Cover Letter and Portfolio Discussion Paper

Career Planner Guide

Checklist for Cover Letter

Cover letters are typically tailored to individual jobs and companies. Your cover letter should be:

  • Presented and formatted in professional business manner
  • Addressed properly
  • Clear and concise (no more than one page) and include:
    • Content introduction
    • Content body
    • Content conclusion
  • Written in a professional tone and include:

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Checklist for Resume

Your resume should be clear, concise, and well organized, and it should also include your:

  • Name, location (city/town and state), business phone number, and email address (centered at top of resume)
  • Objective: 2–3 sentences describing your goal/objective for employment
  • Certifications & licenses
  • Education
  • Professional experience
  • Honors/Awards (as applicable) Cover Letter and Portfolio Discussion Paper

 

Checklist for Portfolio 

Your Portfolio should be clear, concise, and well organized, and it should also include your:

  • Personal philosophy statement (1-page)
  • Personal goals (short term and long term)
  • Self-assessment

The following items do not have to be submitted but should be available on request for employers:

  • Achievements
  • Letters of recommendation (2)
  • References (list names, affiliation, and contact information) (3)
  • Certifications and licenses
  • Prior degrees
  • Transcripts (Note: An unofficial transcript will meet this requirement.)
  • Certificates of attendance for continuing education
  • Publications
  • Research
  • Oral presentations and/or poster presentations Cover Letter and Portfolio Discussion Paper 

Learning Resources

Resume and Cover Letter Resources:

 

Canva. (n.d.). https://www.canva.com/

Canva has many resume templates and formats that may inspire your creativity. (Using Canva is optional.)

Cover Letter Advice (n.d.). Nurse practitioner cover letter sample 1. http://www.coverletter.us/nurse-practitioner-cover-letter/

DeCapua, M. (2019). A nurse practitioner’s guide to the perfect cover letter. Health eCareers. https://www.healthecareers.com/article/healthcare-news/np-cover-letter

Hicks, R. W., & Roberts, M. E. E. (2016). Curriculum vitae: An important tool for the nurse practitioner. Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, 28(7), 347–352.

Gibson, A. (n.d.). Nurse.org career guide series: Ultimate guide to nursing resumes. Nurse.org. https://nurse.org/resources/nursing-resume/

Portfolio Resources:

Chamblee, T. B., Dale, J. C., Drews, B., Spahis, J., & Hardin, T. (2015). Implementation of a professional portfolio: A tool to demonstrate professional development for advanced practice. Journal of Pediatric Health Care, 29(1), 113–117.

Clarke, M. (2019). The importance of a professional nursing portfolio. HealthLeaders. https://www.healthleadersmedia.com/nursing/importance-professional-nursing-portfolio

Nurse Practitioner Business Owner. (n.d.). This is why you want to create your professional portfolio today! https://npbusiness.org/professional-portfolio/

Portfolium. (n.d.). https://portfolium.com/

Portfolium is one example of portfolio software that you could use to create a portfolio. You may choose your own tool, and it may be online (Google Sites, Portfolium) or offline (Word, pdf), as long as you can easily submit the portfolio files or link to your Instructor Cover Letter and Portfolio Discussion Paper

Cover Letter

Name, RN

Address,

City, State,

Tel.:

Email:

Date

Human Resource Manager,

Linden Oaks Behavioral Health – Main Inpatient Campus,

852 South West Street

Naperville, Illinois 60540

Dear Sir/Madam,

I am hereby applying for a position in the Linden Oaks Behavioral Health fellowship program for graduating candidates as a Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP). I anticipate that joining your organization in this position will offer me the opportunity to practice the skills and competencies acquired in the education program within a professional environment. In addition, being part of the fellowship program will allow me to improve my nursing knowledge, skills, competencies and experiences. In fact, I am particularly interested in the psychiatric nursing services offered at your facility, and believe that being part of the fellowship program will allow me to work with skilled health care professionals in providing specialized psychiatric care to address complex health needs of clients and communities Cover Letter and Portfolio Discussion Paper.

Although I am newly specialized as a psychiatric nurse, I have prior work experience as a nurse and expect that my professional efforts will be coordinated and integrated with efforts from other health professionals to provide holistic care. I am confident that I am a good fit for a position in the fellowship program given my professional and education background, and interest in leveraging the position as an opportunity to learn and gain experience. As a nurse with extensive professional working experience, my objective is to ensure that psychiatric nursing services are effective in achieving the desired health care outcomes. I intend to apply my efforts to achieving this objective by engaging in planning for available resources and ensures that they are effectively and efficiently used Cover Letter and Portfolio Discussion Paper.

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With my professional background, I can creatively, efficiently and effectively manage health care resources even as I leverage their use. An important aspect of this is the awareness that problem-solving, teamwork, leadership and communication will be required, all skills that I have knowledge of and experience in applying. I am confident in apply these skills, and feel that this would make me an integral part of your organization as I amalgamate the skills to coordinate efforts. I anticipate that being accepted into the fellowship program will allow me to apply the knowledge and skills I acquired from nursing education and practice. Being part of your organization will allow me to apply the full complement of my competencies to provide care that is both beneficial to the patients and organization.

I have attached a copy of my portfolio and resume to enable you learn more about my professional experiences and qualifications. I appreciate the time you have taken to review my qualifications and credentials for the position in the fellowship program. Again, thank you for your time and consideration. Please feel free to contact me via email (_____________) or call my telephone (_____________) for more information or clarification as required Cover Letter and Portfolio Discussion Paper.

Yours sincerely,

Name, RN 

Portfolio

I have always been fascinated by the idea of being a nurse and providing care to others. Pursuing a nursing career ensures that I have the professional knowledge and qualifications to practice as a nurse. From early on, I knew that I would pursue a nursing career. However, I was unsure about the area of nursing in which to specialize. Initially, I began my nursing career as a certified nurse. Through working in different nursing positions and undertaking a myriad professional roles and responsibilities, I realized that I had a strong interest in psychiatry and opted to specialize in psychiatric nursing. As a result, I enrolled in a Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) education program. I anticipate that with the qualifications from the successful completion of the PMHNP program, I will have the opportunity to practice as a PMHNP even as I become more involved in psychiatric nursing care provision and research, participate in advocacy efforts, and take on specialized professional responsibilities Cover Letter and Portfolio Discussion Paper.

Eventually, my goal in pursuing a professional nursing career as a PMHNP is not only to provide psychiatric nursing services to patients, but also to be more involved in policy development through presenting evidence, education efforts and advocacy. In my current capacity, I am limited to applying policies developed by others and being minimally involved in policy making. I perceive this as a significant concern since many of those involved in making policies that affect nurses do not have a professional nursing background thus resulting in flawed policies that have significant shortcomings in application. Rather than continuing to maintain this status quo that results in adequate policies, I feel that I can proactively reverse the situation by leveraging advanced nursing knowledge and experience to lead efforts in presenting better policies.

Objective

To ensure that psychiatric nursing services are effective in achieving the desired health care outcomes. This will be possible if I work in a position where my nursing knowledge and skills, coupled with excellent interpersonal, management, analytical and creative skills, as well as inquisitive mind, attention to detail and loving, compassionate care, are leveraged to bring new energy into the concept of nursing that includes nursing practice, research, education and advocacy Cover Letter and Portfolio Discussion Paper