course material

1. DB1 Wk1 Foundations of Grad Study
DB1 Wk1 Foundations of Grad StudyDB1 Wk1 Foundations of Grad StudyWeek 1
DiscussionCOLLAPSE****APA format**** 500 words****Double spaced***References of
information usedMission, Vision, and Personal GoalsAre 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 of becoming a psychiatric mental health
nurse practitioner? 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 3Post 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. DB1 Wk1 Foundations
of Grad Study your Discussion assignment with specific resources used in its preparation
using APA formatting. You are asked to provide a reference for all resources, including those
in the Learning Resources for this course.CLICK HERE TO ORDER YOUR
ASSIGNMENTWalden University’s Vision, Mission, and GoalsReturn
to:IntroductionVisionWalden University envisions a distinctively different 21st-century
learning community where knowledge is judged worthy to the degree that it can be applied
by its graduates to the immediate solutions of critical societal challenges, thereby advancing
the greater global good.MissionWalden University provides a diverse community of career
professionals with the opportunity to transform themselves as scholar-practitioners so that
they can effect positive social change.GoalsTo provide multicontextual educational
opportunities for career learners.To provide innovative, learner-centered educational
programs that recognize and incorporate the knowledge, skills, and abilities students bring

2. into their academic programs.To provide its programs through diverse process-learning
approaches, all resulting in outcomes of quality and integrity.To provide an inquiry/action
model of education that fosters research, discovery, and critical thinking and that results in
professional excellence.To produce graduates who are scholarly, reflective practitioners
and agents of positive social change.Social ChangeWalden University defines positive social
change as a deliberate process of creating and applying ideas, strategies, and actions to
promote the worth, dignity, and development of individuals, communities, organizations,
institutions, cultures, and societies. Positive social change results in the improvement of
human and social conditions.This definition of positive social change provides an
intellectually comprehensive and socially constructive foundation for the programs,
research, professional activities, and products created by the Walden academic
community.In addition, Walden s positive social change through the development of
principled, knowledgeable, and ethical scholar-practitioners, who are and will become civic
and professional role models by advancing the betterment of society.University
OutcomesWalden University strives to produce graduates with the knowledge, skills, and
abilities to:1. Facilitate positive social change where they work, in their communities, and in
society.2. Use their knowledge to positively impact their profession, communities, and
society.3. Demonstrate a commitment to lifelong learning.4. Apply their learning to specific
problems and challenges in their workplace and professional settings.5. Demonstrate
information literacy.**Information literacy is defined as the ability to know when there is a
need for information, and being able to identify, locate, evaluate, and effectively use that
information for the issue or problem at hand.6. Demonstrate an understanding of the
methods of inquiry used in their professional or academic field.7. Practice legal and ethical
integrity in their professional work.8. Effectively communicate their ideas and the rationale
behind them to others.9. diversity and multiculturalism within their profession,
communities, and society.University ValuesQuality • Integrity • Student-
CenterednessValuesThree values—quality, integrity, and student-centeredness—are the
core of the university and the touchstones for action at all levels of the organization. They
demand high standards of excellence, uncompromising openness and honesty, and primary
attention to the progress of our students. These values and principles give Walden
University its unique identity and underpin the Walden University mission.QualityWalden
University believes that quality and integrity are the cornerstones of all academic
processes.Walden University believes in innovation and flexibility in the conception and
delivery of its educational programs, and that there are many different academic routes to
achieve quality and integrity.IntegrityWalden University believes that education and social
change are fundamental to the provision and maintenance of democratic ideals and
principles, especially that of the common good.Walden University believes that its learners
effect positive social change when they behave as reflective or scholarly
practitioners.Walden University believes that the inquiry/action model fosters critical
thinking and underpins research and discovery for reflective practitioners (bachelor’s and
master’s students) and scholar-practitioners (doctoral students). This model provides the
framework for teaching, learning, and assessment.Student-CenterednessWalden University
believes that all adult learners should have innovative educational access, especially those

3. who are without opportunity in other venues.Walden University believes that academic
programs must be learner-centered, incorporating learners’ prior knowledge and allowing
them to focus their academic work on their needs and interests.School of Nursing Vision
and Goals: School of NursingOur School of Nursing offers academically rigorous and
culturally relevant programs that prepare you to improve the quality of patients’ lives,
communities, and healthcare institutions.Designed to provide you with a lifelong learning
path for every stage of your career, the School of Nursing offers a full suite of online
undergraduate and graduate nursing programs, certificates, multiple degree paths, and
specializations ranging from nursing education to nurse practitioner.All of our courses are
developed in collaboration with healthcare industry experts and led by doctoral-level
faculty, connecting you with the best practices in the field, expert instruction, and
professional mentorship. Our programs also feature fieldwork experience, which provides
you with an opportunity to apply your learning in a practice environment.Our VisionThe
School of Nursing envisions recognition as a preeminent 21st-century school of nursing in
which the contributions of nursing, health, and related sciences will transform the provision
of nursing services along the continuum of care and across the human life span to meet the
needs of individuals and local and global communities.Our MissionThe School of Nursing
provides academically rigorous and culturally and contextually relevant educational
programs, based in the scholar-practitioner model, for a diverse array of nursing
professionals seeking enhancement of critical thinking skills, abilities to select and
implement evidence-based practices, and core and specialty nursing knowledge in order to
transform society.Realize your potential to make a lasting difference in nursing. In the
Walden University School of Nursing, you’ll advance your career on your own terms. Choose
from our:CCNE-accredited bachelors program for registered nurses (BSN)CCNE-
accredited Master of Science in Nursing (MSN)CCNE-accredited Doctor of Nursing Practice
(DNP)Ph.D. in NursingPost-master’s certificate in nursing for access to the most current
thinking and best practices.