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1. Professional Development of Nursing Professionals Essay
Professional Development of Nursing Professionals EssayProfessional Development of
Nursing Professionals EssayProfessional Development of Nursing ProfessionalsReview the
Institute of Medicine’s 2010 report “The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing
Health.” Write a 750-1,000 word paper discussing the influence of the IOM report on
nursing practice. Include the following: Summarize the four messages outlined in the IOM
report and explain why these are significant to nursing practice. Discuss the direct influence
the IOM report has on nursing education and nursing leadership. Describe the benefits and
opportunities for BSN-prepared nurses. Explain why it is important that a nurse’s role and
education evolve to meet the needs of an aging and increasingly diverse population. Discuss
the significance of professional development, or lifelong learning, and its relevance in caring
for diverse populations across the life span and within the health-illness continuum. Discuss
how nurses can assist in effectively managing patient care within an evolving health care
system.Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide,
located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.This assignment uses a
rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with
the expectations for successful completion.You are required to submit this assignment to
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ORIGINAL, PLAGIARISM-FREE PAPERSYou must proofread your paper. But do not strictly
rely on your computer’s spell-checker and grammar-checker; failure to do so indicates a
lack of effort on your part and you can expect your grade to suffer accordingly. Papers with
numerous misspelled words and grammatical mistakes will be penalized. Read over your
paper – in silence and then aloud – before handing it in and make corrections as necessary.
Often it is advantageous to have a friend proofread your paper for obvious errors.
Handwritten corrections are preferable to uncorrected mistakes.Use a standard 10 to 12
point (10 to 12 characters per inch) typeface. Smaller or compressed type and papers with
small margins or single-spacing are hard to read. It is better to let your essay run over the
recommended number of pages than to try to compress it into fewer pages.Likewise, large
type, large margins, large indentations, triple-spacing, increased leading (space between
lines), increased kerning (space between letters), and any other such attempts at “padding”
to increase the length of a paper are unacceptable, wasteful of trees, and will not fool your
professor.The paper must be neatly formatted, double-spaced with a one-inch margin on
the top, bottom, and sides of each page. When submitting hard copy, be sure to use white

2. paper and print out using dark ink. If it is hard to read your essay, it will also be hard to
follow your argument.