Chamberlain College of Nursing NR351 Transitions in Professional Nursing Professional Paper Worksheet Template Student Name:Date: 3/14/16 Directions: Carefully read the Professional Paper Worksheet Guidelines found in Doc Sharing. This provides specific details on how to complete this assignment. Rename this document by clicking Save As. Change the file name so it reads Your Last Name Professional Paper Worksheet.docx. For example, if your last name is Smith, type “Smith Professional Paper Worksheet.docx”. Save the document as a .docx file in Microsoft Word 2010 or later. Type your name and date at the top of this template. Type your answers directly on the template. Follow all instructions on this Template and the Guidelines document (including the Rubric). Save frequently to prevent loss of your work. Submit to the Dropbox by the end of Week 3, Sunday at 11:59 p.m. MT. Post questions about this assignment to the Q & A Forum so your classmates can read the advice, too. You may also e-mail questions to your instructor. Item Instructions Type your answers below Approved Paper Topic (from Week 1 Assignment): Clearly state the Nurse of the Future Nursing Core Competency topic that was approved as your topic in Week 1 Assignment. Professionalism Page numbers in Hood textbook on your topic: Clearly state page numbers in Hood textbook that correspond to the selected topic. Chapter 1: pp. 6-13 Reference for Journal Article: Create a reference for the article selected using correct APA format including: authors, year, article title, journal name, volume number, issue number, page numbers, italics, parentheses, punctuation, line spacing, and hanging indent. Hood, L. J. (2014). Leddy & Pepper's conceptual bases of professional nursing (8th ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2010, August). Nurse of the Future Nurse Core Competencies. Massachusetts/Rhode Island League for Nursing, (), 1-8. This is the reference for the Hood textbook. You were to select a journal article and reference it here. Please review the instructions for this assignment. Quotation with Citation: Type a quotation (10–25 words) from selected article using correct APA citation including quotation marks, authors’ names, year, page numbers, and parentheses. Do not use words or ideas the authors cited from another source. “People enter into the nursing profession from desire to care for people in need. Competence and confidence are also a nurse’s main attributes” [Leddy & Pepper's, 2014, page 6] Quote was to be used from the selected journal article based on your chosen topic. Please review the assignments for week 3. 14 Paraphrased Area and Citation: State location in article of area to be paraphrased (paragraph and page number). Type appropriately paraphrased version using correct APA citation including authors’ names, year, and parentheses. Do not use words or ideas that the authors cited from another source. [Leddy & Pepper's conceptual bases ...

1. Chamberlain College of Nursing NR351 Transitions in
Professional Nursing
Professional Paper Worksheet Template
Student Name:Date: 3/14/16
Directions:
Carefully read the Professional Paper Worksheet Guidelines
found in Doc Sharing. This provides specific details on how to
complete this assignment.
Rename this document by clicking Save As. Change the file
name so it reads Your Last Name Professional Paper
Worksheet.docx. For example, if your last name is Smith, type
“Smith Professional Paper Worksheet.docx”.
Save the document as a .docx file in Microsoft Word 2010 or
later.
Type your name and date at the top of this template.
Type your answers directly on the template. Follow all
instructions on this Template and the Guidelines document
(including the Rubric). Save frequently to prevent loss of your
work.
Submit to the Dropbox by the end of Week 3, Sunday at 11:59
p.m. MT.
Post questions about this assignment to the Q & A Forum so
your classmates can read the advice, too. You may also e-mail
questions to your instructor.
Item Instructions
Type your answers below
Approved Paper Topic (from Week 1 Assignment):
Clearly state the Nurse of the Future Nursing Core Competency
topic that was approved as your topic in Week 1 Assignment.
Professionalism
Page numbers in Hood textbook on your topic:
Clearly state page numbers in Hood textbook that correspond to
the selected topic.
Chapter 1: pp. 6-13

