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Week 1 Discussion
NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES
This week, you begin to lay the foundation for your academic and professional success. Your efforts begin with a vision, which includes your own definition of success. Your vision may vary from those of your colleagues, but this does not mean you have to take these first steps alone.
Walden University and the College of Nursing also have a vision and mission, which include helping you to make your own vision a reality. Members of your new academic community, such as faculty, support teams, and fellow students, can also be helpful. Current practitioners and other members of the professional community can also help you to clarify your vision.
This Week’s Discussion asks you to consider how the Walden mission and vision as well as the College of Nursing's mission and vision apply to your professional and academic goals. You will also begin to identify individuals and teams who can help you along the way as you begin designing the “blueprint”—your Academic Success and Professional Development Plan—that will guide you toward your own vision for academic and professional success. Finally, you will explain the importance of networking and how it can help you achieve your professional and academic goals.
Note: Unless otherwise noted, initial postings to Discussions are due on or before Day 3, and response postings are due on or before Day 6. You are required to participate in the Discussion on at least three different days (a different day for main post and each response). It is important to adhere to the weekly time frame to allow others ample time to respond to your posting. In addition, you are expected to respond to questions directed toward your own initial posting in a timely manner.
RESOURCES
Be sure to review the Learning Resources before completing this activity.
Click the weekly resources link to access the resources.
WEEKLY RESOURCES
To Prepare:
Review the Walden and College of Nursing mission and vision statements, Walden’s goals and University Outcomes, and the MSN Program Learning Outcomes presented in this Week's Learning Resources.
Reflect on your professional and academic goals as they relate to your program/specialization.
Consider how the information in these resources fit with your own goals and to your becoming a scholar-practitioner.
Also consider academic and professional individuals and teams with whom you may collaborate in support of your efforts as a student at the university and as a professional within your organization and career.
Consider the importance of networking and how it may help you achieve your professional and academic goals.
BY DAY 3
Post a brief introduction of yourself to your colleagues. Include an explanation as to how Walden’s vision, mission, goals, and social change initiatives relate to your professional and academic goals and to your becoming a scholar-practitioner. Also include an explanation for how the Walden MSN Program Outcomes and perspectives relate to your professional and academic goals and to your becoming a scholar-practitioner. Finally, explain why networking is important and how it may help you achieve your professional and academic goals.
BY DAY 6
Respond to at least two of your colleagues' posts by suggesting additional individuals and/or teams with whom you wish to collaborate or by offering additional networking strategies.
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Week 3 Discussion
USING THE WALDEN LIBRARY
Where can you find evidence to inform your thoughts and scholarly writing? Throughout your degree program, you will use research literature to explore ideas, guide your thinking, and gain new insights. As you search the research literature, it is important to use resources that are peer-reviewed and from scholarly journals. You may already have some favorite online resources and databases that you use or have found useful in the past. For this Discussion, you explore databases available through the Walden Library.
Note: Unless otherwise noted, initial postings to Discussions are due on or before Day 3, and response postings are due on or before Day 6. You are required to participate in the Discussion on at least three different days (a different day for main post and each response). It is important to adhere to the weekly time frame to allow others ample time to respond to your posting. In addition, you are expected to respond to questions directed toward your own initial posting in a timely manner.
RESOURCES
Be sure to review the Learning Resources before completing this activity.
Click the weekly resources link to access the resources.
WEEKLY RESOURCES
To Prepare:
Review the information presented in the Learning Resources for using the Walden Library, searching the databases, and evaluating online resources.
Begin searching for a peer-reviewed article that pertains to your practice area and interests you.
BY DAY 3
Post the following:
Using proper APA formatting, cite the peer-reviewed article you selected that pertains to your practice area and is of particular interest to you and identify the database that you used to search for the article. Explain any difficulties you experienced while searching for this article. Would this database be useful to your colleagues? Explain why or why not. Would you recommend this database? Explain why or why not.
BY DAY 6
Respond to at least two of your colleagues' posts by offering suggestions/strategies for working with this database from your own experience, or offering ideas for using alternative resources.
