Case-Study: Professional & Academic goals.

Case-Study: Professional & Academic goals.

Case-Study: Professional & Academic goals.

Are you familiar with Walden University’s vision and mission? Were they a factor in selecting this University? How do they relate to your professional and academic goals? Does it matter if there is a tight or loose relationship or one at all? This week’s Discussion asks you to think about how the Walden mission and vision and the School of Nursing (SON) mission and vision apply to your professional and academic goals. Is there a match? How does Walden’s mission and vision relate to your becoming a scholar-practitioner committed to social change? To prepare: Review the Walden and SON mission and vision statements, Walden’s goals and University Outcomes, and the MSN Program Learning Outcomes presented in this week’s Learning Resources. Reflect on your professional and academic goals as they relate to your program/specialization. Consider how the information in the documents, identified above, fit with your own goals and to your becoming a scholar-practitioner. Think about how you will incorporate your commitment to social change into your professional and academic goals, particularly as it relates to the area(s) of interest represented by your program/specialization. By Day 3 Post a description of one or more significant ways in which Walden’s and the School of Nursing’s perspectives (i.e., vision, mission, social change message, and outcomes) relate to your professional and academic goals and to your becoming a scholar-practitioner. Include how you plan to incorporate social change into your professional and academic goals.
Academic goals and career goals often go hand-in-hand, simply because the career path a person chooses is often predicated on the type of education or training they’re able to secure for themselves. As such, the goals a person establishes in an academic setting may be finite in nature, while career goals are typically broader, with long-term objectives in mind.