2. Reference for Journal Article:
Create a reference for the article selected using correct APA
format including: authors, year, article title, journal name,
volume number, issue number, page numbers, italics,
parentheses, punctuation, line spacing, and hanging indent.
Hood, L. J. (2014). Leddy & Pepper's conceptual bases of
professional nursing (8th ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott
Williams & Wilkins 2010, August). Nurse of the Future Nurse
Core Competencies. Massachusetts/Rhode Island League for
Nursing, (), 1-8.
This is the reference for the Hood textbook. You were to select
a journal article and reference it here. Please review the
instructions for this assignment.
Quotation with Citation:
Type a quotation (10–25 words) from selected article using
correct APA citation including quotation marks, authors’ names,
year, page numbers, and parentheses. Do not use words or ideas
the authors cited from another source.
“People enter into the nursing profession from desire to care for
people in need. Competence and confidence are also a nurse’s
main attributes” [Leddy & Pepper's, 2014, page 6]
Quote was to be used from the selected journal article based on
your chosen topic. Please review the assignments for week 3.
14 Paraphrased Area and
Citation:
State location in article of area to be paraphrased (paragraph
and page number). Type appropriately paraphrased version
using correct APA citation including authors’ names, year, and
parentheses. Do not use words or ideas that the authors cited
from another source.
[Leddy & Pepper's conceptual bases of
professional nursing (8th ed.) ,2014,page 6-13]
No paraphrase noted. Please review what is a paraphrase and
how to paraphrase per APA. Paraphrase has to be cited per APA
style just like a quote except the style may differ. Please review

3. the student success seminar on APA and the resources in the
course.
Professional Paper Outline:
Develop outline for professional paper including introduction, 2
main topics, and conclusion (all with excellent subtopics as
required on Template). Excellent detail and depth used.
The process of treatment can range from a very smooth guided
process that helps a patient even recover faster or a rough
experience with no proper information and guidance given.
Nurse’s professionalism can go a long way in making the
treatment smoother. This is because nurses take on very many
roles when they are professionals including giving care to the
patients, acting as advocates of clients to ensure the necessary
information for decision making is provided, coordinating by
managing and supervising the patients care. Professionalism is
important in hospitals as for effective patient care. Nurses
should have competence with clinical, decision making and
communication skills.
Confidence is a major attribute of a professional nurse. It is the
ability to execute clinical, communication and cognitive skills.
Patients and families feel eased up when cared for by a
confident nurse. Confidence usually grows with time as one
learns how to conduct a procedure in a refined manner. The
nurse then stands out from the other colleagues.
Cognitive, clinical and communication skills involve having a
sound reasoning behind clinical decisions and ability to provide
the information to the client for decision making. For sound
decisions to be made one should understand the nature of the
health care system to be able to manipulate it. This is also based
on past experience and the current knowledge.
This is applied in the coping with the different chaos faced by a
nurse. The nurse gets knowledge on patters of chaos and is able
to cope with the changing chaos.

4. Commitment, caring and compassion are other major attributes
of a professional. Commitment to being a nurse varies and
ranges from lifestyle changes, personal sacrificing, and
disruption of personal routines to be able to satisfy your clients’
needs.
Scheduling of time is often needed to help avoid a conflict in
the routine. Committed professionals will often spend time to
review the information load to help keep the nurse up to date
with the new discoveries and changes in his or her field. It will
also entail going through publications, articles which often is
very large volume of data. This will go a long way to achieve
professionalism.
By confidence, compassion and other skills explained above, the
health care system will achieve a milestone in smoothening of
patient’s treatment and caring.
Following these guidelines will sure lead to professionalism in
this nursing field.
Where did you get this information for the paper outline?
Scholarly and professional writing have to be evidenced-based
and come from sources. You were to use the selected article and
follow the directions to have 4 headers per APA style to
include:
Introduction
Main Topic 1
Main Topic 2
Summary
A sample was provided in the course announcement section.
Please ensure to review, follow the directions clearly, and reach
out to me with questions. Please contact me soon with an
outline after you have selected the article you will use and I can
review so that you can be on the right track for the final paper.

