Professional Transitions in Nursing Week 1

Subject Description:

Students will focus on issues that impact on nurses and nursing work. They will focus on personal and professional development with an emphasis on registration requirements, job application, transition to the role of RN Division 1 and future career directions. Students will explore contemporary factors impacting on professional nursing practice, including the role of the nurse in health care and the effect of political and/or economic decisions on the provision of care.

Assessment:

1. Professional portfolio worth 40% with letter of application, curriculum vitae and 1200 word discussion paper on maintaining competence in nursing practice.

2. Group presentation worth 20%

3. 1600 word Professional Development Plan for final year of Bachelor of Nursing, identifying learning needs and reflections on how I achieved them on clinical placement, worth 40%.

So far the lectures and workshops for this subject have been about Grad year, what is involves, the application process, the interview process, the challenges, the benefits and so on. Yesterday in workshop we did mock job interviews in our groups and gave each other feedback. This is really good practice. We were given a list of about 50 questions that often get asked in grad interviews, so we can plan and practice our answers. I'll be applying for graduate positions in June/July this year, so this subject will be really useful for getting on with that.