Assignment 3: 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.
• 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.
• 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
The paper demonstrated appropriate use of APA format in references and citations. 3
Total 150
Format
Your project paper should be in Microsoft Word 2010. Follow the current APA style. Your paper should be double-spaced, Times New Roman, and in 12 pt. font.
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Paper instructions:
Using everything you have learned from this course, finish the paper
you began in Part 1 and revised in Part 2. Your final essay should be
between 750 and 2,500 words long. If you are typing your paper, using
a font equivalent to Times New Roman 12, with standard oneinch
margins and double spacing, your paper should be between
three and ten pages.
When composing your essay, remember to
• Choose a topic from your personal knowledge and experience. Remember that you must utilize
your first-hand experience to prove your authority to write on a topic. Purely generalized and/or
factual information is not acceptable.
• Write in your own words, from your perspective or point of view, using the pronoun “I.”
• Capture your reader’s attention with an interesting introductory paragraph.
• Use specific examples from your personal experience.
• Use concrete or vivid words.
• Use complete sentences, varying your sentence length and structure.
• Use fully developed paragraphs, where each paragraph has only one main idea with enough
supporting details to develop that idea clearly and logically.
• Write a total of 750 to 2,500 words on your topic. (If your essay is typed and double-spaced, your
final draft should be between three and ten pages.)
Introduction (10 points): Establishes a specific topic
and approach and sets an appropriate tone/mood
for the rest of the essay. Engages the reader and
creates interest.
10–9 8–7 6–5 4–1 0
Coherence and unity (25 points): Ideas flow clearly
and logically as essay is developed. Each paragraph
contains one main idea (with enough detail to
develop that idea clearly and logically) and a
connection to the ideas that precede and follow it.
Clear transitions are present between sentences as
well as between paragraphs. Author remains focused
on the topic.
25–22 21–18 17–14 13–1 0
Support for ideas (20 points): Adequate detail and
accurate support provided for each idea introduced.
Specific, accurate, and relevant examples are used
to show meaning. Essay does not simply make
blanket claims without support.
20–18 17–14 13–10 9–1 0
Sentence structure (10 points): Sentences are
varied in both structure and length. Sentences are
complete, expressive, clear, and to the point. No
run-on sentences or fragments.
10–9 8–7 6–5 4–1 0
Spelling and word choice (10 points): Essay is free of
spelling errors. Appropriate language is chosen for
each situation, fitting the mood/tone set in the
introduction. Word choice complements, does
not inhibit, clarity.
10–9 8–7 6–5 4–1 0
Punctuation (10 points): Essay is free of errors
such as comma splices, misplaced commas, and
inappropriate end punctuation. All punctuation is
used correctly so as not to interfere with comprehension.
10–9 8–7 6–5 4–1 0
Grammar (10 points): Essay uses correct and
consistent verb tenses, subject-verb agreement,
clear pronoun-antecedent agreement, and so on.
Grammar errors do not interfere with comprehension.
10–9 8–7 6–5 4–1 0
Conclusion (5 points): Provides adequate
closure and reinforces the meaning/significance
established in the introduction. Effectively wraps up
the essay.
5 4 3–2 1 0
Totals
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