Transition to the Nursing Profession
Letter for Graduation (30 points/24%)
Your assignment is to write a letter to yourself on your graduation day.
Consider the following questions as you compose your letter.
- How do you hope you have changed in terms of knowledge and skills and personally?
- What would you like to remind yourself about your inspiration for choosing this career?
- 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?
- Are there any words of caution you want to tell yourself—pitfalls to avoid?
- What kind of nurse do you hope you have become? What further growth and change do you envision for yourself?
Inspiration (30 points/24%)
Create a page that represents your inspiration for becoming a nurse. It may be a picture, a collage, a series of quotes, and so forth. Choose words and images that are meaningful to you. This should be a picture that you can post somewhere, perhaps where you study, in order to motivate yourself as you move forward on your journey to become a nurse.
Reflections Presentation (65 points/52%)
Write a short 5-minute speech that discusses the following topics.
- What does your inspiration mean?,
- Name one concept that challenged you during this course.
- What has been the greatest lesson you have learned?
- How will what you have learned help you be successful at Chamberlain?