Philosophy of Nursing Paper Guidelines and Grading Rubric
The philosophy of nursing paper is a two to three-page, double-spaced, 1” margin reflective “mission” statement. When thinking about nursing, in the first person, summarize your guiding principles using present tense. Submit all philosophy of nursing papers on Bb using your last name and then the name of the assignment on day assigned in Course Outline. Emailed papers are unacceptable. You may use SafeAssign before submission to check for citation problems and plagiarism.
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| 1. Personal beliefs. Describe your values and beliefs about nursing. You may use “I believe…” statements that include your:
a. Your definition of nursing. b. What are your beliefs on how nursing is related to the general population (Who are they?), general health (What is it?), and the environment (Where is nursing practiced?). c. Beliefs about the profession of nursing. d. Significance of collaboration with other health professionals. |
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| 2. Nursing as a career. Demonstrate that you have given thought to your career and explain the rationale for your decision.
a. Inspiration from the past. (Who or what?) b. Define professional goals. c. Identify roles and responsibilities to advance the profession of nursing. d. How you will provide safe, effective care? e. How your academic preparation will facilitate your positive contributions to the health care system? |
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| 3. Organization, grammar, and APA format. Proofread your paper before submission to make sure that your paper:
a. Complies with length requirements 2-3 pages; b. Consistently uses APA (7th edition-student paper) format (title page, page numbers, and if needed, in-text citations and reference list); c. Is free of grammatical, sentence structure, spelling, punctuation and organizational (introduction, body and summary with logical flow) errors. |
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| 4. Deductions
See guidelines outlined in the syllabus adherence to submission deadline. |
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