantly in search of new knowledge.
ADDITIONAL NETWORK MEMBERS
Week 2 | Part 2: Academic Resources and Strategies
I have identified the following academic resources and/or strategies that can be applied to success in the nursing practice in general or my specialty in particular.
Directions: In the space below Identify and describe at least three academic resources or strategies that can be applied to the MSN program, and at least three professional resources that can be applied to success in the nursing practice in general or your specialty in particular. For each, explain how you intend to use these resources, and how they might benefit you academically and professionally.
ACADEMIC RESOURCE/STRATEGY 1
Internet – The Internet is an incredible method to conduct investigations for an essential and auxiliary purpose. Since the arrangement of reference books are presently accessible on the web as opposed to printed frames; I currently manage everything on the internet. Pretty much everything is available on the web a large portion of them are accessible in a free source. I plan on using this insightful resource without confinements of my ability since the internet supports types of learning creation and information utilization that vary enormously from the epistemological assumptions of formal tutoring and mass guidance.
ACADEMIC RESOURCE/STRATEGY 2
Tutoring and Help Rooms – I append myself to qualified and prepared peer tutors who will help me with mastering my course content and growing my potential for academic accomplishment. At the point when joined with customary participation of classes and recitations, visits to educators’ available time, utilization of departmental Help Rooms and development of peer study groups, mentoring serves as a proactive advance for guaranteeing that I scholastically succeed (Bradshaw & Hultquist, 2016). My technique is to search for my an academic director who will help me in recognizing different grounds assets that may be of help as I create study abilities and great work propensities, including Stress-busters.
ACADEMIC RESOURCE/STRATEGY 3
Local Library – The use of my local library offers a full scope of assets and services to help all parts of my studies. Librarians will enable me to locate the best print and electronic assets and show me how to utilize bibliographic software just as different instruments that will allow me to design and manage data. My procedure will be straightforward since more often than not I go to classes, I will visit the library around evening time when I am finished with my classes.
PROFESSIONAL RESOURCE/STRATEGY 1
ANA (American Nurses Association) – My plans for joining the association would enable me to finish the hover between clinical practice and the outside elements that impact nursing. Joining this association can too benefit me to increase clinical abilities and furthermore improve both my expert network and future profession prospects. There are such a substantial number of devices and resources for orderlies that I trust I will probably exploit as i advance in this field.
PROFESSIONAL RESOURCE/STRATEGY 2
National Federation for Specialty Nursing Organizations (NFSNO) – This will enable me to create the vitality, stream of thoughts, and proactive work expected to keep up a sound calling that advocates for the necessities of its clients and medical attendants, and the trust of society (Sayles & Shelton, 2005).
PROFESSIONAL RESOURCE/STRATEGY 3
ICN (The International Council of Nurses) – I plan to adequately look into the International Council of Nurses since ICN attempts to guarantee quality nursing care for all, stable wellbeing arrangements all-inclusive, the progression of nursing information, and the presence worldwide of a regarded nursing profession and a skilled and fulfilled nursing workforce. The association will enable me to create a consolidated stage for the definition and extent of training in my field.
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES/STRATEGIES
Week 3 | Part 3: Strategies to Promote Academic Integrity and Professional Ethics
I have analyzed the relationship between academic integrity and writing, as well as the relationship between professional practices and scholarly ethics. I have also identified strategies I intend to pursue to maintain integrity and ethics of my academic work while a student of the MSN program, as well as my professional work as a nurse throughout my career. The results of these efforts are shared below.
Directions: In the space below craft your analysis/writing sample, including Part 1 (The Connection Between Academic and Professional Integrity) and Part 2 (Strategies for Maintaining Integrity of Work).
Part 1: Writing Sample: The Connection Between Academic and Professional Integrity
In the space below write a 2- 3-paragraph analysis that includes the following:
· Explanation for the relationship between academic integrity and writing
· Explanation for the relationship between professional practices and scholarly ethics
· Cite at least 2 resources that support your arguments, being sure to use proper APA formatting.
· Use Grammarly and SafeAssign to improve the product.
