Development of Professional Identity FITNESS TO PRACTICE

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate personal fitness to practice via assessment, reflection and development of strategies to improve and maintain personal fitness to practice.

Ongoing assessment, reflection, and development of skills, capacity and resilience to maintain and improve fitness to practice is beneficial to your nursing career. This assignment is placed early in the Bachelor of Nursing program to promote this growth.

Fitness to practice consists of many factors, including possessing the appropriate nursing knowledge and psychomotor skills for the clinical area, as well as being mentally and physically healthy.[unique_solution]

This assignment consists of two parts:

1. Fitness to Practice Self Assessment Workbook

Complete the Fitness to Practice Self Assessment Workbook (Appendix A) prior to writing the paper because the academic paper is based on Appendix A.

It is strongly recommended that you start the workbook the day of the “Fitness to Practice” lecture.

Estimated time to complete the Fitness to Practice Self Assessment Workbook (Appendix A) is 1 week. (15-30 min/day)

You do not submit the self-assessment workbook as part of this assignment.

2. Improving and Maintaining Fitness to Practice Academic Paper

Explore factors that may be influencing your fitness to practice by summarizing the contents of your completed workbook and developing strategies to maintain or improve your personal fitness to practice.

only word documents accepted.

Paper consists of the following sections:

Introduction

• Give a broad overview of the
  • Include context as to who you are (second year student in College of Nursing)
  • Include a clear purpose statement to guide
• 1/3 of a page

Body of the paper

• Divide paper into four subsections corresponding with sections of the self-assessment.
  • Nursing knowledge, psychomotor skills, mental health, and physical
• Use subheadings.

• In each subsection:
  • Include your score for the appropriate assessment(s).
  • Explain what is helping you maintain fitness to practice or;
  • Explain what may be impeding your fitness to
  • Include two strategies to improve or maintain your fitness to
    • Strategies can include University of Manitoba resources, personal efforts or recommendations from the literature or professional bodies. Recommendations from the literature, professional resources, or websites such as Canadian Mental Health Association or National Sleep Foundation, should be cited in the paper and included in the reference
  • One page (maximum) for each subsection.

Conclusion

• What did you learn from this assessment?
• Summarize strategies you will engage to maintain or improve your fitness to practice
• ½ page maximum

Technical Aspects

• Use APA style 7^th
• Apply mechanics of good writing (grammar, spelling, punctuation) that you have practiced in this course.
• Maximum length: 5 pages
• Grading rubric is posted on UMLearn
• Submit to dropbox on UMLearn
• Only word documents accepted