WEEK 1 discussion NURS-6003N-24,Transition to Graduate Study.

Networking Opportunities
In this module, you begin laying the foundation for your academic and professional success. Your efforts begin with a vision that 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 member of the professional community can also help you to clarify your vision.
This Module’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.
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 Module\’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.
By Day 3 of Week 1
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.

SAMPLE SOLUTION

I am currently undertaking a Master of Science in Nursing Program from Walden university. My personal ambition is to become a specialist with knowledge and professional skills that will be beneficial to the community. The institution provides a conducive 21st century learning environment and a community that advocates for evidence-based practice attained through research (van Rooyen et al.,2018). Walden university seeks to empower graduates with knowledge, skills and the ability to use the knowledge acquired in school to lead to a positive impact in professional practice, in communities and the society at large. I intend to achieve the university’s mission by being committed to lifelong learning. The knowledge gained through continuous learning will help achieve the university’s vision and goals which is producing graduates that can offer intermediate solutions to challenges faced by the society (Bakon et al., 2018).
Walden’s social change perspective is that it can be implemented through the establishment of principled, knowledgeable as well as scholar-practitioners that are ethical. Furthermore, the institution’s social change goal is to develop professional role models that meet the needs of society. In my professional work, I intend to achieve social…