5. Professional Paper Worksheet Template.docx
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Chamberlain College of Nursing NR351 Transitions in
Professional Nursing
Professional Paper Worksheet Template
Student Name:Date: 3/14/16
Directions:
Carefully read the Professional Paper Worksheet Guidelines
found in Doc Sharing. This provides specific details on how to
complete this assignment.
Rename this document by clicking Save As. Change the file
name so it reads Your Last Name Professional Paper
Worksheet.docx. For example, if your last name is Smith, type
“Smith Professional Paper Worksheet.docx”.
Save the document as a .docx file in Microsoft Word 2010 or
later.
Type your name and date at the top of this template.
Type your answers directly on the template. Follow all
instructions on this Template and the Guidelines document
(including the Rubric). Save frequently to prevent loss of your
work.
Submit to the Dropbox by the end of Week 3, Sunday at 11:59
p.m. MT.
Post questions about this assignment to the Q & A Forum so
your classmates can read the advice, too. You may also e-mail
questions to your instructor.
Item Instructions
Type your answers below
Approved Paper Topic (from Week 1 Assignment):
Clearly state the Nurse of the Future Nursing Core Competency
topic that was approved as your topic in Week 1 Assignment.
Professionalism
Page numbers in Hood textbook on your topic:
Clearly state page numbers in Hood textbook that correspond to
the selected topic.

6. Chapter 1: pp. 6-13
Reference for Journal Article:
Create a reference for the article selected using correct APA
format including: authors, year, article title, journal name,
volume number, issue number, page numbers, italics,
parentheses, punctuation, line spacing, and hanging indent.
Hood, L. J. (2014). Leddy & Pepper's conceptual bases of
professional nursing (8th ed.).
Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2010,
August). Nurse of the Future Nurse Core Competencies.
Massachusetts/Rhode Island League for Nursing, (), 1-8.
Quotation with Citation:
Type a quotation (10–25 words) from selected article using
correct APA citation including quotation marks, authors’ names,
year, page numbers, and parentheses. Do not use words or ideas
the authors cited from another source.
Paraphrased Area and Citation:
State location in article of area to be paraphrased (paragraph
and page number). Type appropriately paraphrased version
using correct APA citation including authors’ names, year, and
parentheses. Do not use words or ideas that the authors cited
from another source.
Professional Paper Outline:
Develop outline for professional paper including introduction, 2
main topics, and conclusion (all with excellent subtopics as
required on Template). Excellent detail and depth used.
Introduction
· [identify and briefly define topic here]
· [type importance to professional nursing here]
[Type First Main Point here]
· [type required first sub-point here]
· [type required second sub-point here]
· [add more optional sub-points if needed]

7. [Type Second Main Point here]
· [type required first sub-point here]
· [type required second sub-point here]
· [add more optional sub-points if needed]
Conclusion
· [type summary statement here]
· [type concluding statement here]
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Professional Paper Worksheet Guidelines.docx
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Professional Paper Worksheet Guidelines
PURPOSE
The purpose of this assignment is to allow the learner to
demonstrate good organization, appropriate resources, and
correct APA format for preparing a professional paper.
COURSE OUTCOMES
This assignment enables the student to meet the following
course outcomes.
CO #3. Demonstrate effective verbal, written, and technological
communication using legal and ethical standards for transferring
knowledge using success resources provided to Chamberlain
students. (PO #3)
CO #4. Integrate critical thinking and judgment in professional
decision-making in collaboration with faculty and peers. (PO
#4)
CO #5. Apply concepts of professionalism when planning for
personal, intellectual, and professional development. (PO #5)
CO #9. Demonstrate accountability for personal and

