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Professional Progress Summary

NURS 431- Transition to Professional Nursing Practice
Purpose of Assignment
The purpose of this assignment is to address the students attainment of all eight behaviors
and/or competencies that are specific outcomes of the program including: critical thinking,
nursing practice, communication, teaching, research, leadership, professionalism, and culture.
Student Approach to Assignment
This paper allows me to reflect upon my progression from sophomore to senior year in the
nursing program. I identify my progression through demonstrating how I achieved competency
in each of the eight core CPA competencies. Clinical logs written throughout the program are
used to identify specific examples in which I demonstrated these competencies.
Reason for Inclusion of the Assignment in the Portfolio
This assignment is a required paper in my portfolio that demonstrates my attainment of each of
the eight core nursing competencies: critical thinking, nursing practice, communication,
teaching, research, leadership, professionalism and culture.

v Nursing Practice
Implements traditional nursing care practices as appropriate to provide holistic health
care to diverse populations across the lifespan.
Example: See page 6 paragraph 1 (Junior year)
v Teaching
Provides relevant and sensitive health education information and counseling to patients,
and families, in a variety of situations and settings.
Example: See page 8 paragraph 3 (Junior year)
Uses information technologies and other appropriate methods to communicate health
promotion, risk reduction and disease prevention across the lifespan
Example: See page 9 paragraph 1 (Senior year)
v Research
Applies research-based knowledge from the arts, humanities and sciences to complement
nursing practice.
Example: See page 10 paragraph 1 (Junior year)
v Leadership

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Delegates and supervises the nursing care given by others while retaining the
accountability for the quality of care given to the patient.
Example: See page 12 paragraph 1 (Senior year)
v Professionalism
Understands the effect of legal and regulatory processes on nursing practice and health
care delivery, as well as limits to ones own scope of practice.
Example: See page 13 paragraph 2 (Senior year)
v Culture
Maintains and awareness of global environmental factors that may influence the delivery
of healthcare services.
Example: See page 14 paragraph 3 (Senior year)