Topic 9: Professionalism

Personal Mission Statement/Goals

Values and Personal Ethics

In my professional practice, I consider various ethics and values that guide me to achieve high-level delivery of healthcare services.

The first value is compassion. As a health professional, I have a strong belief in showing care, empathy, and promoting dignity to patients. Throughout my career, I have shown compassion to patient at different levels, understanding their vulnerabilities, and supporting them in every way. In my organization, I expect to continue expressing this value to them while maintaining a professional relationship that improves their well-being. For instance, as a registered nurse care manager and lead nurse, I have discharged my responsibilities while focusing on the patients’ challenges. I have guided my team to also follow these protocols and respect the patients’ needs.

The second value is trustworthiness, especially in nurse leadership and patient management. A nurse must gain the trust of patients and other practitioners. I value this ethical aspect since I believe in giving my all to my patients and my subordinates. The four pillars of trustworthiness include confidentiality, integrity, responsibility, and faithfulness. I appreciate the value of confidentiality especially to my patients. Patients need nurses that can keep their records private. I always maintain this privacy by not sharing their information with any person unless they allow me to do so. I also keep a lot of information of other nurses. For instance, when they have work-related or personal challenges, they expect me to help them and keeping the information private. Apart from being confidential, I appreciate integrity when dealing with all health stakeholders. I am responsible for the processes involved at my department.

The third value is accountability, especially in leadership. I am accountable for my patients. They demand and deserve answers for every decision I make concerning their health. It is important to relay this information without problems. In case a decision causes a medical problem, nurses should accept their responsibility and be liable. The best option is to minimize these problems from taking place by following evidence-based procedures. These standard practices would minimize all possibilities of medical errors. Meanwhile, I understand the value of being responsible for my team’s well-being. When nurses experience fatigue, I have to give them a short leave and coordinate as a team to fill in their place. Such decisions give me an upper hand in maintaining accountability before the hospital.

Goals and Plans

The primary goal is as a nurse leader is to be available for my nurses. Specifically, I intend to be available to undertake a one-on-one meeting with individual nurses to help them solve their personal and professional issues. I plan to achieve thi

s goal by coming to work 30 minutes and leaving 30 minutes after my shift to ensure that I meet them to discuss work-related issues. I will also create time to conduct a follow-up meeting with these nurses within a week to check that they solved the problems.

The second goal is to have an effective communication and communication pathways to reduce conflicts while improving staff relations. I intend to help my staff members to feel safe at the workplace. For this case, I intend to conduct at least one meeting every fortnight to discuss any arising issues facing all nurses. These meetings will involve discussions about their mental well-being, policy changes, patient care, and other requirements for the delivery of quality services.

Education/CEUs, Certifications, and Licenses

Provide documentation of education from accredited universities and colleges, including graduation dates, and any professional certifications or licenses. If you have them, include copies of diplomas, certificates, etc.

Professional Organizations/Awards or Honors Earned

In addition to any awards or honors earned, list any professional organizations to which you belong and what positions you have held in the organization, if applicable.

Resume

Work Experience:

RN Care Manager

VA Puget Sound Health Care System (This is a federal job)

9600 Veterans Drive

Lakewood, WA

8/2021 – Present

Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills:

General Medicine Service/Patient Aligned Care Team/Primary Care Clinic/Women’s Health Clinic
Registered Nurse Care Manager/Charge Nurse/Lead Nurse
• Demonstrates clinical knowledge in assessing, planning, implementing documenting and evaluating care for a designated group of patients across the continuum of care.
• Triage and apply a collaborative team approach in identifying, analyzing and resolving patient care problems.
• Collaborates with patients to assess and identify needs, issues, care goals and resources in critical factors for achieving desired outcomes for discharge, post hospital recovery and health maintenance/wellness.

Registered Nurse

VA Puget Sound Health Care System (This is a federal job)

1660 S Columbian Way

Seattle, WA

9/2020 – 8/2021

Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills:

Same Day Unit/PACU/IR (pre/intra/post op patient care)
• Demonstrates clinical knowledge in assessing, planning, implementing, documenting, and evaluating care in Same Day Unit, Post Anesthesia Care Unit, and Interventional Radiology unit.
• Triage/Collaborates with patients to assess and identify needs, issues, care goals and resources in critical factors for achieving desired outcomes for discharge, post hospital recovery and health maintenance/wellness.
• • Coordinates and schedule procedures accordingly based on Interventional Radiology attending physicians and patient’s availability
• Place consults for travel and lodging for patients
• Detailed to COVID-19 vaccination clinic
• Detailed to Procedural Check-in area.
• N95 Fit tester for VA facility