8. professional development by assessing information and
technology competence, implementing plans for upgrading
technology skills, and using effective strategies for online
student success using resources provided to Chamberlain
students. (PO #5)
DUE DATE
Submit the assignment to the Week 3 Dropbox by Sunday, 11:59
p.m. MT.
POINTS
This assignment is worth a total of 125 points.
PREPARING THE Professional Paper Worksheet
Carefully read this document (Professional Paper Worksheet
Guidelines), including the Rubric.
From Doc Sharing, download the Professional Paper Worksheet
Template. Rename that document as Your Last Name
Professional Paper Worksheet.docx. Save it to your own
computer or flash drive in a location where you will be able to
retrieve it later. Type your assignment directly on the saved
document. Remember that only Microsoft Word 2010 or a later
version is acceptable. The document must be saved as a .docx.
Save your work frequently as you type to prevent loss of your
work.
Recall the Nurse of the Future Nursing Core Competency that
you selected for your Professional Paper Topic in the Week 1
Time Management Plan assignment.
Locate pages in your Hood textbook that correspond to your
paper topic. HINT: See Syllabus!
In the Chamberlain Online Library, enter CINAHL and use
Advanced Search to limit the search to scholarly professional
nursing journal articles on your topic that meet the following
criteria:
Is peer-reviewed (meaning that the articles were blindly
reviewed by a panel of nurse experts prior to publication)
First author is a nurse with advanced degrees listed on the
article
Article has at least 3 pages

9. Has a reference list at the end of the article with citations used
throughout the body of the article
Does not use second person (the word: you)
Is not a brief item, editorial, news item, or review
Was published within the last 5 years
NOTE: The article selected must be available in full text in the
Chamberlain Online Library via CINAHL (preferably PDF).
HINT: Set the Advanced Search limitations to match as many of
the criteria above as possible.
Select one article from your above search to use for this
assignment. Read the article.
Create a reference in APA format for the article you selected.
Select a 10–25-word quotation from that article that you plan to
use in your Professional Paper. Do not select words or ideas
that the author(s) attribute to another source. Provide the
quotation and citation in correct APA format.
Select an important passage from the article to paraphrase in
your Professional Paper. State the location (e.g., 5th paragraph
on page 829) of that passage. Provide your paraphrased wording
and citation in correct APA format.
Prepare a detailed outline for your Professional Paper as
indicated on the Template (topics only, not complete sentences).
NOTE: Professional Paper will be 500–600 words of content.
Double check your answers with the rubric prior to submission.
When your assignment is complete, save and close the
Professional Paper Worksheet Template. Enter the course and
submit the document as an attachment to the Week 3 Dropbox.
See the Week 3 Assignments page for step-by-step instructions
on how to use the Dropbox.
DIRECTIONS AND GRADING CRITERIA
Category
Points
%

10. Description: See Rubric for details.
Approved Paper Topic (from Week 1 Assignment)
5 points
4%
Clearly state the Nurse of the Future Nursing Core Competency
topic that was approved as your topic in Week 1 Assignment.
Page numbers in Hood textbook on your topic
10 points
8%
Clearly state page numbers in Hood textbook that correspond to
the selected topic.
Reference for Journal Article
25 points
20%
Create a reference for the article selected using correct APA
format including: authors, year, article title, journal name,
volume number, issue number, page numbers, italics,
parentheses, punctuation, line spacing, and hanging indent.
Quotation and Citation
20 points
16%
Type a quotation (10–25 words) from selected article using
correct APA citation including quotation marks, authors’ names,
year, page numbers, and parentheses. Do not use words or ideas
that the authors cited from another source.
Paraphrased Area and Citation
25 points
20%
State location in article of area to be paraphrased (paragraph
and page number). Type appropriately paraphrased version
using correct APA citation including authors’ names, year, and
parentheses. Do not use words or ideas that the authors cited
from another source.
Professional Paper Outline
40 points
32%