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Week 5 Discussion
STRATEGIES FOR ACADEMIC PORTFOLIOS
In the realm of marketing, a successful branding strategy is one of the most important contributors to organizational success. A solid branding strategy can help add visibility and credibility to a company’s products.
Similarly, nurse-scholars can build a personal brand to add visibility and credibility to their work. You can begin building your brand by developing and maintaining an academic portfolio. Such an activity can help share the results of your efforts and contribute to your success. This Week’s Discussion asks you to consider and share strategies for building your portfolio.
Note: Unless otherwise noted, initial postings to Discussions are due on or before Day 3, and response postings are due on or before Day 6. You are required to participate in the Discussion on at least three different days (a different day for main post and each response). It is important to adhere to the weekly time frame to allow others ample time to respond to your posting. In addition, you are expected to respond to questions directed toward your own initial posting in a timely manner.
RESOURCES
Be sure to review the Learning Resources before completing this activity.
Click the weekly resources link to access the resources.
WEEKLY RESOURCES
To Prepare:
Reflect on strategies that you can pursue in developing portfolios or portfolio elements that focus on academic achievements.
Review one or more samples from your own research of resources focused on portfolio development.
BY DAY 3
Post an explanation of at least two strategies for including academic activities and accomplishments into your professional development goals. Then, explain how those goals may align with the University’s emphasis on social change. Be specific and provide examples.
BY DAY 6
Respond to at least two of your colleagues' posts by offering additional ideas regarding academic achievements to include or offering alternative ways of presenting the current achievements.
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Week 6 Discussion
EXAMINING NURSING SPECIALTIES
You have probably seen one or more of the many inspirational posters about decisions. A visual such as a forked road or a street sign is typically pictured, along with a quote designed to inspire.
Often decisions are not so easily inspired. Perhaps you discovered this when choosing a specialty within the MSN program. This decision is a critical part of your plan for success, and you no doubt want to get it right. This is yet another area where your network can help, as well as other sources of information that can help you make an informed choice.
Note: Unless otherwise noted, initial postings to Discussions are due on or before Day 3, and response postings are due on or before Day 6. You are required to participate in the Discussion on at least three different days (a different day for main post and each response). It is important to adhere to the weekly time frame to allow others ample time to respond to your posting. In addition, you are expected to respond to questions directed toward your own initial posting in a timely manner.
RESOURCES
Be sure to review the Learning Resources before completing this activity.
Click the weekly resources link to access the resources.
WEEKLY RESOURCES
To Prepare:
Reflect on your decision to pursue a specialty within the MSN program, including your professional and academic goals as they relate to your program/specialization.
BY DAY 3
Post an explanation of your choice of a nursing specialty within the program. Describe any difficulties you had (or are having) in making your choice, and the factors that drove/are driving your decision. Identify at least one professional organization affiliated with your chosen specialty and provide details on becoming a member.
BY DAY 6
Respond to at least two of your colleagues on two different days, by sharing your thoughts on their specialty, supporting their choice or offering suggestions if they have yet to choose.
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Week 1 Assignment
ACADEMIC SUCCESS AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN PART 1: DEVELOPING AN ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL NETWORK
When was the last time you read Meditation XVII of John Donne's Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions?
Unless you are a student of seventeenth-century poetry, you may not be all that familiar with this piece. However, you may be much more familiar with one of its well-known phrases: “No man is an island...”.
As you begin your journey toward achieving your academic and professional goals, you have a great opportunity to network with academics and professionals who can help ensure you do not travel alone. This network can help to clarify your own vision for success and can help guide you now and in the future. To paraphrase Donne, no one is an island.
Begin creating an academic and professional network by identifying which academic and professional connections and resources with which you need to collaborate to succeed in your MSN program and as a practicing nurse.
RESOURCES
Be sure to review the Learning Resources before completing this activity.
Click the weekly resources link to access the resources.
WEEKLY RESOURCES
To Prepare:
Consider individuals, departments, teams, and/or resources within Walden University and within your profession that you believe can support your academic and professional success.