· Explain how Grammarly, Safe Assign, and paraphrasing contributes to academic integrity
Academic integrity is defined as the frequencies of being honest and it is being displayed in all academic aspects. Violation of academic integrity makes it hard for students to access suitable knowledge which is important in having a successful academic outcome. The most common factors associated with academic dishonesty are related to issues such as plagiarism and academic forgery. Plagiarism and academic forgery are considered to be unethical in the academic environment. In a nursing career, there is a connection between academic integrity and writing. In academic ethics, any person is capable of displaying moral ethics on the written work through recognizing the work of other scholars. Integrity is considered to be the most important aspect of writing since it is demonstrating some important aspects of academic intellectuality (Cock, 2016). For the purposes of ensuring that there is academic integrity while writing a project or essay, it is always important to avoid involvement in plagiarism to help in the presentation of authentic and original work. When the work of other scholars is used, it is crucial to acknowledge them through referencing.
The relationship between professional practices and scholarly ethics
In nursing practices, it is always important to adopt the practice of embracing scholarly ethics to ensure that there is involvement in honesty practices. In nursing practice, ethical standards are high values and are considered to be the moral integrity which forms an important element towards delivering quality healthcare services to the patients (Milton, 2015). Evidence-based practice is important in ensuring that there is a professional practice within the field of nursing practice and it is usually based on the scholarly articles.it is, therefore, a requirement that nurses put more focus on the scholarly articles which are easily referable. A constructive link between professionalism and the academic ethics is helping in the creation of ethical workplace for nurses hence assisting in the development of trust from the patients to ensure that there is a delivery of quality care to the clients. There is also the existence of the code of ethics which guides nursing practices and are based on the scholarly articles written by specific authors or organizations. It is, therefore, a requirement for nurses to observe the code of ethics to help in improving the quality of care being provided to the patients.
How Grammarly, safe assign and paraphrasing are contributing to the academic integrity
Grammarly, safe assign and paraphrasing are playing an essential role in enhancing the ability of the students. Grammarly allows students to proofread the grammatical errors, spelling check, and punctuation. It is also possible to check on plagiarism which also provides the chances of making a correction to the mistakes made and citing appropriate sources. Correspondingly, Safe Assign and Turnitin are applications which have been developed to help in the detection of plagiarism. These applications are important in helping the students or writers to gather more knowledge regarding the appropriate methods of using academic resources and methods of citing them during writing (Milton, 2015).
PART 2: Strategies for Maintaining Integrity of Work
Expand on your thoughts from Part 1 by:
· Identifying and describing strategies you intend to pursue to maintain integrity and ethics of your 1) academic work while a student of the MSN program, and 2) professional work as a nurse throughout your career. Include a review of resources and approaches you propose to use as a student and a professional.
Week 4 | Part 4: Research Analysis
I have identified one topic of interest for further study. I have researched and identified one peer-reviewed research article focused on this topic and have analyzed this article. The results of these efforts are shared below.
Directions: Complete Step 1 by using the table and subsequent space below identify and analyze the research article you have selected. Complete Step 2 by summarizing in 2-3 paragraphs the results of your analysis using the space identified.
Step 1: Research Analysis
The scholarly article which is peer-reviewed which I selected is “Associations of age at cannabis first use and later substance abuse with mental health and depression in young men.”
The authors associated between age at cannabis first use and the recurrence of cannabis usage utilizing a “Cox proportional hazard technique.” Relationship with other unlawful medication use, liquor reliance, nicotine reliance, psychological well-being, and depression was examined utilizing direct relapses and logistics relapses. In this manner, the expert practice utilization of the speculations/ideas displayed in the article is the Cox proportional hazard show that they explored the relationship between the survival time of participants and at least one indicator factors.
