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Professional Development Plan
Attaining a Master’s degree in Nursing requires a great deal of focus and coordinated effort. It also requires that the student’s personal and professional goals be aligned, as the Master’s degree in Nursing is really the ultimate expression of this alignment: a student whose personal values and aims do not reflect the professional aims represented by the Master’s in Nursing is a student who is likely to be pulled in two different directions at once. Unless the ultimate aims converge, divergence will result—and that is why it… Continue Reading...
and engaging students and colleagues in active discussions about social justice issues and what we can do together.
Professional Dispositions
Each educator will have a unique approach to leadership, to communication, and to pedagogy. Therefore, my professional dispositions will be unique and reflect my personal ethics and values. I will cultivate values like equity and fairness in my work with students, parents, community members, and colleagues. Becoming a role model, I will embody professional dispositions that also reflect my commitment to competencies in education and to best practices in education.
Advocacy
Advocacy is one of the most important, but often overlooked, roles of the educator (Ryan & Rottman,… Continue Reading...
My needs assessment reveals that there is a significant amount of work I need to do to successfully further my professional development. One of the most salient needs is that I require professional modeling. Specifically, it would benefit my career to be able to pattern myself and the various actions I take to further my career predicated on the counsel and behavior of another. Were I able to attain a mentor, he or she could assist me with the some of the facets of improvement I need as identified in my needs assessment. For instance, organization is one of the areas in which I could stand a fair amount of… Continue Reading...
as accurate.
Eager to gain more knowledge, I believe that there are several additional areas in my professional development I wish to obtain. Those include working with people with serious mental health issues and substance abuse, as well as family counseling. I also want to investigate options for client advocacy and public policy, as well as how to integrate technology into the counseling profession. Yet already at this point in my program, I feel I have come a long way. I have been working with a diverse patient population for years, and have long desired to become a professional counselor with the ability to influence peoples' lives… Continue Reading...
Assessment 3: Professional Accountability and Patient Safety
Defining the Issue: Violence from Patients towards Nurses:
In this discussion, I concern myself with ‘violence from patients towards nurses.’ It is important to note, from the onset, that violence meted to nurses by patients is one of the least discussed contemporary nursing issues. In the words of Stevenson, Jack, O’Mara and LeGris (2015, p. 32), “registered nurses (RNs), compared to other healthcare providers are at a higher risk of experiencing violence in the workplace that is initiated by patients and families.” In essence, violence… Continue Reading...
Professional development is a multi-faceted process towards enhancing one's knowledge, skills, abilities, and experience in his/her career. This process incorporates maintaining and enhancing academic credentials and experience towards a fulfilling and meaningful career. During this process, an individual must consider and incorporate important factors that enable him/her to improve his/her skills and experience. Some of the most important considerations to make during this process include networking, consistency in professional brand, and maintaining connections with a career coach or mentor. Through focusing on these various aspects, an individual effectively enhances his… Continue Reading...
Professional and Community Collaboration: ENABLE
The stakeholder group I would love to initiate professional collaboration and engagement is called ENABLE (European Network against Bullying in Learning and Leisure Environments) (School Education Gateway, 2016). This is a European stakeholder group with roots in the United Kingdom, Romania, Greece, Denmark, Belgium and Croatia. The ENABLE project was designed with the objective of assisting in SEL (Social-Emotional Learning) skills development (School Education Gateway, 2016). The project targets children aged between eleven and fourteen years of age. This stakeholder project also helps promote concerted… Continue Reading...
Professional Standards for Educational Leaders (PSEL)
The concept of instructional leadership posits that strong leadership in education focuses on curriculum and instruction (Mitchell, Kensler & Tschannen-Moran, 2015). As an instructional leader, therefore, it is important to have a deep understanding and personal sense of the Professional Standards for Educational Leaders (PSEL). This paper will examine PSEL’s Standards 1-10, summarize each standard and describe my role in relation to each standard.
Standard 1: Mission, Vision, and Core Values
This standard holds that effective educational leaders create, promote and embody and mission,… Continue Reading...
Joining Professional Organizations
The significance of professional organizations as far as career growth and professional development are concerned cannot be overemphasized. One of the important benefits of joining a professional organization is that it enhances one's professional network. For anyone aspiring to climb the career ladder, building professional relationships is crucial. Joining a professional association enables one to connect with their peers, particularly during events held over the course of the year as well as discussion boards and chat groups. Connecting with peers facilitates the sharing of ideas, keeping up with… Continue Reading...
Healthcare professionals offer their services to the community whilst taking care to fully respect people's dignity. Doctors need to earn public confidence by dedicating their skill all equally, and to the best of their ability. A number of professional organizations supporting doctors in ensuring public safety exist, two of which are the ANA (American Nurses Association) and the AMA (American Medical Association). In this paper, the two aforementioned organizations' standards and functions will be analyzed.
A clear identification of the professional boards
The ANA represents its 3.6-million-strong registered nurse (RN) workforce's… Continue Reading...
