How your understanding of your role continues to guide your practice
Imagine it is your 10-year nursing school reunion and you are the keynote speaker. The national media are covering the event. Part I: Create a press release of up to 700 words about your keynote speech that outlines the following: Who is the intended audience of this press release (for example, ANA, AMA, STTI) How you transformed yourself into the role of a BSN-prepared nurse How you increased your knowledge, skills, and attitudes in the previously identified areas with potential for growth How you–as a practitioner, researcher, and leader–have influenced nursing How your understanding of your role continues to guide your practice How the increased awareness of your knowledge, skill, and attitudes continues to influence your role as a nurse leader What legacy you, as a nurse, will be known for Part II: Research three scholarly peer-reviewed references that address the following: How evidence-based practice will influence trends in health care and the future of nursing How the application of nursing theory will continue to influence professional nursing practice What roles nurses currently play in research How new roles and opportunities will benefit nursing and health care in general