PRFA — BQM1
COMPETENCIES
740.2.1 : The Nursing Profession
The graduate evaluates professional roles for advanced nursing practice.
740.2.2 : Theories and Models
The graduate evaluates leading theories and models as they apply to contemporary nursing practice.
740.2.5 : Self-Advocacy of the Nurse
The graduate integrates strategies of self-awareness and self-care into professional practice to ensure
personal health and well-being.
740.2.6 : The Professional Nurse
The graduate integrates knowledge, skills, and attitudes of the nursing profession into personal and
professional interactions and decision-making.
INTRODUCTION
In this task, you will reflect on key concepts presented throughout your degree program: quality and safety,
evidence-based practice, applied leadership, and community and population health. You will create an eportfolio
detailing your reflection on these concepts.
REQUIREMENTS
Your submission must be your original work. No more than a combined total of 30% of a submission can be
directly quoted or closely paraphrased from sources, even if cited correctly. Use the report provided when
submitting your task as a guide.
Professional Communications is a required aspect to pass this task. Completion of a spell check and grammar
check prior to submitting your final work is strongly recommended.
You must use the rubric to direct the creation of your submission because it provides detailed criteria that
will be used to evaluate your work. Each requirement below may be evaluated by more than one rubric
aspect. The rubric aspect titles may contain hyperlinks to relevant portions of the course.
Complete an e-portfolio by doing the following:
Note: The directions to create your e-portfolio can be found in the web links section below, which will take
you to the “Knowledge Base Article.”
A. Discuss each of the following areas of nursing within your e-portfolio by drawing on three specific
examples of your clinical experiences (i.e., skills lab, simulation, clinical rotations, or professional
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practice):
• quality and safety
• evidence-based practice
• leadership
• community and population health
B. For each of the areas of nursing you discussed in part A, complete the following within your e-portfolio:
1. Discuss a nurse theorist that has influenced your thoughts on each area of nursing from part A (quality
and safety, evidence-based practice, leadership, and community and population health).
2. Explain strategies of self-awareness and self-care to support your growth in each area of nursing from
part A (quality and safety, evidence-based practice, leadership, and community and population health).
Note: You may include experiences from your life that influenced your decision to become a nurse (e.g.
What does the experience mean? Why is the experience important? How will you integrate what you
learned from that experience into your practice?)
C. Submit your e-portfolio in APA style and format, including in-text citations and references.
Note: Create a reference page for this task in your e-portfolio.
D. Demonstrate professional communication in the content and presentation of your submission.
File Restrictions
File name may contain only letters, numbers, spaces, and these symbols: ! – _ . * ‘ ( )
File size limit: 200 MB
File types allowed: doc, docx, rtf, xls, xlsx, ppt, pptx, odt, pdf, txt, qt, mov, mpg, avi, mp3, wav, mp4, wma, flv, asf, mpeg,
wmv, m4v, svg, tif, tiff, jpeg, jpg, gif, png, zip, rar, tar, 7z
RUBRIC
A:PERSONAL REFLECTION OF FOUR AREAS OF NURSING
NOT EVIDENT
A discussion of the experiences
gained through clinical
experiences is not provided
within the e-portfolio.
APPROACHING
COMPETENCE
The discussion inaccurately
addresses 1 or more of the given
areas of nursing within the eportfolio
(quality and safety,
evidence-based practice,
leadership, and community and
population health), or the
discussion includes fewer than 3
specific examples of how clinical
experiences address each area.
COMPETENT
The discussion accurately
addresses each of the 4 given
areas of nursing within the eportfolio
(quality and safety,
evidence-based practice,
leadership, and community and
population health) and includes 3
specific examples of how clinical
experiences address each area.
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B1:NURSE THEORIST
B2:SELF-AWARENESS STRATEGIES
C:APA STYLE AND FORMAT
NOT EVIDENT
A discussion of a nursing
theorist that supports areas of
nursing from A is not provided
within the e-portfolio.
APPROACHING
COMPETENCE
The discussion provides a
specific nursing theorist;
however, the nursing theorist
does not support each area of
nursing from part A (quality and
safety, evidence-based practice,
leadership, and community and
population health). Or the
discussion does not provide at
least 1 way the nursing theorist
influenced the synthesis of the
clinical experience.
COMPETENT
The discussion provides a
specific nursing theorist that
supports each area of nursing
from part A (quality and safety,
evidence-based practice,
leadership, and community and
population health). The
discussion provides at least 1
way the nursing theorist
influenced the synthesis of the
clinical experience.
NOT EVIDENT
An explanation of strategies of
self-awareness and self-care to
support professional growth in
areas of nursing from part A is
not provided within the eportfolio.
APPROACHING
COMPETENCE
The explanation does not
provide 1 strategy of selfawareness
and professional
growth for each of the areas of
nursing from part A (quality and
safety, evidence-based practice,
leadership, and community and
population health). Or the
explanation is not well
supported with specific
examples of how these
strategies will support
professional growth for each
area of nursing from part A.
COMPETENT
The explanation provides more
than 1 strategy of self-awareness
and self-care to support
professional growth for each of
the areas of nursing from part A
(quality and safety, evidencebased
practice, leadership, and
community and population
health). The explanation is well
supported with specific examples
of how these strategies will
support professional growth for
each area of nursing from part A.
NOT EVIDENT
No elements of the e-portfolio
are in APA style.
APPROACHING
COMPETENCE
The submitted e-portfolio
includes in-text citations and
references but does not
demonstrate a consistent
COMPETENT
The submitted e-portfolio
includes in-text citations and
references and demonstrates a
consistent application of APA
style and format.
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D:PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION
WEB LINKS
Knowledge Base Article
Instructions on how to create an e-portfolio.
application of APA style and
format.
NOT EVIDENT
Content is unstructured, is
disjointed, or contains pervasive
errors in mechanics, usage, or
grammar. Vocabulary or tone is
unprofessional or distracts from
the topic.
APPROACHING
COMPETENCE
Content is poorly organized, is
difficult to follow, or contains
errors in mechanics, usage, or
grammar that cause confusion.
Terminology is misused or
ineffective.
COMPETENT
Content reflects attention to
detail, is organized, and focuses
on the main ideas as prescribed
in the task or chosen by the
candidate. Terminology is
pertinent, is used correctly, and
effectively conveys the intended
meaning. Mechanics, usage, and
grammar promote accurate
interpretation and
understanding.