NU 451 Mission Statement and Philosophy Assessment
Mission Statement and Philosophy Assessment
Mission statement plays an important role in providing the overall objective of an organization. However, mission statements can also guide the development of a curriculum associated with a certain course. This endeavor ensures that curriculum developers understand exactly what a course should entail and that it directs instructors to achieve certain course objectives. Indeed, the development of such mission statements is critical since its letter and spirit are discharged via activities of a faculty such as teaching as well as scholarship. Indeed, mission statements offers educators stronger motivation and offers students with a clearer picture regarding what the faculty values in a course (ten Cate & Simonia, 2018). The process of developing mission statements is largely influenced by the existing organizational mission statement. Further, the process of creating a mission statement may have influence from various quarters such as fellow students and sometimes even instructors. The present paper will seek to create a mission statement for the NR 524 course, analyze its congruence to Chamberlain University’s mission statement and also examine the contribution of colleagues to the formulation of the same.
Mission Statement Development
The process of developing the course’s mission statement started in Week 1 of the course. During that period, the following mission statement was formulated by the author:
“To provide all students with exceptional nursing education and prepare professional nurses who personify a culture of care. To create a learning environment for nursing students where knowledge is not only created but shared as well. To provide students with the tools to serve the everchanging healthcare needs of patients, families and communities. And to provide leadership in nursing and advancement in the nursing profession. ”
However, the above mission statement did not meet the threshold required to be considered an excellent mission statement. Thus, a collaboration with my peers at Chamberlain and the assignment rubric were used to formulate a proper mission statement. As a result of the above process, the following mission statement was formulated:
“To advance nursing knowledge and professional practice preparation in a manner that enhances the health of families, individuals, populations and communities. The program seeks to empower nursing students with evidence-based nursing knowledge and tools that align with the contemporary changes in health care.”
The above mission statement succinctly captures the mission of the course and it has been revised to meet the threshold established by the rubric. As such, using it will provide directions to the instructors undertaking the various classes in the present program to produce competent nurses out of the students.
Consistency between the Mission Statement and Chamberlain’s
The formulation of a course’s mission statement should be inspired by the parent institution’s principal mission statement. Chamberlain University’s Missions is to “To educate, empower and embolden diverse healthcare professionals who advance the health of people, families, communities and nations” (Mission and Vision”,n.d).This mission statement has captured all the important tenets of a proper mission statement. It has addressed the guiding principles for the university’s service and education endeavors. The formulation of the author’s mission statement in the above paragraph adopted the same methodology. The two statements seek to advance nursing knowledge by using educating nursing students using relevant tools to produce competent professionals. Secondly, the mission statements seek to ensure that the nursing students are equipped with ready appropriate skills to offer care to similar populations. As such, both the mission statement for the program and the university’s mission statement are tailored to achieve the same objectives.
Collaborative Input from Classmates
Establishing an appropriate mission statement requires brainstorming amongst not only curriculum developers but also all the stakeholders. Having the above in mind, the author approached their peers in order to help fine tune the original missions statement. The reason for approaching the students was steeped in the notion that they form a fundamental part of the course and the resultant product would hypothetically affect them. To this end, the approached students each participated actively in conducting broader research concerning the nature of a typical mission statement (Keating, 2018). Armed with the knowledge, the group helped the author to determine if the original mission statement aligns with the characteristics of such mission statement.
After the above research, the group then examined the assignment instructions together to determine the requirements. After this exercise, the group examine the Chamberlain university’s missions statement and what it consisted. Thereafter, the group started to brainstorm about how to ensure that the original statement aligns with the university’s. After more than an hour, we agreed to summarize the statement into two sentences each capturing the original idea while providing congruence to the university one. Therefore, the collaborative input from the classmates was significant in refining the mission statement.
Conclusion
Creating a mission statement requires several considerations such as the objective of a program. Further, it is a continuous process as one will be required to revise it severally to align it to given conditionality. Moreover, the process requires comparisons with the primary statement so that the objectives are congruent. In order to ensure that an excellent mission statement is formulated, a collaboration amongst peers is necessary.
References
Keating, S. B. (2018). Curriculum development and evaluation in nursing. New York, NY : Springer Publishing Company.
Mission and vision statement | Chamberlain university. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.chamberlain.edu/about/mission
ten Cate, O., & Simonia, G. (2018). Curriculum, Course, and Faculty Development for Case-Based Clinical Reasoning. In Principles and Practice of Case-based Clinical Reasoning Education (pp. 109-119). Springer, Cham.
Instructions
Specific tasks of leading, managing, and following were detailed in Topic 3 of this unit. Applying these tasks to real or potentially real situations is the goal of this assignment.
Write a paper in paragraph narrative format that lists the tasks as described in Topic 3.
Make separate headings for each task.
Give examples of how you would, as a leader, accomplish these tasks in your current workplace.
Cite barriers to accomplishing these tasks and how you would overcome these.
Use the rubric as a guideline.
No references/citations are required.
Include a cover page in APA style.
Use professional and correct grammar, complete sentences, and correct spelling and punctuation.
The paper should be 3 – 4 pages long.
All papers should have an opening, a body, and a closing.
Openings tell what the paper will be about.
Closings summarize the paper and draw conclusions if indicated.
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For assignments that need to be submitted to Lopes Write, please be sure you have received your report and Similarity Index (SI) percentage BEFORE you do a “final submit” to me.
Once you have received your report, please review it. This report will show you grammatical, punctuation, and spelling errors that can easily be fixed. Take the extra few minutes to review instead of getting counted off for these mistakes.
Review your similarities. Did you forget to cite something? Did you not paraphrase well enough? Is your paper made up of someone else’s thoughts more than your own?
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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.
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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.
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Important information for writing discussion questions and participation
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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