Registered Nurse

VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System (This is a federal job)

9/2019 – 9/2020

Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills:

Serve as unit team leader (charge nurse) responsible for planning, coordinating, and evaluating unit nursing activities
• Communicates significant issues to the Assistant Nurse Manager (ANM) and/or Nurse Manager (NM)
• Apply a collaborative team approach in identifying, analyzing, and resolving patient care issues
• Panel member of staffing methodology for the unit
• Committee member of shared governance
• Lead Registered Nurse in COVID 19 Enhanced Screening Tent (during the first quarter of COVID-19 outbreak)• In charge and responsible for logistics solutions and management of the COVID-19 enhanced screening tent during the pandemic.
• Super user/champion for specimen collection for COVID-19. Trained registered nurses to facilitate nasopharyngeal swabbing and to keep the integrity of the specimen intact.
• Triage and apply a collaborative team approach in identifying, analyzing, and resolving patient care problems

Staff RN

Memorial Regional Hospital

3501 Johnson Street

Hollywood, FL

5/2015 – 8/2019

Salary: $0.00 USD Bi-weekly

Hours per week: 40

Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills:

Recover and care of patient post-operative open-heart procedures and patients with special devices (i.e., VAD, ECMO, Heart Transplant, Tandem Heart, Impella® Heart Pump, IABP, CRRT, CABG, Mitral/Aortic Valve Repair/Replacement, Aortic dissection/aneurysm, etc.) on a Cardiovascular Recovery Room/CVICU
• Committee member of Clinical Ladder, Daisy Award and Safety Committee
• Super user for indwelling urinary catheter care, Pyxis, Transfer Devices, Alaris Pumps, VAD and UPS-800.
• In charge and responsible for planning, coordinating, and evaluating unit nursing activities.

Supervisor: Christina Murphy (9542656600)

Okay to contact this Supervisor: Yes

Staff RN

CHI St. Luke’s Health–Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center

9/2013 – 4/2015

Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills:

Recover and care of patient post-operative open-heart procedures (i.e., CABG, Mitral/
Aortic Valve Repair/Replacement, Thoracoabdominal Aortic aneurysm, aortic dissection, etc.) on a Cardiovascular Recovery Room/CVICU
• Apply a collaborative team approach in identifying, analyzing, and resolving patient care problems.

Supervisor: Carolyn Davis (832-355-3737)

Okay to contact this Supervisor: Yes

Staff RN

Broward Health Medical Center

1600 S. Andrews Avenue

Fort Lauderdale, FL

4/2010 – 8/2013

Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills:

Demonstrates clinical knowledge in assessing, planning, implementing documenting and evaluating care in Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit.

Collaborates with patient and multidisciplinary teams for achieving care goals, desired outcomes for discharge, post hospital recovery and health maintenance/wellness.

Supervisor: Rose Valderosa (9543555895)

Okay to contact this Supervisor: Yes

Staff RN

Broward Health Medical Center

11/2009 – 4/2010

Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills:

Asses, plan, evaluate and implement care of patients on a Progressive Cardiac Care Unit/Cardiac Step Down.

Supervisor: Janis Smith-Love (9547126666)

Okay to contact this Supervisor: Yes

Education:

Grand Canyon University Phoenix, AZ United States

Master’s degree 8 / 2022

Relevant Coursework, Licenses and Certifications:

Currently attending graduate school at Grand Canyon University Master of Science in Nursing with an Emphasis in Leadership in Health Care Systems

Member of Sigma Theta Tau

J.P. Sioson General Hospital and Colleges Quezon City Philippines

Bachelor’s degree 3 / 2007

Honors: Cum Laude

Relevant Coursework, Licenses and Certifications:

Cum Laude 1st Place (Gold Medal) in Clinical Skills 5th Place in Related Learning Experience (RLE)

Affiliations:

