Length: approx. 10 pages-this is usually adequate for this assignment. One-half of the paper should be devoted to your leadership goals and the other one-half should cover your personal and professional goals.
Format: APA format (grammar, spacing, headings, in-text citations, etc); the title page and reference page are not included in total number of pages. Use headings from the assignment instructions.
SMART goals: Goals should be related to developing your leadership skills and qualities. Be specific in skills, attitudes, and qualities related to leadership.
| Part I: Prepare & Plan (2 hours)
Develop a professional development plan for yourself which includes both leadership and professional growth in the areas of professionalism, commitment to life- long learning, professional self-care, and involvement in professional organizations, etc.
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In Module 1, read about complexity science and the challenges nurses faced in providing care in an increasingly complex environment. The IOM Future of Nursing Report (2010) calls for nurses developing leadership skills to advance and improve healthcare in our nation. Reflect on your future professional plans. Where do you see yourself in 15-20 years or even after completion of this MSN? Take some leadership online assessments (suggested ones listed below). Look at your personal results of those assessments. What are your strengths? Areas for improvement? As you work your way through the rubric address the issues you need to work on to achieve your future goals. These are not brief one-line paragraphs but a “growth” and development plan about you and plan written for you. |
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Part II: Develop (4 hours)
Leadership Assessments can be found online on multiple sites. You may even have taken an assessment at work or another program. You may use those results if they are recent (in the last 12 months) and if you have access to the results. You may use the ones listed here or others you may find. Be sure and include the name of the assessment, when you took it and a link to it online or location found. It should also be listed on your reference list. |
https://eml.usc.edu/blog/leadership-style-quiz (Links to an external site.)
http://www.nursingleadership.org.uk/ (Links to an external site.) http://www.aone.org/resources/online-assessments.shtml (Links to an external site.) https://www.leadershipacademy.nhs.uk/resources/healthcare-leadership-model/
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| SMART Goals. | https://www.ucop.edu/local-human-resources/_files/performance-appraisal/How%20to%20write%20SMART%20Goals%20v2.pdf |
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Part III: Action (6 hours) After completing part 1 and 2 finalize your Professional Develop Plan. Ensure completeness by reviewing the rubric carefully making sure your paper thoroughly addresses each section of the rubric. |
· Write your development plan for the next 10-15 years of your career.
· Paper should be a minimum of 10 pages in APA format with in-text citations and a reference list. Keep the plan balanced between your Leadership Skills and your Personal Skills Development. These are the two categories in the rubric. · You may include tables or graphic displays to make your plan interesting for the reader, but these do not count toward your ten written pages. · Include a reference list with appropriate in-text citations.
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Rubric for Personal/Professional Development Plan
| Exemplary (100%) | Meets Expectations (85%) | Does Not Meet Expectations (65%) | |
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Introduction |
Introduction section provides evidence of a clear and concise summary of the entire development plan. (10 points) | Introduction section is brief and/or covers most of the main points of the entire development plan.
(8.5 points) |
Introduction section is either missing or lacks sufficient information to provide clear summation of the entire development plan. (7 points) |
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Personal Leadership Assessment
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Accurate description of the key leadership characteristics identified including areas of strength and weakness. Includes name and link of the leadership assessment taken as well as the leadership theory supporting the findings. (10 points)
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Accurate descriptions of at
least one key personal leadership concept or characteristic, using a leadership theory assessment. Includes discussion of the leadership theory supporting the assessment findings. (8.5 points)
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Description(s) of concepts or
characteristic(s) is inaccurate, incomplete, or missing. Brief or missing use of a leadership theory relating to the assessment. (7 points)
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Plan for ethical leadership as identified in the Scope and Standards of Practice, Standard #7 |
Excellent and substantive discussion with a well written plan for developing ethical leadership. Relates personal plan for developing ethical leadership to Standard #7 of the Scope and Standards of Practice.
