Professional development is a multi-faceted process towards enhancing one's knowledge, skills, abilities, and experience in his/her career. This process incorporates maintaining and enhancing academic credentials and experience towards a fulfilling and meaningful career. During this process, an individual must consider and incorporate important factors that enable him/her to improve his/her skills and experience. Some of the most important considerations to make during this process include networking, consistency in professional brand, and maintaining connections with a career coach or mentor. Through focusing on these various aspects, an individual effectively enhances his professional practice and development processes.
Role of Networking in My Professional Life

As part of enhancing my knowledge and experience in my career, I have developed vital networks with different people. Throughout my professional practice, I have realized that networking plays a crucial role in enhancing my knowledge, skills, and abilities. Generally, my career requires me to network, especially because of the…...

Doing this ensures early identification of an unknown crime hence, the adoption of proactive approaches against it. Achieving this relies on the establishment of a positive relationship between the police and the truck drivers (U.S., 2001).
Establishing park watch in the community also helps in preventing violent crime since it addresses a wide range of criminal acts. The program aims at enlisting the users of the park and neighbors to take the responsibility of watching over the parks. Significant evidence shows that involving the youth in activities that involve them in building the community reduces the rates of violent crimes in the community. Engaging the youth in different activities such as cleaning the parks and recreational spaces creates a healthy environment that attack a variety of economic activities. Through this, the unemployed youth acquires alternative source of income contributing to the minimization of violent crimes caused by youth unemployment. Other…...

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Gilligan, J. (2001). Preventing violence. New York: Thames & Hudson.

Texas Department of Criminal Justice Community Justice Assistance Division (2014). Battering Intervention and Prevention Program (BIPP) Accreditation Guideline. New York: Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

Workplace Violence Prevention. (n.d.). FBI. Retrieved April 25, 2014, from  http://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/publications/law-enforcement-bulletin/january2011/workplace_violence_prevention 

(U.S.), O. Of the S.G., (U.S.), N.C. For I.P. And C., (U.S.), N.I. Of M.H., & (U.S.), C. For M.H.S. (2001). Chapter 5 -- Prevention and Intervention. Text. Retrieved April 25, 2014, from  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK44295/

For some, working in one place for too long can be boring, and burnout is a sign that they should move on to other things. For others, job burnout occurs because of the demands and stress of a certain job. For instance, the comments in this discussion suggest that nurses may feel burnout faster than those in other professions because their jobs often demand more of them. Nurses have to be on their feet for much of their shifts, meaning that the sheer physical exhaustion of nursing is immense. In addition, nurses must often deal with unpleasant circumstances such as complaining patients, human waste, and death and sickness. The emotional toll of such work may begin to push nurses toward burnout, as might the fact that nurses must often work with a sense of urgency, increasing the pressure, and therefore stress on them. For some nurses, this process becomes…...

For members interested in political advocacy to improve the role of women in the workforce, the conference offers opportunities to learn about effective social advocacy techniques. The 2009 National College Conference for omen Student Leaders offers similar opportunities for college-age women. The only requirement for attending the NCCSL is that the student's institution must have an AAU branch and nominate the representative. The AAU's National Girls Collaborative Project (NGCP) tries to subsidize enrichment programs and act as an advocate for younger girls. The program known as Opening Opportunities for Girls in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) offers 'mini-grants' to local organizations with mentoring and enrichment opportunities for girls in the sciences. The AAU tries to connect with community groups to broaden its mission of educational advocacy and enrichment, as well as creates programs of its own.
The AAU provides some networking opportunities, as well as a venue of social…...

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Works Cited

American Association of University Women (AAUW). (2009). Official Website. Retrieved March 7, 2009 at  http://www.aauw.org/index.cfm

Caring for others has also been my primary means of self-expression, the one way I have been able to give back to the community and hopefully enhance the lives of others. As a LPN I have been successful but I know that I would be a more effective health care professional as an RN. With advanced nursing credentials I will enjoy an increased level of responsibility and the option to specialize in a select field of health care. Moreover, as an African-American female I can contribute positively to the diversity and caliber of the administrative nursing team at my health care institution and offer a diversity of perspective and opinion when I interact with patients and coworkers.
Although my primary ambition is to heal others by working directly with patients in a professional setting, I also hope to participate in hospital administrative and decision-making procedures. Nurses have the potential to…...

Find stakeholder effectiveness standards and problems.