11. Develop outline for professional paper including introduction, 2
main topics, and conclusion (all with excellent subtopics as
required on Template). Excellent detail and depth used.
Total
125 points
100%
A quality assignment will meet or exceed all of the above
requirements.
Grading RUBRIC
Assignment Criteria
A:(92–100%)
Outstanding or Highest Level of Performance
B:(84–91%)
Very Good or High Level of Performance
C:(76–83%)
Competent or Satisfactory Level of Performance
F:(0–75%)
Poor or Failing or Unsatisfactory Level of Performance
Approved Paper Topic (from Week 1 Assignment)
5 points
Clearly states Nurse of the Future Nursing Core Competency
topic that was approved in Week 1 Assignment.
(5 points)
Does not state topic OR states wrong topic.
(0 points)
Page numbers in Hood textbook on your topic
10 points
Clearly states page numbers in Hood textbook that correspond
to the selected topic.
(9–10 points)
States page numbers in Hood textbook that correspond to the
selected topic with 1–2 errors.

12. (8 points)
States page numbers in Hood textbook that correspond to the
selected topic with 3 errors.
(7 points)
States page numbers in Hood textbook that correspond to the
selected topic with 4 or more errors OR does not state page
numbers.
(0–6 points)
Reference for Journal Article
25 points
Reference for the article selected is typed using correct APA
format including: authors, year, article title, journal name,
volume number, issue number, page numbers, italics,
parentheses, punctuation, line spacing, and hanging indent.
Minimal or no errors (0–1 error).
(23–25 points)
Reference for the article selected is typed using APA format
including the items at left with 2–3 minor errors.
(21–22 points)
Reference for the article selected is typed using APA format
including the items at left with 4 minor errors.
(19–20 points)
Reference typed with 5 or more errors in APA format from the
items at left
OR
Reference is not for the article selected.
(0–18 points)
Quotation and Citation
20 points
Types a quotation (10–25 words) from selected article using
correct APA citation including quotation marks, authors’ names,
year, page numbers, and parentheses with no errors or one
minor error. Did not use words or ideas that the authors cited
from another source.

13. (18–20 points)
Types a quotation (10–25 words) from selected article using
APA citation including items at left with 2–3 minor errors. Did
not use words or ideas that the authors cited from another
source.
(16–17 points)
Types a quotation (10–25 words) from selected article using
APA citation with 4 errors. Did not use words or ideas that the
authors cited from another source.
(15 points)
Quotation too long or too short, or quoted selected words or
ideas the author of the article cited from another source, or
multiple (5 or more) errors in APA format.
(0–14 points)
Paraphrased Area and Citation
25 points
States location in article of area to be paraphrased (paragraph
and page number). Types appropriately paraphrased version
using correct APA citation including authors’ names, year, and
parentheses with minimal errors. Did not use words or ideas that
the authors cited from another source.
(23–25 points)
States location in article of area to be paraphrased (paragraph
and page number). Types mostly appropriately paraphrased
version using correct APA citation including authors’ names,
year, and parentheses with 2–3 errors in paraphrasing or
citation. Did not use words or ideas the authors cited from
another source.
(21–22 points)
States location in article of area to be paraphrased (paragraph
and page number). Types minimally appropriately paraphrased
version using APA citation including authors’ names, year, and
parentheses with 4 errors. Did not use words or ideas the
authors cited from another source.
(19–20 points)
May or may not correctly state location in article of area to be

14. paraphrased (paragraph and page number). Several errors in
paraphrased version using APA citation including authors’
names, year, and parentheses with 5 or more errors. May have
used words or ideas the authors cited from another source.
(0–18 points)
Professional Paper Outline
40 points
Develops outline for professional paper including introduction,
2 main topics, and conclusion (all with excellent subtopics as
required on Template). Excellent detail and depth used.
(37–40 points)
Develops outline for professional paper including introduction,
2 main topics, and conclusion (all with good subtopics as
required on Template). Mostly good detail and depth used.
(33–36 points)
Develops outline for professional paper including introduction,
2 main topics, and conclusion (all with acceptable subtopics as
required on Template). Fair detail and depth used.
(30–32 points)
Develops minimal outline for professional paper that may not
include all of the following: introduction, 2 main topics, and
conclusion. Subtopics minimal in quality. Some may be
missing. Minimal detail and depth used.
(0–29 points)
TOTAL: 125 points possible