Discuss each of the goals in your professional development plan for attaining professional experience, academics, certificates or certifications, leadership development, or other important aspects of your career by including the following:

REQUIREMENTS

Your submission must be your original work. No more than a combined total of 30% of a submission and no more than a 10% match to any one individual source can be directly quoted or closely paraphrased from sources, even if cited correctly. The similarity report that is provided when you submit your task can be used as a guide.

 You must use the rubric to direct the creation of your submission because it provides detailed criteria that will be used to evaluate your work. Each requirement below may be evaluated by more than one rubric aspect. The rubric aspect titles may contain hyperlinks to relevant portions of the course.

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Note: You may use the attached “Professional Development Plan Template” in the Supporting Documents section to complete this task.

 

A.  Develop your five-year professional development plan by doing the following:

1.  Discuss each of the goals in your professional development plan for attaining professional experience, academics, certificates or certifications, leadership development, or other important aspects of your career by including the following:

•  one-year (short-term) goals

•  three-year (intermediate) goals

•  five-year (long-term) goals

2.  Discuss the requirements needed to maintain your current certificates or certifications.

3.  Discuss the requirements needed to earn and maintain desired future certificates or certifications.
Note: If your organization does not require additional certificates or certifications, provide an explanation in part A3.
4.  Discuss the requirements needed to achieve your desired education.

5.  Discuss the requirements needed to achieve your desired work experience.

6.  Discuss how your professional development plan will allow you the opportunity to be a change agent within your professional practice, including specific examples.
B.  Discuss the importance of each certificate obtained in this course:

•  American Museum of Natural History (AMNH)

•  End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC)

•  One of the following additional certificates of your choice:

•  Institute of Healthcare Improvement (IHI)

•  How Nurses Can Help Prevent Child Maltreatment

•  Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Nursing Education (SOGI Nursing)

•  Caring Science, Mindful Practice

1.  Explain how you plan to use each certificate discussed in part B within your professional practice, including specific examples.

2.  Explain how each certificate discussed in part B support your professional development plan, including specific examples.

3.  Submit a copy of your completed additional certificate discussed in part B by scanning it in either a JPEG, PNG, BMP, or PDF file.

a.  Explain why you chose the additional certificate.
C.  Acknowledge sources, using APA-formatted in-text citations and references, for content that is quoted, paraphrased, or summarized.
D.  Demonstrate professional communication in the content and presentation of your submission.
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RUBRIC

A1:SHORT-TERM, INTERMEDIATE, AND LONG-TERM GOALS

 

NOT EVIDENT

The submission does not provide a discussion of the learner’s goals.

APPROACHING COMPETENCE

The submission provides a discussion of only 1 or 2 goals. Or the discussion is unclear or lacks essential details.

COMPETENT

The submission provides a discussion of each of the learner’s goals and includes essential details.

A2:CURRENT CERTIFICATES OR CERTIFICATIONS REQUIREMENTS

 

NOT EVIDENT

The submission does not provide a discussion of the requirements needed to maintain current certificates or certifications.

APPROACHING COMPETENCE

The submission provides a discussion of the requirements needed to maintain current or desired certificates or certifications, but it is unclear or lacks essential details.

COMPETENT

The submission provides a discussion of the requirements needed to maintain current certificates or certifications and includes essential details.

A3:FUTURE CERTIFICATES OR CERTIFICATIONS

 

NOT EVIDENT

The submission does not provide a discussion of the requirements needed to earn and maintain desired future certificates or certifications.

APPROACHING COMPETENCE

The submission provides a discussion of the requirements needed to earn and maintain desired future certificates or certifications, but it is unclear or lacks essential details. Or it does not provide an explanation that the learner’s organization does not require additional certificates or certifications.

COMPETENT

The submission provides a discussion of the requirements needed to earn and maintain desired future certificates or certifications and includes essential details. Or the discussion includes an explanation that the learner’s organization does not require additional certificates or certifications.

A4:EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS

 

NOT EVIDENT

The submission does not provide a discussion of the requirements needed to achieve the learner’s desired education.

APPROACHING COMPETENCE

The submission provides a discussion of the requirements needed to achieve the learner’s desired education, but it is unclear or lacks essential details.

COMPETENT

The submission provides a discussion of the requirements needed to achieve the learner’s desired education and includes essential details.