Organize empowered teams/task forces around key issues.

Develop and discuss the goals of spiritual leadership (Lockridge, 2013)

elate spiritual leadership to the students as well as worldly matters

Evaluate Spiritual Leadership success

Evaluate student's and professional's satisfaction with the course design

Conclusion

The spiritual leadership appeals those a lot that have problems at work place and these people feel like spirituality at work place and spiritual leadership will save them from professional or career disaster. The truth however is that without making the plan of spiritual leadership practicable, the confusion will only increase. The researchers should not base the spiritual leadership plan on Biblical guidelines and then to implement those plans rather the researchers are required to find spiritual problems of the workforce first. This will help understand the problems of the employees and to come up with a responsive spiritual leadership that guides people to attain leadership goals through spirituality…...

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References

Blackaby, H., and Blackaby, R., (2001), Spiritual leadership. Nashville, TN: B & H. Publishing.

Lockridge, D., (2013), "How Christians Should Choose School Curriculum," Retrieved from:

 http://dianelockridge.hubpages.com/hub/How-Christians-Should-Choose-School-Curriculum 

Proverbs 1; New International Version (NIV), (n.d.), Retrieved from:

Life Balance in Effective Employee Management
Importance of Work-Life Balance

The purpose of this paper is to explain the importance of work-life balance in an effective management of employees in contemporary organizations. The paper constitutes a brief introduction to the concept and a comprehensive discussion on how a good work-life balance of employees increases their morale, motivation, and commitment which ultimately contribute towards their superior workplace performance and higher organizational productivity.

Work-life balance means how employees are able to split their time and energy to manage their personal and professional lives in such a fashion that neither of them is negatively affected by the other (Eikhof, Warhurst, & Haunschild 2007). Work-life balance allows them to give time to their family commitments, personal care, community participation, and other personal life activities along with fulfilling the demands of their professional life (Saxena 2009). It is the responsibility of employers to formulate policies and procedures…...

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Resources, 49 (3): 285-307.

Moore, T., Johns, R. & Johnson, C. 2006, "Work-Life Balance Experiences of Women in the Construction Industry," International Employment Relations Review, 12 (2): 67-78.

Pedersen, V. & Lewis, S. 2012, "Flexible friends? Flexible working time arrangements, blurred work-life boundaries and friendship," Work, Employment & Society, 26 (3): 464-480.

Robbins, S. & Coulter, M. 2006, Management. 8th Edition. U.S.: Prentice Hall

Saxena, P. 2009, Principles of Management: A Modern Approach, 1st Edition. India: Global India Publications

Life
At the age of 19, the Marquis de Lafayette left a life of privilege and prestige in France and sailed to America to fight for the American Revolution. His family motto guided his sense of adventure and reflects an attitude that pervades Lafayette College today: "Cur Non?" ("Why not?). Based on this motto, discuss a "Why not?" moment in your personal, academic, or social life.

Although my life to date has been characterized by a number of such poignant moments, perhaps the most compelling "why not" moment in my life was the decision to actively participate in the martial arts in general and taekwondo in particular when I was younger. Despite my young age and although the sport is dominated by male competitors, I firmly believed I was just as physically and mentally capable as anyone else in the sport and this sense of self-assurance produced a number of personal…...

obstacles to becoming a successful manager is getting an understanding of one's own innate strengths and weaknesses. While every person may have leadership potential, leadership comes more naturally to some people than to others. Moreover, the best leaders are those who are aware of and capitalize on their own strengths, while taking actions to minimize their own weaknesses. The Life Styles Inventory (LSI) is one tool that people can use to help identify their own innate personal styles and learn how those styles can impact them in their roles as managers and leaders.
This paper examines my own LSI scores. Not only does it assess my strengths and weaknesses, but also how those traits fit into my overall character profile. The LSI is broken into three broad categories: constructive styles, passive/defensive styles, and aggressive/defensive styles. The constructive styles reflect positive behaviors and include humanistic-encouraging, affiliative, achievement, and self-actualizing styles. For…...

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References

Human Synergistics International. (2014). The achievement-oriented style. Retrieved September 6, 2014 from  http://www.humansynergistics.com/ 

Human Synergistics International. (2014). The oppositional style. Retrieved September 6, 2014 from

Growth and Development
Introduction Comment by babyliza: This part discusses the qualities of a good leader. I believe it should discuss the qualities of an individual's effectiveness, both in personal and professional life. Not a leader, so it's out of topic.

