Personal Philosophy of Nursing Paper

Paper details:

The body of the paper must address the following topics:
1.    Introduction. Introduce your paper to your reader. Describe why you chose to enter the nursing profession.
2.    Provide definitions for the four domains of nursing (person, environment, health, nursing) that reflect your values and beliefs. If you believe there should be additional domains, name and describe them.
3. Discuss how you believe the values of the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing will influence your future nursing practice.
4. Conclusion. Wrap your paper up for your reader.
No abstract is required for this paper. Essay should be 2 pages

EMORY UNIVERSITY
NELL HODGSON WOODRUFF SCHOOL OF NURSING
NRSG 309 – SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND BIOETHICS IN NURSING, FALL 2015
ASSIGNMENT GUIDELINES – PERSONAL PHILOSOPHY OF NURSING

The purpose of this assignment is to articulate a personal philosophy of nursing. This assignment counts as 20% of overall course grade.

Paper must be properly formatted via APA style and include a title page, body of the paper with appropriate APA-style headings, and references. No abstract is required for this paper.

This paper will require:
•    a title page
o    the title of the paper is your choice
o    an Author Note needs to be included on the title page that includes the statement of academic integrity and the names of your peer reviewers
•    body of paper, not to exceed 3 pages; use headings as appropriate
•    reference page

The body of the paper must address the following topics:
1.    Introduction. Introduce your paper to your reader. Describe why you chose to enter the nursing profession.
2.    Provide definitions for the four domains of nursing (person, environment, health, nursing) that reflect your values and beliefs. If you believe there should be additional domains, name and describe them.
3.    Discuss how you believe the values of the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing will influence your future nursing practice.
4.    Conclusion. Wrap your paper up for your reader.

ASSIGNMENT COMPONENT    POINT VALUE
Introduction    10
Body of Paper
Comprehensiveness of topics
•    All items addressed as required
•    Ideas are completely articulated    50
Conclusion    10
APA formatting and structure
•    General (i.e., margins, font, paragraph indentations, spacing)
•    Title page (i.e., running head, title)
•    Body (i.e., running head, page numbers)
•    Reference page (i.e., title, citation format)    10
Overall quality
•    Spelling, grammar, punctuation
•    Clarity, conciseness, logical flow
•    Paper does not exceed 3 pages not including title or reference pages    10
Peer review
•    5 points per reviewed paper    10