The Professional Mission Statement Assignment
The development of a professional mission statement increases your marketability as a nurse by showcasing your nursing knowledge to prospective employers. This mission statement allows you, as a baccalaureate-prepared nurse, to focus on nursing concepts, professional strengths, and critical thinking abilities that define nursing practice in practical ways. You will be required to think about real-life scenarios and how they relate to nursing codes as you develop an individual professional nursing statement.
Assignment Instructions:
In week 2, you were advised to set up an interview with a nurse who serves in a professional nursing role that requires a BSN. In this assignment, you will incorporate a summary of that interview and create a professional mission statement that showcases the interview results and the personal plan for the integration of the ANA Code of Ethics, professional traits, nursing theory, and ethical principles into nursing practice. This paper should be at least 6 pages long, not including the title page, and reference page(s).
Follow the following outline:
Title Page
Provide an APA-formatted Title Page
Introduction
Provide an introduction to the paper which addresses each of the sections of the paper.
Interview with a Nurse
Summarize the interview of a nurse from one of the roles listed.
NOTE: If you performed an interview in your PACE course which would qualify, please summarize that interview.
Infection Control
Quality Control
Case Management
Healthcare Informatics
Assistant Nurse Manager
Charge Nurse
Nurse Educator
Clinical Development Specialist / Training & Development Specialist
Provide a brief description of the role and why you aspire to seek this role in the future.
Provisions from the ANA Code of Ethics
Discuss how two of the provisions from a nursing code of ethics would influence your practice in the selected professional nursing role.
Professional Traits
Discuss the four professional traits from the American Nurses Association (ANA) Code of Ethics that you will bring to an interdisciplinary team of healthcare professionals.
Access the ANA Code of ethics by clicking this link: https://www.nursingworld.org/coe-view-only
List of traits to choose from:
Respect for Human Dignity
Relationship with Patients
Collaboration
Duty to Self and Others
Integrity
Honesty
Effective Communication
Dedication to personal growth
Nursing Theory and Theorist
Identify a nursing theory and theorist that has influenced your professional practice.
Explain how the chosen theory fits your professional practice.
Discuss how the contributions of one nursing theorist that has impacted your professional nursing practice, including modern-day application.
Safeguarding Ethical Principles
Discuss a scenario in which you, as a nurse, safeguarded two of the following ethical principles for the patient: Note: Do not include confidential patient information (e.g., name, location).
Beneficence
Non-maleficence
Respect for autonomy
Justice
Summary
Provide a summary that addresses how your perspective has changed as a result of completing this assignment.
Reference Page, Grammar, Formatting, and APA
Include all in-text citations and references in APA format. Use appropriate grammar, spelling, and mechanics when creating the submission.
This assignment activity aligns with:
Course Outcome 1. Examine the contributions of research to advance nursing knowledge and practice.
Course Outcome 4. Develop strategies to increase the utilization of research findings in nursing practice.
AACN BSN Essential VI: Inter-professional Communication and Collaboration for Improving Patient Health Outcomes
AACN BSN Essential VIII: Professionalism and Professional Values
Demonstrate the professional standards of moral, ethical, and legal conduct.
Assume accountability for personal and professional behaviors.
Promote the image of nursing by modeling the values and articulating the knowledge, skills, and attitudes of the nursing profession.
Demonstrate professionalism, including attention to appearance, demeanor, respect for self and others, and attention to professional boundaries with patients and families as well as among caregivers.
Demonstrate an appreciation of the history of and contemporary issues in nursing and their impact on current nursing practice.
My informational interview
Respondent: Dr. Godwin Odia.
Dr. Odia is a Health Information Program Manager with STG International, Inc. (STGi), on assignment with the Federal Occupational Health (FOH) Service, United States Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland. He is the founder and Chief Operating Officer of Applied Health Informatics, LLC, a health company based in Fredrick, County, Maryland. Dr. Odia is also a Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA) with the American Health Information Management Association and a Licensed Nursing Home Administrator (NHA) in the State of Massachusetts.
