Career Interest of Student - NursingCurrent Stage – Pre-Nursing SchoolOther Interests – Around the medical field – Physician Assistant, Social workerCareer Planning Assignment: This is a two
Career Interest of Student - Nursing Current Stage – Pre -Nursing Sc hool Other Interests – Around the medical field – Physician Assistant, Social worker Career Planning Assignment: This is a t wo part assignment. To prepare for this assignment you should think your top three choices of careers related to your major and Pathway that interest you. Purpose: The purpose of this assignment is to identify y our goals and use the information to explore college majors and related career paths. Learning Outcomes : You will be able to identify clusters of careers within your area of interest ; you will use the school website and school library databases to access inf ormation regarding programs and careers that match your area of interest (ALREA DY DONE AND ATTACHED) . When you have completed this assignment you have knowledge of the college course requirements for your major and you will use this for Educational Plan that you will create later in this course . Sometimes students uncover course requirements that may surprise them. In some instances students find that the actual tasks performed in a career choice is not what th ey are looking for. Many times students decide on a perfect fit between interests, attitudes, and his/her career choice. Procedure: Part I - 140 points In order to answer the assignment questions you are required to utilize the library database to retri eve and review two articles. The assignment requires that you write a sh ort paper answering the questions below. This paper should be a minimum of 400 words, double -spaced, using 12 -point font, with 1” margins. You are required to have a reference page th at follows standard APA formatting procedures for citing the articles. Respond to all questions below : 1. Discuss the rol es, job tasks and duties of the career you are interested in? 2. What are the educational requirements for the car eer you are interested in? 3. What are the licensing and/or certification options/requirem ents? 4. What is the salary for entry level, median range and experienced workers? 5. What is the job outlook and what are the future trends? Part II -Discussion Board -10 points Please answer the following questions on the weekly discussion board: 1. Your first post should be a short description of the essay you completed for Part I. 2. Pick at least one other career descriptions (different from the ones you wrote about ) for different students to read and respond to at least one of your classmates posting . Please follow the discussion rubric grading criteria References to use (all attach ed)s CASHION, CAROLE F. "Nursing Education." Encyclopedia of Educatio n, edited by James W. Guthrie, 2nd ed., vol. 5, Macmillan Reference USA, 2002, pp. 1818 -1821. Opposing Viewpoints in Contex t, http://lin k.galegroup.com/apps/doc/CX3403200471/OVIC?u=balt47855&sid=O VIC&xid=5ef93fb 5. Accessed 22 Feb. 2019 . Pittman, P. M., Kurtzman, E. T., & Johnson, J. E. (2014). Academic progression models in nursing: Design decisions faced by administrators in four case st udies . Journal of Nursing Education, 53(6), 329 -35. doi:http://dx.doi.org.ccbcmd.idm.oclc.org/10.3928/01484834 - 20140520 -03 Lehrer, E. L., White, W. D., & Young, W. B. (1991). The three avenues to a registered nurse license: a comparative analysis. Journal of Hu man Resource s, 26, 362 –379. https://doi - org.ccbcmd.idm.oclc.org/10.2307/14592 7 Schwartz, J. J. ed., Sharts -Hopko, N. C. ., & Bhattacharya, A. (2015). Comparison of Demographics, Professional Outcomes, and Career Satisfaction in Accelerated and Tradi tiona l Baccalaureate Nursing Graduates. Journal of Nursing Educatio n, 54, S39 –S46. https://doi -org.ccbcmd.idm.oclc.org/10.3928/01484834 -20150218 -11
