ESSAY: Academic Success and Professional Development Plan

With the resources specific to the MSN specialization and the, Walden University. (n.d.). Master of Science in Nursing (MSN), shared in this module, write a paragraph or make a Nursing Specialty Comparison table, comparing at least two nursing specialties that include your selected specialization and second-preferred specialization.
Write a 2- to 3-paragraph justification statement identifying your reasons for choosing your MSN specialization. Incorporate feedback you received from colleagues in this Module’s Discussion forum.
Identify the professional organization related to your chosen specialization for this Assignment, and explain how you can become an active member of this organization

ANSWER

Academic Success and Professional Development Plan

Nursing speciality refers to the pursuit of certification of a particular field on nursing. The choice of a nursing speciality is driven by a person’s passion towards doing something. Examples of nursing specialities include but not limited to nurse practitioner, neonatal nurse, nurse anaesthetist, nurse educator, and informatics nurse (Force, Laukhuf, Myrthil & Cramer, 2015). My favourite nursing speciality is a neonatal nurse who deals with the provision of care to mothers as they give birth and offer any further attention after the process. In this paper, I will make a comparison between neonatal nurses and nurse-midwives which is my second preferred option. The two specialitie…

Apart from the care for pregnant and labouring mothers, nurse midwives also perform critical functions in the recovery of other patients, including reproductive exams, wellness care and family planning services (Yang, Attanasio, & Kozhimannil, 2016). Neonatal nurses, on the other hand, can work in both maternity wards and mother-baby nurseries. Most importantly, neonatal nurs…

The main reason why I choose neonatal nursing as my favourite speciality over nurse-midwife is the range of knowledge that comes with it. The knowledge accrued from a neonatal nursing class can help to serve patients in different fields, including the nurse-midwifery and raising psychologically-fit children (Walvoord, 2018). The second reason is that neonatal nurses focus on improving the lives and conditions of both the babies and the parents, unlike nurse midwives, whose primary…

References

Force, R. N. T., Laukhuf, G., Myrthil, M., & Cramer, S. J. (2015). Joint Association for Radiologic and Imaging Nursing, Radiologic Nursing Certification Board, and Radiologic Nursing Certification Task Force Position Paper: The Value of Certification in Radiologic Nursing. Journal of Radiology Nursing, 34(3), 157-159. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jradnu.2015.07.002

Walvoord, E. (2018). Implementation of an Evidence-Based Practice Model in a Rural Community Hospital: A Guide to Neonatal Nursing Practice. http://hdl.handle.net/10504/117878

Yang, Y. T., Attanasio, L. B., & Kozhimannil, K. B. (2016). State scope of practice laws, nurse-midwifery workforce, and childbirth procedures and outcomes. Women’s Health Issues, 26(3), 262-267. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.whi.2016.02.003