Respondent’s background
Dr. Odia retired in January 2019 from active duty at the rank of Captain/06 in the Commissioned Corps of the U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS), a noncombatant Uniformed Service of the United States. Prior to serving in the USPHS, he served in the United States Army Reserve and the United States Army from 1985 through 1996.
He received his initial medical record and health administration training at the U.S. Army Academy of Health Services, Fort Sam Houston, Texas after graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree from Southern University, New Orleans. His Other academic training includes a Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Health Information Administration from Northeastern University, Boston, Master in Public Administration (MPA) and Master of Business Administration (MBA) with Concentration in Health Care Management from Western New England University, Springfield, Massachusetts and Doctor of Philosophy (PHD) degree in Health Science from Trident University International, Cypress, California.
From January 2009 to January 2019, he was detailed to the Center for Medicaid Service (CMS), Baltimore, Maryland where he served as Technical Director in the Center for Medical and Children Health Insurance Program Services (CMCS), Division of States Systems where until he retired from the Commissioned Corps of the United States Public Health Service.
Research Interest: Medical errors, health care fraud, waste and abuse, medical informatics, electronic health record, personal health record, international and population health.
Specialties: Electronic Health Record (EHR), Privacy and Security, Emergency and Disaster Response, International Health, Health Care Fraud and Abuse.
Interview Questions
1. Was there a time you messed up and felt like you failed? How did you bounce back?
During my service in the United States Army reserve in 1990, there were moments where I felt that my teamwork skills were lacking and this made me feel like I lost confidence in myself. Teamwork is the most emphasized point in the army and if you don’t fit in well with others it can be a challenge to survive there. I overcame this challenge by working on the relationships with my teammates, which build my courage and we just kept going.
2. How did you learn to embrace risk-taking?
With my experience in the army, you learn to survive by pushing through challenges that are thrown at you. There is no room for second-guessing your choice after proper planning. You learn to analyze situations and from that, you can make informed decisions to minimize the chances of failure.
3. Tell me about a recent business setback. How did you recover?
Though I have a Master in Business Administration, I don’t have first-hand experience with setbacks in businesses. Setbacks can be in many forms still, which can be in the form of health, relationships, and many more. The key to recovering from a setback is to either make a new goal or try a different method to achieve the same goal that you first failed in.
4. Think back to five years ago. Did you envision your career as it is today?
I would say yes, for many years I have been in fields related to health and this led to the increase in the interest in matters related to it. Over the years my research has leaned towards the health informatics or technology fields that affect and can improve health care.
5. Was there ever a role you applied for and landed, but weren’t 100% qualified to do? How did you proceed?
My current occupation as a Health Information Technology Research Administrator/ Researcher was a huge leap in my career and a challenge I had to take for myself. This was majorly supported by my experience in administration that I have gathered over the years and followed by my growing interest in health informatics. You have to have strong points that support you getting that role and just go for it.
6. What do you wish you had known before taking your first management role?
That emotional intelligence played such an important role in managing and communicating with others. This is a skill one needs to gain to effectively overcome challenges that one faces.
7. Which leadership skills were the most difficult to develop?
This will be related to emotional intelligence. To consistently and positively handle difficult situations that arise at all times, is not easy. One needs to properly handle their own emotions well to intelligently manage others.
8. Can you tell me about a time when you had a difficult boss? How did you handle the situation?
From an early time of being in the army, you deal with difficult bosses. I am lucky to have experienced that and this enabled me to gain a thick skin, you can say. I have always understood my responsibilities and doing everything better than expected has always helped me avoid those unnecessary situations.
9. How can I stay connected to key influencers who do not work in the same office or geographical area?
The way to connect is by either having a good reason to be able to contact the key influencer or when you’re provided with a good opportunity that you can use to create a professional relationship with them by sharing the same interests.