(10 points) |
Good discussion and well written plan for developing ethical leadership. Plan could benefit with additional missing details. Plan provides correlation to Standard #7 of Scope and Standards. (8.5 points) | Plan contains information on
ethical leadership, but connection between statements and plan specifics are inaccurate, incomplete or missing. Brief or missing correlation between ethical plan and Standard #7. (7 points) |
| SMART Goals | Clearly written SMART goals that address at least 3 leadership skills with measurable objectives/outcomes (10 points) | SMART goals address at least 2 leadership skills with measurable objectives/outcomes (8.5 points) | SMART goals address at least 1 leadership skill with measurable objectives/
outcomes. (7 points) |
| Personal Skills Development
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| Practicing at highest level of education and competency | Plan contains substantive and well-constructed goals and objectives providing evidence of practicing at the highest level of education and competency. (10 points) | Plan contains well-written goals and objectives providing evidence of practicing at the highest level of education and competency. (8.5 points) | Plan is either missing or lacks sufficient information to provide evidence of practicing at the highest level of education and competency. (6.5 points) |
| Life-long Learning | Well developed and substantive-constructed goals and objectives focused on a plan supporting life-long learning. (10 points) | Evidence of goals and objectives with sufficient information focused on a plan for life-long learning. (8.5 points) | Brief and limited response with missing, or unclear information supporting a plan for life-long learning. (6.5 points) |
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Code of Ethics Provision #5 Personal Plan to support Self-Care |
Well thought out and developed section with clearly defined plan supporting self-care “duties to self as to others”. Self-care plan includes goals and timelines to achieve success. Personal self-care plan demonstrates alignment with Provision 5 subsections 1-5.
(10 points) |
Evidence of a self-care plan with goals for success aligned with Provision #5. (8.5 points) | Brief and limited self-care plan or self-care plan is missing, brief or is unclear and/or lacks supporting information to Provision #5. (6.5 points) |
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Professional Organization Involvement |
Well thought out and developed section with clearly defined plan of current professional involvement or plan for future development and involvement in professional organizations. Timeline is included for achieving personal goals. (10 points) | Evidence of current level of involvement in professional organizations and/or goals and objectives with sufficient information focused on a plan for future development and involvement in professional organizations. (8.5 points) | Brief and limited section about current professional involvement and/or plan for developing professional organizational involvement is missing, brief or is unclear and/or lacks supporting information about any need for professional organizational involvement. (6.5 points) |
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Promoting Nursing’s Future (policy making, community leadership, etc.) |
Well thought out and developed section with clearly defined plan outlining current or future involvement in promoting nursing’s future. Plan includes involvement in some aspect of policy making, political involvement, or other leadership roles. Future plans discuss goals and objectives on how to get involved in promoting nursing’s future. (10
points)
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Evidence of current level of involvement in promoting nursing’s future. Clear evidence of how involvement includes policy making or other community or state leadership work. If no current involvement, discussion includes a plan for future involvement with goals and objectives. (8.5 points) | Brief and limited section about importance of promoting nursing’s future. Information provided is missing, brief or is unclear and/or lacks supporting details about any current or future plans for involvement in policy making or leadership. (6.5 points) |
| Format, Writing Skills, and Organization | Page count adheres to limits (7-9 pages). Consistent clarity of ideas, thought & language throughout paper. Logical flow from beginning to end; Paper is well organized. (5 points) | Page count slightly exceeds limits by only 1-2 pages. Ideas, thoughts and language are mostly clear throughout the paper. There are some minor issues with the logical flow of the paper. The paper could be organized better to improve flow and clarity. (4.5 points) | Paper count is not adhered or exceeds page limit. Ideas, thoughts and language lack clarity and/or organization impacting the flow of information. (2.5 points) |
| APA Style | Paper is written in APA format with no major noted errors. Title page and reference page, font, line spacing are aligned with APA. Sentence structure, word choice, spelling indicate no major errors. (5
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Paper is written in APA format with only minor errors. Title page, reference page, font, line spacing area aligned with APA. Sentence structure, word choice, spelling indicate only minor errors not impacting the overall content of the paper. (4 points) | Paper demonstrates multiple APA errors impacting the content of the paper and/or multiple grammatical errors noted which would benefit from additional editing. (2
point) |
Rubric updated 8/15/19