Philosophy of Nursing Assignment Guidelines and Grading Rubric

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Philosophy of Nursing Assignment Guidelines and Grading Rubric

Purpose: Some of you may just be entering the field of nursing—with the ink on your RN license barely dry, while others of you have been career nurses for several years.  Whatever point you are in your nursing career, it is important to reflect on what nursing means to you.  Your philosophy of nursing is a deeply personal journey that is influenced by your personal beliefs and values, your family and culture, education, and your career goals and experiences.  All these factors contribute to who you are, what you believe, and how you act. Writing your philosophy is a process that may change along your professional career. This assignment challenges you to develop and articulate your personal philosophy of nursing, and describe the ideas of published authors that influence your beliefs and views of nursing.

Prepare:  Read, “Articulating your philosophy of nursing” by Janice Denehy (http://jsn.sagepub.com/content/17/1/1.short?rss=1&ssource=mfr)

Find a quiet space to ponder these questions:

  • What are your general values related to the nature of humankind and society?
  • What are your values and beliefs that relate to the profession of nursing? To health and illness?  To healthcare recipients? To community? To other topics or concepts that define your practice as a nurse?
  • Who and what influenced your values and beliefs?
  • How do your personal beliefs and values relate to your perspectives on nursing?

Content: Address the following topics in a brief (no more than 3 pages, double-spaced) paper:

  • Introduce your nursing career choice, current practice, and vision of your future as a nurse.
  • Describe your general beliefs and values related to humankind and society—values that give direction to your journey in life.
  • Describe your values and beliefs that relate to nursing profession. Include perspectives on nursing, health and illness, recipients of care, and any other concepts you feel define your practice as a nurse.
  • Describe (and cite source) of at least TWO published works that influenced or ground your perspectives and/or define your practice as a nurse.
  • Describe how your personal beliefs and values relate to your ideas about nursing.

Format: This will be your first “official” APA format paper for the RN-BSN program.  You will be expected to develop an accurately formatted paper with title page, abstract, body of paper and reference sections.  The paper should have 1” margins and be double-spaced, Times New Roman, 12-point font.  A Sample APA Paper with further guidelines is included in the Student Resources module, and can be used as a template for this paper.

Discussion:  Based on the ideas and perspectives articulated in your Nursing Philosophy paper, develop and post a short (100 words or less) statement that reflects your personal and professional values—a Nursing Philosophy Statement. See detailed instructions on Discussion assignment.

Analyze how the selected health-related problem, issue, or health risk is amenable to an intervention, project, or program and explain how it relates to the scope of masters prepared community health nursing practice.

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This assignment focuses on the identification of a health-related problem, issue, or health risk of a selected aggregate and the establishment of collaborative partnerships with the diverse community and interprofessional teams to address the needs and influence change for the selected population.

Follow these instructions for writing your Community Needs Assessment. This assignment should be no more than 12 pages, (excluding title page, abstract, and reference list). Throughout the paper, provide supporting evidence from at least ten (10) current references, including at least three (3) non-nursing resources (graded in Integration of Evidence and Theory section of rubric).

Note: *Scholarly works (including scholarly articles, white papers, and scholarly websites) integrated within the Masters Competencies paper should come from the most current nursing or related literature (published no more than 5 years ago); however, older works may be included if it is a seminal source or where there is a gap in the literature. Be sure to include a minimum of ten (10) scholarly works in your paper. At least three (3) references should come from a discipline outside nursing.

Title Page: Follow APA 6 Guidelines (Graded through organization, writing style, grammar, usage, mechanics, and formatting)

Abstract: Include a brief synopsis of your paper following APA 6 Guidelines (graded in Organization, Writing Style, Grammar, Usage, Mechanics, and Formatting)

1. Introduction and Description of aggregate (20 points)

The introduction (not labeled as such in APA format) provides the foundation for the paper.

Include a thesis statement that justifies the main points in the paper

Include the following in your introduction:

Describe an aggregate or vulnerable population within a community that is at risk for health problems.
Describe this aggregate in terms of at least three (3) commonalities.
Discuss the diversity that exists within this aggregate.
Example topic: “Need for respite care (health-related problem, issue, risk) for Hispanic families of children who are medically-dependent and fragile (aggregate or vulnerable population) in the greater Capital District region of New York State (geographic community).”

2. Community Description (20 points)

The community description creates a vision of the community in which your vulnerable population exists.

Describe the geographic community within which the aggregate or vulnerable population resides.
Describe the dimensions of people, place, and function that serve as a framework.
Discuss the partnerships within the community by including the sources of data or information, such as key informants, and governmental agencies.
3. Problem Description and Rationale (20 points)

The Problem Description focuses on providing a clear and full picture of the health-related problem, issue, or health risk for the selected aggregate.

Describe one health-related problem, issue, or health risk of the selected aggregate.
Describe the significant factors contributing to the health-related problem, issue, or risk.
Provide a rationale for selection of this health-related problem, issue, or health risk based on its relationship to a specific Healthy People 2020 objective.
4. Analysis, Implications, and Influence (20 points)

The Analysis, Implications, and Influence section focuses on the role of the masters prepared nurse in addressing change regarding the health-related problem, issue, or health risk for the selected aggregate.