Identify at least two academic and at least two professional individuals, colleagues, or teams that might help you succeed in your MSN program and as a practicing nurse.
Download the Academic Success and Professional Development Plan Template.
The Assignment:
Academic and Professional Network
Complete Part 1 of your Academic Success and Professional Development Plan Template. Be sure to address the following:
Identify at least two academic and at least two professional individuals or teams to collaborate with to be successful in your MSN program and as a practicing nurse.
Explain why you selected these individuals and/or teams and how they will support your success in the MSN program and as a practicing nurse.
BY DAY 7
Submit Part 1 of your Academic Success and Professional Development Plan Template.
SUBMISSION INFORMATION
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To submit your completed assignment, save your Assignment as WK1Assgn+last name+first initial.
Then, click on Start Assignment near the top of the page.
Next, click on Upload File and select Submit Assignment for review.
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Week 2 Assignment
ACADEMIC SUCCESS AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN PART 2: STRATEGIES TO PROMOTE ACADEMIC INTEGRITY AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS
Nurse-scholars have a significant obligation to their community as well. Their work must have academic and professional integrity. Their efforts are designed to add to the body of knowledge, advance the profession, and ultimately help in the care of patients. Work that lacks integrity is subject to erode quickly or worse.
Fortunately, there are strategies and tools that can help ensure integrity in academic and professional work. This Assignment asks you to consider these tools and how you might apply them to your own work.
In this Assignment you will continue developing your Academic Success and Professional Development Plan by appending the original document you began in the previous assignment.
RESOURCES
Be sure to review the Learning Resources before completing this activity.
Click the weekly resources link to access the resources.
WEEKLY RESOURCES
To Prepare:
Reflect on the strategies presented in the Resources for this Week in support of academic style, integrity, and scholarly ethics.
Reflect on the connection between academic and professional integrity.
The Assignment:
Part 2, Section 1: Writing Sample: The Connection Between Academic and Professional Integrity
Using the Academic and Professional Success Development Template you began in Week 1, write a 2- to 3-paragraph analysis that includes the following:
Explanation for the relationship between academic integrity and writing
Explanation for the relationship between professional practices and scholarly ethics
Cite at least two resources that support your arguments, being sure to use proper APA formatting.
Use Grammarly and Turnitin to improve the product.
Explain how Grammarly, Turnitin, and paraphrasing contributes to academic integrity.
Part 2, Section 2: Strategies for Maintaining Integrity of Work
Expand on your thoughts from Section 1 by identifying and describing strategies you intend to pursue to maintain integrity and ethics of your: academic work as a student of the MSN program and
professional work as a nurse throughout your career. Include a review of resources and approaches you propose to use as a student and a professional.
Note: Add your work for this Assignment to the original document you began in the Week 1 Assignment, which was built from the Academic Success and Professional Development Plan Template.
BY DAY 7
Submit both Section 1 and Section 2 of Part 2.
SUBMISSION INFORMATION
Before submitting your final assignment, you can check your draft for authenticity. To check your draft, access the Turnitin Drafts from the Start Here area.
To submit your completed assignment, save your Assignment as WK2Assgn+last name+first initial.
Then, click on Start Assignment near the top of the page.
Next, click on Upload File and select Submit Assignment for review.
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Week 3 Assignment
ACADEMIC SUCCESS AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN PART 3: RESEARCH ANALYSIS
Architect Daniel Libeskind is credited with saying “To provide meaningful architecture is not to parody history, but to articulate it.” The suggestion is that his work does not copy the efforts of others but relies on it.
Understanding the work of others is critically important to new work. Contributions to the nursing body of knowledge can happen when you are able to analyze and articulate the efforts of previous research. Research analysis skills are therefore critical tools for your toolbox.
In this Assignment, you will locate relevant existing research. You also will analyze this research using a tool helpful for analysis.
RESOURCES
Be sure to review the Learning Resources before completing this activity.
Click the weekly resources link to access the resources.
WEEKLY RESOURCES
To Prepare:
Reflect on the strategies presented in the Resources this week's Learning Resources in support of locating and analyzing research.
