Paper 1 – Philosophy of Nursing
Personal beliefs.
Describe your values and beliefs about nursing. You may use “I believe…” statements that include your:
· Definition of nursing. (10pts)
· Assumptions (beliefs) about the interrelationships among: (10pts)
o clients (Who are they?),
o health (What is it?),
o nursing (What is it?) and
o environment (Where is nursing practiced?).
· Beliefs about the profession of nursing. (10pts)
· Significance of collaboration with other health professionals. (10pts)
Nursing as a career. Demonstrate that you have given thought to your career and explain the rationale for your decision.
· Inspiration from the past. (Who or what?)
· Define professional goals.
· Identify roles and responsibilities to advance the profession of nursing.
· How you will provide safe, effective care?
· How your academic preparation will facilitate your positive contributions to the health care system?
· Spelling, grammar, sentence structure, neatness, organization
· No more than 2 pages (excluding title page or optional references), double-spaced, 12 point font, 1” margins, APA format.
Paper 2 – Values and Empathy paper
Please respond to the two Scenarios in this paper (See the Answer format attached). Scenario 1: You are a new nursing student who has been hospitalized for injuries following a major car accident. Earlier today you were told the fracture in your right leg will require complicated surgery to repair and extensive rehab to recover. There is a question as to whether you will ever regain full use of your leg. The surgery is scheduled for tomorrow morning. Tonight you are alone in your hospital room and the night nurse has just entered. What are your concerns when you reflect on this personal patient experience? What will your experience be like? Scenario 2: You realize that you share a different values system from the nurse. You reflect that this might be challenging for you as a nurse someday. These values might be due to differences in lifestyle, cultural background, belief system, or attitudes about health care. Reflect on your own values and identify a personal value/belief that may become a conflict for you in delivering quality patient care
Running head: EMPATHY AND VALUES PAPER 1
EMPATHY AND VALUES PAPER 2
Type the Full Title of Paper
To begin your introduction paragraph with a half inch indentation, hit the enter key after typing the title and then hit the tab key. Then type in the rest of the paragraph. Do not hit enter or shift at the end of the line. Allow the computer to conduct word wrapping. At the end of a paragraph hit the enter key once; the computer will automatically move the cursor to the next line. Hit the tab key once and the computer will automatically indent your paragraph five spaces.
If you are moving to a new topic, hit the enter key to align the cursor with the let margin. Then center the level one subheading on the page and use boldface font. (See below).
Personal, Biopsychosocial, and Family Areas of Concern
Begin the first body paragraph with your topic sentence. All level one headings are centered on the page with boldface type.
My Needs and Expectations of My Nurse
Begin typing the next section of your paper. Use a level one heading.
Developing a Therapeutic Relationship
Address all three questions and include all parts of each question.
Challenges Related to Different Value Systems: Patient and Nurse Perspectives
Make sure you address all areas under each heading outlined on the grading rubric. You make create your own title and headings for the paper; mine are examples based on the rubric.
Conclusion
End the paper with a summary on the main points of the paper.
References
Finkelman, A., & Kenner, C. (2013). Professional nursing concepts: Competencies for quality
leadership. (3rd ed.). Boston: Jones and Bartlett.
Note. No references are required for any of the NURS 310 papers.
