Career Exploration Paper

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I need a paper with these guidelines in the nursing field. It has to be 4 pages with a works cited following these guidelines exactly please.

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Midterm Project: Career Exploration Paper

In this essay, you will research a career field that you are already in or that you are interested in entering. You will write an essay about that career field that answers the following questions in thorough detail with specific examples and statistics:

  1. What is the nature of the work in this field? What are the working conditions like?
  2. What are the educational requirements to enter this field? Is further study required beyond a four-year degree? If so, what are the requirements to be admitted into a particular graduate program? What schools offer the graduate degree you prefer?
  3. What is the earnings potential? (Include specific figures and statistics.)
  4. What does the future look like for your particular career?

Papers must:

  • be 3-4 pages long (not counting title page or Works Cited page)
  • be typed
  • be formatted correctly:
    • 1” margins
    • 12 point Times New Roman font
    • double-spaced
  • include information from at least three outside sources, with proper citation (in-text citations and Works Cited page)
  • be your own original work and writing.
  • Cite any information you use from an outside source, whether you use direct quotes or not. If you use direct quotes from one of your sources, be sure to put that information in quotation marks. If you do not follow these guidelines, the assignment will be considered plagiarized and you will receive an F.

Possible sources:

Occupational Outlook Handbook — www.bls.gov/oco/

http://online.onetcenter.org/

NCLive

Book or online sources of your choosing

THIS ASSIGNMENT IS WORTH 30{0e601fc7fe3603dc36f9ca2f49ef4cd268b5950ef1bbcf1f795cc00e94cdd119} OF YOUR COURSE GRADE.

ESSAYS ARE DUE — .

discuss the top three traits you feel makes a good nurse leader

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Question description

Choose one or more leadership topic(s) from your textbook or from a scholarly source from a previous discussion or assignment from this course and write about its application to nursing practice. Provide definitions, history/background, and major concepts of chosen topic. Describe the topic’s function in nursing practice by examining at least three different nursing roles (for example, bedside nurse, public health nurse, CNO, unit manager, etc.). Discuss how the leadership topic can be used in your own practice. Discuss your personal growth in regard to your chosen leadership topic. Evaluate personal strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats to your career advancement.

Then, discuss the top three traits you feel makes a good nurse leader. Support your statements with examples from your practice experience and scholarly sources.

Assignment Expectations:

Length: 1750 to 2000 words in length

Structure: Include a title page and reference page in APA format. These do not count towards the minimum word count for this assignment. Your essay must include an introduction and a conclusion.

Consider the political issues described in your textbook. Examine the related ethical issues and how nursing could impact legislation

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Question description

There are many political issues of interest to nursing ranging from societal issues, to moral/values issues, to regulatory issues. The beliefs and experiences of nurses lead to diverse opinions related to many of these political issues.

In this assignment, you will examine a selected political issue and the role of nurses in politics.

Tasks:

Consider the political issues described in your textbook. Examine the related ethical issues and how nursing could impact legislation.

In a 3- to 4-page essay, post your response to the following case:

Select an example from your reading this module, of a political issue that is also a health issue.

  • Discuss the political and health concerns surrounding the selected issue.
  • Identify the ethical issues that policy makers should be aware of when developing legislation about the selected issue.
  • Discuss the impact the nursing profession could have on this issue if nurses became familiar with the issue and reached out to policy makers.

Support your findings with examples and scholarly references. Apply APA standards to citation of sources.

interview a nursing manager or nursing director of a unit or department to discuss the local budget to include staffing, supplies, and other costs

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Question description

Below is the description of the essay and the requirements. Note it says that it is suppose to include an interview aspect, but just remember that this can be made up.

Utilizing information from your readings and practice, interview a nursing manager or nursing director of a unit or department to discuss the local budget to include staffing, supplies, and other costs.

  • Provide an overall description of the budget development and monitoring process.
  • Describe the strategies used when there is a variance in the budget.
  • Provide your thoughts on where the staff or organization has opportunities to make the budget sustainable and stable.
  • Make recommendations for how you believe budget issues should be communicated to staff on a regular basis.
  • State why you believe this budget communication should occur.
  • Do not provide proprietary budget information with the paper – no budget documents are required.
  • Minimum of 3 journals should be used for citation and provided on the reference list.

The paper should be 5 to 6 pages in length, excluding references.