Use the Walden Library to identify and read one peer-reviewed research article focused on a topic in your specialty field that interests you.
Review the article you selected and reflect on the professional practice use of theories/concepts described by the article.
The Assignment:
Using the “Week 3 | Part 3” section of your Academic Success and Professional Development Plan Template presented in the Resources, conduct an analysis of the elements of the research article you identified. Be sure to include the following:
Your topic of interest.
A correctly formatted APA citation of the article you selected, along with link or search details.
Identify a professional practice use of the theories/concepts presented in the article.
Analysis of the article using the “Research Analysis Matrix” section of the template
Write a 1-paragraph justification stating whether you would recommend this article to inform professional practice.
Write a 2- to 3-paragraph summary that you will add to your Academic Success and Professional Development Plan that includes the following:
Describe your approach to identifying and analyzing peer-reviewed research.
Identify at least two strategies that you would use that you found to be effective in finding peer-reviewed research.
Identify at least one resource you intend to use in the future to find peer-reviewed research.
Note: Add your work for this Assignment to the original document you began in the Week 1 Assignment, which was built from the Academic Success and Professional Development Plan Template.
BY DAY 7
Submit your analysis, including your completed section of the Academic Success and Professional Development Plan Template sections and your matrix and summary.
SUBMISSION INFORMATION
Before submitting your final assignment, you can check your draft for authenticity. To check your draft, access the Turnitin Drafts from the Start Here area.
To submit your completed assignment, save your Assignment as WK3Assgn+last name+first initial.
Then, click on Start Assignment near the top of the page.
Next, click on Upload File and select Submit Assignment for review.
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Week 4 Assignment
MEDITREK AND THE PRACTICUM PLAN
One of the requirements you must successfully complete for the Master of Science in Nursing is the Practicum(s). Everything you need to know about the Practicum requirements can be found in the Practicum Manual. It is important for you to be familiar with the Practicum Manual and the Practicum Requirements.
In preparation for the Practicum, you must identify your Preceptor(s), qualified nurses within a practicum site who are responsible for guiding students’ practicum experiences. There are specific qualifications for Preceptors. Once you find a person who is interested in serving as your Preceptor, you must also find out whether this individual meets the qualifications to serve as your preceptor. It is never too early to begin looking for a Preceptor.
For this Assignment, you will first login to Meditrek, the application the College of Nursing uses to track all Practicum information and documentation. You also will identify potential Preceptors and Practicum Sites and indicate when you plan to take the Practicum course(s) by completing the Practicum Plan in Meditrek.
Note: Make sure to start on this assignment early just in case you have problems logging into Meditrek.
RESOURCES
Be sure to review the Learning Resources before completing this activity.
Click the weekly resources link to access the resources.
WEEKLY RESOURCES
To Prepare – Locate your Meditrek Credentials (Username and Password):
Your credentials have been emailed to your Walden student email address. Search your Walden student issued email to locate the email from support@meditrek.info. (NOTE: Do not email Meditrek directly, please use the following methods if you are unable to locate your Meditrek credentials.)
If you are unable to find your email, you may request your credentials emailed to you online by requesting a password reset online: https://edu.meditrek.com/public/ForgotPassword.aspxLinks to an external site.
If you are unable to obtain your username and password for Meditrek, complete the Meditrek Credential Request formLinks to an external site..
If you are unable to reset your password online, call the Customer Care Team Support at 800-925-3368 or live chat via your student portal.
Within Meditrek, click the “Search Affiliation Agreements” link to review the database of affiliation agreements that Walden has with potential field sites in your specialty and area.
The Assignment:
Part 1:
Login to Meditrek.
Once you are logged into Mediatrek, utilize the following tutorial to create a PDF of the home screen.
How to save a webpage as a PDFLinks to an external site.
Note: Tutorials for this assignment can be found on the following webpage. Look for the header labeled "Planning for Practicum" on the webpage: https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/fieldexperience/son/applicationprocess#s-lib-ctab-27424489-0Links to an external site.
Part 2:
Using the affiliation agreement database search within Meditrek, identify potential Practicum Sites that are in your area.
