NRNP 6675: PMHNP Care Across the Lifespan II

Career Planner Guide

Your Nurse Prac oner Professional Career Planner is due by Day 7 of Week 10. It is highly
recommended that you begin planning and working on this Assignment as early in the quarter
as is feasible for you. The following checklists outline all of the items you should include in your
Career Planner. Addi onally, the resources below have been provided to assist you in its
development.

Refer to the Walden University Career Center website for resources and informa on on how to
create cover le ers, resumes, and professional por olios. You may also choose to make certain
por ons of your Career Planner accessible online to members of your professional network or
poten al employers through pla orms such as LinkedIn. Sharing on social media is a useful way
to network for many, but it is not a requirement for this assignment.

Checklist for Cover Le er

Cover le ers are typically tailored to individual jobs and companies. For this Assignment, you
will select a job pos ng you would like to or could poten ally apply for and create a cover le er
for it. Your cover le er should be:
• Presented and forma ed in professional business manner
• Addressed properly
• Clear and concise (no more than one page) and include:
o Content introduc on
o Content body
o Content conclusion
• Wri en in a professional tone and include:
o Correct spelling, punctua on, and grammar
o Clear and accurate sentence structure

Checklist for Resume

Your resume should be clear, concise, and well organized, and it should also include your:
• Name, loca on (city/town and state), business phone number, and email address
(centered at top of resume)
• Objec ve: 2–3 sentences describing your goal/objec ve for employment
• Cer ca ons & licenses
• Educa on
• Professional experience
• Honors/Awards (as applicable)

Checklist for Por olio

Your Por olio should be clear, concise, and well organized, and it should also include your:
• Personal philosophy statement (1-page)
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 • Personal goals (short term and long term)
• Self-assessment

The following items do not have to be submi ed but should be available on request for
employers:
• Achievements
• Le ers of recommenda on (2)
• References (list names, a lia on, and contact informa on) (3)
• Cer ca ons and licenses
• Prior degrees
• Transcripts (Note: An uno cial transcript will meet this requirement.)
• Cer cates of a endance for con nuing educa on
• Publica ons
• Research
• Oral presenta ons and/or poster presenta ons

Learning Resources

Resume and Cover Le er Resources:

Canva. (n.d.). h ps://www.canva.com/

Canva has many resume templates and formats that may inspire your crea vity. (Using Canva is
op onal.)

Cover Le er Advice (n.d.). Nurse prac oner cover le er sample 1. h p://www.coverle er.us/
nurse-prac oner-cover-le er/

DeCapua, M. (2019). A nurse prac oner’s guide to the perfect cover le er. Health eCareers.
h ps://www.healthecareers.com/ar cle/healthcare-news/np-cover-le er

Hicks, R. W., & Roberts, M. E. E. (2016). Curriculum vitae: An important tool for the nurse
prac oner. Journal of the American Associa on of Nurse Prac oners, 28(7), 347–352.

Gibson, A. (n.d.). Nurse.org career guide series: Ul mate guide to nursing resumes. Nurse.org.
h ps://nurse.org/resources/nursing-resume/

Walden University Career Services. (n.d.). Resumes & more. h ps://

academicguides.waldenu.edu/careerservicescenter/resumesandmore

Por olio Resources:

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 Chamblee, T. B., Dale, J. C., Drews, B., Spahis, J., & Hardin, T. (2015). Implementa on of a
professional por olio: A tool to demonstrate professional development for advanced
prac ce. Journal of Pediatric Health Care, 29(1), 113–117.

Clarke, M. (2019). The importance of a professional nursing por olio. HealthLeaders. h ps://
www.healthleadersmedia.com/nursing/importance-professional-nursing-por olio

Nurse Prac oner Business Owner. (n.d.). This is why you want to create your professional
por olio today! h ps://npbusiness.org/professional-por olio/

Por olium. (n.d.). h ps://por olium.com/

Por olium is one example of por olio so ware that you could use to create a por olio. You may
choose your own tool, and it may be online (Google Sites, Por olium) or o ine (Word, pdf), as
long as you can easily submit the por olio les or link to your Instructor.
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