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Guided Career Research Directions: Read and answers all of the questions below. After you are finished, save this document and upload into Canvas before the due date. One and two sentence responses will result in the deduction of points for this assignment. Do not copy and paste information in sections where you are asked to describe information in your own words.

Explore Your Talents From Strengths Quest Assessment.

1. List your top two (2) Signature Themes in the space provided. 1 Consistency 2 Focus 2. Find top two (2) signature themes in your signature theme report. For each theme, select two (2) different observations or suggestions that you think will help you identify or affirm your career choice. Why will this be helpful to you? Signature Theme #1: Consistency Observations or Suggestions: The career must have a lot of people so I will be able to make friends with people who work with me like co-worker and staff. Signature Theme #2: Focus Observations or Suggestions: the career must allow me to be able to plan because I am a very organized person, I like to plan ahead of things

Explore Your Interests and Values From the MyPlan Assessments in LifeMap in Atlas.

3. What are your top two interests according to your results from the Interest Inventory Report? Interest #1: Education and Training Interest #2: Health Science

4. Review the descriptions of your top two interests in your Interest Inventory Report. Describe the type of work environment(s) suited for individuals with these interest areas.

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Some of the work environment: Education and Training, Human Services, and Health Sciences. Human services were a match because I can assist people in finding for employment in their career pathways that’s related to families and human needs. Education and training are involved with organization and managing and education and training services and learning support services. Human science because I can organize, Managing, and provide therapeutic services diagnostic services, health informatics, and support services. 5. What are your two highest core work values according to the results from the Values Assessment Report? List them in the space provided. Value #1: Social Value #2: Conventional

Connect the Dots - Talents, Interests, & Values Reflection 6. Think about your future career and degree/major. Do your assessment results align with your future career and educational goals? Yes, on every assessment I have taken my career I’m pursue has pop up which mean I am making a good decision pursue this career.

Explore Two Careers 7. What two careers are you interested in exploring? Consider two distinct careers and/or positions. Travel or oncologist Register nurse *Already sure about one career? Research two different paths under a career umbrella (e.g. pediatric and oncologist nursing) travel or oncologist Register nurse *Unsure about your career? Review the list of suggested careers in My Career Planner under “Career Match” and select careers that seem interesting.

Research Career #1: Using Ferguson’s Career Guidance Center Directions: Use Ferguson’s Career Guidance Center (from Valencia’s library database) available in the module to respond to questions 1-7. If you cannot find your exact career, click here to Ask a Librarian to chat, text or email your question.

1. Provide the name (or title) of the article you selected in Ferguson’s Career Guidance Center and the link to the article: (If you cannot find an article with the same title as your career, select one that is closely related.)

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Name or title of the article: Health Care Management

2. What is the salary range for this career (position)?

$67,610 3. In your own words, describe the career (position), including details about the job functions and/or tasks. (Minimum of 75 words to include specific examples and details from the articles.) As a Register Nurse I will have to do task collect patient health histories, educating patients about treatment plans, doing physical exams and diagnostic tests, and managing medications. We are monitoring patient throughout the day we always on our feet.

4. What skills, personality traits, and experience are required of individuals in this position? Discuss the skills, personality traits, and experience in a paragraph. I feel you should have skills: Professionalism which mean you will know how to act in professional setting, Time management because you will need to know how to multi-task, Critical thinking, Communication how to interact with patient and staff members and empathy being able to put yourself in someone else shoes or in other words see from their point of view. 5. Is there a minimum degree (bachelors, master’s, or doctoral) required for this profession? No ☐ Yes ☒ If yes, what minimum degree is required? Include the degree level (example: associates, bachelors, master’s, or doctoral) and degree name (example: Psychology or Biomedical Sciences). Nursing Bachelor’s degree 6. In your own words, describe the job outlook and job prospects for this career? In my opinion, the nursing field is an exceptionally good field to join due to COVID- 19 there has been a higher rate of nurses needed. 7. In your own words, describe the work environment and work schedule for individuals in this profession. To me the work environment in the nursing field will be remarkably busy I will always be on my feet and completing different task every day interacting with different co-workers

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Research Career #2: Using Ferguson’s Career Guidance Center Directions: Use Ferguson’s Career Guidance Center (from Valencia’s library database) available in the module to respond to questions 8-14. If you can’t find your career, click here to Ask a Librarian to chat, text or email your question. 8. Provide the name (or title) of the article you selected in Ferguson’s Career Guidance Center and the link to the article: (If you cannot find an article with the same title as your career, select one that is closely related.) 

Name or title of the article: Nurse practitioner

9. What is the salary range for this career (position)? $109, 820

10. In your own words, describe the career (position), including details about the job functions and/or tasks. (Minimum of 75 words to include specific examples and details from the articles.) In my opinion a nurse practitioner order and find out the result of diagnostic and laboratory tests, diagnose disease, they prescribe treatment plans, they cover basic disease control. They are the ones organize the lobbies so that every visitor is comfortable. 11. What skills, personality traits, and experience are required of individuals in this position? Discuss the skills, personality traits, and experience in a paragraph. Some personality traits: helpful willing to assist others, Social able to interact co-worker and staff and technical able to work on computers. some skills are interpersonal being able to relate to communicate between people, scientific using methods and principles of science, and teaching willing to teach other to learn 12. Is there a minimum degree (bachelors, master’s, or doctoral) required for this profession? No ☐ Yes ☒ If yes, what minimum degree is required? Include the degree level (example: associates, bachelors, master’s, or doctoral) and degree name (example: Psychology or Biomedical Sciences). Master’s degree 13. In your own words, describe the job outlook and job prospects for this career? I think employment prospects are excellent the need nurses. 14. In your own words, describe the work environment and work schedule for individuals in this profession.

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Well in general the nursing field is busy, but I feel if you’re a nurse practitioner you will have a little time to yourself here and there

Connect the Dots: Career Research Reflection 15. How has researching your future career changed or affirmed your perspective on your current career goals? With me researching more into my career has allow me to change my perspective on thing and allow me to open my eyes up to things I didn’t know about the I’m pursuing.

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