Complete the Practicum Plan form found in Meditrek.
Once you have submitted the Practicum Plan, you will receive a confirmation email. Use the following tutorials to create a PDF of your confirmation email.
Windows - Save an email as a PDF fileLinks to an external site.
Mac - Save an email as a PDF fileLinks to an external site.
BY DAY 7
Submit the PDF of the Meditrek Home Screen and the email confirmation you received after submitting your Practicum Plan form in Meditrek
SUBMISSION INFORMATION
Before submitting your final assignment, you can check your draft for authenticity. To check your draft, access the Turnitin Drafts from the Start Here area.
To submit your completed assignment, save your Assignment as WK4Assgn+last name+first initial.
Then, click on Start Assignment near the top of the page.
Next, click on Upload File and select Submit Assignment for review.
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Week 6 Assignment
ACADEMIC SUCCESS AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN PART 4: FINALIZING THE PLAN
At some point in every construction project, efforts turn from design and the focus moves to actual construction. With the vision in place and the tools secured, the blueprint can be finalized and approved. Then it is time to put on hardhats and begin work.
Throughout the course you have developed aspects of your Academic and Professional Development Plan. You have thought a great deal about your vision and goals, your academic and professional network of support, research strategies and other tools you will need, the integrity of your work, and the value of consulting the work of others. With your portfolio in place, it is now time to finalize your blueprint for success.
Much as builders remain cognizant of the building standards as they plan and begin construction, nurses must remain mindful of the formal standards of practice that govern their specialties. A good understanding of these standards can help ensure that your success plan includes any steps necessary to excel within your chosen specialty.
In this Assignment you will continue developing your Academic Success and Professional Development Plan by developing the final component–a review of your specialty standards of practice. You will also submit your final version of the document, including Parts 1–4.
Note: For students in Nursing Education, Executive Nursing, Nursing Informatics, or Public Health Nursing, this Assignment is the first Portfolio Assignment in your program. You will have one Portfolio Assignment in each of your courses. You will need to save these Assignments for inclusion in your portfolio that you will submit in your Capstone course.
RESOURCES
Be sure to review the Learning Resources before completing this activity.
Click the weekly resources link to access the resources.
WEEKLY RESOURCES
To Prepare:
Review the scope and standards of practice or competencies related to your chosen specialty in the resources for this week.
Review the MSN specializations offered at Walden by viewing the week resource, Walden University. (n.d.). Master of Science in Nursing (MSN).
Examine professional organizations related to the specialization you have chosen and identify at least one to focus on for this Assignment.
Reflect on the thoughts you shared in the Discussion forum regarding your choice of a specialty, any challenges you have encountered in making this choice, and any feedback you have received from colleagues in the Discussion.
The Assignment:
Complete the following items and incorporate them into the final version of your Academic Success and Professional Development Plan.
With the resources specific to the MSN specialization and the, Walden University. (n.d.). Master of Science in Nursing (MSN), shared in this week, write a paragraph or make a Nursing Specialty Comparison table, comparing at least two nursing specialties that include your selected specialization and second-preferred specialization.
Write a 2- to 3-paragraph justification statement identifying your reasons for choosing your MSN specialization. Incorporate feedback you received from colleagues in this Week's Discussion forum.
Identify the professional organization related to your chosen specialization for this Assignment, and explain how you can become an active member of this organization.
Note: Your final version of the Academic Success and Professional Development Plan should include all components as presented the Academic Success and Professional Development Plan template.
BY DAY 5
Submit Parts 1-4 of your Academic Success and Professional Development Plan.
SUBMISSION INFORMATION
Before submitting your final assignment, you can check your draft for authenticity. To check your draft, access the Turnitin Drafts from the Start Here area.
To submit your completed assignment, save your Assignment as WK6Assgn+last name+first initial.
Then, click on Start Assignment near the top of the page.
Next, click on Upload File and select Submit Assignment for review.
Congratulations! After you have finished all of the assignments for this week, you have completed the course. Please submit your Course Evaluation by the end of the week.
