As you approach the end of your Master of Science in Nursing program and prepare for a career as an NP, you will want to create a cover letter, resume, and portfolio that best represents your knowledge, skills, and abilities as a professional in the field of nursing.
For this Assignment, you will create a professional cover letter, resume, and portfolio that you can use as you pursue your next professional role.
To prepare:
– Review the Cover Letter, Resume, and Portfolio Assignment Guide
– Review the resources related to cover letters, resumes, and portfolios
Prepare a cover letter, resume, and portfolio that meets the requirements outlined in the Cover Letter, Resume, and Portfolio Assignment Guide.
Learning Resources
Required Readings
-Altman, S. H., Butler, A. S., Shern, L. (Eds.). (2015). Assessing Progress on the IOM Report The Future of Nursing. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. Retrieved from http://www.nationalacademies.org/hmd/Reports/2015/Assessing-Progress-on-the-IOM-Report-The-Future-of-Nursing.aspx doi: 10.17226/21838
-Bankston, K., & Glazer, G., (2013) Legislative: Interprofessional collaboration: What’s taking so long?” OJIN: The Online Journal of Issues in Nursing, 19(1). doi:10.3912/OJIN.Vol18No01LegCol01
-Buppert, C. (2018). Nurse practitioner’s business practice and legal guide (6th ed.). Sudbury, MA: Bartlett & Jones Learning.
Appendix 11-D: Sample Professional Services Agreement (pp. 415-419)
Chapter 2, “Legal Nurse Practitioner Scope of Practice” (pp. 39-53)
This chapter will cover professional association definitions of scope of practice, statutory versus regulatory scope of NP practice, physician challenges to NP’s scope of practice, need for clarifying scope of practice, NP scope of practice compared with registered nurse scope of practice, NP and physician scope of practice compared, an NP’s portfolio, and mandated physician involvement with NP practice.
-Hain, D., & Fleck, L. (2014). Barriers to nurse practitioner practice that impact healthcare redesign. OJIN: The Online Journal of Issues in Nursing, 19(2). doi:10.3912/OJIN.Vol19No02Man02
-Hamric, A. B., Hanson, C. M., Tracy, M. F., & O’Grady, E. T. (2014). Collaboration. In Advanced Practice Nursing: An Integrative Approach (5th ed.) (299-327). St. Louis, MO: Elsevier Saunders.
This chapter will define collaboration, discuss characteristics of effective collaboration, discuss impact of collaboration on patients and clinicians, discuss imperatives for collaboration, provide context of collaboration in health care, discuss processes associated with effective collaboration, discuss implementing collaboration, and strategies for successful collaboration.
-Thomas, A. C., Crabtree, M. K., Delaney, K. R., Dumas, M. A., Kleinpell, R., Logsdon, C.,…Nativio, D. G. (2012). Nurse Practitioner Core Competencies. Retrieved from http://c.ymcdn.com/sites/www.nonpf.org/resource/resmgr/competencies/npcorecompetenciesfinal2012.pdf
Document: Cover Letter, Resume, and Portfolio Assignment Guide (PDF)
Optional Resources
Committee on the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Initiative on the Future of Nursing, at the Institute of Medicine, & Institute of Medicine (2011). The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health. Retrieved from http://www.nap.edu/catalog/12956/the-future-of-nursing-leading-change-advancing-health [KL7]
-Interprofessional Education Collaborative Expert Panel. (2011). Core Competencies for Interprofessional Collaborative Practice Washington, D.C.: Interprofessional Education Collaborative. Retrieved from https://www.aacom.org/docs/default-source/insideome/ccrpt05-10-11.pdf?sfvrsn=77937f97_2