American Association of Critical-Care Nurses – member

Sigma Theta Tau – member

Philippine Nurses Association of America, Inc – member

Uplift Internationale – volunteer RN

Examples of Work

Provide two examples of your work as either a learner or a professional

Letters of Reference

Grid View

	Excellent	Good	Fair	Poor
Main Posting	45 (45%) – 50 (50%) Answers all parts of the discussion question(s) expectations with reflective critical analysis and synthesis of knowledge gained from the course readings for the module and current credible sources. Supported by at least three current, credible sources. Written clearly and concisely with no grammatical or spelling errors and fully adheres to current APA manual writing rules and style.	40 (40%) – 44 (44%) Responds to the discussion question(s) and is reflective with critical analysis and synthesis of knowledge gained from the course readings for the module. At least 75% of post has exceptional depth and breadth. Supported by at least three credible sources. Written clearly and concisely with one or no grammatical or spelling errors and fully adheres to current APA manual writing rules and style.	35 (35%) – 39 (39%) Responds to some of the discussion question(s). One or two criteria are not addressed or are superficially addressed. Is somewhat lacking reflection and critical analysis and synthesis. Somewhat represents knowledge gained from the course readings for the module. Post is cited with two credible sources. Written somewhat concisely; may contain more than two spelling or grammatical errors. Contains some APA formatting errors.	0 (0%) – 34 (34%) Does not respond to the discussion question(s) adequately. Lacks depth or superficially addresses criteria. Lacks reflection and critical analysis and synthesis. Does not represent knowledge gained from the course readings for the module. Contains only one or no credible sources. Not written clearly or concisely. Contains more than two spelling or grammatical errors. Does not adhere to current APA manual writing rules and style.
Main Post: Timeliness	10 (10%) – 10 (10%) Posts main post by day 3.	0 (0%) – 0 (0%)	0 (0%) – 0 (0%)	0 (0%) – 0 (0%) Does not post by day 3.
First Response	17 (17%) – 18 (18%) Response exhibits synthesis, critical thinking, and application to practice settings. Responds fully to questions posed by faculty. Provides clear, concise opinions and ideas that are supported by at least two scholarly sources. Demonstrates synthesis and understanding of learning objectives. Communication is professional and respectful to colleagues. Responses to faculty questions are fully answered, if posed. Response is effectively written in standard, edited English.	15 (15%) – 16 (16%) Response exhibits critical thinking and application to practice settings. Communication is professional and respectful to colleagues. Responses to faculty questions are answered, if posed. Provides clear, concise opinions and ideas that are supported by two or more credible sources. Response is effectively written in standard, edited English.	13 (13%) – 14 (14%) Response is on topic and may have some depth. Responses posted in the discussion may lack effective professional communication. Responses to faculty questions are somewhat answered, if posed. Response may lack clear, concise opinions and ideas, and a few or no credible sources are cited.	0 (0%) – 12 (12%) Response may not be on topic and lacks depth. Responses posted in the discussion lack effective professional communication. Responses to faculty questions are missing. No credible sources are cited.
Second Response	16 (16%) – 17 (17%) Response exhibits synthesis, critical thinking, and application to practice settings. Responds fully to questions posed by faculty. Provides clear, concise opinions and ideas that are supported by at least two scholarly sources. Demonstrates synthesis and understanding of learning objectives. Communication is professional and respectful to colleagues. Responses to faculty questions are fully answered, if posed. Response is effectively written in standard, edited English.	14 (14%) – 15 (15%) Response exhibits critical thinking and application to practice settings. Communication is professional and respectful to colleagues. Responses to faculty questions are answered, if posed. Provides clear, concise opinions and ideas that are supported by two or more credible sources. Response is effectively written in standard, edited English.	12 (12%) – 13 (13%) Response is on topic and may have some depth. Responses posted in the discussion may lack effective professional communication. Responses to faculty questions are somewhat answered, if posed. Response may lack clear, concise opinions and ideas, and a few or no credible sources are cited.	0 (0%) – 11 (11%) Response may not be on topic and lacks depth. Responses posted in the discussion lack effective professional communication. Responses to faculty questions are missing. No credible sources are cited.
Participation	5 (5%) – 5 (5%) Meets requirements for participation by posting on three different days.	0 (0%) – 0 (0%)	0 (0%) – 0 (0%)	0 (0%) – 0 (0%) Does not meet requirements for participation by posting on 3 different days.
Total Points: 100

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Late Policy

The university’s policy on late assignments is 10% penalty PER DAY LATE. This also applies to late DQ replies.

Please communicate with me if you anticipate having to submit an assignment late. I am happy to be flexible, with advance notice. We may be able to work out an extension based on extenuating circumstances.

If you do not communicate with me before submitting an assignment late, the GCU late policy will be in effect.

I do not accept assignments that are two or more weeks late unless we have worked out an extension.

As per policy, no assignments are accepted after the last day of class. Any assignment submitted after midnight on the last day of class will not be accepted for grading.