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Week 1 Quiz
Question 1
When sending an e-mail to your Instructor, your e-mail subject line should:
Include color stationary as a background
USE ALL CAPITAL LETTERS SO THEY KNOW YOUR EMAIL IS IMPORTANT
Include your last name and first initial and your course and section number
University staff and personnel will have no way of knowing who you are if you do not sign your e-mail or sign it only with a nickname.
Question 2
If you have a question about which courses you should register for next term, who should you contact?
Customer Care Team
One of your current instructors
Your Student Success Advisor
Your Academic Advisor is the best person to contact with such questions.
Question 3
There are nursing-specific library resources available to you.
True
False
Question 4
Where in your online course will you find the contact information for your Instructor?
Syllabus
Customer Care Team
Contact the Instructor
Your Instructor's contact information can be found in the Contact the Instructor area on the left navigation bar.
Question 5
In an online course, students can participate in the online classroom and submit assignments whenever it is convenient for them to do so.
True
False
Question 6
In which area will you retrieve written assignments with comments from your instructor?
Discussion
Grades
Assignment Link
The My Grades area is where you will retrieve written assignments that contain feedback from your instructor.
Question 7
You should draft your discussion in Word first.
True
False
Question 8
When you submit an assignment, when should you have the assignment complete by on the day assigned?
10:59 p.m. Central Time (CT) which is 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) the next day; the time stamp in the classroom will reflect Eastern Time (ET), regardless of your time zone
11:59 p.m. Central Time (CT) which is 10:59 p.m. Mountain Time (MT); the time stamp in the classroom will reflect Mountain Time (MT), regardless of your time zone
11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) which is 8:59 p.m. Pacific Time (PT); the time stamp in the classroom will reflect Pacific Time (PT), regardless of your time zone
10:59 p.m. Mountain Time (MT) which is 12:59 a.m. Eastern Time (ET) the next day; the time stamp in the classroom will reflect Eastern Time (ET), regardless of your time zone
Question 9
Students should avoid referencing Wikipedia as a scholarly resource in their assignments.
True
False
Question 10
Online students are expected to behave with academic integrity and honesty.
True
False
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Week 2 Quiz
Question 1
In APA formatting, the margins should _______ on all sides.
one and one-half inches
one-half inch
one inch
author"s choice
Question 2
While 12-point Times New Roman was preferred by APA in the past, the seventh edition of the association's Publication Manual also allows for the use of other fonts, such as s 11-point Calibr
True
False
Question 3
In some papers for APA, an abstract will be required. The word length typically for an abstract in a journal is between _______ and ______ words.
50, 100
100, 125
150, 200
250, 300
Question 4
Which of the following is correct regarding the reference list in APA?
It should be in alphabetical order by the author's last name.
The first line should be indented with the second and subsequent lines flush with margins.
All references should appear alike in relation to capitalization and italics regardless of type of reference (book, periodical, etc.).
The word 'References' should be at the top of the list, bold, and centered on the page.
Question 5
In APA, a Level 1 heading should appear:
Flush Left, Bold, Title Case Heading
Indented, italic, lowercase paragraph heading ending with a period.
Centered, Bold, Title Case Heading
Indented, bold, lowercase paragraph heading ending with a period.
Question 6
Below is a reference page listing for a book with two authors. How should the title of the book be formatted?
Jones, A. & Smith, P. (2016). Nursing ethics: Keeping the patient at the center of care (2nd ed). Pearson Education.
The book title should be in quotation marks.
The book title should be in italics.
The book title should be listed without special formatting.
The book title should be in bold.
Question 7
A block quote contains:
10 or more words
20 or more words
40 or more words
50 or more words
Question 8
Words should be used to express any number that begins a sentence, title, or text heading.
True
False
Question 9
In APA, the paper should be ________ spaced.
double-
single-
Question 10
Which of the following narrative in-text citations below is correct?
Jones and Smith (2018) reports......
Jones & Smith (2018) reports......
Jones, Smith (2018) reports......
Jones/Smith (2018) reports......
Question 11
Which of the following is correct regarding an in-text citation for direct quotes?
