Part 1:
The Career Vision Plan:
In essay format, discuss the following:
Plans for future career development:
What are your immediate, midrange, and long-term career goals?
Include a timeline with your description: this can be in the form of a table, chart, or other type of graphic representation.
Include a discussion of how you plan to reach each of these goals.
Plans for effective networking strategies:
Describe at least three (3) networking strategies you will employ in your career.
Create a list of at least three (3) individuals you plan to contact to start the networking process — list job titles of these individuals.
Plans for mentoring strategies:
Who will you choose as a mentor and why?
Who can you mentor now that you are a BSN?
Discuss how you can create your own personal brand.
How will you market yourself to advance your career?
What attributes will you highlight about yourself in your personal branding?
Discuss how you can use this marketing to advance your career.
Part 2: Professional Career Philosophy
In this portion of the assignment, you will be writing your Professional Career Philosophy Statement. This is a 1- to 2-page statement in which you will describe how you plan to use your newly earned BSN to reflect the necessary ethical and professional values of the BSN-prepared RN. The paper should be written as a first-person statement describing how you are committed to these ethics/values and how you will reflect this commitment within your future practice. You must use 2–3 supporting resources. Consider addressing items such as:
Empathy and Caring
Teaching
Critical Thinking
Professionalism
Four Basic Ethical Principles: Autonomy, Beneficence, Nonmaleficence, and Justice
Truthfulness and Confidentiality
Dependability and Responsibility
Honesty and Integrity
The essay should be 4–5 pages in length. Essay should include an introduction and conclusion paragraph. The paper should use 2–3 scholarly references with in-text citations.
Before finalizing your work, you should:
read the assignment description carefully (as displayed above);
include a minimum of 2–3 references (although all assertions require scholarly support);
consult the Grading Rubric to evaluate your work; and
utilize spelling and grammar checks to minimize errors.
