NURS 6003 Academic Success and Professional Development Plan Part 2

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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.

To Prepare:

Reflect on the strategies presented in the Resources for this Module 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

Academic Success And Professional Development Plan Part 1

Using the Academic and Professional Success Development Template you began in Module 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 SafeAssign to improve the product.
Explain how Grammarly, Safe Assign, 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 Module 1 Assignment, which was built from the Academic Success and Professional Development Plan Template.

By Day 7 of Week 3

Submit both Section 1 and Section 2 of Part 2.

Submission and Grading Information

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Please save your Assignment using the naming convention “WK3Assgn+last name+first initial.(extension)” as the name.
Click the Week 3 Assignment Rubric to review the Grading Criteria for the Assignment.
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Next, from the Attach File area, click on the Browse My Computer button. Find the document you saved as “WK3Assgn+last name+first initial.(extension)” and click Open.
If applicable: From the Plagiarism Tools area, click the checkbox for I agree to submit my paper(s) to the Global Reference Database.
Click on the Submit button to complete your submission.

Grading Criteria

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Week 3 Assignment Rubric

	Excellent	Good	Fair	Poor
Part 2, Section 1: Using the Academic and Professional Success Development Template write a 2-3 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 2 resources that support your argument.· Use Grammarly and SafeAssign to improve the product. Include sufficient evidence that these tools were utilized in explanation on how these tools contribute to academic integrity.	32 (32%) – 35 (35%) The response clearly and accurately explains the relationship between academic integrity and writing. The response clearly and accurately explains the relationship between professional practices and scholarly ethics. The response clearly and accurately describes how Grammarly, SafeAssign, and paraphrasing contributes to academic integrity, including sufficient evidence that Grammarly and SafeAssign were used to improve the responses provided.	28 (28%) – 31 (31%) The response accurately explains the relationship between academic integrity and writing. The response accurately explains the relationship between professional practices and scholarly ethics. The response accurately describes how Grammarly, SafeAssign, and paraphrasing contributes to academic integrity, including evidence that Grammarly and SafeAssign were used to improve the responses provided.	25 (25%) – 27 (27%) The response vaguely explains the relationship between academic integrity and writing. The response vaguely explains the relationship between professional practices and scholarly ethics. The response vaguely describes how Grammarly, SafeAssign, and paraphrasing contributes to academic integrity. The response includes insufficient evidence that Grammarly and SafeAssign were used to improve the responses provided.	0 (0%) – 24 (24%) The response vaguely and inaccurately explains the relationship between academic integrity and writing or is missing. The response vaguely and inaccurately explains the relationship between professional practices and scholarly ethics or is missing. The response vaguely and inaccurately describes how Grammarly, SafeAssign, and paraphrasing contributes to academic integrity. The response includes insufficient or no evidence that Grammarly and SafeAssign were used to improve the responses provided or the response is missing.
Part 2, Section 2: Strategies for Maintaining Integrity of Work Identify and describe strategies you intend to pursue to maintain integrity and ethics of your 1) academic work while a student of the MSN program, and 2) 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.	50 (50%) – 55 (55%) The response clearly identifies and accurately describes strategies intended to pursue to maintain integrity and ethics of academic work while in the MSN program and in professional work as a nurse. The response clearly reviews and accurately proposes resources and approaches to use as a student and professional.	44 (44%) – 49 (49%) The response identifies and describes strategies intended to pursue to maintain integrity and ethics of academic work while in the MSN program and in professional work as a nurse. The response reviews and proposes resources and approaches to use as a student and professional.	39 (39%) – 43 (43%) The response vaguely identifies and describes strategies intended to pursue to maintain integrity and ethics of academic work while in the MSN program and in professional work as a nurse. The response inaccurately reviews and/or vaguely proposes resources and approaches to use as a student and professional.	0 (0%) – 38 (38%) The response about integrity and ethics strategies is vague and inaccurate or is missing. The response about resources and approaches is vague and inaccurate or is missing.
Written Expression and Formatting—Paragraph Development and Organization: Paragraphs make clear points that support well-developed ideas, flow logically, and demonstrate continuity of ideas. Sentences are carefully focused—neither long and rambling nor short and lacking substance.	5 (5%) – 5 (5%) Paragraphs and sentences follow writing standards for flow, continuity, and clarity.	4 (4%) – 4 (4%) Paragraphs and sentences follow writing standards for flow, continuity, and clarity 80% of the time.	3 (3%) – 3 (3%) Paragraphs and sentences follow writing standards for flow, continuity, and clarity 60–79% of the time.	0 (0%) – 2 (2%) Paragraphs and sentences follow writing standards for flow, continuity, and clarity less than 60% of the time.
Written Expression and Formatting—English Writing Standards:Correct grammar, mechanics, and proper punctuation.	5 (5%) – 5 (5%) Uses correct grammar, spelling, and punctuation with no errors.	4 (4%) – 4 (4%) Contains a few (one or two) grammar, spelling, and punctuation errors.	3 (3%) – 3 (3%) Contains several (three or four) grammar, spelling, and punctuation errors.	0 (0%) – 2 (2%) Contains many (five or more) grammar, spelling, and punctuation errors that interfere with the reader’s understanding.
Total Points: 100