Assignment: Academic Success and Professional Development Plan Part 1: Developing an Academic and Professional Network

When was the last time you read Meditation XVII of John Donne’s Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions?

Unless you are a student of seventeeth-century poetry, you may not be all that familiar with this piece. However, you may be much more familiar with one of its well-known phrases: “No man is an island…”.

As you begin your journey toward achieving your academic and professional goals, you have a great opportunity to network with academics and professionals who can help ensure you do not travel alone. This network can help to clarify your own vision for success and can help guide you now and in the future. To paraphrase Donne, no one is an island.

Begin creating an academic and professional network by identifying which academic and professional connections and resources with which you need to collaborate to succeed in your MSN program and as a practicing nurse.

To Prepare:

• Consider individuals, departments, teams, and/or resources within Walden University and within your profession that you believe can support your academic and professional success.
• Identify at least two academic and at least two professional individuals, colleagues, or teams that might help you succeed in your MSN program and as a practicing nurse.
• Download the Academic Success and Professional Development Plan Template.

The Assignment:

Academic and Professional Network

Complete Part 1 of your Academic Success and Professional Development Plan Template. Be sure to address the following:

• Identify at least two academic and at least two professional individuals or teams to collaborate with to be successful in your MSN program and as a practicing nurse.
• Explain why you selected these individuals and/or teams and how they will support your success in the MSN program and as a practicing nurse.

By Day 7 of Week 1

Submit Part 1 of your Academic Success and Professional Development Plan Template.

 

Complete Part 1 of your Academic Success and Professional Development Plan Template. Be sure to address the following:

·   Identify at least two academic and at least two professional individuals or teams to collaborate with to be successful in the MSN program and as a practicing nurse.–

Excellent 32 (32%) – 35 (35%)Good 28 (28%) – 31 (31%)Fair 25 (25%) – 27 (27%)Poor 0 (0%) – 24 (24%)

·   Explain why these individuals and/or teams were selected and how they will support success in the MSN program and as a practicing nurse.–

Excellent 45 (45%) – 50 (50%)Good 40 (40%) – 44 (44%)Fair 35 (35%) – 39 (39%)Poor 0 (0%) – 34 (34%)

Written Expression and Formatting – Paragraph Development and Organization:

Paragraphs make clear points that support well developed ideas, flow logically, and demonstrate continuity of ideas. Sentences are carefully focused–neither long and rambling nor short and lacking substance. A clear and comprehensive purpose statement and introduction is provided which delineates all required criteria.–

Excellent 5 (5%) – 5 (5%)Good 4 (4%) – 4 (4%)Fair 3.5 (3.5%) – 3.5 (3.5%)Poor 0 (0%) – 3 (3%)

Written Expression and Formatting – English writing standards:
Correct grammar, mechanics, and proper punctuation–

Excellent 5 (5%) – 5 (5%)Good 4 (4%) – 4 (4%)Fair 3.5 (3.5%) – 3.5 (3.5%)Poor 0 (0%) – 3 (3%)

Written Expression and Formatting – The paper follows correct APA format for title page, headings, font, spacing, margins, indentations, page numbers, running head, parenthetical/in-text citations, and reference list.–

Excellent 5 (5%) – 5 (5%)Good 4 (4%) – 4 (4%)Fair 3.5 (3.5%) – 3.5 (3.5%)Poor 0 (0%) – 3 (3%)Total Points: 100

Name: NURS_6003_Module01_Week01_Assignment_Rubric

 Complete the two financial health activities (The True Cost of a New Car and  The True Cost of Credit Card Use) presented in Unit 7 Topic “Financial Health” related to spending money you do not have.

