COMPETENCIES
738.1.1 : Create a Personal Plan
The learner creates a personal development plan that fosters professional engagement and personal growth.
738.1.2 : Evaluate Quality Nursing Self-Care
The learner adopts strategies to increase resilience and self-care for the nurse in personal and professional situations.
INTRODUCTIONThe purpose of this task is to create a personal development plan. You will create goals focusing on the concepts of strategies to increase resilience and self-care. You will also explore how a personal development plan can positively influence your professional practice. This task will allow you to reflect on the challenges you will encounter in the completion of your goals.REQUIREMENTS
Your submission must be your original work. No more than a combined total of 30% of the 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.
Tasks may not be submitted as cloud links, such as links to Google Docs, Google Slides, OneDrive, etc., unless specified in the task requirements. All other submissions must be file types that are uploaded and submitted as attachments (e.g., .docx, .pdf, .ppt).
Note: The suggested length of your response for each prompt is 2–3 paragraphs.
A. Describe three ways you can apply strategies to increase resilience and self-care that will influence your professional practice in a healthcare environment (e.g., mindfulness, better eating habits, exercise). Include specific examples.
B. Create a personal development plan by doing the following:
1. List a SMART personal growth goal for each of the three strategies from part A (for a total of three SMART goals).
Note: The SMART goals should be specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and time-bound.
a. List one actionable step for each goal to achieve the goals for part B1, for a total of three steps.
b. Discuss how each of the goals from part B1 will foster your professional development.
C. Explain the importance of having a personal development plan.
1. Provide two examples of how a personal development plan can help you achieve your academic and career goals.
D. Acknowledge sources, using in-text citations and references, for content that is quoted, paraphrased, or summarized.
E. Demonstrate professional communication in the content and presentation of your submission.
File RestrictionsFile name may contain only letters, numbers, spaces, and these symbols: ! – _ . * ‘ ( )
File size limit: 400 MB
File types allowed: doc, docx, rtf, xls, xlsx, ppt, pptx, odt, pdf, txt, qt, mov, mpg, avi, mp3, wav, mp4, wma, flv, asf, mpeg, wmv, m4v, svg, tif, tiff, jpeg, jpg, gif, png, zip, rar, tar, 7z
RUBRICA:RESILIENCE AND SELF-CARE
NOT EVIDENT
The submission does not describe how to apply strategies to increase resilience and self-care that will influence professional practice in a healthcare environment.
APPROACHING COMPETENCE
The submission describes only 1 or 2 ways to apply strategies to increase resilience and self-care that will influence professional practice in a healthcare environment. Or the description does not include relevant specific examples.
COMPETENT
The submission describes 3 ways to apply strategies to increase resilience and self-care that will influence professional practice in a healthcare environment, and the description includes relevant specific examples.
B1:GOALS
NOT EVIDENT
The submission does not list any goals.
APPROACHING COMPETENCE
The submission lists only 1 or 2 goals. Or 1 or more of the goals are not SMART goals or are not relevant to personal growth. Or a SMART goal is not submitted for each strategy from part A.
COMPETENT
The submission lists 3 SMART goals. All the goals are relevant to personal growth, and a goal is submitted for each strategy from part A.
B1A:ACTIONABLE ITEMS
NOT EVIDENT
The submission does not list any actionable steps.
APPROACHING COMPETENCE
The submission lists an actionable step for only 1 or 2 goals from part B1. Or 1 or more of the steps would not help a person achieve the goals from part B1.
COMPETENT
The submission lists an actionable step for each goal that would help a person achieve the 3 goals from part B1.
B1B:FOSTER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
NOT EVIDENT
The submission does not discuss the goals from part B1.
APPROACHING COMPETENCE
The submission discusses the goals from part B1 but does not discuss how each goal will foster the candidate’s professional development.
COMPETENT
The submission discusses how each of the goals from part B1 will foster the candidate’s professional development.
C:IMPORTANCE OF A PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN
NOT EVIDENT
An explanation is not provided.
APPROACHING COMPETENCE
The explanation is provided but is not relevant to the importance of personal development plans.
COMPETENT
The explanation of the importance of having a personal development plan is detailed.
NOT EVIDENT
The submission does not provide any examples.
APPROACHING COMPETENCE
The submission includes only 1 example, or 1 or both examples do not logically demonstrate how a personal development plan can help the candidate achieve their goals.
COMPETENT
The submission includes 2 logical examples of how a personal development plan can help the candidate achieve their academic and career goals.