(Jones, 2016)
(Jones, Journal of Professional Nursing Practice, 2016)
(Jones, 2016, p. 171)
(Jones, p. 171, 2016)
Question 12
It is permissible to present one's own published work as new scholarship.
True
False
Question 13
A level 2 heading in APA should be:
Flush Left, Bold, Title Case Heading
Indented, bold, lowercase paragraph heading ending with a period.
Centered, Bold, Title Case Heading
Indented, bold, italic, lowercase paragraph heading ending with a period
Question 14
In APA, the writer should avoid the use of back-to-back parentheses.
True
False
Question 15
When a writer uses another person's ideas and research without citing the source of the information, this is called plagiarism.
True
False
Question 16
Based on the URL or web-address, which of the following websites would more likely contain scholarly, research-based resources on heart disease?
https://gobodly.com/heart-diseaseLinks to an external site.
https://www.cdc.gov/heartdisease/about.htmLinks to an external site.
Question 17
In APA, numerals should be used to express numbers 10 and above.
True
False
Question 18
In relation to comma usage in APA, which of the following follows the correct format?
Smith Jones and Craig (2016) found......
Smith, Jones, and Craig (2016) found......
Smith, Jones and Craig (2016) found......
Smith Jones, and Craig (2016) found......
Question 19
Which of the following is correct for a narrative in-text citation for a work by six authors?
Jones, Smith, Thomas, Wright, Davis, and Walker (2016)
Jones et al. (2016)
Jones and others, 2016
Jones ET. AL., 2016
Question 20
Which of the following is the correct way to cite a direct quote?
Jones (2018) found that "nurses are among the most trusted health care professionals." (p. 34).
Jones (2018) found that "nurses are among the most trusted health care professionals" (p. 34).
Jones (2018) found that "nurses are among the most trusted health care professionals (p. 34)."
Jones (2018) found that "nurses are among the most trusted health care professionals." (p34).
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Week 5 Quiz
Question 1
Students can monitor the status of their preceptor application by:
A. Closely monitoring their email from Meditrek for status updates from the Office of Field Experience
B. Logging into Meditrek and accessing their list of practicum applications
C. Contacting their student success advisor
D. A and B are correct
Question 2
Where do students request and submit their onboarding requirements?
Via email to faculty
Via email to Office of Field Experience
Via Walden???s portal through CastleBranch
Upload in Meditrek
Question 3
Students can identify the requirements for preceptors in their program by:
Reviewing requirements in the practicum manual
Reviewing course descriptions on the Walden web site
Asking advanced practice colleagues in their workplace
Asking their enrollment specialist
Question 4
An affiliation agreement is a legal agreement required between the practicum agency and Walden. These agreements are easily developed, are standard documents, and only require a signature.
True
False
Question 5
Which of the following is NOT a requirement for preceptors?
Earned Master's or Doctoral degree in nursing
Minimum of 3 years of postgraduate unsupervised experience
Currently at least a Registered Nurse with an active, unencumbered license
Current job role relevant to the MSN specialization
Question 6
Information that will need to be included in the practicum application includes:
Copy of preceptor's state license to upload, Preceptor commitment form, Field site address and contact
Student RN license number and state licensed, Copy of preceptor's state license to upload, and the affiliation agreement
Preceptor commitment form, Preceptor license number and state, Field site address and administrator name
Field site address and Federal business number, Preceptor name and license number, Student emergency contact
Question 7
The preceptor commitment form and the affiliation agreement are the same thing.
True
False
Question 8
When do preceptors complete an evaluation of student's practicum performance?
At the end of the program
At the end of the quarter
At midterm and end of the quarter
At the beginning, midterm, and end of the quarter.
Question 9
Students may take two or more practicum courses in the same quarter without any prior approval.
True
False
Question 10
The due date for Preceptor applications is:
30 days prior to the start of the quarter that practicum will be completed
First day of the quarter before you plan to start your practicum course, which is 3 months
Last day of the quarter that starts prior to the quarter that practicum will be completed
60 days prior to the start of the quarter that practicum will be completed