A5:WORK EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

 

NOT EVIDENT

The submission does not provide a discussion of the requirements needed to achieve the learner’s desired work experience.

APPROACHING COMPETENCE

The submission provides a discussion of the requirements needed to achieve the learner’s desired work experience, but it is unclear or lacks essential details.

COMPETENT

The submission provides a discussion of the requirements needed to achieve the learner’s desired work experience and includes essential details.

A6:HOW YOUR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN WILL ALLOW YOU TO BE A CHANGE AGENT

 

NOT EVIDENT

The submission does not include a discussion about how the professional development plan will allow the learner the opportunity to be a change agent within the professional practice.

APPROACHING COMPETENCE

The submission includes a discussion on how the professional development plan will allow the learner the opportunity to be a change agent within the professional practice, but it is unclear or lacks essential details. Or the discussion does not include specific examples.

COMPETENT

The submission includes a discussion on how the professional development plan will allow the learner the opportunity to be a change agent within the professional practice and includes essential details and specific examples.

B: AMNH, ELNEC, AND ADDITIONAL CERTIFICATE

 

NOT EVIDENT

The submission does not provide a discussion of the importance of the AMNH certificate, the ELNEC certificate, and the additional certificate obtained.

APPROACHING COMPETENCE

The submission provides a discussion of the importance of the AMNH certificate, the ELNEC certificate, and the additional certificate obtained in this course, but it is unclear or lacks essential details.

COMPETENT

The submission provides a discussion of the importance of the AMNH certificate, the ELNEC certificate, and the additional certificate obtained in this course and includes essential details.

B1:HOW THE CERTIFICATES WILL BE USED WITHIN PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE

 

NOT EVIDENT

The submission does not provide an explanation of how eachcertificate discussed in part B will be used within the learner’s professional practice.

APPROACHING COMPETENCE

The submission provides an explanation of how only 1 or 2 certificates discussed in part B will be used within the learner’s professional practice. Or the explanation does not include specific examples.

COMPETENT

The submission provides an explanation of how each certificate discussed in part B will be used within the learner’s professional practice and includes specific examples.

B2:HOW THE CERTIFICATES SUPPORTS THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN

 

NOT EVIDENT

The submission does not provide an explanation of how eachcertificate discussed in part B supports the learner’s professional development plan.

APPROACHING COMPETENCE

The submission provides an explanation of how only 1 or 2 certificates discussed in part B supports the learner’s professional development plan. Or the explanation does not include specific examples.

COMPETENT

The submission provides an explanation of how each certificate discussed in part B supports the learner’s professional development plan and includes specific examples.

B3:COPY OF COMPLETED ADDITIONAL CERTIFICATE

 

NOT EVIDENT

A copy of the completed additional certificate discussed in part B is not provided.

APPROACHING COMPETENCE

Not applicable.

COMPETENT

The copy of the completed additional certificate discussed in part B is provided.

B3A:WHY THE ADDITIONAL CERTIFICATE WAS CHOSEN

 

NOT EVIDENT

The submission does not provide an explanation about why the learner chose the additional certificate.

APPROACHING COMPETENCE

The submission provides an explanation, but it is unclear or lacks essential details about why the learner chose the additional certificate.

COMPETENT

The submission provides an explanation with essential details about why the learner chose the additional certificate.

C:APA SOURCES

 

NOT EVIDENT

The submission does not include in-text citations and references according to APA style for content that is quoted, paraphrased, or summarized.

APPROACHING COMPETENCE

The submission includes in-text citations and references for content that is quoted, paraphrased, or summarized but does not demonstrate a consistent application of APA style.

COMPETENT

The submission includes in-text citations and references for content that is quoted, paraphrased, or summarized and demonstrates a consistent application of APA style.

D:PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION

 

NOT EVIDENT

Content is unstructured, is disjointed, or contains pervasive errors in mechanics, usage, or grammar. Vocabulary or tone is unprofessional or distracts from the topic.

APPROACHING COMPETENCE

Content is poorly organized, is difficult to follow, or contains errors in mechanics, usage, or grammar that cause confusion. Terminology is misused or ineffective.

COMPETENT

Content reflects attention to detail, is organized, and focuses on the main ideas as prescribed in the task or chosen by the learner. Terminology is pertinent, is used correctly, and effectively conveys the intended meaning. Mechanics, usage, and grammar promote accurate interpretation and understanding.

SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS

 
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