Transitions in Professional Nursing: Professional Paper

Chamberlain College of Nursing NR351 Transitions in Professional Nursing
Professional Paper Worksheet Template
Student Name: Date:
Directions:
1. Carefully read the Professional Paper Worksheet Guidelines found in Doc Sharing. This provides specific details on how to complete this assignment.
2. Rename this document by clicking Save As. Change the file name so it reads Your Last Name Professional Paper Worksheet.docx. For example, if your last name is Smith, type Smith Professional Paper Worksheet.docx.
3. Save the document as a .docx file in Microsoft Word 2010 or later.
4. Type your name and date at the top of this template.
5. Type your answers directly on the template. Follow all instructions on this Template and the Guidelines document (including the Rubric). Save frequently to prevent loss of your work.
6. Submit to the Dropbox by the end of Week 3, Sunday at 11:59 p.m. MT.
7. Post questions about this assignment to the Q & A Forum so your classmates can read the advice, too. You may also e-mail questions to your instructor.
Item Instructions
Type your answers below

Approved Paper Topic (from Week 1 Assignment):
Clearly state the Nurse of the Future Nursing Core Competency topic that was approved as your topic in Week 1 Time Management Plan Assignment.

Creativity and connectivity

Page numbers in Hood textbook on your topic:
Clearly state page numbers in Hood textbook that correspond to the selected topic.
Pages 10- 105

Reference for Journal Article:
Create a reference for the assigned article using correct APA format including: authors, year, article title, journal name, volume number, issue number, page numbers, italics, parentheses, punctuation, line spacing, and hanging indent.

Sroczynski, M., Gravlin, G., Route, P. S., Hoffart, N., & Creelman, P. (2011). Creativity and connections: The future of nursing education and practice: The Massachusetts initiative. Journal of Professional Nursing, 27(6), e64-e70.

Chicago

Quotation with Citation:
Type a quotation (10–25 words) from the assigned article using correct APA citation including quotation marks, authors’ names, year, page numbers, and parentheses. Do not use words or ideas the authors cited from another source.
‘Nursing is a scholarly profession and practice-based discipline and is built on a foundation of knowledge that reflects nursing’s dual components of science and art’(Sroczynski et al, 2011, p. 7)

Paraphrased Area and Citation:
Type appropriately paraphrased version of the words quoted in the section above using correct APA citation including authors’ names, year, and parentheses. Do not use words or ideas that the authors cited from another source.
Nursing is identified as a profession which is scholarly and it is practice based, additionally it is built on foundation of knowledge that reflects science and art which are the nurses’ dual components.

Professional Paper Outline:
Develop outline for professional paper including introduction, 2 main topics, and conclusion (all with excellent subtopics as required on Template). Excellent specifics used.
Introduction
· creativity and connections are identified as the main competence in the nursing fraternity that will be very useful to the nursing professionals in the future
· The importance of the creativity and connectivity in the future is that it will improve the services offered by nurses while at the same time it will improve communication skills of the nurses and by so doing it will raise the standard of services offered by nurses
creativity and connection will improve creativity
· Creativity is a requirement that will play a critical role in the nursing profession in the future, nurses are therefore required to be creative so that the can meet the needs of the patients.
· Creativity will improve the quality of service delivery in hospital wards since nurses will be operating skillfully
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creativity and nursing will improve communication
· communication in the nursing profession is not just an option but it is a must have competence
· The success of a nurse will be gauged by their ability to communicate effectively with both patients and colleagues
Conclusion
· Future nurse will therefore not be competitive in the field if they will lack creativity and connections
· creativity and connections is an inevitable competence that will help nurses overcome a number of challenges facing them

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