1969, the American Nephrology Nurses Association (ANNA) has remained the definitive nonprofit professional organization for nurses and other healthcare professionals specializing in nephrology (“About ANNA,” 2018). The primary function of ANNA is to promote research and education, professional development and networking, patient advocacy and policy development.
Mission and Vision
The mission of the ANNA is to sustain a community of nephrology professionals through leadership development, education, and outreach. Our vision is to promote evidence-based practice to improve patient outcomes, as well as to nurture our growing community of passionate healthcare advocates (“About ANNA,” 2018).
Advantages of Membership
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hard for many people to separate their personal values and their professional values. Often times, these values are one and the same even when that is not the mandate and requirement of the employer in question. The problem with that mindset is that passing judgment or aspersions of the choices and mindsets and others when they have just as many rights to feel as they do, at least in most cases, is not the right thing to do. While setting aside one's personal beliefs and convictions is not the easiest thing to do, it is the right thing to do unless… Continue Reading...
Timeline for Professional and Personal Growth
Nurse Practitioner (NP) role is one of the specialties in advanced practice nursing and has experienced an increase in demand because of the shortage of nursing (Hamric, Tracy & Hanson, 2013). The growth of the NP role in the modern advanced practice nursing field is also attributable to the increased demand in primary care services. Given the increased demand of these practitioners, the nursing education field is increasingly encouraging more individuals to enroll for nurse practitioner roles. However, for an individual to become an accomplished nurse… Continue Reading...
in the care delivery process. This paper whether the use of professional interpreters improves patient-provider communication and results in better health outcomes. Through a study that was carried out a sample of 40 elderly Hispanic diabetic patients at a Wellness Center in Los Angeles, using a professional interpreter improves provider-patient communication. The use of professional interpreters and language concordance is associated with improved provider-patient interactions, enhanced interpersonal care, and better medication adherence within three months.
Keywords: elderly Hispanics, patients, medication adherence, bilingual interpreters, treatment, patient-provider communication, healthcare providers.
Overview
Provider-patient communication is an important factor in enhancing patient outcomes in the… Continue Reading...
Current Employment Trends and Certification Options for Database Professionals. Monaco Vs US
Current Job Markets and Future Trends Analysis
The current job trends for database professionals indicate that in both countries employment is projected to grow by about 11 percent in the coming 5 years (Kline). This is faster than the average in any other occupation. The driving factor is the ever-increasing data needs of companies within the economy. Data has been seen as the next currency and every company wants to invest heavily in the management and processing of data. According to the (U.S. Bureau of Labor… Continue Reading...
Instructional leadership and professional development are some of the most important components towards enhancing the effectiveness of teachers with regards to learning outcomes and achievement of the required educational standards. This is primarily because instructional leadership and professional development are focused on student learning and achievement. School districts are increasingly recognizing the need to promote instructional leadership and professional development of educators in order to enhance student learning and achievement. Paterson Public School considers instructional leadership and professional development as the basic vehicles for generating the desired change in teaching practice, which in… Continue Reading...
not proficient in English. This project seeks to examine whether the use of professional interpreters enhance medication adherence as compared to using family members as interpreters. The implementation of this project requires the involvement of various stakeholders who control resources and are necessary in the implementation process. The administrative stakeholders required for implementation of this project is the hospital management while the clinical stakeholders include healthcare providers, nurses, patients, and professional interpreter. The necessary financial stakeholders include the healthcare provider and governmental or non-governmental healthcare agencies.
Theoretical Foundation and Conceptual Framework
The main goal of this proposed project is to promote the use… Continue Reading...
Maintain current knowledge and skills while engaging in self-enhancement through continuous learning.
• Uphold personal and professional standards of practice at all times during nursing practice.
Personal Experience
• I have previously cared for a sick family member before joining the nursing career. This influenced my choice to pursue a career in nursing.
Family Member(s)
• The family member I cared for influenced my decision to pursue a career in the nursing field.
Friends and Peers
• Most of my friends and peers are in the nursing field and have encouraged me to pursue a career in this field.
Mentors
Work-Related
OPTIONS to Consider
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Identifying and Associating With Professional Coalitions:
Vaccinations and the State of Florida
For school-age children, the state of Florida, according to the most recent data on its website (2018) requires a relatively standard battery of immunizations, including inoculations for diphtheria, tetanus, acellular pertussis (Tdap), measles mumps and rubella (MMR), polio (IPV), Hepatitis B, chickenpox (Varicella). Some of these vaccinations have incurred controversy over the years, including claimed links to autism. Currently, for children medically able to be vaccinated Florida only permits religious exemptions from vaccinations. In other words, parents cannot opt their children out… Continue Reading...
Professional Ethics and Responsibilities: The Volkswagen Emissions Scandal
In what was deemed a major blunder on the part of VW’s executives, and a blot to the long-term reputation of the Volkswagen Company, the Volkswagen emissions scandal was uncovered by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) which had found out that “many VW cars being sold in America had a ‘defeat device’ – or software – in diesel engines that could detect when they were being tested, changing the performance accordingly to improve the results” (Hotten, 2015). Thanks to the emissions scandal,… Continue Reading...
