Concept Synthesis Paper on Personal Nursing Philosophy

Concept Synthesis Paper on Personal Nursing Philosophy

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.

Each week, you will complete various segments of your Concept Synthesis Paper and submit it to the Submissions Area
for facilitator feedback when necessary. Your paper should integrate
these discrete elements and reflect your personal nursing philosophy.

Answer 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 6-8 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.

 Additional directions 

The nursing autobiography included personal experiences in the field of nursing.
Provided an account of the current professional role of the student.
Included factors that guided decision making.
Quality of Essay

Enlisted the four concepts of the nursing metaparadigm.

The essay included a definition of the four concepts of the nursing metaparadigm with reference to professional practice

The essay mentioned how the four concepts of the nursing metapardigm were employed in nursing practice.

The essay enlisted two practice-specific concepts.

The essay included a numbered list of at least 5 propositions or assumptions.

The assumptions illustrated the concepts in a manner, which further clarified the students’ use of the conceptual material.

The essay demonstrated consistency between concepts and assumptions.

The concepts were connected and integrated to reveal a meaningful sequence.

The essay demonstrated clarification and organization of the students’ professional foundation.

The essay demonstrated evidence of critical thinking in analysis and response.

The essay demonstrated understanding and integration of lecture material, reading assignments, and sources consulted.

The essay was well written, well organized, and articulate.

Presentation Criteria

The paper clearly demonstrated an understanding of theoretical principles (i.e., concept development, definitions, etc.)

The paper revealed clarity, organization, and articulation of ideas.

The paper showed that ideas were well documented.

The paper revealed the breadth of research effort.

Written responses are free of grammatical, spelling or punctuation
errors. Citations and references are included and written in the correct
APA Style. Paper length is limited to 6-8 pages.

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