Just like the lions and the bees, human are social beings and live in communities sometimes small or large. Daily, we relate one way or another with each other either at home or at our places of work. Irrespective of the form of communication employed, either in person or via phones or emails, our communication and method of relating with other people has an impression on them either positively or otherwise. To this effect, there are certain skills that everyone should become proficient at so as to sustain healthy relationships and perform tasks more quickly; these skills are referred to as the Interaction Essentials. They are very helpful in the…...

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References

Development Dimensions International. (2012-2015). Interaction Essentials: What They Are and Why They Matter. Monograph. Development Dimensions International, Inc. Retrieved fromhttp://www.ddiworld.com/DDI/media/monographs/interactionessentials_mg_ddi.pdf?ext=.pdf

Mills, C. (2013, May 6). Keeping Your Professional Development Continuous. The Guardian. Retrieved from   Comment by babyliza: No in-text citationhttps://www.theguardian.com/careers/careers-blog/keeping-professional-development-continuous 

Operation-Meditation. (2012). How to Reach Self-Actualization -- Maslow's 8 Proven Methods. Retrieved 7 December 2016 from  http://operationmeditation.com/discover/how-to-reach-self-actualization-maslows-8-proven-methods/

Professional eview of the Sigchi Website
ITM 433 This professional web site review assignments part session long project. For Module 3, assignment familiar professional organization website called

This is a website review for a premier international society called SIGCHI. The main purpose of the website is to bring together people from different locations who are interested in human-computer interaction. Human-computer interaction is mainly concerned in ensuring that computers and computer systems are accessible by people with disabilities. The website provides an avenue for members and non-members to get to know more about the society through the articles posted on its blog, community page and publications. It also provides an easy connection gateway via its email lists to other people who are involved in human-computer interaction around the world.

The website uses a consistent theme thus ensuring consistency in all the pages. With consistency the visitor will not be shocked and think they have…...

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References

Hughes, R., Jr. (2001). A Process Evaluation of a Website for Family Life Educators. Family Relations, 50(2), 164-170.

Mankin, R.W. (2005). Entomological Website Usage Patterns. The Florida Entomologist, 88(3), 285-291.

Professional Issues in Nursing
Things that surprised me

The chapter on collective bargaining has some surprising aspects with respect to nursing. Collective bargaining has a number of difficulties while being implemented at nursing profession. Nurses have a number of predicaments that can easily bar them from accessing and delivering quality services to patients. In order to arrive at an equitable ground where success is determined and assessed by use of collective bargaining, nurses and any other worker should exist in groups of palatable ground of service.

As indicted in chapter 17 of the book, nurses and many people working in organizations have difficulties in accessing policies that demonstrate their capabilities. Nurses encounter difficulties, which are often directed to their organizations. Nursing is a difficult activity that deserves a lot of sacrifice and affection from the people involved. Moreover, it is surprising to know that there are no direct segments within a health service…...

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Reference

Huston, C.J. (2010). Professional issues in nursing: Challenges & opportunities.

Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

According to Carr, "It is good for the development of young people to undergo some dress discipline, and only right for teachers to set pupils an appropriate example in this respect" (emphasis added) (p. 218).
There are some common sense rules that can be followed by middle school teachers in determining what will be perceived as "professional attire" by others, especially their students. For example, in his essay, "Transition to Teaching: Putting Your Best Foot Forward," Senne (2004) recommends conservative attire and jewelry for both male and female middle school teachers. According to this author, "Female teachers should choose to wear a conservative dress (appropriate length), blouse and skirt, or blouse and dress slacks. Male teachers may opt for a dress shirt, dress slacks, tie, and suit coat. Shoes should be consistent with selected attire" (p. 46). While these are the typical choices for professional attire, they certainly do not…...

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References

Bryant, L.E. (2003). Becoming a better teacher: Learning from our mistakes. Communication Studies, 54(2), 130.

Carr, D. (2000). Professionalism and ethics in teaching. London: Routledge.

Cooper, P.M. (2003). Effective white teachers of black children: Teaching within a Community. Journal of Teacher Education, 54(5), 413.

Diez, M.E. (2007). Looking back and moving forward: Three tensions in the teacher dispositions discourse. Journal of Teacher Education, 58(5), 388.

