Use the Web Folio Builder in TaskStream to create your professional portfolio. (The Web Folio Builder is located in the Folios & Web Pages link located in the static bar below the TaskStream logo. Follow the on-screen instructions to create your portfolio. For more information on how to create your portfolio using the Web Folio Builder in TaskStream, see the “Building Your Portfolio” web link.) Your portfolio should include the following minimum requirements, as well as any other documents you choose to include:
A.Table of Contents
1.Include a table of contents that provides a brief description of each portfolio component.
 B.Professional Summary
1.Include an updated professional resume.
2.Include an executive summary in which you do the following (suggested length of 3-4 pages):
a.Explain how the artifacts in your portfolio represent you as a learner and a healthcare professional.
b.Discuss how your portfolio represents your professional strengths.
c.Discuss any challenges you encountered during the progression of your program.
i.Explain how you overcame these challenges.
d.Explain how your coursework helped you meet each of the nine nursing program outcomes.
e. Analyze how you fulfilled the following roles during your program:
i.scientist
ii.detective
iii.manager of the healing environment
f.Discuss how your skills and knowledge have evolved or progressed in terms of personal growth and learning.
3.Provide a completed copy of the attached “Professional Reference Questionnaire.”
C.Quality and Safety
1.Discuss the importance of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) certificate for your future role as a professional nurse.
2.Include a copy of your IHI certificate of completion.
D.Evidence-Based Practice
1.Include a summary of your Evidence-Based Practice and Applied Nursing Research course (suggested length of 1 page) in which you do the following:
a.Discuss how you are able to evaluate current primary research and apply the concepts to your nursing practice. Include the following in your discussion:
•relevancy and believability of data
•differences between quality improvement and research (places and uses of each)
•differences between primary and secondary research and resources and the implications of each in clinical practice
b.reflect on how your experience in this course helped you achieve excellence in evidence-based practice.
Note: “95% of employers rate WGU nursing graduates as very good or excellent in ‘evidence-based practice’” (Western Governors University, 2012).
E.Applied Leadership
1.Include an abstract of your Learning Leadership Experience task (suggested length of one paragraph to one page) in which you do the following:
a.Discuss the importance of professional collaboration for effective nursing leadership.
2.Include an abstract of your Professional Roles and Values course (suggested length of one paragraph to one page) in which you do the following:
a.Reflect on how your professional mission statement will help guide you throughout your nursing career.

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