Analyze how the selected health-related problem, issue, or health risk is amenable to an intervention, project, or program and explain how it relates to the scope of masters prepared community health nursing practice.
Discuss the implications of the health-related problem, issue, or health risk for policy change and social implications at the systems level.
Explain how a master’s prepared nurse would establish collaborative partnerships with the diverse community and interprofessional teams to address the needs and influence change for your selected population.
Conclusion (less than a page). Present a brief and succinct description of the key elements of the paper. (Graded through organization, writing style, grammar, usage, mechanics, and formatting)

Assess quality and techniques for improving quality and safety.

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Unit outcomes addressed in this Assignment: • Assess quality and techniques for improving quality and safety. Course outcome addressed in this Assignment: HA540-3: Research methods of assessing quality and techniques for improving quality and safety Instructions: In this assignment, you will be researching dimensions of quality and safety in healthcare, specifically long-term care, and how various industries can apply these concepts to improve operations. ● Using the Medicare Nursing Home Compare website, research one nursing home that displays a low level of quality as indicated by their Five Star Rating* ○ The nursing home should display a low level of quality (-2 star rating) ○ The nursing home should display a low level of safety ● Provide a general overview of the nursing home (e.g., name, location, bed size, ownership, etc.) ● Discuss the quality performance of the nursing home as evident by its most recent health care inspection (e.g., deficiencies, citations, financial penalties, etc.). This can be accomplished by thoroughly reading the nursing home’s statement of deficiencies and plan of action to correct quality deficiencies (CMS Form 2567). ● Discuss the safety performance of the nursing home as evident by its most recent life safety inspection (e.g., life safety citations, financial penalties, etc.). This can be accomplished by thoroughly reading the nursing home’s life safety code statement of deficiencies and plan of action. ● Discuss appropriate techniques that you would use to improve quality in the nursing home. ● Discuss appropriate techniques that you would use to improve safety in the nursing home. ● Be sure to include details about the deficiencies that you found. ● Report your findings by using one (1) of the methods below: ○ 3-4 page paper excluding front and back matter (APA standards apply). ○ Internal organizational memorandum. ○ Infographic 2 Kaplan University School of Health Sciences HA540 Unit 7 Assignment COURSE # ○ Power Point presentation for a Board of Directors (10-12 slides; speaker notes as needed to support assertions). ○ 7-10 minute public service announcement (using a free online voice recorder such as vocaroo.com) ○ Video newscast (using a free online video recorder such as YouTube.com)(e.g., entertainment talk show, television commentary, interview-style, news reporting, etc.). ○ The use of first person is permitted for this assignment (excluding option 1). ● APA formatting (e.g., title page, conclusion, reference page, etc.) should not be used. •You can select any nursing home published on the Medicare Hospital Compare website. To narrow your selection, consider researching nursing homes in your community, previous places of residence, employers, competitors, or even a nursing home you would like to network with someday. References: http://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/search. html https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/CMS-Forms/CMS-Forms/downloads/cms2567.pdfhttp://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nnhs.htm Submitting your work: Submit your Assignment to the appropriate Dropbox. For instructions on submitting your work, view the Dropbox Guide located under Academic Tools at the top of your unit page. Please be sure to download the file “Writing Center Resources” from Doc Sharing to assist you with meeting APA expectations for written Assignments.

In this assignment, you are to select a theory of nursing that fits with your understanding of effective nursing values and practices. Prepare a thorough review of the theory, including a discussion of how this theory will guide your planning to implement the theory in your work as a nurse, will inform you anticipation of barriers to implementation and will assist you in creating a plan to evaluate the effectiveness of care provided while employing this theory.

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In this assignment, you are to select a theory of nursing that fits with your understanding of effective nursing values and practices. Prepare a thorough review of the theory, including a discussion of how this theory will guide your planning to implement the theory in your work as a nurse, will inform you anticipation of barriers to implementation and will assist you in creating a plan to evaluate the effectiveness of care provided while employing this theory.(Imogene king’s theory of goal attainment)

Use the following process to guide your work:

Select one nursing theory that is useful to your practice setting.
Research the literature for refereed journal articles (include current, classic – by theorist, and relevant scholarly sources) that discuss the use of the theory in practice. Use a sufficient number of scholarly sources in your paper, but at least five.
Critically review the nursing theory and develop a plan for how you would utilize this theory in your practice. Be sure to include thoughts related to holistic spiritual nursing care. (Use Chapter 3 of Smith & Parker to review theory.)
In a 6-8 page (not including the title and reference pages, no abstract required for this paper) 6th edition APA paper using spelling/grammar following APA guidelines:
Introduction (Overview, purpose, your rationale for selecting the nursing theory, and plan for paper)
Synthesis of selected nursing theory
Examine the nursing theory’s components
Design plan for implementing nursing theory into practice
Anticipate potential barriers/challenges to implementation
Create plan for evaluating the effectiveness of care provided using this nursing theory
Construct examples.
Summary (explain how you have met the purpose of this paper