Posted: March 12th, 2023

Final Project

NR103 Transition to the Nursing Profession Final Project Guidelines

Purpose

The purpose of this assignment is to give you the opportunity to reflect back on what inspiration you will take with you through the program, what lessons you will take away from the course, and the ability to write a letter to your future self about where you hope you will be when you graduate from Chamberlain.

Course outcomes: This assignment enables the student to meet the following course outcomes:

CO 2. Identify characteristics of professional behavior including emotional intelligence, communication, and conflict resolution.

Due date: Refer to the course calendar for due date information.

Total points possible: 125 points

Preparing the assignment

There are three parts to this assignment. Speak with your faculty member if you have questions.

1.
Letter for Graduation (30 points/24%)

a. Write a letter to yourself on your graduation day.

b. Consider the following questions as you compose your letter.

i. How do you hope you have changed in terms of knowledge and skills, and personally?

ii. What would you like to remind yourself about your inspiration for choosing this career?

iii. You will be preparing to take the NCLEX exam and to start your first job as a baccalaureate-prepared nurse. Are there any words of encouragement that you would like to tell your future self?

iv. Are there any words of caution you want to tell yourself—pitfalls to avoid?

v. What kind of nurse do you hope you have become? What further growth and change do you envision for yourself?

NR103 Transition to the Nursing Profession Final Project Guidelines

Grading Rubric

Criteria are met when the student’s application of knowledge demonstrates achievement of the outcomes for this assignment.

Assignment Criteria

(Points possible/% of total points available)

Highest Level of Performance

High Level of Performance

Satisfactory Level of Performance

Unsatisfactory Level of Performance

Letter for Graduation

(30 points/24%)

30 points

0 points

Required criterion

Letter to self submitted.

Criterion met

Criterion not met

Inspiration

(30 points/24%)

30 points

0 points

Required criteria

1. Picture, collage, or series of quotes
2. Reflect motivation for and/ or meaning of inspiration
3. Graphics relate or are relevant to the topic

All criteria met

One or more criteria not met

Reflection Presentation

(65 points/52%)

65 points

55 points

49 points

0 points

Required criteria

1. Describes the inspiration and the relationship of the inspiration to being a nurse
2. Defines one concept that was challenging about the course
3. Discusses the most important lesson learned
4. Summarizes how the NR-103 course will help with preparation to be successful at Chamberlain.

All criteria met

Three criteria met

Two criteria met

One or no criteria met

Total Points Possible = 125 points

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