Complete the table below
| Topic of Interest: | Associations of age at cannabis first use and later substance abuse with mental health and depression in young men | |||
| Research Article: Include full citation in APA format, as well as link or search details (such as DOI) | Henchoz, Y., N’Goran, A. A., Baggio, S., Deline, S., Studer, J., & Gmel, G. (2016). Associations of age at cannabis first use and later substance abuse with mental health and depression in young men. Journal of Substance Use, 21(1), 85-91.Retrieved from: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/ref/10.3109/14659891.2014.966342?scroll=top | |||
| Professional Practice Use:One or more professional practice uses of the theories/concepts presented in the article | To investigates the association between a dependent variable and one or more predictor variables simultaneously. In this case, to associate between age at cannabis first use and the recurrence of cannabis usage in young men as well with other substances use like alcohol and cocaine. | |||
| Research Analysis MatrixAdd more rows if necessary | Strengths of the Research | Limitations of the Research | Relevancy to Topic of Interest | Notes |
| The research used Cox proportional hazard model to associate mental health and depression with cannabis misuse | Failure to collect valid report from psychosocial impaired substance abusers | early cannabis onset is associated with later impairments in mental health and depression | Findings suggest that a significant association exists between depression and the use of alcohol, cannabis, and tobacco. | |
Step 2: Summary of Analysis
Craft a summary (2-3 paragraph) below that includes the following:
· Describe your approach to identifying and analyzing peer-reviewed research
· Identify at least two strategies that you would use that you found to be effective in finding peer-reviewed research
· Identify at least one resource you intend to use in the future to find peer-reviewed research
I would recommend this article for professional use because it is peer reviewed since it is bound to be accurately consistent and achieve sensible outcomes.
To find peer-reviewed sources I previously checked my library database. The library database had a choice to refine my search and show just insightful articles. Two methodologies I would use to look for a peer-reviewed article are “phrase search” – this is the use of double statements around an expression to cut the words together for example “sustainable advancement.” Truncation – cutting a word and finds the substitute endings of the word, for example, create* finds create, creates, creative, or creating.
One resource I expect to use later on to discover peer-reviewed study is peer-reviewed journals because these articles are composed by professionals and are audited by a few different experts in the field before the report is distributed in the journal to guarantee the article’s quality.
Reference
Henchoz, Y., N’Goran, A. A., Baggio, S., Deline, S., Studer, J., & Gmel, G. (2016). Associations of age at cannabis first use and later substance abuse with mental health and depression in young men. Journal of Substance Use, 21(1), 85-91.Retrieved from: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/ref/10.3109/14659891.2014.966342?scroll=top
Week 5 | Part 5: Professional Development
I have developed a curriculum vitae to capture my academic and professional accomplishments to date. I have also developed a statement identifying one or more professional development goals, and a statement proposing how I might align one or more of these professional development goals with the University’s emphasis on social change.
The results of my efforts are below.
Directions: Complete Step 1 by developing (or copying and pasting) a curriculum vitae (CV) in the space provided. Complete Step 2 by completing a statement identifying your professional development goals space identified. Complete Step 3 by writing a statement proposing how you might align one or more of your professional development goals with the University’s emphasis on social change.
Step 1: Curriculum Vitae (CV)
Use the space below to write your CV based on your current education and professional background. Alternatively, you may write this in a separate document and copy/paste the results below.
NOTE: If needed there are a variety of online resources available with tips and samples of graduate nurse CVs.
Semiloore Akerele
Psychiatric Charge Nurse
Sakerele12@gmail.com
(857) 214-9803
Personal Statement
To obtain employment in a nursing setting in which I can utilize my leadership and communication skills
Education
Grand Canyon University (Phoenix, AZ) April 2017- July 2018
Graduated with bachelor’s degree in nursing.
3.87/4.0 GPA School of Post Basic Nursing (Ilorin, Kwara State) Nov 2011- Nov 2012
Diploma in Pediatric Nursing University of Ibadan (Ibadan, Nigeria) Oct 2006- May 2010
Graduated with Associates Degree in Nursing
Work Experience
Chicago Lakeshore Hospital (Chicago, IL)
Psychiatric Charge Nurse ( Nov 2016-Present)
· Responsible for providing safe and therapeutic care to children ages 4 to 17 in a psychiatric inpatient setting, working with individuals that have severe mental health and behavioral difficulties
· Oversee milieu activity, leading nursing and clinical staff in order to have structured treatment on daily basis.
· Specialized in non-violent crisis intervention through verbal and behavioral de-escalation techniques.
· Administered medication, maintaining medication management and provided PRN crisis intervention compliant with doctor’s orders and hospital policy.