• Share your experience with “The True Cost of a New Car” activity with your peers
  • Change the size of the loan, years to pay it back, and the interest rate three (3) to four (4) times.
    • Start with the lowest loan amount you might need for your new care and increase by $5000 to $10000 each turn.
    • Start with a 3% loan (entered as .03) and increase by one (1) or two (2) percent each turn.
    • In each case choose between 5 and 7 years to pay it back.
  • Describe one of the monthly payments you would have to make based on your selections.
    • Loan amount?
    • Interest rate?
    • Years to pay it back?
    • Monthly payment?
    • Total car cost?
  • Discuss the potential impact a car payment of that size might have on your monthly budget.
    • Describe the other monthly expenses you would have to remove or reduce to make your payments.
    • Why Is or isn’t the car worth the sacrifices you might have to make given the size of the monthly payments?
  • What other options do you have to avoid taking out a car loan?
• Share your experience with ” The True Cost of Credit Card Use” activity with your peers
  • Consider the following scenario:
    • You spend an extra $50 a month using a credit card for the first year after graduation to make ends meet.
    • The interest rate charged by the credit card company is 18%.
    • The minimum payment you are required to send each month is $20.
  • Now consider the real cost of that $50 dollars a month by the end of that first year provided to you in the exercise.
    • How might the continued use of a credit card to fund an extra $50 of spending per month affect your long-term financial health?
    • Describe two ways you could avoid the long-term consequences of spending more than you have on a regular basis.

Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format.

  

Oppositional – Defiant Disorder/Conduct Disorder.

Collaboration is essential to accurate diagnosis of the conditions under consideration in this week. For this week’s Discussion, you practice collaboration by working in a group on developing a “Parent Guide,” which will serve as a teaching tool for parents with children who have been diagnosed with a specific mental health disorder.

It is recommended that you make your project as attractive as possible and consider using the finished product as teaching tools for families that you will work with in your own practices.

Learning Objectives

Students will:

· Analyze signs and symptoms of neurodevelopmental disorders

· Analyze the pathophysiology of neurodevelopmental disorders

· Analyze diagnosis and treatment methods for neurodevelopmental disorders

· Evaluate Parent Guides

To Prepare for this Discussion:

Review the resources concerning your assigned disorder. Oppositional – (Defiant Disorder/Conduct Disorder.)

·  Discussions instructions below.

Using evidence-based research, design and develop a Parent Guide for your assigned disorder including:

· Signs and symptoms

· Pathophysiology

· How the disorder is diagnosed?

· Treatment options

Provide a minimum of three academic references.

 

Required Readings

American Nurses Association. (2014). Psychiatric-mental health nursing: Scope and standards of practice (2nd ed.). Washington, DC: Author.
Standard 5E “Pharmacological, Biological and Integrative Therapies” (page 59)

American Psychiatric Association. (2013). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th ed.). Washington, DC: Author.

“Neurodevelopmental Disorders”“Intellectual Disabilities”
“Communication Disorders”
“Disruptive, Impulse-Control, and Conduct Disorders”

Sadock, B. J., Sadock, V. A., & Ruiz, P. (2014). Kaplan & Sadock’s synopsis of psychiatry: Behavioral sciences/clinical psychiatry (11th ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer.
Chapter 3, “Contributions of the Sociocultural Sciences” (pp. 131–150)
Chapter 31, “Child Psychiatry” (pp. 1152–1181, 1244–1253)

Stahl, S. M. (2014). Prescriber’s Guide: Stahl’s Essential Psychopharmacology (5th ed.). New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.

Note: All Stahl resources can be accessed through the Walden Library using the link. This link will take you to a login page for the Walden Library. Once you log in to the library, the Stahl website will appear.

To access information on the following medications, click on The Prescriber’s Guide, 5th Ed. tab on the Stahl Online website and select the appropriate medication.

 

Our legacy in nursing as a profession began with Florence Nightingale and now it continues with you!

Add a new chapter to your journey and predict challenges facing nursing in the future.

• How do you see yourself leading others to resolve these issues.
• Comment on peer presentations. If students have selected a peer’s response several times, move onto another response so all students receive comments from peers.
• Incorporate ways of knowing through personal experiences, published empirical and theoretical sources to support your discussion, challenges and questions facing traditions, and/or new meanings that emerged from this discussion.