Communication

Communication is so very important. There are multiple ways to communicate with me:

Questions to Instructor Forum: This is a great place to ask course content or assignment questions. If you have a question, there is a good chance one of your peers does as well. This is a public forum for the class.

Individual Forum: This is a private forum to ask me questions or send me messages. This will be checked at least once every 24 hours.

Important information for writing discussion questions and participation

Welcome to class

Hello class and welcome to the class and I will be your instructor for this course. This is a -week course and requires a lot of time commitment, organization, and a high level of dedication. Please use the class syllabus to guide you through all the assignments required for the course. I have also attached the classroom policies to this announcement to know your expectations for this course. Please review this document carefully and ask me any questions if you do. You could email me at any time or send me a message via the “message” icon in halo if you need to contact me. I check my email regularly, so you should get a response within 24 hours. If you have not heard from me within 24 hours and need to contact me urgently, please send a follow up text to

I strongly encourage that you do not wait until the very last minute to complete your assignments. Your assignments in weeks 4 and 5 require early planning as you would need to present a teaching plan and interview a community health provider. I advise you look at the requirements for these assignments at the beginning of the course and plan accordingly. I have posted the YouTube link that explains all the class assignments in detail. It is required that you watch this 32-minute video as the assignments from week 3 through 5 require that you follow the instructions to the letter to succeed. Failure to complete these assignments according to instructions might lead to a zero. After watching the video, please schedule a one-on-one with me to discuss your topic for your project by the second week of class. Use this link to schedule a 15-minute session. Please, call me at the time of your appointment on my number. Please note that I will NOT call you.

Please, be advised I do NOT accept any assignments by email. If you are having technical issues with uploading an assignment, contact the technical department and inform me of the issue. If you have any issues that would prevent you from getting your assignments to me by the deadline, please inform me to request a possible extension. Note that working fulltime or overtime is no excuse for late assignments. There is a 5%-point deduction for every day your assignment is late. This only applies to approved extensions. Late assignments will not be accepted.

If you think you would be needing accommodations due to any reasons, please contact the appropriate department to request accommodations.

Plagiarism is highly prohibited. Please ensure you are citing your sources correctly using APA 7th edition. All assignments including discussion posts should be formatted in APA with the appropriate spacing, font, margin, and indents. Any papers not well formatted would be returned back to you, hence, I advise you review APA formatting style. I have attached a sample paper in APA format and will also post sample discussion responses in subsequent announcements.

Your initial discussion post should be a minimum of 200 words and response posts should be a minimum of 150 words. Be advised that I grade based on quality and not necessarily the number of words you post. A minimum of TWO references should be used for your initial post. For your response post, you do not need references as personal experiences would count as response posts. If you however cite anything from the literature for your response post, it is required that you cite your reference. You should include a minimum of THREE references for papers in this course. Please note that references should be no more than 5 years old except recommended as a resource for the class. Furthermore, for each discussion board question, you need ONE initial substantive response and TWO substantive responses to either your classmates or your instructor for a total of THREE responses. There are TWO discussion questions each week, hence, you need a total minimum of SIX discussion posts for each week. I usually post a discussion question each week. You could also respond to these as it would count towards your required SIX discussion posts for the week.

I understand this is a lot of information to cover in 5 weeks, however, the Bible says in Philippians 4:13 that we can do all things through Christ that strengthens us. Even in times like this, we are encouraged by God’s word that we have that ability in us to succeed with His strength. I pray that each and every one of you receives strength for this course and life generally as we navigate through this pandemic that is shaking our world today. Relax and enjoy the course!

Hi Class,

Please read through the following information on writing a Discussion question response and participation posts.

Contact me if you have any questions.

Important information on Writing a Discussion Question

Your response needs to be a minimum of 150 words (not including your list of references)
There needs to be at least TWO references with ONE being a peer reviewed professional journal article.
Include in-text citations in your response
Do not include quotes—instead summarize and paraphrase the information
Follow APA-7th edition
Points will be deducted if the above is not followed

Participation –replies to your classmates or instructor

A minimum of 6 responses per week, on at least 3 days of the week.
Each response needs at least ONE reference with citations—best if it is a peer reviewed journal article
Each response needs to be at least 75 words in length (does not include your list of references)
Responses need to be substantive by bringing information to the discussion or further enhance the discussion. Responses of “I agree” or “great post” does not count for the word count.
Follow APA 7th edition
Points will be deducted if the above is not followed
Remember to use and follow APA-7th edition for all weekly assignments, discussion questions, and participation points.
Here are some helpful links
Student paper example
Citing Sources
The Writing Center is a great resource