· Complete nursing documentation including assessments, medication administration, treatment plans, discharge summary, and follow-up care, etc.
· Conducted nursing groups, providing psycho-education and health education to patients
· Built therapeutic rapport with patients and family, assisting in holistic care.
· Ensured HIPPAA compliance University College Hospital (Ibadan, Nigeria) July 2014-Oct 2016 Emergency Room Nurse
· Active medical team member in fast-paced environment, providing emergency treatment and support in order to stabilize patients in crisis situations.
· Monitored patient conditions and assess status by obtaining all vital signs and consistent observations.
· Provided direct patient care in preparing individuals for medical procedures, transferring patients, facilitating successful discharges.
· Educated patients in order to ensure stability upon discharge such as wound irrigation and dressing, medication management, etc.
Outreach Children Hospital (Lagos, Nigeria)
Pediatric Medical Charge Nurse (Aug 2010-May 2016 )
· Worked as a team to provide primary care for neonatal and pediatric patients ages 0 to 18, in medical setting.
· Completing a wide range of services including wellness visits, routine health exams, illness treatment, injuries and life-threatening conditions.
· Administered pharmacological and non-pharmacological medicines to patients, providing education in medication management.
· Responsible for primary care, case management, and medication management.
· Empathically interacted with patients and families, ensuring comfort and quality medical care.
Skills/ Experience
· Volunteer: Anu Medical Outreach (2012), Kokumo Foundation (2014).
· Technical: Registered Nurse Illinois (2020), CPI certified (2019), CPR certified (2020), BLS American Heart Association (2018).
· Additional: Strong critical thinking, creative problem solving, great verbal and written communication skills, responsible, team oriented yet independent, enjoys a challenge, fast learner, works well with diversity, positive attitude, able to work at a fast pace and high stress environments, and reliable in meeting deadlines.
Step 2: Professional Development Goals
Use the space below to write a statement identifying your professional development goals.
My key development goals have been: focusing on becoming an expert and improving my skills to mastery levels thus increasing my ability to provide excellent patient care, focusing on continuing my education and developing the interpersonal skills required for the appropriate collaboration and communication with the hospital staff.
Step 3: Alignment with Social Change
Use the space below to write a statement proposing how you might align one or more of your professional development goals with the University’s emphasis on social change.
Increasing my levels of expertise will be key to realizing positive social change by enabling me to develop myself through increasing my education levels and becoming a principled, knowledgeable and professional role model through better patient care and the advancement of a healthier society.
Week 6 | Part 6: Finalizing the Plan
I have considered various options for my nursing specialty, including a close look at my selected (or currently preferred) specialty and second-preferred specialty. I have also developed a justification of my selected (or preferred) specialty. Lastly, I have examined one professional organization related to my selected or preferred specialty and considered how I can become a member of this organization.
The results of my efforts are below.
Directions: Complete Step 1 by writing 2-3 paragraphs in the space below comparing the nursing specialty you have selected – or the one you prefer if your choice is still under consideration – to your second preference. Identify each specialty and describe the focus and the role that graduates are prepared for. Identify any other differentiators you feel are significant, especially those that helped or may help you reach a decision.
Complete Step 2 by writing a paragraph identifying and justifying your reasons for choosing your MSN specialization. Be sure to incorporate any feedback you received from colleagues in this week’s Discussion Forum.
Complete Step 3 by examining and identifying one professional organization related to your selected or preferred specialty. Explain how you can become a member of this organization.
Step 1: Comparison of Nursing Specialties
Use the space below to write 2-3 paragraphs comparing the nursing specialty you have selected – or the one you prefer if your choice is still under consideration – to your second preference. Identify each specialty and describe the focus and the role that graduates are prepared for. Identify any other differentiators you feel are significant, especially those that helped or may help you reach a decision.
Step 2: Justification of Nursing Specialty
Use the space below to write a paragraph identifying and justifying your reasons for choosing your MSN specialization. Be sure to incorporate any feedback you received from colleagues in this week’s Discussion Forum.
Step 3: Professional Organizations
Use the space below to identify and examine one professional organization related to your selected or preferred specialty. Explain how you can become a member of this organization.
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