Writing Assignment Instructions: Philosop… A
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Your journey continues in Professional Seminar II as we
think about who we are as nurses and what we do, based
on our philosophy of nursing.
This assignment may be a new experience for some of you
but it will help you to “unpack” the meaning of the words
cited in your philosophy of nursing. For example, many of
you might use the word – caring. This is purposefully a
broad word that is revealed in attitudes, values and
behaviors. If we look up the word caring in the dictionary,
this may give us some clues. In the online dictionary,
caring has several meanings but this is one that seems to
apply: “to watch over; be responsible for” (retrieved 2/5/07
at http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/caring).
The idea of watching over could be expanded and more
could be said about responding to the patient or being
responsible for their welfare. Each of you will have
different words to unpack but start there with the basics.
Include 4-5 scholarly references to support your concepts,
two of which may be the course texts.
The next step is to reveal how your philosophy of nursing
and your expertise are connected. This is where you get to
tell about the things that you do to reveal caring or other
descriptors that you have in your philosophy. For this
assignment, you are to write a brief anecdote that
showcases your expertise.
The last part of this assignment is to discuss how you want
to expand your expertise in the future. Specifically, you
should establish a long term goal for your professional
development that could be accomplished in the next 5-10
years. Take this long term goal and break it down into
smaller, sequential goals supported by specific actions
The last part of this assignment is to discuss how you want
to expand your expertise in the future. Specifically, you
should establish a long term goal for your professional
development that could be accomplished in the next 5-10
years. Take this long term goal and break it down into
smaller, sequential goals supported by specific actions
that you will need to take. Be creative and dream! Many
things are possible if you plan for them.
In total, this document should be six to eight pages in
length not including the cover or reference pages and be
presented as a formal paper in APA format.
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