Nurse Skeptical's etort

Nurse Skeptical's response to the above interpretation of the scenario is likely to be quite defensive, and a defense of her actions and decisions would not be entirely without grounds. If there was indeed a psychological problem that Mrs. testy was experiencing, it would render her incapable of autonomy at least in the very limited regard of her requests for pain medication. The very essence of a psychologically-induced feeling of pain is that the patient cannot differentiate between a psychological and a physiological symptom, and thus cannot accurately report the pain to their medical professional. Furtehrmore, should the placebo that Nurse Skeptical plans on administering prove equally successful in "treating" the "pain," her actions would seem entirely justified.

This defense overlooks several key factors necessary to the proper provision of medical care, however. First and foremost, there is at least some possibility that the pain Mrs. Testy is experiencing…...

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References

Andre, J. (1994). "My client, my enemy." Professional Ethics 3(3/4), pp. 27-46.

Professional Counseling
The relevance of counseling as a helping profession cannot be overstated. This is more so the case taking into consideration the role counseling plays towards the facilitation of the development of not only an individual but also a family or even a group.

Counseling as a Distinct Profession: The History and Philosophy of the Profession

Marini and Stebnicki (2008) point out that although counseling as a term made its first appearance (in print) sometimes in the year 1931, the practice of the same had started earlier on. It is important to note that although the roots of counseling as a helping relationship can be traced to the early omanian and Greek times, the actual development of the counseling profession as we know it today largely started taking place in the late 1800s. In the words of Marini and Stebnicki (2008), "the origins of the counseling profession in the United States have…...

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References

AMHCA (n.d). American Mental Health Counselors Association: The Only Organization Working Exclusively for the Mental Health Counseling Profession. Retrieved October 14, 2012, from the American Mental Health Counselors Association website:  http://www.amhca.org/default.aspx 

ASCA (2012). American School Counselor Association. Retrieved October 14, 2012, from the American School Counselor Association website:  http://www.schoolcounselor.org/index.asp 

Blonna, R., Loschiavo, J. & Watter, D. (2011). Health Counseling: A Microskills Approach for Counselors, Educators, and School Nurses (2nd ed.). Sudbury, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning.

Marini, I. & Stebnicki, M.A. (Eds.). (2008). The Professional Counselor's Desk Reference. New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company.

I. Introduction
A. Definition of military and professional bearing
B. Importance of military and professional bearing in various settings
C. Thesis statement - The significance of military and professional bearing in shaping a successful career

II. Military Bearing
A. Definition of military bearing
B. Characteristics of military bearing such as discipline, respect, and integrity
C. Importance of military bearing in the military and civilian sectors

III. Professional Bearing
A. Definition of professional bearing
B. Attributes of professional bearing such as attire, communication skills, and ethical behavior
C. Importance of professional bearing in the workplace and in personal interactions

IV. Comparison between Military and....

In my professional life, I plan to apply what I have learned in this course by utilizing the new knowledge and skills to improve my performance at work. This course has provided me with a deeper understanding of the subject matter, which I can use to excel in my current role and possibly take on more responsibilities in the future. I also intend to use the critical thinking and problem-solving skills gained in this course to tackle challenges and make informed decisions in my work environment.

In my personal life, I aim to apply the concepts learned in this course to....

1. The Importance of Integrity in Personal and Professional Life

2. Defining Integrity: What Does It Mean to Have Strong Moral Principles?

3. Examining the Role of Integrity in Building Trust and Credibility

4. Integrity as a Foundation for Ethical Decision Making

5. The Connection Between Integrity and Accountability

6. Integrity and Leadership: How Does Integrity Impact Effective Leadership?

7. Integrity in the Digital Age: Navigating Ethical Challenges in a Connected World

8. Building a Culture of Integrity: Strategies for Fostering Honesty and Trustworthiness

9. Integrity and Success: How Does Integrity Contribute to Long-Term Success?

10. Practicing Integrity: Tips for Upholding Moral Principles in Everyday Life
11. The Intersection of....

Here are some potential essay topics related to career choice:

1. The importance of choosing a career path that aligns with your passion and interests.
2. The role of family and societal expectations in influencing career choices.
3. The benefits of seeking mentorship and guidance in career decision-making.
4. The impact of education and training on career opportunities and advancement.
5. The challenges and advantages of pursuing a non-traditional or unconventional career path.
6. The relationship between personal values and career choices.
7. The ways in which technology and globalization are shaping the future of work and career options.
8. The importance of work-life balance and well-being in....