Concept Synthesis Paper on Personal nursing Philosophy
Overview
You are required to submit a scholarly paper in which you will identify, describe, research, and apply the concepts that underlie your personal philosophy for professional nursing practice.
This will help you identify your own values and beliefs about the established metaparadigms and metatheories of the discipline. It will also help you identify and articulate concepts relevant to your specific practice. This paper is intended to be an exercise in clarification and organization of your professional foundation. You are also required to provide a list of assumptions from personal nursing practice that illustrate the concepts and framework of your theory.
Your paper should follow a format that includes:
• Nursing Autobiography: A brief (1 page) discussion of your background in nursing.
HERE IS MY 1 PAGE NURSING AUTOBIOGRAPHY
((My nursing carrier began thirty-two years ago in Teaneck New Jersey. Accepted straight from high school to a diploma program after walking away from a full scholarship to play football at Lafayette University, is still today, one of the best decisions I have made. Male nurses were few and society did not look favorable on us, however nursing and nurses being the caring individual they are, took me under their wings, protected me, and educated me. This event began sculpturing the man I am today.
Due to the shortage of nurses in the ‘80s, as a graduate nurse I was offered a position in the intensive care unit. What an experience that was, a twenty-one-year-old playing stickball in the morning and performing peritoneal dialysis in the evening. After working for a year in the intensive care unit I went on to experience the recovery room, now known as post anesthesia care, emergency room trauma and later triage nursing. Triage gave me the autonomy which I thirst.
In 1988, after completing my Bachelors of Nursing I entered Podiatry school where I believe that my strong clinical knowledge earned during my nursing carrier allowed me to graduate with honors and enabled me to be accepted to one of the most prestigious residency program in foot and ankle trauma.
In 1995, as director of a residency program in Miami Florida many physician assistants and nurse practitioners rotated through my service at which time I observed their bedside manners. The care offered by the nurse practitioners was superior to that of the physician assistant and residents.
The team I have led for the past fifteen years includes three nurse practitioners, two physical therapists, an infectious disease doctor and a nutritionist. My team is amazing however, the nurse practitioners are the most intelligent and gifted clinicians I have had the honor of working with. Their passion was instrumental in my decision to pursue an advanced degree in nursing. I felt the need to return to where I started from. I envision educating the future of our highly knowledgeable yet noble practitioners in the twenty-first century.)
• The Four Metaparadigms: Identification, discussion, and documentation from the literature of your perspective on the basic four metaparadigms/concepts of patient, nurse, health, and environment.
• Two Practice-Specific Concepts: Identification, discussion, and documentation from the literature of your perspective on at least two other concepts specific to your own practice.
( MY PRACTICE IS IN WOUND CARE)
• List of Propositions: A numbered list of at least five propositions or assumption statements that clearly connect the concepts described.
Consider the following questions as you complete your various tasks related to this assignment.
1. How do I define and employ the four basic metaparadigms of nursing theory in my professional practice?
2. What are the major concepts I employ that are unique to my professional practice?
3. What philosophies and theories from the literature of nursing and other disciplines/domains are consistent with these concepts?
4. How are the concepts of transcultural nursing, the health promotion model, skill acquisition, role theory, and change theory specifically integrated into my philosophy and practice?
5. What research supports these theories and concepts?
6. How do I integrate role and change theory into my professional practice and how may these theories be applied to the organization in which I practice?
The paper is to be thoroughly researched and well documented, with relevant material from the nursing theorists presented incorporated into the paper. Use the current edition of the APA Manual throughout the paper. Sources should focus on references from nursing theory but may also include conceptual and theoretical material from other professional domains. The paper, excluding references or appendices, is to be limited to 6-10 pages. Writing should be succinct and well organized, as it is impossible for the facilitator to evaluate form and content separately.
Your philosophy/framework is to be given a title that is appropriate to its content and emphasis.
Grading of the paper will be based on the following:
Grading Criteria: Maximum Points
Nursing Autobiography
The nursing autobiography included personal experiences in the field of nursing. 8
Provided an account of the current professional role of the student. 8
Included factors that guided decision making. 8
Quality of Essay
Enlisted the four metaparadigms. 8
The essay included a definition of the four metaparadigms of nursing with reference to professional practice. 8
The essay mentioned how the metapardigms were employed in nursing practice. 8
The essay enlisted two practice-specific concepts. 8
The essay included clinical examples for each of the chosen concepts. 8
The clinical examples illustrated the concepts in a manner, which further clarified the students’ use of the conceptual material. 8
The essay demonstrated consistency between concepts, assumptions, and clinical application. 8
The essay identified and discussed students’ perspective on two other concepts specific to their practice. 8
The essay included a numbered list of at least 5 propositions or assumptions. 8
The concepts were connected and integrated to reveal a meaningful sequence. 8
The essay demonstrated clarification and organization of the students’ professional foundation. 8
The essay demonstrated evidence of critical thinking in analysis and response. 8
The essay demonstrated understanding and integration of lecture material, reading assignments, and sources consulted. 8
Essay was well written, well organized, and articulate. 8
Presentation Criteria
The paper clearly demonstrated understanding of theoretical principles (i.e., concept development, definitions, assumptions, etc.) 3
The paper revealed clarity, organization, and articulation of ideas. 3
The paper showed that ideas were well-documented. 3
The paper revealed the breadth of research effort. 2
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